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| Chess from Malcolm Pein Chess for Friday December
2nd 2005 Malcolm Pein writes for the Daily Telegraph There were few surprises in the first round of the 1.57 million dollar FIDE World Cup taking place in the Russian autonomous region of Khanty-Mansyisk. The matches are the best of two games so most of the seeds who had erred in the first game were able to get back on level terms or better. Magnus Carlsen who has just turned 15 defeated the Fide official Zurab Azmaiparashvili in what must have been a popular result but Carlsen is already such a fine player the result hardly raises eyebrows nowadays. The former Fide champion Ruslan Ponomariov was in huge difficulties against the African champion Ahmed Adly after blundering a piece but the Egyptian failed to convert a technically won endgame. In the return Adly defended tenaciously but was ground down in 109 moves. Many matches went to speed chess tie breaks and some to the "Armageddon" where a game of blitz is contested with white having more time but Black needing only a draw. When the clocks had stopped the 128 player field was reduced to 64. These solid lines of the French Defence seem to be faring badly nowadays. Only last month Roiz crushed Rafael Vaganian in a similar variation at the World Team Championships. Vaganian played 7â?¦c5 but after 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Ne5 intending Bb5+ or Qa4+ White was doing well. Qa4+ proves effective here also. A Motylev (2632) - M Roiz (2600) WCC Khanty Mansyisk (1.2) French Defence 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Nf3 Ngf6 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.c3 Be7 8.Qa4+ (Disturbing Black's normal development with 0-0, b6 and Bb7) 8...c6 (8...Bd7 9.Qb3) 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Qc2 b6 11.Bg5 h6 12.h4! Bb7 (12...hxg5 13.hxg5 Nd5 14.Bh7+ Kh8 15.Bg8+ Kxg8 16.Qh7#) 13.Rh3! c5 (Black correctly seeks immediate counterplay but with 5 pieces attacking White can sacrifice to break through) 14.Bxh6! c4! ( not 14...gxh6 15.Qd2 Nh7 16.Qxh6 f5 17.Rg3+ Kf7 18.Qg6# or in this line 15...Ng4 16.Rg3 f5 17.Qxh6 Rf7 18.Ne5 Bf8 19.Qg6+ Rg7 20.Qxe6+ Kh8 21.Qxf5 or 15...Bd6 16.Qxh6 Bxf3 17.Rxf3 ) 15.Bxg7! cxd3 (15...Kxg7 16.Rg3+ [16.Qd2 Rh8!] 16...Kh8 17.Qd2 Ng8 18.Bxc4 gives White three pawns and an attack but Black can fight on) 16.Qd2 Kxg7? (Black collapses he could have defended with16...Qd5! 17.Qh6 Qe4+ 18.Kf1 Qh7 19.Bxf8 Rxf8) 17.Rg3+ Ng4 (17...Kh7 18.Ng5+ Kh8 19.Nxe6) 18.Rxg4+ Kh7 19.Ng5+ Bxg5 20.Rxg5 Rh8? (20...Be4! was still unclear now White gets a third pawn and the attack continues) 21.Qxd3+ f5 22.Qg3 Kh6 23.Rg6+ Kh5 24.Rg5+ Kh6 25.Rg7 1-0 Roiz  Motylev Final position after 25.Rg7 |
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 Books 2000/1/2/3 |
