Games and results from the 1st Spanish Email Cup tournament
My modest chessfriend Luis Sanchez Ybarguen had sent me the results and some games from the 1st Spanish Email Cup.
Luís Sánchez Ybargüen, 1st Spanish Email Cup Runner-up
Spanning 3 years, the tournament started with 3 qualifying rounds to determine 5 players in the final round.
In Group A, Alfonso Campoy qualified comfortably with 5/6 while José Viñas had barely edged out 4 other contenders on S-B tiebreak.
Group B saw Alberto Baron and Alvaro Benlloch finishing 1 point ahead of their nearest opponents.
A bottle-neck situation resulted in Group C with 4 contenders finishing equal 1st ! Oscar Sanjuan was the unlucky chap with a 0.25 SB Deficit which cost him a place in the finals.
Luís Sánchez Ybargüen, Pedro Ginés and Cecilio Hernáez thus snucked into the finals.|
Secretario Torneo |
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10.02.1998 |
20.05.1999 |
16.12.2000 | |
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Players |
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2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
S-B |
P |
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1 |
Antonio Bernard |
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0 |
1/2 |
0 |
4,50 |
2,5 |
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2 |
Alfonso Campoy |
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13,00 |
5,5 |
1º |
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3 |
José Grau |
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1/2 |
5,75 |
3,0 |
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4 |
Rogelio Miralles |
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7,00 |
3,0 |
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5 |
Santiago Pastrana |
5,75 |
3,0 |
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6 |
Francisco Sánchez |
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0,00 |
0,0 |
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7 |
José Viñas |
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8,50 |
3,0 |
2º |
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Qualifiers for the finals Alfonso Campoy José Viñas |
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Colaborador: Jesús Sánchez Carol |
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Secretario Torneo |
Fecha Inicio: |
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10.02.1998 |
29.03.1999 |
03.02.2001 | |
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Jugador |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
S-B |
P |
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1 |
Alberto Barón |
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11,50 |
4,5 |
1º |
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2 |
Alvaro Benlloch |
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10,25 |
4,5 |
2º |
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3 |
Antonio Galiano |
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6,75 |
3,0 |
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4 |
Francesc Amorós |
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0,00 |
0,0 |
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5 |
Javier Rubio |
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8.75 |
3,5 |
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6 |
Miguel Sánchez |
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3,25 |
2,0 |
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7 |
José Santos |
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7,50 |
3,5 |
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Qualifiers for the finals Alberto Barón Alvaro Benlloch |
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Colaborador: Jesús Sánchez Carol |
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Secretario Torneo |
Fecha Inicio: |
Fecha Fin: |
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10.02.1998 |
11.05.1999 |
16.12.2000 | |
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Players |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
S-B |
P |
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1 |
José Alfaro |
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0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0,00 |
0,0 |
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2 |
Pedro Ginés |
1 |
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½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
9,25 |
4,0 |
2º/3º |
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3 |
Cecilio Hernáez |
1 |
½ |
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½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
9,25 |
4,0 |
2º/3º |
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4 |
Wolfgang Marín |
1 |
½ |
½ |
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½ |
0 |
1 |
7,50 |
3,5 |
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5 |
Luís Sánchez Ybargüen |
1 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
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1 |
½ |
10,50 |
4,0 |
1º |
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6 |
Oscar Sanjuan |
1 |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
9,00 |
4,0 |
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7 |
Ramón Tarrío |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
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2,00 |
1,5 |
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Qualifiers for the finals Luís Sánchez Ybargüen, Pedro Ginés Cecilio Hernáez |
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Colaborador: Jesús Sánchez Carol |
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In the final,. Alvaro Benlloch upset the form books to become the 1st Spanish Email Cup Champion! He was the second lowest rated player in the double round robin finals but managed to pip Luis Sanchez by a point.
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Secretario Torneo |
Fecha Inicio: |
Fecha Fin: |
Actualizado: |
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01.11.1999 |
01.11.2000 |
16.12.2000 | |
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Player |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
S-B |
P |
ELO |
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1 |
Alfonso Campoy |
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½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
½ |
0 |
0 |
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2,0 |
1.745 |
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2 |
Alberto Barón |
½ |
1 |
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0 |
0 |
½ |
½ |
0 |
½ |
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3,0 |
2.055 |
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3 |
Alvaro Benlloch |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
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0 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
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6,0 |
1.800 |
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4 |
Luís Sánchez Ybargüen |
½ |
½ |
½ |
½ |
1 |
0 |
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1 |
1 |
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5,0 |
1.800 |
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5 |
Cecilio Hernáez |
1 |
1 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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4,0 |
2.215 |
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Champion: Alvaro Benlloch Guirau |
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Colaborador: Jesús Sánchez Carol |
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Games from the event Sanjuan Lahoz took a chance on an obscure variation of the Czech Slav but Luis’ 25.a5! and 31.h5! undermined both his Kingside and Queenside pawn structures.
