[ Albert Chow ] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 [ More solid than the tricky gambit line 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 dxc4 8. e4 b5 ] 6... Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10.0-0 Bg7 11. Qc2 Qe7 12. Bb3 b6 13. e4 0-0 14. Rfe1 Bb7 15. e5 Rac8 16. Qe4 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Nf8 18. h4 Rd7 19. Qf4 c5 20. d5! exd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxd5 draw agreed. ½-½
( 20) Serper, G − Filipovich [ D94 ]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL( 3), 05.2002 [ Albert Chow ] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bd3 0-0 7.0-0 dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nbd7 11. Rd1 e5 12. d5! e4 A gambit for counterplay. 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nb6 15. Bb3 cxd5 16. Bxd5 Re8 17. Qf3 Nxd5 18. e4!? A suprise instaed of the obvious [ 18. Qxd5; Or 18. Rxd5 ] 18... Qa5 19. Bd2! Nb4 20. a3 Qe5 21. Bxb4 Qxb2 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rd7! Qa2 25. Rxb7� Bd4 26. g3 h5 27. Rd7 Bb6 28. Rd2 Qa1 + 29. Kg2 h4? 30. gxh4! Rc1 31. Rd7 Qa2 32. h5! Qe6 33. Rd5 a5 34. Bxa5! Bxa5 35. Rxa5 Qc4 36. hxg6 Qf1 + 37. Kg3 Qg1 + 38. Kh4 Qxg6 39. Rg5 black resigns. 1-0
( 21) Goldin, A − Yudasin, L [ E15 ]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL( 5), 05.2002 [ Albert Chow ] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c6 6. Bf4 Be7 7. Nc3 0-0 [ More solid was 7... d5 ] 8. e4! d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 [ Or 9... Bxf1 10. Kxf1 cxd5 ] 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Rc1 Rc8 [ Also 13... Bxf1 14. Kxf1 Na6 ] 14. Rxc8 + Bxc8 15. Bg2 Be6 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Nc6 18. Be3 g5 19. h4 h6 20. hxg5 hxg5
21. f4 Nb4 22. Nxb4 Bxb4 + 23. Bd2 Bxd2 + [ Or 23... Be7!? ] 24. Kxd2 gxf4 25. gxf4 Rc8 26. Re1 Kf7
Chicago Open Games
27. f5! Bxf5 28. Bxd5 + Kg6 29. Rg1 + Kh6 30. Ke3 Rd8 [ The bishop ending after 30... Rc2 31. Rg2 Rxg2 32. Bxg2 also favors white.] 31. Bc6 Be6 32. d5! Bf7 [ If 32... Bxd5? 33. Rd1!] 33. Kd4 Bg6 34. Rg3 Kg7 35. Ra3 a5 36. Rb3 Rb8 37. Bd7 Kf8 38. Rc3 Ke7 39. Bh3� Perhaps black lost on time. 1-0
( 22) Kaidanov − Onischuk [ E28 ]
11th Chicago Open Oak Brook, IL( 7), 27.05.2002 [ G. Kaidanov ] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 0-0 5. a3 Bxc3 + 6. bxc3 So called Saemish system. White has doubled pawns, but he also has two bishops. His goal is to open position up. In short term he wants to play e3−e4 to open his dark square bishop. 6... d6 7. Ne2 I didn ' t like [ 7. f3 e5 8. e4 Nh5 and Black is ready to execute f7−f5 ] 7... e5 8. Ng3 Re8 9. Bd3 e4 Now white can forget about e3−e4. His plan now is to play f2−f3, to remove Black pawn from e4 and then to advance his e−pawn. 10. Bb1 b6 11. f3 Ba6 12. fxe4 [ I didn ' t like 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Rxe4 14. fxe4 Qh4 + and Black will have an excellent compensation for the exchange. Please, note the presense of opposite colour bishops on the board and the fact that White ' s bishop on c1 is really bad.] 12... Bxc4 13. Qf3 With a threat of e4−e5. 13... Nbd7 First critical position of the game. White succeded in removing Black Pawn from e4, however Black bishop on c4 tremendously cramps White ' s position. White ' s Bishop on c1 still is a bad piece plus he can ' t castle. I considered 14. Ba2, but realized that after 14... b5 I still can do nothing to free my c1 Bishop. I also didn ' t want to trade my light square bishop. One of the imporatnt chess principles is:" When you have a bad bishop, don ' t trade another bishop ". I was struggling with my next move, when suddenly saw a solution. 14. Ra2!! By sacrificing the exchange White achieves his goal of removing Black bishop from c4. Also, his light square bishop will be very active on a2− g8 diagonal. 14... Bxa2 If Black doesnt take the rook, White plays Ra2−f2 and rook supports White ' s attack on the kingside. 15. Bxa2 Nf8 16.0-0 Ng6 White has a very good attacking position, however it is very dificult to breakthrough. It ' s extremely important in this sort of position not to simplify. 17. Bd2! [ It was very tempting to play 17. Nh5 Rf8 18. Nxf6 + Qxf6 19. Qxf6( 19. Qg4 runs into 19... Qh4. One of the ideas of 17. Bd2! was to play Be1 and rob Black from this opportunity.) 19... gxf6 20. Rxf6 White wins a pawn, however queens are off the board and since White is still down the exchange, position favors Black.] 17... Qd7?! [ 17... Rf8!? with the idea of Kh8 deserves some attention. Black needs to defend patiently. Instead, Alex tried to solve his problems with an active move, but overlooked White ' s next move.] 18. Nf5! Amazingly enough, this move works. [ Once again 18. Nh5 is not good because of 18... Nxe4! 19. Bxf7 + Kh8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Be1 d5 White won his exchange back, but Black ' s strong
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