Seaside

Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky – Jure Borišek
20th Dr. Milan Vidmar Memorial; Bled, June 25, 2016
Grünfeld Defence D79

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. 0-0 0-0 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. g4!? Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. f4 Nc6. Hoping to improve on 12. ... f6 13. Nd3 Bxg4 14. f5 Bxf5 15. Rxf5 gxf5 16. Nf4 Kh8 17. c4 dxc4 18. Bxb7 Nd7 19. Qf1 Bh6 20. Ne6 Rg8+ 21. Kh1 Qb6 22. Bxa8 Qxe6 23. Qf3 Nb6 24. Bc6 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rg4 26. e3 Rg5 27. a4 c3 28. Rxc3 Qa2 29. Rc1 Qa3 30. Rb1 Qd3 31. Rd1 Qc2 32. Bb5 Nxa4 33. Bd3 Qc8 34. Rf1 e6 35. d5 Nc5 36. Rc1 Qf8 37. Bb1 1 : 0 Delchev – Stević, 9th Croatian Team Chess Championship, Pula 2000. 13. f5 Bc8 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bg5 Ba6 16. Qd2 Qd6 17. Rf2 f6 18. Bh4 e5 19. Bg3 gxf5 20. gxf5 Bc4 21. e4 Rad8 22. exd5 cxd5 23. Kh1 Qc6 24. Rg1 e4 25. Bf4. Making room for Rooks and Queen on the open g-file. 25. ... Rf7 26. Bh3 Kh8 27. Rfg2 Bd3? Black should probably have preferred 27. ... Rg8 with the aim of not losing his touch with the g-file. 28. Bg4!! That’s the importance of being a contemporary of Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov! Do you remember 24. Ba7 in Karpov – Unzicker, 21st Chess Olympiad, Nice 1974? Also here, behind the cover of a Bishop, White may calmly pile up his heavy pieces on an open file, and then... “Open Sesame”. Black has no way of opposing it. 28. ... Re7 29. Rg3 Qd7 30. Be3 Rb8 31. Qg2 Rg8. Too late...

32. Bd1! Open Sesame! 32. ... Ree8 33. Ba4! 1 : 0. For if 33. ... Qxa4 then 34. Rxg7 and mate in two moves.

Beliavsky vs. Borišek. Photo: Vidmarjev Memorial via Facebook.

Alexander Genrikhovich Beliavsky taking on Anatoly Yevgenyevich Karpov in the 1975 USSR Team Chess Championship in Riga. Photo: Z. Mezavilks/ChessPro.ru.