1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 dxc4 4.Nc3 c6 5.a4 Bf5 6.e3 e6 7.Bxc4 Bb4 8.0-0 0-0 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.e4 Bg6 11.Bd3 c5?!
A chancy idea, used to be experimented by GM Jonathan Penrose in the 1950s with terrible results. 12.e5!|
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NCO rates this position as bad for Black. 12...cxd4 13.exf6 [13.Na2? Nd5 14.Nxb4 Nxb4 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Nxd4 Qc7 17.Bf4 Nd5 18.Bg3 Rac8 19.Rfd1 Qc4 20.Kf1 a5 21.Nb5 Qxe2+ 22.Kxe2 f6 23.exf6 gxf6 24.Rac1 Rxc1 25.Rxc1 b6 26.Bd6 Rd8 27.Nc7 Kf7 28.h4 Rc8 29.g3 Nb8 30.Kd2 Nd7 31.Ke2 f5 32.Kd2 N5f6 33.f3 e5 34.Rd1 Nh5 35.Rg1 Rh8 36.Nb5 f4 37.gxf4 Nxf4 38.Rg4 Ke6 39.Bc7 g5 40.hxg5 Rh2+ 41.Kc3 Nd5+ 42.Kb3 Nc5+ 43.Ka3 Rh1 44.Ka2 e4 45.Rxe4+ Nxe4 46.fxe4 Nxc7 47.Nxc7+ Ke5 48.Nd5 Kxe4 49.Nxb6 Kd4 50.Nd7 Rg1 0-1 Furman,S-Alvebring,M/C1.1999.0.00187 1999/correspondencechess.com (50)] 13...dxc3 14.Bxg6 [14.fxg7 Kxg7 15.Rd1 Qc7 16.bxc3 Bxc3 17.Bb2 Bxb2 18.Qxb2+ f6 19.Rac1 Nc5 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Nd4 Rfe8 22.Nb5 Qc6 23.Rd6 Qc8 24.a5 Rd8 25.h3 b6 26.axb6 axb6 27.Rxb6 Rb8 28.Nd6 Qc7 29.Rxb8 Rxb8 30.Qd4 Rd8 31.Nb5 Rxd4 32.Nxc7 Nb3 33.Nxe6+ Kf7 34.Nxd4 Nxc1 35.Kf1 Nd3 36.Ke2 Nc5 37.Kf3 Ke7 38.Ke3 Kd6 39.Ne2 Nd7 40.Nf4 g5 41.Nd3 Nb6 42.Ke4 Nc8 43.Kf5 Ke7 44.Kg6 Nd6 45.Nc5 Nc4 46.Ne4 Ne5+ 47.Kf5 Nd7 48.g3 Kf7 49.h4 gxh4 50.gxh4 Ne5 51.h5 Nf3 52.Kf4 Ne5 53.Nd6+ Ke6 54.Ne4 Kf7 55.Kf5 Nf3 56.Ng3 Kg7 57.Kf4 Ng5 58.Nf5+ Kh7 59.Ke3 Ne6 60.Ke4 Ng5+ 61.Ke3 Ne6 62.Ke4 Ng5+ 63.Kd5 Nh3 64.f3 Nf4+ 65.Kd6 Nxh5 66.Ke6 Kg6 67.Ne7+ Kg5 68.Nd5 Nf4+ 69.Nxf4 Kxf4 70.Kxf6 Kxf3 ½-½ Lesiege,A-Garbarino,R/Internet ICC 2000/The Week in Chess 292 (70)] 14...hxg6 15.fxg7 Kxg7 16.bxc3
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[16.Qb5 Qe7 17.bxc3 Bd6 18.Qxb7 Nc5 19.Qxe7 Bxe7 20.Be3 Rab8 21.Ne5 Rfc8 22.Rfd1 Rb2 23.Nc4 Rb3 24.g3 Ne4 25.Nd2 Nxd2 26.Rxd2 Bf6 27.Bxa7 Rbxc3 28.Raa2 e5 29.a5 Be7 30.a6 Ra8 Koskinen,H-Lehikoinen,P/Tampere 1995/EXT 98/1-0 (58); 16.Rd1!? Qe7 17.bxc3=] 16...Bxc3 17.Ra3 Bf6 18.Qd2 Qe7
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19.Rb3!?N
[stronger is 19.Rd3 Nc5 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Ng5 Rfd8 22.Ba3?? snatching defeat from the jaws of victory! (22.Qh7+ Kf8 23.Rf3! e5 24.Ba3 b6 25.Ne4 Bg7 26.Qxg6±) 22...Bxg5 0-1 Saunders,S-Mims,R/corr 1995/Megacorr (22)] 19...Rfb8 20.h4! [The immediate 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Ng5 is well parried by 21...Nf8] 20...Nc5 21.Qh6+ Kg8 22.Ba3 Bg7 23.Qe3 b6 24.Rfb1 Rc8 25.a5!|
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Excellent undermining move! 25...Qd8 [Black misses the only move to liquidate into an even endgame with 25...Qf6! 26.Bb2 Qf5 27.Bxg7 Kxg7 28.Rb5 Qd3 29.Qxd3 Nxd3 30.axb6 axb6 31.Rxb6 Ra2 32.R6b3=] 26.axb6 Nxb3 27.b7
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27...Rc3?!
