defender.
13...Bxg4 14.hxg4 h6 15.g3
Qd7 16.g5! hxg5 17.Kg2 b5
18.f3 b4 19.Nd1 g4 20.Nf2
gxf3+ 21.Bxf3 Nce8!?
22.Rh1! g5?
Better was 22...Nh7 with some
chances to hold.
23.Bxg5! Nh7?! (diagram)
White: S. Maruvada (1733)
Black: A. Srivatsa (1489)
E97 Kings Indian Defense
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7
4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2
e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7
9.b4 b6!? 10.a4 Nd7
11.Nd2N f5 12.f3 f4 13.Nb3
g5 14.Ba3 Qe8 15.c5
Whites buildup on the
Queenside has been a little
slow allowing Black good
attacking chances on the other
wing.
Rf6 16.Nb5 Qh5 17.Nxc7!?
24.Rxh7! Kxh7 25.Rh1+
Kg8 26.Bxe7 Qxe7 27.Qh6!
f6 28.Qh8+ Kf7 29.Bh5#
1–0
17.Qc2 Rh6 18.h3 Nf6 19.Nxc7
Bxh3 20.gxh3 Qxh3 21.Bd1 g4
22.Qg2 and White should hold
on the kingside.
17...Rh6 18.h3 (diagram)
18...Nxc5!! 19.Bc4 Bxh3!
20.Qc2
Possibly a better attempt
would be 20.bxc5 Bxg2!
21.Kf2 Qh2 22.Ke1 Nf5!
threatening ...Ne3 23.exf5
e4!÷ and Black's attack keeps
going.
20...Nxe4?!
20...Nxb3! 21.Bxb3 g4
22.Nxa8 gxf3 23.Rxf3 Bg4
24.Raf1 Qh2+ 25.Kf2 Bxf3
26.Kxf3 Rg6!‚
21.fxe4 Bg4! 22.Qc3 Qh2+
23.Kf2 Qh4+ 24.Kg1 f3!
25.Rxf3 Bxf3 26.Nxa8
Qh2+! 27.Kf2 Qxg2+
28.Ke3 Bxe4 0–1
After 28...Bxe4 29.Be2 Rh3+
30.Kd2 Rxc3–+ Black gets
back their material with
interest.
In another game from the
Reserve section, Adith
Srivatsa plays a very nice
Kings Indian Defense with a
brilliant sacrificial attack that
crashes through on the
kingside.
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CalChess Journal
Summer 2014