Reply #3: Jussupow - Caruana, Team Match, Round 1, Amsterdam [View All]

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Artur Jussupow (Experience) - Fabiano Caruana (Youth)
Youth-Experience Team Match, Round 1
Amsterdam, 20 August 2008

Slav Queen's Gambit

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4

• 6.Bd3 Bxd3 7.Qxd3 Nbd7 8.0-0 then:
• If 8...Bb4 9.Bd2 a5 10.a3 Be7 then:
• 11.e4 Nc5 12.dxc5 dxe4 13.Qxd8+ Rxd8 14.Nxe4 Nxe4 15.Bxa5 Ra8 16.Bb4 Bxc5 17.Bxc5 Nxc5 18.Rfd1 Ke7 19.Kf1 f6 20.Rac1 e5 is equal (Cacho-Shirov, Spanish ChT, Cala Galdana, 2001).
• 11.b3 0-0 12.Rfd1 Qc7 13.e4 draw (Korchnoi-Oll, Op, Antwerp, 1994).
• 8...Be7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 0-0 12.Bf4 Qa5 13.Rfd1 Rfe8 14.Rd3 Qa6 15.b3 Bf6 16.Ne5 Rad8 17.Rh3 Nf8 18.a4 Bxe5 19.dxe5 Qb6 draw (Ilincic-Savic, Bosnian ChT, Vogosca, 2007).

6...Be4

• 6...Bg6 then:
• If 7.Be2 Nbd7 then:
• 8.0-0 Bd6 9.g3 0-0 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.b3 Qe7 12.Bf3 Rac8 13.Bg2 Rfd8 14.Bd2 Bb4 15.a3 Bxa3 16.c5 Bb2 17.Rxa7 Nxc5 18.Nb1 Na6 19.Qc2 Ba3 20.Nxa3 Qxa3 21.b4 b5 22.Rb1 Ne4 23.Bxe4 dxe4 24.h4 e5 25.Bc1 Nxb4 26.Qc5 Qd3 27.Rxb4 Rd5 28.Qe7 Rf8 29.Ba3 c5 30.Rb2 b4 31.Bxb4 draw (Gelfand-Kramnik, Tal Mem, Moscow, 2007).
• 8.Bd2 Be7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Qc2 Qc7 11.h3 a6 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.0-0 dxc4 14.Bxc4 g5 15.e4 g4 gives an opportunity to either gain a pawn or spoil White's kingside pawn structure (Malakhov-M. Gurevich, World Cup, Khanty Mansyisk. 2005).
• 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.Rc1 Bd6 then:
• 10.g3 Qe7 11.c5 Bc7 12.f4 Ba5 13.Nb1 Bxd2+ 14.Nxd2 Ne4 15.Nxe4 dxe4 16.h4 f5 17.Kf2 Nf6 18.Be2 Kf7 19.a3 a5 20.Qd2 Rhb8 21.Rc2 b5 draw (Bareev-Dreev, Russian Ch, Moscow, 2004).
• 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.g3 Qe7 12.Bg2 e5 13.0-0 dxc4 14.Qxc4 Nb6 15.Qb3 0-0 16.a4 Rfc8 17.Rfe1 Nbd7 18.Rcd1 b5 19.axb5 a6 20.Ra1 axb5 21.Ra7 gives White the advantage in space (Sasikiran-Kayumov, Asian Ch, Hyderabad, 2005).
• 7.Qb3 Qc7 8.Nxg6 hxg6 9.g3 Nbd7 10.Bd2 Be7 11.Rc1 Nb6 12.cxd5 exd5 13.h3 0-0 14.Be2 Qd7 15.Kf1 is equal (Hort-L'Ami, Op, Hoogeveen, 2007).

