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Russian Championship 2004

Round 3

Svidler 0-1 Timofeev. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Svidler,P (2735) - Timofeev,Arty (2611) [B33]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (3), 17.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Nd5 Nxd5 8.exd5 Nb8 9.c4 a6 10.Nc3 Be7 11.Bd3 0-0 12.0-0 f5 13.f3 Bg5 14.Kh1 Nd7 15.b4 a5 16.a3 axb4 17.Bxg5 Qxg5 18.axb4 Rxa1 19.Qxa1 Qe3 20.Be2 Nb8 There is plenty of choice in this highly theoretical position. Probably the key game is Leko-Krasenkow given below. [20...b5; 20...e4 21.Qc1 Qb6 22.fxe4 fxe4 23.Rxf8+ Nxf8 24.Nb5 Ng6 25.c5 dxc5 26.bxc5 Qf6 27.Nd6 Nf4 28.Nxe4 Qe5 29.Bf3 Nxd5 30.Nd6 Be6 31.Nxb7 Nf4 32.c6 Nd3 33.Qf1 Ne1 34.Be2 Nc2 35.Bc4 Ne3 36.Bxe6+ Qxe6 37.Qf4 h6 38.Nc5 Qe8 39.Nd3 Kh7 40.c7 Qe6 41.Qe5 1-0 Leko,P-Krasenkow,M/Essen GER 2002/The Week in Chess 394; 20...Nf6; 20...f4] 21.Qb2N [21.Qc1 Qb6 22.Qa3 Na6 23.Rb1 Qf2 24.Qb2 Bd7 25.Bf1 Qd4 26.Rd1 Qb6 27.Rb1 e4 28.f4 Qe3 29.Ne2 Rc8 30.Ng3 g6 31.Qf6 Qxf4 32.Qe7 Nb8 33.c5 Re8 34.Qf6 Qe5 35.Qh4 f4 0-1 Belozerov,A-Filippov,V/Tomsk RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 499] 21...Na6 22.Rb1 Bd7 23.Nd1 Qd4 24.Qxd4 exd4 25.Kg1 Rb8

Simply threatening b5. 26.b5 You've got to be really sure this is forced to play a move like this as it cripples white's pawns. [26.Nf2 b5 27.cxb5 Bxb5 is an alternative.] 26...Nc5 27.Nf2 Ra8 28.Rd1 Ra4 29.Nh3 h6 30.Rxd4 Bxb5 31.g4 Bd7 32.Rd2 fxg4 33.fxg4 Nb3 34.Rb2 Nd4 35.Bf1 Bxg4 36.Nf2 Bf3 37.Nh3 Bg4 38.Nf2 Bf3 39.Nh3 g5 After repeating moves Timofeev tightens the noose. 40.Kf2 Bg4 41.Ke3 Nf5+ 42.Kd2 Ra1 43.Bg2 Rd1+ 44.Kc3 Rc1+ 45.Kd3 [45.Kd2 Rxc4 46.Nf2 Rd4+ 47.Kc3 Rf4 48.Nxg4 Rxg4 49.Bh3 Rf4 50.Bxf5 Rxf5 51.Kd4 Rf4+ is clearly no good.] 45...Re1 46.Nf2 Re3+ 47.Kd2 Re2+ 48.Kc3 Rxb2 49.Kxb2 Ne3 50.Kc3 Bf5 51.Be4 Bd7 52.Kd4 Nf5+ 53.Bxf5 Bxf5 54.c5 dxc5+ 55.Kxc5 Kf7 56.Kb6 Ke7 57.Kc7 b5 58.d6+ Ke8 59.Nd3?

Its possible that the following rather unbelievable line might draw. Now there is no hope. [59.Ne4 b4 60.Nf6+ Kf7 61.Ne4 b3 62.d7 Bxd7 63.Kxd7 b2 64.Nd2 h5 65.Kd6 g4 66.Ke5 h4 67.Kf4 g3 68.hxg3 hxg3] 59...h5 60.Ne1 g4 61.Ng2 b4 62.Ne3 Be6 63.Nc2 h4 0-1

Dreev 1/2 Grischuk. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Epishin 1/2 Bareev. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Tseshkovsky 1-0 Morozevich,. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Tseshkovsky,V (2577) - Morozevich,A (2758) [C45]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (3), 17.11.2004

