ISSUE
2004.3
Rumble in Reno
PAGE
4
IM John Donaldson reports:
oris Spassky vs. George Stone (1719) [B39]
Reno Simul 15.10.2004
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Be3 Ng4 8.Qxg4 Nxd4 9.Qd1 Ne6 10.Qd2 0-0 11.Be2 Qa5 12.Rc1
d6 13.0-0 Bd7 14.Rfd1 Bc6 15.f3 Rfe8 16.b3 Rac8 17.Nd5 Qxd2 18.Rxd2 b6 19.b4 Bxd5 20.exd5 Nf8 21.Bd1 Rc7 22.Ba4 Rec8
23.Bb5 Nd7 24.Rdc2 Nf6 25.Ba4 h5 26.Kf2 Kh7 27.Ke2 Bh6 28.Bxh6 Kxh6 29.Kd3 e6 ½-½
The following game between GM-elect Boris Kreiman of Los Angeles and
David Vigorito of Henderson, Nevada, who has three IM norms, was the
most spectacular of the event even if it later proved to be unsound.
Boris Kreiman vs, David Vigorito
Reno Western States Open, 16.10.2004
Spanish Game [C67]
1.e4 e5. A new look by Vigorito who is a well-known Najdorf aficionado.
2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.0-0 Nxe4 5.Re1. Trading the Queen's by 6.d4
Nd6 7.Bxc6 dxc6 8.dxe5 Nf5 9.Qxd8+ is not to Kreiman's taste. Interestingly
in IM Larry Kaufman's The Chess Advantage in Black and White he suggests
that Black answer the Ruy Lopez with the Berlin in one section of the book
and in another he advocates opening 1.e4, recommending 5.Re1 against the
Berlin! 5...Nd6 6.Nxe5 Be7 7.Bd3. Kaufmann prefers the more positional
7.Bf1. Such is not the way that Ironman Boris "Bench Press" Kreiman plays
Grandmaster Boris Kreiman
chess. 7...Nxe5 8.Rxe5 0-0 9.Nc3. This position was familiar to players in
the early 1900s. 9...Ne8. More common are 9...c6, 9...Bf6 or 9...Re8. Kaufmann credits the text to GM Alex Sherzer. 10.Nd5 Bd6 11.Rh5?!! Normal
here is 11.Re1 with equal chances and a not very exciting game. The text is
incredibly imaginative unfortunately it doesn't quite work.. 11... g6 12.Qf3.
There is no turning back. If 12.Rh3 has 12...c6 13.Nc3 Be5 and with ...d5 and
possibly ...Bg7 Black is doing very well. 12... c6. As 12...gxh5 13.Qf5 loses
instantly. Can you find White's next move? 13.b3. White wants the long diagonal. 13...cxd5 14.Bb2 Ng7? There was only one move here, 14...Qe7,
but it works: 15.Rxh7 Be5 16.Re1 d6 17.Bxg6 Qf6 and the defense triumphs.
GMs Yermolinsky and Serper spotted this defense during the game but it was
very easy to miss.15.Rxh7! Now that tables have turned and Black is lost.
15...Kxh7 16.Qh3+ Kg8 17.Qh6 d4 18.Bxd4 f6 19.Bxg6 Rf7 20.Qh7+
Kf8 21.Re1 Be5 22.Bxe5 fxe5 23.Rxe5 Black resigned.
Position after 14...Ng7?