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KID Fireworks - Part 2
To whet the appetite, here are a few snippets from the book. A new game from the book will be published here at Chessville each week throughout December.
[E76] MTO Biel (3), 2003 [Click here to follow along on an interactive JavaScript board] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 c5 6.d5 0-0 7.Nf3 a6!?
The red rag is held out in front of Cebalo and he does not disappoint us. 7...a6 is the introduction to a very provocative line. 8.a4 8.Be2 lets Black execute his idea of ...b7-b5. I think that this isn't desirable: 8...b5 9.cxb5 Qa5 10.0-0 axb5 11.e5 Nfd7 12.exd6 exd6 13.Nxb5 Qb6 with an equal but unclear position.
Black has typical compensation in the form of two open queenside files, a strong diagonal for the fianchettoed Bishop and numerous dark-square weaknesses in the White camp. Over the board it's a bad decision to go in for this sort of stuff as White. The position's just too unwieldy; there are too many difficulties. 14.Kh1 Nf6 15.Nc3 Na6 16.Nd2 Nb4 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.a3 Bf5! 19.Be3 Nc2 20.Rc1 Nxe3 21.Nxe3 Bc8 22.Nc4 Ba6 23.Qd2 Re8 24.Rce1 Ne4 25.Nxe4 Rxe4
Black's dream has come true. 26.Qc2 Qe7 27.Ne5 Rxe2 28.Rxe2 dxe5 29.Rfe1 Bxe2 30.Rxe2 Qd6 0-1 Kottisch,G-Lovrinovic,C/Open, Vienna AUT 2003. A game where Black had all the fun. 8...e5!?
A very interesting pawn sacrifice which, in a practical sense, I can highly recommend. White is thrown completely on to the defensive. 8...e6 leads to a normal Four Pawns position: 9.Be2 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.e5 Ng4 12.h3 Nh6 13.0-0 Nf5 14.Bc4 dxe5 15.fxe5 Rxe5!? Imaginative, but Black hasn't quite enough compensation. Cebalo defends stoutly. 16.Nxe5 Bxe5 17.Ne2! Nd7 18.Ra3! Nb6 19.Ba2 c4 20.a5 Nd7 21.Bxc4 Qc7 22.Ba2 Nf6 23.g4 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 Ne7 25.Be3 Qd6 26.Rd3 Bd7 27.Nc3 Re8 28.Qf3 Bxc3 29.bxc3 Nexd5 30.Rxd5 1-0 Cebalo,M-Bischoff,P/Davis 2003 (30) 9.fxe5 Ng4 White can't just give up the e5 square so I guess he has to keep on capturing. 10.exd6 10.Bf4 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Nd7 13.Bd3 f5 is even rather nice for Black. 10...f5 Pavlovic decides that the best way to play Cebalo is to try and blow him off the board. A computer would just sit and take everything. A human being has to deal with the nervous system. We return inexorably to the clock ticking and the mounting pressure on White to find a good defense. 11.exf5 Bxf5 12.Be2 He doesn't want to be worried by a check on e8, which is quite understandable. White would also like to castle. I give two alternatives, both of which see Black working up considerable compensation: A) 12.Bf4 Re8+ 13.Be2 Ne3 14.Bxe3 Rxe3 15.0-0 (15.Qd2 Bh6 unclear) 15...Qxd6 16.Qd2 Bh6 17.Rae1 Nd7 Deep Fritz marginally prefers White. I have a distinct liking for the dark-squared Bishop and feel that Black has enough. B) 12.Qb3 Re8+ 13.Be2 Bd3 14.Kf1 Bxc3 15.Bxd3 Qh4!! Black certainly has enough after this star move.
12...Qxd6 13.g3 Castling immediately was disastrous: 13.0-0 Bc2! 14.Qxc2 Rxf3-+ 13...Nxh2!! Pavlovic deserves a medal for playing in this style. Of course, after 13...Nd7 White would castle, with chances to consolidate: 14.0-0 Nde5 15.Bf4. 14.Rxh2 Qxg3+ 15.Rf2 15.Kd2 Bxc3+! 16.Kxc3 Be4! leaves White's position 'hanging'. 15...Nd7 16.Qd2 Rae8 Intensifying the pressure. In dynamic terms White is playing without the queenside pieces and therefore Black has every chance of prosecuting his attack. 17.Nd1 Bg4!
Another fine move, effectively winning the game. Cebalo cannot solve his coordination problems. 18.Ra3 Bd4 19.Qg5 19.Ne3 Bxf3-+ 19...Bxf2+ 20.Nxf2 Rxf3 21.Rxf3 Qxf3 0-1 It is rare to see a Grandmaster of Cebalo's strength massacred like this. A wonderful, imaginative game by Pavlovic. [Return to the Index of IM Andrew Martin's Columns]
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