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| Chess by Malcolm Pein of the Daily Telegraph   Malcolm Pein writes for the Daily Telegraph (telegraph.co.uk) you can read his chess columns along with those of Nigel Short and David Norwood at their Chess Club (to read the columns you need to register which is free). Alexander Morozevich is usually the player to watch and he is producing more brilliant games at the Russian Team Championships. The following is typical of his style which baffles even the very strongest players at times. The opening is an old English club player's favourite and not too convincing but when the complications start Morozevich is invincible and there are some lovely variations and a nice finish. Morozevich,A (2732) - Bologan,V (2665) [B12] TCh-RUS Dagomys RUS (2), 21.04.2004 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bf4 Ne7 6.Qd3 b6 7.Nge2 Ba6 [ 7...a5 8.0-0-0 ( 8.a3 0-1 Geenen,M-Arlandi,E Athens GRE 1997 (35).) 8...Ba6 9.Qe3 Nd7 10.h4 0-0 11.a3 Bxc3 12.Qxc3 c5 13.Bd6 Rc8 14.Kb1 Re8 15.Bxe7 Qxe7 16.exd5 exd5 17.Nf4 c4 18.g3 Nf6 19.Bh3 Ra8 20.Rhe1 Qd6 21.Re5 Bc8 22.Bxc8 Rexc8 23.g4 b5 24.Qe3 b4 25.g5 Nd7 26.Rxd5 Qc6 27.Qe7 Nb6 28.Rf5 Rc7 29.d5 Qb7 30.Qe5 Nd7 31.Qd4 bxa3 32.d6 Rc5 33.Nh5 f6 34.Rxc5 Nxc5 35.gxf6 Rb8 36.Qxc4+ Qf7 37.Qxc5 Rxb2+ 38.Kc1 Qa2 39.Qc8+ Kf7 40.Qd7+ Kg6 41.Qxg7+ 1-0 Morozevich,A-Vallejo Pons,F Monte Carlo MNC 2004.] 8.Qe3 0-0 9.0-0-0 c5 10.a3 Bxc3 11.Qxc3 Bxe2 12.Bxe2 c4 13.h4 b5 [ 13...Nbc6 14.h5 b5 15.h6 g6 16.g4 Nc8 17.Qe3 Nb6 18.Bg5 f6 19.Bh4 Qd7 20.Rhe1 b4 21.Bf1 Rae8 22.axb4 Nxb4 23.Qa3 Qd6 24.Kb1 Qh2 25.Qxb4 Qxh4 26.exd5 exd5 27.Re7 Qxh6 28.Rxa7 Re6 29.Rb7 Nc8 30.Qc5 Qg5 31.Rc1 Nd6 32.Rd7 Rc8 33.Qa7 Qh6 34.Bg2 Rce8 35.Qa5 c3 36.Qxd5 Kh8 37.g5 Qxg5 38.f4 Qxf4 39.Rh1 Re1+ 40.Ka2 Rxh1 41.Bxh1 Qc1 42.bxc3 Rb8 43.Rd8+ Rxd8 44.Qe6 Qxc2+ 45.Ka3 Qxc3+ 46.Ka2 Qc4+ 0-1 Nataf,I-Motylev,A/Istanbul TUR 2003. ] 14.Qe1 Nbc6 15.h5 Qd7 16.g4 f6 17.Bf1 Rad8 [ 17...Nxd4 18.Rxd4 ( 18.exd5 e5) 18...e5 looks very comfortable for black.] 18.Bh3 dxe4 19.fxe4 Nxd4 20.g5 f5 21.Kb1 Qc6 22.h6 fxe4 [ 22...Qxe4 23.Qxe4 fxe4 24.Rxd4!! Rxd4 25.Bxe6+ Rf7 ( 25...Kh8 26.Be5 Nf5 27.hxg7+ Nxg7 28.Bxd4 wins.) 26.Rf1 Nf5 27.Be5! wins.] 23.Qc3 e3 [ 23...Rxf4 24.Rxd4 Rxd4 25.Qxd4 gxh6 26.gxh6 Kf7 27.Qh8 wins.] 24.Rxd4!! Qxh1+ 25.Ka2 Qxh3 26.Rxd8 gxh6  [ 26...Nf5 27.Qe5 Rxd8 ( 27...Qh5 28.Qxe6+ Qf7 29.Qxf7+ Kxf7 30.g6+ hxg6 31.Rxf8+ Kxf8 32.h7) 28.Qxe6+ Kh8 29.hxg7+ Kxg7 30.Qf6+ Kg8 31.Qxd8+ Kf7 32.Qd7+ Kf8 33.Bd6+! Nxd6 ( 33...Kg8 34.Qe8+ Kg7 35.Be5#) 34.Qxh3] 27.gxh6 Qg4 28.Qh8+!!  [ 28.Qh8+ Kxh8 29.Rxf8+ Ng8 30.Be5+ Qg7 31.hxg7#] 1-0 Galkin,A (2602) - Belov,V (2543) [B83] TCh-RUS Dagomys RUS (1), 20.04.2004 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.Be3 Be7 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Nc6 10.f4 Qc7 11.g4 Nxd4 [ 11...b5 was played in Diaz Sanchez,J 0-1 Baena,J Cala Galdana ESP 1999.] 12.Qxd4 [ 12.Bxd4 1-0 Bologan,V-Obodchuk,A Poikovsky RUS 2001.] 12...b5N [ 12...e5 13.Qd3 has been played a couple of times before.] 13.g5 Nd7 14.f5 Re8 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Nd5!  16...exd5 17.Qxd5+ Kh8 18.Qxa8 Bxg5 Black will win the Queen but the price turns out to be too high. 19.Bxg5 Nb6 20.Bxb5! Nxa8 21.Bxe8 Qa5 22.Be7 Qe5 23.Bxd6 Qxe4 24.Rhe1 Qc4 25.b3  1-0 |
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