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ANNOTATED GAMES FROM GALWAY CONGRESS 2010
Rogozenco, D- Baburin, A [ D36 ] [ Notes by Dorlan Rogozenco ] This game from the penultimate round of Galway Chess Congress 2010 was practically decisive for the final standings. I was on 4.5 out of 5, Alex was half a point behind me. 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 c6
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6. cxd5 On Sunday morning I didn ' t really feel like going for a theoretical battle in the sharp Cambridge-Springs Variation arising after 6. Nf3 Qa5. 6... exd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. Qc2 0-0 9. Nf3 Re8 10.0-0 Nf8 11. h3 One of the most ambitious plans in the Exchange Variation of the Queen ' s Gambit Declined. 11... Nh5 In case of the standard 11... g6 12. Bh6 Ne6 13. Ne5 Ng7 with the idea to exchange the light-squared bishops on f5, White shows the idea behind his eleventh move: 14. g4! with advantage. 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rae1 g6! Weaker is 13... Be6 14. g4 Nf6 15. Ne5 N6d7 16. f4 f6 17. Nf3 and again White is better. 14. e4
I was trying to exploit my slight lead in development by opening up the position. 14... dxe4 15. Rxe4 Be6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 The chances are close to equal: White has an isolated pawn, but his pieces are more active and Black ' s kingside is slightly weakened by the move g6. 17. Qc1 Nf6 18. Re5 N8d7 19. R5e2 Qf8 Probably better is 19... Nb6 with the idea Nbd5. 20. Qf4 After the activation of white queen Black must play very precisely in order to prevent White from developing the initiative. During the game I thought the position is equal, but now after analysing it with the help of the computer I believe that
White ' s chances are slightly preferable. 20... Bd5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 21... Nh5 22. Qh4 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. dxe5! leads to the variation 23. dxe5, see below.( 24. Rxe5 is probably about equal.) 22. Rxe5 22. dxe5 Nh5 23. Qh4 Bxg2 ] 22... Rxe5
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