[¹27...Nd4!? 28.bxa8Q Rxa8 29.Rd1 Nxf3+ 30.Qxf3 Qe8 31.h5 with compensation for the pawn] 28.bxa8Q Qxa8 29.Qf4 Qd8 [29...Qc8 30.Ng5 f5 31.Qa4 Nd2 32.Rd1 Nc4 33.Qxa7+-] 30.Ng5 Qe8 31.h5!|
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with this hammer blow, Black's position collapses like a pack of cards.. 31...e5+- [31...gxh5 32.Ne4 Rd3 33.Qg5+-] 32.Qh4 f6 33.Ne4 Nd2 34.Nxc3 Nxb1 35.Nxb1 gxh5 36.Nc3 Qf7 37.Ne4 an impressive display of initiative! 1-0
The game which virtually decided the Champion and Runner-up placings. Alvaro Benlloch unfurled a twin Queenside Knight foray which proved faster than Luis’ Kingside demonstrations.
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5
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The general idea is to develop rapidly with Bxf6. b2-b4 and c4-c5 after Black replies 9...h6. Black also has to waste another move with Bg7 if he wants to hit back with f7-f5. According to Burgess. this line was pioneered by Eingorn and Liogsky. Other regular exponents are the late Lembit Oll, Dutch IM Albert Blees and the dangerous Swedish GM Tiger Hillarp-Persson. Black has scored 52% from this line according to my database but in the last 2 years, White has scored 60%. 9...Nh5 10.Ne1 Nf4 11.Nd3 Nxe2+ 12.Qxe2
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Who has gained by this exchange? From the White perspective, the 1st rank is cleared for the Rooks, the "bad" Be2 is removed and the vital defender of c7 and d6 (Knight) has been eliminated. For Black, he has gained the double bishops and removed a strong defender of g4. 12...h6 13.Bd2 [13.Be3 f5 14.f3 A) 14...g5 15.c5 Ng6 16.Rac1 (16.cxd6 cxd6 17.exf5 Nf4 18.Nxf4 exf4 19.Bf2 a6 20.Qd2 Bxf5 21.Ne2 Re8 22.Nd4 Qd7 23.Rfe1 Qf7 24.Qb4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 Rxe1+ 26.Bxe1 Re8 27.Bc3 Kh7 28.h3 Kg6 29.Rc1 Kh5 30.h4 Re2 31.hxg5 hxg5 32.Kf1 Re3 33.Qh8+ Kg6 34.Qd8 Bd3+ 35.Kg1 Qe7 36.Qg8+ Kf5 37.Bg7 Qe8 38.Qh7+ Qg6 39.Qh8 Re8 40.Bf8 g4 41.fxg4+ Kxg4 42.Rc7 Re1+ 43.Kh2 Qh5+ 44.Qxh5+ Kxh5 45.Bxd6 Be4 46.Bxf4 Kg4 47.Bd2 Re2 48.Rg7+ Kf5 49.Bc3 Bxd5 50.a3 Re6 51.Rf7+ Kg6 52.Rd7 Bc6 53.Rd8 Kf7 54.Rh8 Rg6 55.g3 Rg8 56.Rh6 Rg6 57.Rh4 Re6 58.Kh3 Kg6 59.Rg4+ Kf5 60.Rf4+ Kg5 61.Bd2 