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nxc6 Qf6 6.Qf3 Qxf3 7.gxf3 bxc6 [7...dxc6] 8.Rg1 [8.Be3; 8.Nd2; 8.Bf4; 8.Nc3] 8...Ne7 [8...g6] 9.Be3 [9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 d6 12.0-0-0 (12.f4 Rb8 13.b3 f5 14.Bd3 fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nd5 16.Kd2 Nb4 17.Rg3 Bf5 18.Nf2 Bxd3 19.cxd3 c5 20.Ne4 a5 1/2-1/2 Shabanov,Y-Varavin,V/Krasnodar 1991/CBM 25 ext) 12...Be6 13.Kb1 f5 14.Bh3 Rae8 15.f4 Ng6 16.Rg5 Nh4 17.exf5 Bxf5 18.Bxf5 Nxf5 19.e4 Nh4 20.f5 Nf3 21.Rg3 Ne5 22.Rdg1 Re7 23.Ne2 Nd7 24.Nd4 Nc5 25.Nxc6 Ref7 26.Nxa7 Nxe4 27.Rg4 Nd2+ 28.Kc1 Nf3 29.R1g2 Ne5 30.R4g3 c6 31.Rc3 Rxa7 32.Rd2 d5 33.a3 Rxf5 34.Rg2 Nc4 35.Rg1 Raf7 36.Kb1 Rb7 37.b3 Nxa3+ 38.Ka2 Ra7 39.Kb2 Rf6 40.Re1 Nb5 41.Rce3 Nd6 42.R1e2 Kf7 43.Re5 Ne4 44.c4 Re7 0-1 Wilhelm,J-Kaulfuss,H/Hessen 2001/EXT 2002] 9...Bb6 10.c4 White has played a sideline and has a very comfortable position already. [10.Nc3 0-0 11.0-0-0 d6 12.Na4 Bxe3+ 13.fxe3 f5 14.e5 Rd8 15.exd6 1/2-1/2 De Castro,A-Milos,G/Brasilia 1985/EXT 2000] 10...Bxe3 11.fxe3 0-0 12.f4 Rb8 13.b3 d6 14.Nc3 f6 15.c5! Be6 16.0-0-0 Rfd8 17.Rd4 a5 18.Be2 f5 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Rgd1 fxe4 21.Rxd6 Bd5 22.Rxd8+ Rxd8 23.Bg4 Rd6? [23...Rb8; 23...Rf8 are two Fritz suggestions in a position that is already clearly no fun for black to play.] 24.Nxe4 Rg6 25.Nf2 h5 26.Bh3 Bf3 27.Rd8+ Kh7 28.e4

Black is reduced to fiddling but is totally bust. 28...Rg1+ 29.Kd2 Bg4 30.Rd3 [30.Ra8 appeals to the greedy pawn grabber in me.] 30...Ng6 31.Rg3 Ra1 32.Nxg4 hxg4 33.Bxg4 Rxa2+ 34.Ke3 Nf8 35.e5 Rb2 36.Kd4 Kg8 37.h4 a4 Forced if black wants any counterplay. 38.bxa4 Rb4+ 39.Ke3 [39.Kc5 Rxa4 40.e6 is more direct.] 39...Rxa4 40.h5 Ra3+ 41.Kf2 Ra2+ 42.Kf3 Ra3+ 43.Kg2 Ra4 44.f5 Ra5 45.Re3 Nd7 46.e6 Nf6 47.e7 Ra8 48.Bf3 Rc8 49.Re6 c5 50.h6 c4 51.Rd6 Re8 52.Rd8 Kh7 [52...gxh6 53.Rxe8+ Nxe8 54.Bh5 Nf6 55.Kf2 Steps into the square.] 53.Rxe8 Nxe8 54.Bh5 Nf6 55.e8Q Nxe8 56.Bxe8 Kxh6 57.Ba4 g6 58.f6 Kh7 59.Kg3 g5 60.Bc2+ Kh6 61.Kg4 c3 62.Kf5 g4 63.Kf4 1-0

Motylev 0-1 Korotylev. Photo © Eugeny Atarov http://www.chesspro.ru

Motylev,A (2651) - Korotylev,A (2596) [B63]
57th ch-RUS Moscow RUS (3), 17.11.2004

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Qb6 8.0-0-0 Be7 9.f3 Qxd4 [9...a6] 10.Qxd4 Nxd4 11.Rxd4 a6 12.Na4N [12.Bc4; 12.Be2] 12...Nd7 13.Bxe7 Kxe7 14.c4 Rb8 15.Be2 Nc5 16.Nb6 Rd8 17.b4 e5 18.Rd2 Ne6 19.Rb2 Nd4 20.Kd2 Be6 21.Ke3 g6 22.Bd3 f5 23.a4 f4+ 24.Kf2 g5 25.h3 h5 26.a5 Rh8 27.b5 g4 28.Nd5+ I really don't like this move and black seems quickly to build an advantage after it. 28...Bxd5 29.exd5 g3+ 30.Ke1 Ra8 31.Kd2 [31.b6 Rac8 32.Kd2 Rc5 33.Ra1 Rhc8 is pretty grovelly.] 31...axb5 32.Ra1 b6 33.cxb5 Rxa5 34.Rxa5 bxa5 35.h4 Rb8 36.b6 a4 37.Rb4 a3 38.Bc4 e4 39.fxe4 f3 40.Rb1 fxg2 41.Ke3 Rxb6 42.Rg1 Nc2+ 43.Kf4 Rb4 44.Bd3 Rb2 45.Bc4 Nd4 0-1