Geoff Peake - Kiruthika Rajwaseran
Netherton 2 v Holme Valley Bd 2 (West Bretton), 11/29/2006

Round 1


1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.cxd5 Nxd5 4.d4 g6 Now a Grunfield
5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 Nxc3 7.bxc3 c5 8.e3



A rather obscure line, but I knew that I had seen a game where Korchnoi had played this set up.
8...O-O 9.Ne2 Qa5
[9...Nc6 10.O-O Qa5 transposes]
10.O-O Nc6 11.Qb3
[11.a4 has scored highest 63% White, but I couldn't remember any more of the game
11...Rd8 12.Rb1 Qc7 13.Nf4 cxd4 14.cxd4 Bf5 15.Rb5 e5 16.Nd5 Qd7 17.dxe5 Nxe5 18.e4 Be6 19.Bg5 a6 20.Rc5 b6 21.Rc1 Rdb8 22.Rc7 Qe8 23.Nf6+ Bxf6 24.Bxf6 Ng4 25.e5 Nxf6 26.Bxa8 Ng4 27.Bg2 Nxe5 28.Qe2 Bg4 29.f3 Bf5 30.Re1 f6 31.f4 Qd8 32.Ra7 Bd3 33.Qe3 Nc4 1-0, Korchnoi Viktor (SUI) 2575 - Tseitlin Mark D (ISR) 2440, Beer-Sheva (Israel) 1992]
11...cxd4 12.cxd4 Qc7
[12...Qa6 13.Nf4 Bd7 14.Ba3 Rfe8 1/2-1/2, Kjeldsen Jens 2425 - Nielsen Peter Heine 2500 , Ringsted 1995 Ch Denmark
15.Nd5 Rac8 16.Rfc1 e6 17.Rxc6 Bxc6 18.Ne7+ Rxe7 19.Bxe7 Bxg2 20.Kxg2 Qc6+ 21.Kg1 b6 22.Ba3 Qd5 23.Qxd5 exd5 24.Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.Bxc1 b5 26.Kg2 f5 27.Ba3 Kf7 28.Kf3 Ke6 29.Kf4 Bh6+ 30.Kf3 Bg5 31.Ke2 Kd7 32.Kd3 a5 33.Bc5 b4 34.Kc2 Kc6 35.Kb3 Kb5 36.Bf8 a4+ 37.Kb2 Kc4 38.Bc5 Bd8 39.a3 b3 40.Bb4 Kd3 41.Kc1 g5 42.Bd2 b2+ 43.Kxb2 Kxd2 44.h3 g4 45.h4 h5 46.Kb1 Kc3 47.Ka2 Kc2 48.Ka1 Kb3 49.Kb1 Kxa3 50.Kc2 Kb4 51.Kb2 a3+ 52.Ka2 Ba5 53.Kb1 Kb3 54.Ka1 a2 0-1, Girgin Gizem - Muratoglu Harun, Kocaeli (Turkey) 2002]
13.Rb1 e6 ? Black starts to go wrong.
[13...Na5 14.Qc3 Qxc3 15.Nxc3+ / - Rd8 16.Nd5 Rd7 17.Ba3 Nc6 18.Rfc1 e6 ? 19.Rxc6 bxc6 20.Ne7+]
14.Ba3 Re8
[14...Rd8]
15.Rfc1 Qd7
[15...Qd8]
16.Qb5 a6 17.Qb6 Nd8



? Now I miss a killer.
[17...Qd8]
18.Rb3
[18.Rc7 ! is a killer. I hadn't seen the strength of 19.Bd6 !
18...Qa4 19.Bd6 ! threat Nc3
19...Qxa2 20.Nc3 Qc2 21.Be4 Qd2 22.Rd1 wins]
18...e5 ! only move
19.Rc7 Qe6 20.d5 Qxb6 21.Rxb6 e4 22.Nf4 Be5
[22...Bf5]
23.d6 Ne6
[23...Bf5 24.d7 Rf8 25.Bd6 Bxd6 26.Rxd6 h5 27.Nd5+ / -]
24.Re7
[24.Nxe6 Bxe6 25.Bxe4+ / -]
24...Rxe7
[24...Rd8 25.Bxe4 Rb8 26.Bd5 Bf6 27.Rc7+ / -]
25.dxe7 Nc7
[25...Ng7 26.Bxe4 Ne8 27.Nd5+ / -]
26.Bd6 Bxd6 27.Rxd6 Bf5 ?
[27...f5 Peter Shaw's suggestion
28.Rd8+ Kf7 29.Nd5 Ne8 30.Nb6 Kxe7 31.Rxc8 Rxc8 32.Nxc8+ wins]
28.Rd8+ Rxd8
[28...Kg7 29.Nd5 wins]
29.exd8=Q

1-0

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