7.f3 Bg6 8.g3

• If 8.Qb3 then:
• If 8...Qc7 9.Bd2 then:
• If 9...Be7 10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.0-0-0 Nbd7 12.cxd5 Nxd5 13.Nxd5 exd5 14.e4 then:
• 14...0-0-0 15.exd5 cxd5+ 16.Kb1 Qd6 17.g3 g5 18.Bd3 Kb8 19.f4 f6 20.Rde1 Nb6 21.Re2 Rc8 22.Rhe1 Nc4 23.Bxc4 dxc4 24.Qf3 Bd8 25.d5 Rc5 26.fxg5 Qxd5 27.Bf4+ Kc8 28.Qxd5 draw (Kishnev-Volkov, Euro ChT, Halkidiki, 2002).
• 14...Nb6 15.g3 0-0-0 16.Bf4 Bd6 17.e5 Be7 18.h4 Kb8 19.Bd3 Qc8 20.Kb1 Ka8 21.Rc1 Qe6 22.Rhe1 Rc8 23.Be3 Nc4 24.f4 Nxe3 25.Rxe3 gives White the advantage in space (Najer-Wang Yue, Areoflot Op, Moscow, 2006).
• If 9...Nbd7 10.cxd5 then:
• If 10...exd5 then:
• 11.0-0-0 0-0-0 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.fxe4 Nb6 15.Bg5 Re8 16.Bd3 Ng4 17.Rhf1 f6 18.h3 Ne5 19.dxe5 fxg5 20.e6 Qe5 21.Be2 Bc5 22.Rf7 Re7 23.a4 Rhe8 24.a5 Be3+ 25.Kb1 Qxa5 26.Nd5 cxd5 27.Qxe3 dxe4 28.Qc1+ Black resigns as she faces further material loss (Tregubov-Peng, Corus B, Wijk aan Zee, 2002).
• If 11.Nxg6 hxg6 12.0-0-0 0-0-0 then:
• 13.e4 dxe4 14.Qxf7 exf3 15.gxf3 Nb6 16.Qxg6 Rxd4 is equal (M. Gurevich-Dorfman, Rapid, Cap d'Agde, 2000).
• 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bd3 Ng3 15.Rhe1 Nf5 16.Kb1 Nb6 17.Rc1 Nd6 18.e4 Ndc4 19.Re2 Nxd2+ 20.Rxd2 Qf4 21.Rdc2 Kb8 22.a4 Qe3 is equal (Chiburdanidze-Zhu Chen, FIDE Knock Out W, Moscow, 2001).
• If 10...Nxd5 11.e4 Nxc3 12.bxc3 Be7 13.Nxg6 hxg6 14.g3 then:
• 14...Rd8 15.Be3 0-0 16.Be2 b5 17.a4 a6 18.Kf2 Nb6 19.axb5 axb5 20.Ra2 Ra8 21.Rha1 Rxa2 22.Rxa2 Rb8 23.Qd1 gives White more mobility (Khrismatullin-Lastin, Russian ChT, Sochi, 2008).
• 14...Rxh2 15.Rxh2 Qxg3+ 16.Rf2 Bh4 17.0-0-0 Qxf2 18.Qxb7 Rb8 19.Qxc6 Qxf3 20.Bb5 Rxb5 21.Qxb5 Qxe4 22.Qa6 Nb6 23.Qxa7 Qc6 24.Qa5 Bf6 25.Kb1 Nd7 26.Re1 is equal (Volkov-Guidarelli, Euro ChT, Antalya, 2007).
• If 8...Qb6 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd2 Nbd7 11.0-0-0 then:
• 11...Be7 12.Kb1 0-0-0 13.Qc2 Kb8 14.g4 dxc4 15.Bxc4 Rh3 16.g5 Nd5 17.e4 Nxc3+ 18.Qxc3 Qc7 19.Bc1 Nb6 20.Bb3 Rxh2 21.Rxh2 Qxh2 22.d5 Qe2 23.Re1 Qb5 24.Qxg7 Qd3+ 25.Bc2 Qxf3 26.dxe6 Bb4 27.Re3 Qh1 28.Re2 fxe6 29.Qf6 Kc7 30.a3 Bd2 31.Qe5+ Kc8 32.Qxe6+ Kb8 33.Qe5+ Kc8 34.Qe6+ Kb8 35.Qe5+ draw (Tkachiev-Shirov, Op, Corsica, 2003).
• 11...Qxb3 12.axb3 Bd6 13.h3 Nh5 14.Bd3 Ng3 15.Rhe1 0-0 16.Ne2 Nxe2+ 17.Rxe2 a5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Kb1 Rfc8 20.Rc1 Rxc1+ 21.Bxc1 Nb8 22.Rc2 draw (Tregubov-Malakhov, Russian Ch HL, Krasnoyarsk, 2007).

