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Deep Sengupta – 韦奕 (Wéi Yì)
10th World Team Chess Championship; Tsaghkadzor, April 28, 2015
Spanish Game C83

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3. For 12. Ne4 dxc3 13. Nxc5 Bxc5 14. Bxe4 Qd7 15. bxc3 see Capablanca – Chaies, New York 1915. 12. ... d3. 12. ... dxc3 13. Nxc5 transposes to the above mentioned game. 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15. Bf4. The known track was 15. Re1 0-0 16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Bg6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 a5 20. e6 fxe6 21. Nxe6 Rfe8 22. Nc5 Qd6 23. Bxd3 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1 Re8 25. Qd1 axb4 26. cxb4 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qxd3 28. Nxd3 Rd8 29. Ra3 Rd4 30. Rb3 Ne7 31. Nc5 c6 32. Re3 Nd5 33. Re6 Nxb4 34. Re7 Rd6 35. Ne6 Nd5 36. Rxg7+ Kh8 37. Nc7 Rd8 38. Rf7 Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Rf7 Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kh8 ½ : ½ Caruana – Nakamura, 1st Vugar Gashimov Memorial, Shamkir 2014. 15. ... 0-0 16. Ne1 Qd5 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qxb3 19. Qf3 Qe6 20. Nd3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Rde1!? A paradoxical decision! White resigns himself to defend a slightly inferior position. 22. ... Rad8 23. Nc1 Na5 24. Ne2 Nb3 25. Qg3 c5 26. Kh1 Nd2 27. Bxd2 Rxd2 28. Nf4 Qf5 29. b3 c4 30. bxc4 bxc4 31. h4? The start of quite a wrong plan. If 31. Qf3 then 31. ... g5 32. Nd5 Qxf3 33. Nxe7+ Kf8 34. gxf3 Kxe7 and Black swaps off into a slightly favourable ending. 31. ... a5 32. h5? After 32. Ra1 h6! 33. Rxa5 Rd1 34. Ra1 (bad is 34. Rxd1? Rxd1+ 35. Kh2 Qb1 and White is in big trouble) 34. ... Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Bc5 Black wins back his Pawn and comes out with a powerful initiative, but White can still struggle. 32. ... a4. It’s all over now. 33. h6 Bg5 34. Nh3 R2d3 35. f3 Bxh6 36. Qh4 Bd2 37. Re2 Bxc3 38. e6 fxe6 39. Qxc4 a3 40. Nf2 Rd2 41. Rfe1 Rxe2 42. Rxe2 Be5 43. Qb3 Rb8 0 : 1.

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丁立人 (Dīng Lìrén) – Bassem Amin
10th World Team Chess Championship; Tsaghkadzor, April 23, 2015
Bogo-Indian Defence E11

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 0-0 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. Qc2 g6. For 9. ... h6 10. 0-0 Nc6 11. Nb3 see Grischuk – Filippov, 41st Chess Olympiad, Tromsø 2014. 10. cxd5 exd5 11. e6! fxe6 12. Bxg6! hxg6 13. Qxg6+ Kh8

14. Ne4!! dxe4? Unfortunately, it is not a panacea. If, instead, 14. ... Qe8 then 15. Qh6+ Kg8 16. Nfg5! Bxg5 17. Qxg5+ Kh7 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. a4! Qe7 20. Ra3 Rf7 21. Nd6! with a crushing attack, Riazantsev – Vocaturo, 16th European Individual Championship, Jerusalem 2015. 15. Qh5+! Clearly not 15. Bh6?? on account of 15. ... Rg8! 16. Qh5 Nf6 an Black wins. 15. ... Kg8 16. Bh6. Black is busted. 16. ... Rf6. No better is 16. ... Bf6 17. Qg6+ Kh8 18. Ng5 and White wins. 17. Qg4+ Kf7 18. Ng5+ Kg6 19. Nxe6+ Kf7 20. Nxd8+ Bxd8 21. Qg7+ Ke8 22. 0-0-0 Be7 23. Bg5 Bf8 24. Qh7 cxd4 25. Rxd4 1 : 0.

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