Kg6 62.Rf2 Re4 63.g4 Bd7 64.Bf4 Rd4 65.Rf1 Bb5 66.Rf2 Bd7 67.Kh4 Be6 68.Re2 Bc4 ½-½ Blees,A-David,A/Amsterdam NED 2000/The Week in Chess 302 (68)) 16...Rf7 17.cxd6 cxd6 18.exf5 Nf4 19.Qd2 Bxf5 20.Nf2 Qa5 21.Nfe4 Bxe4 22.fxe4 Bf6 23.g3 Ng6 24.Qe2 a6 25.Qg4 Qd8 26.Rf2 Kg7 27.Rcf1 Qc8 28.Qe6 Qd8 29.Na4 Nf8 30.Qf5 Qd7 31.Nb6 Qxf5 32.Rxf5 Rd8 33.a4 Nd7 34.Nc4 Nb8 35.a5 Rff8 36.Bb6 Rd7 37.Ba7 Rdd8 38.Bxb8 Rxb8 39.Nxd6 b6 40.axb6 Rxb6 41.Rxf6 1-0 Gausel,E-Harestad,H/Gausdal 1996/CBM 51 ext (41); B) 14...f4 15.Bf2 g5 (15...h5 16.c5 g5 17.Rfc1 Bd7 18.cxd6 cxd6 19.a4 g4 20.Nb5 g3 21.hxg3 fxg3 22.Bxg3 Bh6 23.Rc2 Ng6 24.Bf2 Rf6 25.Ra3 h4 26.Nc7 Rc8 27.Ne6 Bxe6 28.dxe6 Rxe6 29.Rxc8 Qxc8 30.Rc3 Qd7 31.Qc2 Re7 32.Bxa7 h3 33.g3 Rg7 34.Kh2 Kh7 35.Ne1 b5 36.Bf2 bxa4 37.Rc4 Qb5 38.Kxh3 Qd7+ 39.g4 Bf4 40.Kg2 Qe7 41.Qxa4 Nh4+ 42.Kf1 Bd2 43.Ke2 Bxe1 44.Bxe1 Rf7 45.Rc3 Qf6 46.Qb3 Ng2 47.Bd2 Kg7 48.Qb6 Kg6 49.Rd3 Rd7 50.Qc6 Qd8 51.b4 Kf6 52.b5 Ke6 53.b6 Qb8 54.Kf2 Nh4 55.Bg5 Rh7 56.Rxd6+ 1-0 Olszewski,P-Gladyszev,O/Budapest HUN 1999 (56)) 16.c5 Ng6 17.Rac1 g4 (17...Bd7 18.b4 h5 19.b5 g4 20.Kh1 b6 21.cxd6 cxd6 22.a4 Rf7 23.Na2 Bf8 24.Nab4 Rg7 25.Na6 Rc8 26.Rc6 gxf3 27.gxf3 Bxc6 28.bxc6 Be7 29.Rb1 Bh4 30.Bg1 Qg5 31.a5 bxa5 32.Qf1 Ne7 33.Qh3 Kh7 34.Bxa7 Rcg8 35.Nc7 Qg2+ 36.Qxg2 Rxg2 37.Rb2 R2g6 38.Rb1 Rg2 39.Rb2 R2g6 40.Rb1 Nc8 41.Bf2 Bxf2 42.Nxf2 Ne7 43.Nh3 Kh6 44.Rb7 Rg2 0-1 Blees,A-Grivas,E/Gausdal 1993/TD (44)) 18.Kh1 Rf7 19.Nb5 Bd7 20.c6 bxc6 21.dxc6 Be6 22.Nb4 g3 23.Bg1 Nh4 24.Rc2 a6 25.Nc3 Bh3 26.Qc4 Qg5 27.Nbd5 Nxg2 28.Rxg2 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 gxh2+ 30.Kxh2 Kh8 31.Qe2 Qh5+ 32.Kg2 Rg8 33.Bh2 Bf6+ 34.Kh1 Bh4 35.Nb1 Rfg7 36.Nd2 Bd8 37.Nc4 Qh3 38.Nce3 fxe3 39.Nxe3 h5 40.b4 Bh4 41.a4 Bg3 42.b5 axb5 43.axb5 Bf4 0-1 Bonin,J-Sherzer,A/Chicago 1992/TD (43); 13.Bxe7 Qxe7 14.b4 h5 15.c5 Bd7 16.c6 bxc6 17.dxc6 Bxc6 18.b5 Bb7 19.Nb4 f5 20.Ncd5 Qh4 21.Rac1 Rf7 22.Rc4 fxe4 23.Rxe4 Qg5 24.a4 Raf8 25.f3 Bh6 26.Kh1 Qd2 27.Qc4 Kh8 28.h3 Qg5 29.Kh2 Qf5 30.Nc6 Qe6 31.a5 Bd2 32.a6 Bxc6 33.bxc6 Rb8 34.Rd1 Bf4+ 35.Kh1 Bg3 36.Qe2 Rb3 37.Re3 Rb8 38.Red3 Rb5 39.Qe3 Rc5 40.Nxc7 Rxc7 41.Rxd6 1-0 Karpeshov,O-Kruppa,Y/St.Petersburg 1997/CBM 61 ext (41)] 13...f5 [13...g5 A) 14.g4 Ng6 15.f3 Nf4 (15...Bd7 16.Qf2 c5 17.dxc6 bxc6 18.Rfd1 Be6 19.b3 h5 20.h3 Nf4 21.Nxf4 exf4 22.Rac1 Be5 23.Ne2 c5 24.Bc3 f6 25.Rd3 Qe7 26.Rcd1 Rad8 27.Bxe5 fxe5 28.Nc3 Rd7 29.Kf1 hxg4 30.hxg4 Rf6 31.Ke2 Rh6 32.Rg1 Qd8 33.Kd1 Qb6 34.Qd2 Kf8 35.Rg2 Bg8 36.Rh2 Rxh2 37.Qxh2 Rh7 38.Qd2 Ke7 39.Kc2 Rh6 40.Qg2 Bf7 41.Rd1 Qd8 42.Rh1 Qh8 43.Rxh6 Qxh6 44.Ne2 Qh4 45.Kd1 Be8 46.Nc3 Bc6 47.Ke2 Kd7 ½-½ Peek,M-Nijboer,F/NLD-chT9495 1994/EXT 98 (47)) 16.Nxf4 exf4 17.Nd1 c6 18.Bc3 cxd5 (18...Qb6+ 19.Qf2 cxd5 20.cxd5 Bd7 21.Qxb6 axb6 22.Bxg7 Kxg7 23.Nc3 b5 24.a3 Kf6 25.Na2 Rac8 26.Rac1 Rc4 27.Nb4 Rfc8 28.Rcd1 Ke7 29.Rfe1 f6 30.Kf2 h5 31.h3 h4 32.Ke2 Kd8 33.Kd3 Be8 34.Rd2 Rc1 35.Rdd1 R1c4 36.Rg1 Bd7 37.Rg2 Rc1 38.Rgg1 R1c4 39.Rg2 Rc1 40.Rgd2 R1c5 41.Ke2 Be8 42.Rd3 Kc7 43.Kd2 Kb6 44.Rc3 Rxc3 45.bxc3 Ra8 46.Ra1 Bd7 47.Kc2 Rc8 48.Kb3 Re8 49.Rg1 Rc8 50.Rh1 Be8 51.Nc2 Bd7 52.Nd4 Kc5 53.Rd1 Re8 54.Rd2 Re7 55.Kb2 Re8 56.Nb3+ Kb6 57.Nd4 Kc5 58.Nb3+ Kb6 59.Rd4 Rc8 60.Nd2 Ra8 61.Rb4 Kc5 62.Nb3+ Kb6 63.Nc1 Rc8 64.Nd3 Be8 65.Kb3 Ka5 66.Ne1 Bd7 67.Nc2 Kb6 68.Nd4 Kc5 69.Kb2 Ra8 70.Nb3+ Kb6 71.Nc1 Rc8 72.Nd3 Be8 73.Kb3 Ka5 74.Ne1 Bd7 75.Nc2 Kb6 76.a4 Ka6 77.axb5+ Bxb5 78.c4 Bd7 79.Nd4 b6 80.Nb5 Bxb5 81.Rxb5 ½-½ Soffer,R-Soln,P/Bled 1995/EXT 98 (81)) 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.cxd5 Bd7 21.Nf2 Rc8 22.Qd2 Qb6 23.Rfe1 Rc5 24.Kg2 Rfc8 25.Rac1 Rxc1 26.Rxc1 Rxc1 27.Qxc1 Qd4 28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.bxc3 Bb5 30.Nd1 Kf6 31.Nb2 Ba6 32.Kf2 Ke7 33.Ke1 Kd7 34.Kd2 Kc7 35.a4 b6 36.c4 Bc8 37.Nd1 Bd7 38.Nc3 f6 39.Nb5+ ½-½ Oll,L-Dolmatov,S/Rostov 1993/CBM 36 (39); B) 14.h4 14...g4 15.f4 gxf3 16.Qxf3 f5 17.Qh5 Rf6 18.g4 f4 19.g5 hxg5 20.hxg5 Rg6 21.Kf2 c6 22.Rh1 cxd5 23.cxd5 Qb6+ 24.Ke2 Bd7 25.Rhf1 Kf7 26.Bxf4 exf4 27.Rxf4+ Ke8 28.Raf1 Kd8 29.Rf8+ Be8 30.e5 Rc8 31.Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.Ne4 dxe5 33.d6 Rc4 34.Nf6+ Bxf6 35.gxf6 Re4+ 36.Kd1 Qe3 37.f7+ Kd7 38.Qf3 Qxf3+ 39.Rxf3 Rg1+ 40.Kd2 Rg2+ 41.Kd1 Ng6 42.Nc5+ Sirov. ½-½ Oll,L-Shirov,A/Tilburg 1992/CBM 32 (42); 13...c6 A) 14.Kh1 Kh7 (14...cxd5 15.cxd5 g5 16.g4 Ng6 17.f3 Bd7 18.a4 a6 19.Be3 Rc8 20.Qd2 Qa5 21.Rfc1 Rc4 22.b3 Rcc8 23.Ne2 Qxd2 24.Bxd2 Nh4 25.Ng1 Nxf3 26.Nxf3 Bxg4 27.Ng1 f5 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Rc1 fxe4 30.Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.Nf2 b5 32.Nd1 bxa4 33.bxa4 Bd7 34.Nc3 Bf8 35.Nge2 Kf7 36.Ng3 Kg6 37.Ngxe4 g4 38.Be3 h5 39.Kg2 h4 40.Bb6 Kf5 41.Bc7 Bxa4 42.Bxd6 Bh6 43.Be7 h3+ 44.Kf2 Bc2 45.d6 Kg5 46.Na4+ Bb3 47.Nb6+ 1-0 Nikcevic,N-Popovic,P/Niksic 1996/EXT 99 (47)) 15.f4 b5 16.cxb5 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Nxd5 18.exd5 Bf5 19.Nb4 Qd7 20.Qc4 exf4 21.Bxf4 Bxb2 22.Rad1 Rac8 23.Nc6 g5 24.Bxd6 Rfe8 25.Qb4 Bg7 26.Be7 Bg6 27.d6 a6 28.a4 Ra8 29.Qc4 axb5 30.axb5 Ra3 31.Rxf7 Bxf7 32.Qxf7 Rf8 33.Qd5 Rfa8 34.Ne5 Qf5 35.Nf3 Qxd5 36.Rxd5 Ra1+ 37.Ng1 Re1 38.d7 Rxe7 39.d8Q Rxd8 40.Rxd8 Re1 41.Rd5 Kg8 42.g4 Kf7 43.Rd7+ Re7 44.Rd3 Rb7 45.Rd5 Ke6 46.Rf5 Be5 47.Nf3 Bf6 48.h3 Rd7 49.Kg2 Rd5 50.b6 Rxf5 51.gxf5+ Kd7 52.Nd2 Kc6 53.Ne4 Be7 54.Kg3 Kxb6 55.Kg4 Kc6 56.f6 Bf8 57.Kf5 Kd5 58.Ng3 Kd6 59.Nh5 Kd5 60.Ng7 Kd6 61.Ne6 1-0 Corkett,A-Harakis,A/London 1994/CBM 43 ext (61); B) 14.Rac1 14...f5 15.f3 cxd5 16.cxd5 g5 17.Nb5 Bd7 18.Nf2 Qb6 19.a4 Ng6 20.Qe3 Nf4 21.Rfe1 fxe4 22.fxe4 Bxb5 23.Qxb6 axb6 24.axb5 Rfc8 25.Rxc8+ Rxc8 26.Bc3 Rc5 27.g3 Ng6 28.Bb4 Rxb5 29.Nd3 Bf8 30.Rc1 Nh8 31.Rc8 Nf7 32.g4 Kg7 33.Bc3 h5 34.b4 Nh6 35.Nb2 1-0 Ftacnik,L-Wojtkiewicz,A/Budapest 1993/CBM 34 (35)] 14.f3 [14.f4 exf4 (14...fxe4 15.Nxe4 Nf5 16.Bc3 Nd4 17.Qd2 Qh4 18.Ng3 Bf5 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.Nxf5 Rxf5 22.Rxf5 Nxf5 23.Nf4 Nd6 24.Ne6 Qxc4 25.Nxg7 Kxg7 26.Bxe5+ Kh7 27.Rc1 Qh4 28.Rxc7+ Kg8 29.g3 Qh5 30.Rg7+ Kf8 31.Qf4+ Nf5 32.g4 Qh4 33.Qb4+ Re7 34.Rxe7 a5 35.Qe4 Nxe7 36.Bd6 Qf6 37.Ba3 Kf7 38.Kg2 Nc8 39.Qc4 time. 1-0 Savchenko,S-Degerman,L/Gausdal 1993/TD (39)) 15.Nxf4 g5 16.Ne6 Bxe6 17.dxe6 f4 18.g3 Ng6 19.gxf4 Bxc3 20.bxc3 gxf4 21.Kh1 Qf6 22.Rg1 Kh7 23.Qg4 Rae8 24.Rab1 b6 25.Rbe1 Qxe6 26.Qh5 Qf6 27.Rg4 Re5 28.Qh3 Qe6 29.Reg1 Rg5 0-1 Blees,A-Klarenbeek,H/Heraklio 1993/TD (29)] 14...f4 15.b4 g5 16.Rac1 [16.Nf2 h5 17.h3 Rf6 18.c5 Bd7 19.a4 Rg6 20.Rfc1 a6 21.a5 Qe8 22.Rab1 Nc8 23.c6 bxc6 24.dxc6 Bxc6 25.b5 axb5 26.Nxb5 Bxb5 27.Rxb5 Ra7 28.Rb8 Kh7 29.Rcb1 Rf6 30.a6 Rf7 31.R1b7 c6 32.Qc4 Kg6 33.Rxf7 Rxf7 34.Qb3 Qd7 35.Rb7 Qe8 36.Rb8 Qd7 37.Rb7 Qe8 38.Ba5 Rd7 39.Rxd7 Qxd7 40.Qb7 Qe6 41.Qxc6 Qa2 42.Bd8 1-0 Bukic,E-Soln,P/Vrhnika 1995/EXT 98 (42)] 16...a5 17.a3
