Sunday, October 27, 2019

No Cookies Before Dinner

Étienne Bacrot – 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán)
7th Karpov Trophy; time control: 20 minutes plus 10 seconds per move; Cap d’Agde, October 26, 2019
Sicilian Defence B81

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. Rg1 Nc6 8. Be3 Be7 9. h4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rh4 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Kf8 16. 0-0-0 Bf5. Not particularly better is 16. ... Bg4 17. Bxg7+ Kxg7 18. Qd4+ Kf8 19. Rxg4 Bxg5+ 20. Kb1 Bf6 21. Qb4+ Be7 22. Qf4 Rxg4 23. Qxg4 Qb6 24. Qf4 Rd8 25. Bh3 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Bxf6 27. Bg2 b5 28. Bxd5 b4 29. a3 bxa3 30. bxa3 a5 31. Ka2 Rb8 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33. Kxb1 Bd4 34. f3 Ke7 35. Ka2 f6 36. Kb3 Kd6 37. Kc4 Bb2 38. a4 Kc7 39. Kb5 Bc3 40. f4 Bd2 41. c4 Bc3 42. c5 Bd2 43. f5 Bc3 44. Ba8 Be1 45. Bh1 ½ : ½ Short – Movsesian, Hunguest Hotels Super Chess Tournament, Budapest 2003 — as Short wrote in his The Telegraph column of Sunday, April 27, 2003, “In the third round I had the upper hand of a draw against Movsesian, but by this stage I was already trailing Judit Polgár by a point”. 17. f4! A powerful novelty which improves on 17. Be3 d4!? 18. Bxd4 Rc8 where Black, at the cost of a Pawn, obtains good counterplay, Cori Quispe – Pichot, 18th Magistral Copa Mercosur, Villa Martelli 2014. 17. ... Bd6? Just a bit too crude. 18. Kb1! Qc8 19. Bd3! Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Rh3


21. Bxg7+! Kxg7 22. Qxd5 Rh2 23. c3 Be7 24. f5. Or 24. g6! fxg6 25. Rxg6+! Kxg6 26. Rg1+ Kh6 27. Qf7 with overwhelming attack. 24. ... Qc7 25. f6+ Kf8 26. fxe7+ Qxe7 27. g6 Re8 28. Rge1 Qf6 29. g7+ Kxg7 30. Rxe8 Qg6+ 31. Qe4 1 : 0.

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