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Chicago Open Games
32.Rxe6+−]
26.Qf6+!
black resigned.1-0

Kd7

27.Bxd6!

(10) Fishbein,A − Aramil,W [B70]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (5), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be2 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Nb3 Nc6 9.Bg5 Be6 10.Kh1
This is GM Fishbein's solid favorite, the classical
variation of the Dragon Sicilian. 10...Rc8 11.f4 Na5
12.f5 Bc4 13.Bd3 b5! 14.Qe2 b4 15.Nd1 Re8 16.Ne3
Bxd3 17.cxd3 Nc6 [Not 17...Nxb3? 18.axb3 when the
backward a7 pawn is weaker than the doubled b
pawns.] 18.Qf2 a5 19.Rac1 a4 20.Nd2 Ne5 21.Qe2
Qd7 22.Ndc4 Nxc4 23.Nxc4 Qb5

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6
6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 0-0 8.Qd2 Nc6 9.Bc4 Bd7 10.0-0-0
Qa5 11.h4 Ne5 12.Bb3 Rfc8 Kudrin is confident to
enter the sharpest lines and prove that he is indeed a
Grandmaster of the Sicilian Dragon. 13.g4 b5 [The
alternative is 13...Nc4 ] 14.h5 b4 15.Nce2 [Another
square is 15.Nd5 ] 15...Nc4 16.Bxc4 Rxc4 17.Kb1
Rac8 18.hxg6 fxg6 19.Nf4!? Rxd4 [Also critical is
19...e5!? 20.g5!? (20.Nb3 Qb5 21.Nd5 Nxd5
(21...Rxc2 22.Qxc2 (22.Nxf6+ Bxf6 23.Qxd6+−)
22...Rxc2 23.Kxc2 Qe2+-+) 22.Qxd5+ Qxd5 23.Rxd5
Rxc2 24.Rxd6=) 20...Nxe4 21.fxe4 exd4 22.Qh2 h5
23.gxh6E] 20.Bxd4 e5 21.g5! Ne8 22.Qh2! exf4
23.Qxh7+ Kf7 24.Bxg7 Nxg7 25.Rxd6 Be6 26.Rxe6!
black resigns 1-0

(12) Lein,A − Anderson,R [B93]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (5), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f4
e5 7.Nf3 Nbd7 8.a4 Be7 9.Bd3 0-0 10.Qe2 exf4
11.Bxf4 Nc5 12.Be3 Qa5 13.0-0 Nxd3 14.Qxd3 Be6
15.Nd4 d5 16.Nxe6! fxe6 17.exd5 exd5 18.Bd4 Bc5
19.Rad1 Rac8 20.Rf5 Qb4 21.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 22.Qd4
Rfe8 23.Qxc5 Rxc5 24.h3 Rc4 25.Nxd5 Nxd5
26.Rdxd5 Rxc2

24.Qf3 Rf8 25.Bxf6!? Bxf6 26.fxg6 fxg6!
[Recapturing towards the center falls into white's trap:
26...hxg6? 27.Nxd6! exd6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qxf6+−]
27.Nxd6 exd6 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Qxf6 Qxd3!=
30.Qf7+ Kh8 31.Qf6+ Kg8 32.e5 dxe5 33.Qf7+ Kh8
34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Qe6+ Kg7 36.Qxe5+ Kg8 37.Qe6+
Kg7 38.Re1 Rf8 39.Qe5+ Kh6 40.Kg1 Rf5 41.Qe3+
Qxe3+ 42.Rxe3 Rc5 43.Kf2 Rc2+ 44.Re2 Rc1 [The
pawn ending after 44...Rxe2+? 45.Kxe2 Kg5 46.Kd3
Kf4 47.Kc4 finds white's king ahead in the race to
make a new queen.] 45.Re1 Rc2+ draw agreed. ½-½
27.Rd7 Rxb2? [Better was 27...g6 28.Rff7 Ree2=]
28.Rff7 Re1+ 29.Kh2 Ree2 30.Rxg7+ Kf8 31.Rdf7+
Ke8 32.Rf6 h5 33.Rf5 Re7 34.Rxe7+ Kxe7 35.Rxh5
Rb4 36.a5 Rb5 37.g4 Rb3 38.Rf5 b5 39.axb6 Rxb6
40.Ra5 Kf6 41.Kg3 Kg6 42.Ra3 Kg5 43.h4+ Kg6
44.h5+ Kf6 45.Kh4 Kg7 46.Ra5 Kh7 47.g5 Rb4+
48.Kg3 Rb1 49.Rxa6 Rg1+ 50.Kf4 Rf1+ 51.Ke5 Re1+
52.Kf6 Rf1+ 53.Ke6 black resigns. 1-0

(11) Kudrin,S − Aramil,W [B79]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (6), 05.2002

(13) Karklins,A − Schulman,J [C15]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (2), 05.2002
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