Illinois Chess Bulletin Julio - Agosto 2002 | Page 11

Letters
12. b4 opening the queenside up h5 he's trying to
open the kingside to use his rook. 13. bc Q:c5 his
position is looking more dangerous. 14. Qb3 hg
15. hg Qc7, 16. Rab1 Nd7. Now is where I
thought for a long time. Since he has a.(wasted
time moving Nc6,Nb8, Nd7) b. ( because most of
my pawns are on white squares) and c (by
capturing I take away a piece in the area of
defending his king) I decided to capture 17 B:d7+
Q:d7, 18. Nh2 (as GM Fedorowicz tells me, if you
keep your king safe you will have a good game,
so I take time out to protect my king and make his
white square bishop worthless). Kb8, 19. f3 Nc8,
20. Be3 Qe7, 21. Nc4 (here I considered 21. Bg5
forcing 21 ..f6, this would help to defend my king
but also help him defend his king because I waste
a tempo.) Rd7, 22. Re2 Qd8 23. Reb2 (tripling on
the b file. Here memories of my game with
Martinosvsky began to stir. I am threatening
24.Qb7+ R:b7 ,25. Rb7+ Ka8,26. Rb8 mate. Even
after 23... Ka8, 24. Q:b7+ R:b7,25. R:b7, then if...
Nb6 26. R:a7+ K:a7 27.B:b6+ regrabs the Queen
with material advantage). b6, 24. a4 Be7, 25. a5
Bg5, 26. Bf2 (my bishop is attacking his king, I am
not about to trade for his bishop) Rb7, 27. ab Ka8,
28.ba! (here it is a queen sacrifice) IM Angelo
Young suggests that Na5 may be better at this
point - why risk sacrificing the queen? He has a
point, but it is not a risk if you have calculated out
a mate or win back of material in every line.
Especially since it trades down to an easily won
end game. If I simply win the exchange and give
the initiative back to Justin he could have some
kingside play against my king. I am threatening
29. Q:b7 mate so therefore ... R:b3 29.R:b3 ( now
I am threatening 30. Rb8 mate. The knight must
move to stop mate or else 29..Qc7 loses to 30
Rb8+).. N:a7 best defensive try 30. Rb7 this is
better than Ra3 because it takes away Queen
defending moves. ..Qb8 (what else to stop Ra7
mate) 31. R:b8+ R:b8 32. Nb6+ this move forces
the win of an exchange as 32..Kb7 allows 33.
Nd7+) ... R:b6 33. R:b6 Nc8 and the
rest of the game is a matter of technique (may not
be the best). 34 Rb5 Bf4, 35. Nf1 f6, 36. Ne3 Be8,
37. Rb4 g6, 38.Nc4 f5, 39. gf gf, 40. ef Bf7, 41.
Nb6+ Kb7, 42. N:c8 K:c8, 43. c4 Kc7, 44. Ra4
Kd7, 45. Kg2 Ke7, 45. Bh4+ Kf8, 46. Ra6 1:0

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In memory of my most memorable game with Dr.
Martinovsky. This time I saw the Queen sacrifice
concept all along.
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