Illinois Chess Bulletin Julio - Agosto 2002 | Page 24

College of Lake County Invitational Round Robin
5.Bxe5?! dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.c4 Bb4+ 8.Nd2 Bf5
9.a3 Bc3 [Of course 9...Ba5 is bad because of 10.b4
Bb6 11.c5] 10.0–0–0 I forgot about this possiblity.
Now I have to take time out to get my king out of the
line of fire. Maybe Bf5 was overly ambitious. Now in
exchange for pawn targets, White makes my black
squared bishop a little uncomfortable, but the White
king is also in tight quarters. 10...Ke7³ 11.Nb1 Ba1
12.Nf3 f6 13.e3 Nh6 14.h3 Rhd8 (see diagram)

Standard Sicilian Scheveningen
9…0–0 10.f4 Nc6 11.Bf3 Na5 Perhaps f5 would be
better 12.Kh1 Bd7 13.Qe1 Rac8 14.Rd1 Rfd8 15.Qf2
Nc4 16.Bc1 Nb6 the a pawn is lost but White gets a lot
of kingside play in return 17.a5 Nc4³ 18.Nb3 Bc6
19.g4 Nxa5 20.g5³ Nd7 21.Nd4 centralizing the
knight, preparing for attack Nf8 getting the knight back
to defend g6 and h7 squares. 22.f5 Be8? 23.fxe6
[Fritz gives 23.Bg4!? Qd7 24.f6+-] 23...fxe6² 24.Bg4
Qc5 [24...Qc4 25.Qxf8 Bxf8 26.Bxe6 and White is
winning]
15.Be2 c6 16.Rxd8 Rxd8 17.Rd1 Nf7 18.Rd2 e4 [If for
example 18...a5? then 19.Ra2 Bxb1 20 .Kxb1 Bc3
21.Kc2 e4 22.Kxc3 exf3 23.Bxf3] 19.Nd4 Bc8 20.Nc2
Be5 21.Rxd8 Nxd8 22.Kd2 Ne6 23.b4 c5 24.b5 Bc7
25.f3 I don't like this move. White, with the knights,
should try to keep the position blocked if possible.
Black, on the other hand, wants to increase the scope
of his bishops by opening up the position. Although
White's position is somewhat passive Black has yet to
demonstrate progress. 25...Ba5+ 26.Kd1 Ng5
[26...exf3 seems more in line with the comment of
move 25.] 27.h4?! [27.f4 causes more problems,
threatening to lock up both sides of the board.]
27...exf3 28.Bxf3? [28.gxf3 Nh3] 28...Nxf3 29.gxf3
Be6 30.Nd2 Bxd2 31.Kxd2 Bxc4–+ 32.a4 Bb3 33.a5
Bxc2 34.Kxc2 h5 35.Kd3 g5 36.Ke2 b6 37.axb6 axb6
38.Kf2 Ke6 39.hxg5 fxg5 40.f4 gxf4 41.exf4 c4
42.Ke3 h4 43.Kd4 h3 44.Kxc4 h2 45.f5+ Ke5 46.f6
h1Q 47.f7 Qd5+ 48.Kb4 Qxf7 49.Ka3 Qc4 50.Kb2
Kd4 51.Ka1 Kc3 52.Kb1 Kb3 53.Ka1 Qc1# [Of course
not 53...Qc2?? Stalemate.] 0–1
Mike Maloney - Robert Rasmussen
Comments by Robert Rassmussen
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be2 e6 7.a4 Qc7 8.0–0 Be7 9.Be3

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25.b4 Qxc3 26.Bxe6+ Nxe6 27.Nxe6 27...Bh5
(forced) 28.Nxd8³ Rxd8 29.bxa5 Rf8 30.Qe1?? (White
under heavy time pressure and Black has over 40 min.
on clock) 30...Rxf1+ White losing by force 31.Qxf1
Qf3+ Black winning the rook outright 32.Kg1 Qxd1
Some tactical chances might have been missed by
White in the middle game. 0–1

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