8...Be7

• 8...Nbd7 9.a3 Be7 10.Be2 0-0 11.0-0 a5 12.b3 Rc8 13.Ra2 c5 14.Nb5 cxd4 15.exd4 a4 16.Nxg6 hxg6 17.cxd5 axb3 18.Qxb3 Nxd5 is equal (Ilincic-Porat, First Saturday, Budapest, 2008.03).

9.Bd2!?

• This is a novelty, although it looks like a stereotypical move.
• 9.Nxg6 hxg6 10.Bd3 Nbd7 11.Kf2 e5 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Bb5+ Nc6 15.Ba4 Qd7 16.Ne2 a6 17.Bd2 b5 gives Black the advantage in space (Karpov-Hübner, Blitz, Cologne, 2002).

9...a6!?

• In response, Black punts.
• 9...Bh5 10.Ng2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 Nd5 12.Bb3 is equal.

10.Nxg6 hxg6 11.c5

• The game is equal.

11...e5

• 11...Nbd7 12.Bd3 e5 13.Qb3 Qc7 14.Bf1 0-0-0 15.0-0-0 remains equal.

12.dxe5 Nfd7 13.f4!?

• The text move is good for equality.
• 13.e4! d4 14.Na4 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.f4 gives White more mobility.

13...Nxc5 14.Qc2 a5 15.Rd1

• 15.0-0-0 b5 16.Ne2 Ne4 17.Be1 Qb6 18.Nd4 Qc5 19.Bg2 remains equal.

15...Nba6 16.Bxa6?

• For no reaosn, White trades his good Bishop for a Knight.
• 16.a3 Qb6 17.h3 Nc7 18.Bc1 Rd8 remains equal.

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WHITE: Artur Jussupow
Position after 16.Bf1a6:N

16...Nxa6!

• The text is better than 16...Rxa6 17.e4 dxe4 18.Be3 Nd3+ 19.Ke2 when the game remains equal.

17.e4

• 17.a3 g5 18.e6 gxf4 19.exf4 fxe6 20.Qg6+ Kf8 21.Qxe6 Bf6 gives Black a small advantage with his center and queenside pawns; this will become more apparent as the endgame approaches.

17...Nb4 18.Qb1 Qb6 19.a3

• If 19.h4 d4 20.a3 dxc3 21.bxc3 Bc5 then:
• 22.Rh2 Na6 23.Qxb6 Bxb6 24.Bc1 a4 leaves White a piece to the good.
• 22.axb4 Bg1 23.Ke2 Qf2+ 24.Kd3 Qf3+ drives the White King to the open.
• 19.Ne2 dxe4 20.Qxe4 0-0-0 21.Kf1 Nxa2 leaves White a pawn to the good.

19...Rxh2 20.Rxh2 Qg1+ 21.Ke2 Qxh2+ 22.Kf3

• After any other move White is soon mated.

22...d4 23.axb4 dxc3 24.Bxc3 Qh5+

• After 24...g5 25.f5 axb4 26.Bd4 g4+ 27.Kxg4 Qe2+ Black has a won position.

25.Kf2 axb4 26.Bd4 Qh2+ 27.Kf3 g5 28.Bf2

• If 28.f5 g4+ 29.Kxg4 Qe2+ 30.Kf4 Rd8 then:
• If 31.Qd3 then Qxd3 32.Rxd3 c5 wins a piece.
• 31.f6 gxf6 32.Re1 fxe5+ 33.Bxe5 Qh5 34.Rh1 Bg5+ is lights out.

28...g4+!

• White is damned if he takes the sacrifice and damned if he doesn't.

29.Ke2

• Black wins easily after 29.Kxg4 Qxf2 30.Kh3 g5 31.f5 Ra5 32.Qd3 Rxe5.

29...Bc5 30.Rf1 Qg2 31.Qd3

• After 31.e6 fxe6 32.f5 Rd8 33.f6 b3 34.Qc1 Qf3+ 35.Ke1 Bb4+ Black delivers mate on the next move.

31...Rd8 32.Qc2 Qf3+ 33.Ke1 b3 0-1

• After 34.Qe2 Bb4+ Black delivers mate on the next move.
• Herr Jussupow resigns.