Illinois Chess Bulletin Julio - Agosto 2002 | Page 48

Chicago Open Games
[Albert Chow]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nge2 Nf6!? 5.a3 [The
obvious alternative is the advance 5.e5 ] 5...Bxc3+
6.Nxc3 Nxe4 7.Qg4 0-0! 8.Nxe4 f5! 9.Qg3 dxe4 [Also
9...fxe4!? ] 10.Bf4 Qxd4 11.Be5 Qd7 12.Bc4 Rf7!
13.Rd1 Qe7 14.0-0 Nc6 15.Bc3 Kh8 16.Qe3 Bd7
17.f3 exf3 18.Rxf3 Re8 19.Rh3 Kg8 20.Rf1 b6 21.b4
a5 22.Rf4 axb4 23.axb4 b5 24.Bxb5 e5 25.Rfh4 h6
26.Bxc6 Bxc6 27.Rxh6?! gxh6 28.Qxh6 Rh7
29.Rg3+ Rg7 30.Rxg7+ Qxg7 31.Qxc6 Qf7 32.Qf3
Qf6 33.h3 c6 34.Qg3+ Kf7 35.Qf3 Qe6 36.Qh5+ Qg6
37.Qe2 e4 38.Qe3 Rf8 39.g4 fxg4 40.Qf4+ Ke6!
41.Qe5+?? [Best was 41.Qxf8! gxh3+ 42.Kf2 Qg2+=]
41...Kd7-+ 42.h4 Qe6 43.Qd4+ Qd5 44.h5 Qxd4+
45.Bxd4 Rf5 46.h6 Rh5 47.Be3 Ke6 48.c4 Kf5 49.b5
cxb5 50.cxb5 g3 51.b6 Kg4 52.b7 Rb5 53.h7 Kf3!
white resigns. 0-1

(14) Perelshteyn,E − Blaustein,M [C17]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (7), 05.2002
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.Bd2 Ne7 6.Nb5
Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 0-0 8.f4 a6 9.Nd6 Qb6 10.c3 cxd4
11.cxd4 Bd7 12.Nf3 Nc8 13.Nxc8 Rxc8 14.Bd3 Nc6
15.0-0 g6 16.Kh1 Ne7 17.a4 a5 18.Qf2 h5 19.h3 Qb3
20.Ra3 Qb4 21.Rfa1 b5! 22.Qh4 Nf5 23.Bxf5 exf5
24.axb5 Qxb5 25.Kh2 Ra6 26.Qe7 Be6 27.Nh4 Re8
28.Qg5 Kh7

[Albert Chow]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4! Bh4+ 5.g3!? [Also
good is 5.Kf1 ] 5...fxg3 6.0-0! gxh2+ 7.Kh1 Nh6 [More
in the gambit spirit is 7...d5!? ] 8.d4 0-0 9.Bxh6! gxh6
10.Ne5! Kg7 11.Nxf7 Qe7 12.Nc3 d6 13.Qh5! Bg5
14.Nxg5 hxg5 15.Rxf8 Qxf8 16.Qxg5+ Kh8 17.Rf1
black resigns. 1-0

(16) Nemeth − Pupols,V [C59]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (2), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5
6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Be2 h6 9.Nf3 e4 10.Ne5
Qd4!? 11.Ng4 [Better is 11.f4 ] 11...Nxg4 12.Bxg4 e3!
13.Bxc8 [If 13.f3 Bxg4 14.fxg4 exd2+ 15.Nxd2 0-0-0]
13...exf2+ 14.Kf1 Rxc8 15.Qe2+ Be7 16.Nc3 0-0
17.Qxf2 Qd7 18.d3 c5 19.Be3 Rc6 20.Ne4 Nb7 21.g3
c4 22.d4 c3 23.bxc3 f5 24.Nd2 Rxc3 25.Nf3 Qc8
26.Ne1 Nd6 27.Qe2 Qc6 28.Rg1 Bf6 29.Bd2 Re8!
30.Qg2 Qc4+ 31.Nd3 Rxd3! white resigns 0-1

(17) Szpisjak,S − Serper,G [D00]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (2), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 d5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.e3 Bd6 5.Bd3 0-0
6.Nd2 c6 7.Ne2 Be6 8.0-0 Nd7 9.Nf4 f5 10.Qh5
[White could equalize with 10.Nxe6 fxe6=] 10...Nf6
11.Qh4 Bd7 12.c4 dxc4 13.Nxc4 Bc7 14.Rac1 Re8
15.Rc2 Qe7 16.Nh5 Nd5 17.Qxe7 Rxe7 18.a3 g6
19.Ng3 f4! 20.exf4 Nxf4 21.Be4 Be6 22.b4 Rd8
23.Na5 Bb6 24.Rd2 Rxd4 25.Rfd1 Ne2+! 26.Nxe2
Rxe4 27.Nc3 Re5 28.h4 Bxa5 29.bxa5 Rxa5 30.Rd8+
Kg7 white resigns. 0-1

(18) Shulman,Y − Bluvshtein,M [D34]

29.Rg3 Bd7 30.b3 Qc6 31.Rd3 Qc2 32.Qg3 Rc8
33.Nf3 Qb2 34.Ng5+ Kg7 35.Rad1 Rc2 36.h4 Rac6
37.Qf3 Rc7 38.Rg1 Bb5! 39.Re3 Qxd4 40.e6 f6!
41.Nf7 Qb4 42.Ree1 R7c3 43.Re3 Be2! 44.Qg3 Qd4
45.Nh8 g5 46.hxg5 Qxe3 47.gxf6+ Kxf6 48.Qg6+
Ke7 49.Qf7+ Kd6 50.Qd7+ Kc5 51.Qe7+ Kb6
52.Qd8+ Kb5 53.Qb8+ Qb6 54.Qe5 Bg4 55.Qxd5+
Kb4 56.Kh1 Rc1 White resigns. 0-1

(15) Walrath − Higgins [C35]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (5), 05.2002
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11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (5), 05.2002
[Albert Chow]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.g3 Nc6
6.Bg2 Nf6 7.0-0 Be7 8.Nc3 0-0 9.Bg5 c4 This
variation of the Tarrasch defence has been recently
revived by GM Alexander Grischuk. [The old main line
is 9...cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6] 10.Ne5 Be6 11.f4 Ng4!
12.Nxg4 Bxg4 13.Bxd5 Bxg5 14.fxg5 Qxg5 15.Rf4
Rad8 16.Qd2 Bh3 17.e4 Be6 18.Raf1 Bxd5 19.Nxd5
Rfe8 20.Qc3 Qg6 21.Qxc4 Rxe4 22.Rxf7 Qe6 [Not
22...Rxd4? 23.Ne7+ Nxe7 24.Rf8#] 23.Qb3 Re2
24.Qf3 h6 25.Rf8+ Rxf8 26.Qxf8+ Kh7 27.Qf3 Rxb2
28.Qd3+ Qg6 29.Qxg6+ Kxg6 30.Nf4+ Kh7 31.d5
Ne5 32.Rf2 Rb1+ 33.Kg2 g5 34.Re2 gxf4 35.Rxe5
draw agreed. ½-½

(19) Kaidanov,G − Novikov,I [D43]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL (4), 05.2002
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