CalCHESS Journal Summer 2014 | Page 9

34.Rxd4!? cxd4!?
35.Qxe5+ Kf8 36.Qg3
36.Qxd4?? Rxd5+ –+
Photo by Richard Shorman

12.Bxf4? (diagram)
12.Bd2 and the position would
still be unclear.

White: IM Kaufman (2410)
Black: GM Barbosa (2559)
D17 Slav Defense

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 c6
4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Nh4
Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.g4 Bg6
9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.e3 e6
11.Bxc4 Bb4 12.Qf3 Nbd7
13.Kf1 Qa5 14.Bd2 Rd8
15.Kg2 g5N
Preventing h4.
12...f5!
Blocking the diagonal to h7.
Not 12...Nxf4?? 13.Nf6+ gxf6
14.Qxh7#
13.Nfg5 Nxf4 14.Rxf4 Bxg5
15.Nxg5 Qxg5 16.Raf1 Ne7
17.Qc4+ Bf7 0–1
The other tournament winner,
GM Oliver Barbosa, keeps his
opponent under constant
pressure in his game from
round four.

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16.Rhd1 Nf8 17.Bd3 Nd5
18.Rac1 Rh6 19.Nxd5
Rxd5 20.Bc3 Rd8 21.Qg3
Nd7 22.e4 Bxc3 23.bxc3 e5!
24.Qe3 Nf8 25.Bf1
Adding protection to h3.
25...Ne6 26.d5 Nf4+
27.Kh2 Rhd6 28.c4 c5
29.Rb1 Qc7 30.Rb5 b6
31.a5 Ne6!? 32.axb6 axb6
33.Qg3 Nd4 (diagram)

36...f6 37.e5!? fxe5
38.Qxe5 Re8 39.Qg3 Re1
40.Bd3 Qe7 41.c5! bxc5
42.Rb8+ Rd8 43.d6! Qf6
44.d7 Ke7 45.Rxd8 Kxd8
46.Qb8+ Kxd7 47.Bb5+
Ke6 48.Bc4+ Ke7 49.Qc7+
Kf8 50.Qxc5+ Ke8
51.Qc8+ Qd8 52.Bb5+ Ke7
53.Qb7+ Kf6 54.Qf3+?!
54.Bc4 Qd6+ 55.Kg2 Re7
56.Qf3+ Kg6 57.Qf8 Qc6+
58.f3 Qe8 59.Qf5+ Kh6 60.h4!
was one potential way to hang
on but not an easy task over
the board.
54...Kg6 55.Bd3+ Kh6
56.Qf5 Qc7+ 57.Kg2 Qb7+
58.f3 Qb2+ 0–1
GM Mark Paragua scores an
endgame win in this game
from round 5.
White: IM D. Pruess (2407)
Black: GM Paragua (2596)
E62 Kings Indian Fianchetto

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7

CalChess Journal

Summer 2014