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17...c6
Why help White open the c-file? I think Black should just get on with it... [17...h5 18.c5 (18.Nf2!?) 18...axb4 19.axb4 g4 20.cxd6 cxd6 21.Kh1 Ng6 22.Nb5 g3 23.h3 Qh4 24.Nxd6 Bxh3 25.gxh3 Qxh3+ 26.Kg1 Nh4 27.Ne1 Rf6 28.Nb5 g2 29.Nxg2 Rg6 30.Rf2 Ra2 (30...Rg3 31.Nd6 Nxf3+ 32.Rxf3 Rxf3 33.Nf5+-) 31.Rd1 Rxg2+ 32.Rxg2 Nxf3+ 33.Kf1 Nxd2+ 34.Rxd2 Ra1+ 35.Kf2 f3 36.Qxf3 Rf1+ 37.Kxf1 Qxf3+ 38.Kg1 Qe3+=] 18.Rfd1 axb4 19.axb4 cxd5 [White is too well placed for Black to try 19...b5 20.c5 (20.cxb5 cxd5 21.Nxd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Qb6+³) 20...Ba6 21.Be1] 20.cxd5 Qb6+ 21.Kh1 h5 22.Be1!|
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rerouting the bishop to its best diagonal 22...g4?! [better is 22...Bd7 23.Bf2 Qa6] 23.Bf2± Qd8 24.Nb2! This Knight is going to run roughshed all over the Queenside 24...Bd7 25.Nc4 Nc8 26.Na5 b6?!
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There is no time for defence now [26...Qg5! 27.Qe1! (27.Nxb7 g3 28.Bg1 Rb8 29.Qa6 Rf6 30.Rd2÷) ] 27.Nc6 Qg5 28.Nb5 h4 [28...g3 29.Nc7+- Ra4 30.Nb8! The elimination of the light squared bishop wrecks Black's attacking plans] 29.Rc3 [29.Nc7 Ra3 30.Ne6! Bxe6 31.dxe6 h3! 32.Rg1 g3 33.e7 Nxe7 (33...Re8 34.hxg3 hxg2+ 35.Kxg2 fxg3 36.Bxg3 Nxe7 37.Nxe7+ Rxe7 38.Rc8+ Kf7 39.Rd1±) 34.gxh3 Nxc6 35.Rxc6 Qh4 36.Bxb6 Qxh3 37.Rg2 Qh5 38.Rxd6 Qxf3 39.Qxf3 Rxf3 40.hxg3 fxg3 41.Rg6 R8f6 42.Rxf6 Bxf6=] 29...Rf7 [29...g3 30.Nc7! (30.Be1 h3!) 30...Ra4 31.Nb8! h3 32.Nxd7+-] 30.Nc7 gxf3 31.gxf3 h3 32.Bh4!
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forcing Black to liquidate into a lost ending 32...Qg2+ 33.Qxg2 hxg2+ 34.Kxg2 Ra2+ 35.Kh1 Bf6 36.Rg1+ Kh8 37.Bxf6+ Rxf6 38.Nd8 Ne7 39.Nce6 Be8 40.Ng5 Ra7 41.Nde6 Bd7 42.Rcc1 Be8 43.Ra1 Ba4 44.b5 Ra5 45.Rgb1 Rxe6 46.dxe6 Rxb5 47.Rg1 1-0
In the Kavalek Variation of the KID fianchetto, Black often parts with the exchange in the variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5 8.h3 Be6 9.d5 cd 10.Nd4 dc 11.Bxb7. In the following game, Luis parts with his exchange in another variation of the Kavalek to begin a remorseless exploitation of the initiative.
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.0-0 d6 6.c4 c6 7.Nc3 Qa5
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The Kavalek variation, which has earned me a draw against GM Tu Hoang Thong two days after he won the Asian Junior Championships in 1991. If White plays insipidly, he has to fend off the Grand Prix Attack style manouvres-Qh5, Bh3 and Ng4 8.h3 Be6 9.d5 cxd5 10.Nd4 Bd7 11.cxd5 Rc8 12.Nb3 [12.Be3 Be8 13.Qb3! Qa6 14.Rfc1² NCO ] 12...Qd8 13.Be3 a5 14.a4 Na6 15.Rc1?!N
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as a4 will soon become a target, the c-file should be reserved for the f-Rook [15.Qd2 Rc4 16.Rfc1 Rb4 17.Ra3 Be8 18.Rc2 Rc4 19.Nb5 Rxc2 20.Qxc2 Nb4 21.Qd1 Nd7 22.Bd4 Bxd4 23.N3xd4 Nf6 24.e4 Rc8 25.Rc3 Bxb5 26.axb5 Nd7 27.Nb3 Ra8 28.Qd4 b6 29.Qd2 Nc5 Biehler,T-Martinovic,S/BL2-SW 1990/GER-chT2/1-0 (68); 15.Bd4 Rc4 16.e3 Ne8 17.Re1 Rb4 18.Bf1 Bxd4 19.exd4 Nf6 20.Ra3 Nc7 21.Qf3 b5 22.axb5 Nxb5 23.Bxb5 Bxb5 24.Nxa5 Be8 25.Nc6 Bxc6 26.dxc6 Rxa3 27.bxa3 Rxd4 28.c7 Qxc7 29.Nb5 Qa5 Vaganian,R-Cvitan,O/Sarajevo 1987/CBM 05/1-0 (68); 15.Qd3 Nb4 16.Qd2 Be8 17.Bd4 Nd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Nc5 20.h4 e5 21.dxe6 fxe6 22.Bxb7 e5 23.Bxa8 Rxa8 24.Ndb5 d5 25.Qg5 Qxg5 26.hxg5 d4 27.Nc7 Rc8 28.Nxe8+ Rxe8 29.Nb5 Re7 Miguel,V-Lezcano Jaen,P/Linares 1998/EXT 99/1-0 (40)] 15...Nb4 16.Nd4 Qe8 17.b3?!
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[17.Qb3 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Bxa4² 19.Qb2 Nbxd5 20.Bd2= Black's initiative is not as rampant as in the stem game] 17...Rxc3!
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demolition of the centre and the kingside structure! 18.Rxc3 Nfxd5 19.Rc1 [19.Rc4 Nxe3 20.fxe3 Be5µ] 19...Nxe3 20.fxe3 d5µ
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White's pieces just have no scope as Luis continues to improve his pawn structure 21.Qd2 Qb8 22.Qe1 Qd6 23.Kh2 h5 24.Nf3 f5 25.Nh4 Rf8 26.e4
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Finally, White can no longer withstand the tremendous pressure on his Kingside and decideds to liquidate 26...fxe4 Black gets in control. 27.Rxf8+ Bxf8 28.Qf2 Bh6 29.Rd1 Qe6
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discouraged perhaps, White misses his last chance to get out of the bind 30.Qc5?!-+ [¹30.Qa7!? Nc6 31.Qc5 g5 32.Qxd5 Qxd5 33.Rxd5 Be6 34.Bxe4 gxh4 35.Rxh5 hxg3+ 36.Kxg3 Bg7 37.Bd5µ] 30...b6 31.Qc7 Kh7 32.Rf1 Na6 33.Qa7-+ Nc5
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White attempts to create his own passed pawn but Black's Bishop and Knight tandem work to remove it efficiently 34.b4 axb4 35.a5 Na4 36.a6 Nc5! 37.Qa8 Bc6! 38.Qd8 [38.Qb8 Nxa6 39.Qxb6 Bd7-+] 38...Nxa6
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with the a pawn gone, White has virtually no chance of surviving this 39.Qxb6 Bd7 40.Qa5 Bg7 41.Rd1 d4 42.Qg5 b3 43.Rb1 Be8 44.Qa5 Bf6 45.Qa3 Bf7 46.Kg1 Nc7! 47.Qc5 Ne8 48.Kh2 Nd6 49.Bh1 Qe5 50.Qxe5 Bxe5 51.Ng2 Nf5!
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What an utter crush! 0-1
