[ TWO KNIGHTS' defence, C56]
1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4
exd4 5.O-O Nxe4
6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5
Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qh5
This
opening is not a great choice for White as this line has scored 59% Black in some 300+ games.
9.Nxe4
Be6 10.Bg5 Bd6 !
61% Black
11.Nxd6+
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[11.c4 h6 12.Nxd6+
cxd6 13.Bf4 Qc5 ] |
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[11.h4 h6 12.Nxd6+
cxd6 13.Bf4 Qd5
14.Rc1 O-O 15.Qd2
Rfe8 16.c3 dxc3
17.Qxc3 Bg4 18.Red1
Qf5 19.Bxd6 Re2
20.Bg3 Bxf3 21.gxf3
Rae8 22.Kg2 R8e6
23.Rd2 Ne7 24.Rcd1
Kh7 25.Rxe2 Rxe2
26.Rd2 Nd5 27.Qd3
Ne3+ 28.Kg1 Rxd2
29.Qxd2 Qb1+ 0-1,
Aleksic Nenad 2355 - Pavlovic Milos 2455 , Yugoslavia 1993 Ch Yugoslavia (team) (qual)] |
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[11.Bf6 Bxh2+ 12.Nxh2
Qxd1 13.Raxd1
gxf6 14.Nxf6+
Kf8 15.Nf3 Rd8
16.Ng5
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(16.a3 h5 17.Rd2
Kg7 18.Ne4 Bg4
19.Nfg5 Rhe8 20.f3
Bc8 21.Kf2 Ne5
22.Red1 f5 23.Nc5
b6 24.Nd3 Nc4 0-1,
Madrid Antonio - Meulemans Bart, Internet 2001) |
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16...Bf5 17.Rd2
Kg7 18.Nge4
h5 19.f3 Rh6
20.g4 hxg4
21.fxg4 Bxe4
22.Nxe4 Ne5
23.Kg2 Rdh8
24.Rxd4 Rh2+
25.Kg3 R8h3+
26.Kf4 Nf3
27.Red1 Nxd4
28.Rxd4 Rxc2
29.Rd7 Rxb2
30.Rxc7 Rb4
31.Re7 Ra3
32.Kg5 Ra5+
33.Kf4 Rxa2
34.Kf3 Ra3+ 0-1,
Karaklajic Nikola (YUG) 2395 - Petronic Sanja (YUG) 2255, Palic (Yugoslavia) 1996] |
11...cxd6 12.Bf4
Qd5
This position is 68% Black. Stewart was completely familiar with this position, and so had used very
little time on the clock.
13.Qd2 ?
Novelty, but this is not a good line for White.
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[13.c3 is normal, but
13...Rc8
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(13...Kd7 14.Qa4
Qc4 15.Qxc4
Bxc4 16.b3
Bd5 17.Nxd4
Nxd4 18.cxd4
Rhc8 19.Rac1
Rxc1 20.Rxc1
a5 21.Rc2
a4 22.b4 a3
23.f3 Bb3
24.Re2 Ra4
25.Bc1 Bc4
26.Rc2 Rxb4
27.Bxa3 Ra4
28.Bc1 Bxa2
29.Kf2 b5
30.Bd2 Bc4
31.Rb2 Ra3
32.Be3 Kc6
33.Bd2 Kd5
34.Bb4 Rd3
35.Rb1 g6
36.Rb2 h5
37.h4 Rxd4
38.Rd2 Bd3
39.Bc3 Kc4
40.Bxd4 Kxd4
41.Ra2 b4
42.Ra7 b3
43.Rb7 Kc3
44.Ke3 Bc4 0-1,
Mogranzini Roberto 2370 - Godena Michele 2505 , Frascati 31/ 3/2006 It (cat.9)) |
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14.Nxd4
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(14.a3 O-O 15.Nxd4
Nxd4 16.Qxd4
Qxd4 17.cxd4
Rc2 18.b4
d5 19.Kf1
Rc4 20.Be3
Bf5 21.Rec1
Rfc8 22.Rxc4
dxc4 23.Rc1
c3 24.Ke2
b6 25.d5 c2
26.d6 f6 27.h4
h6 28.f3 g5
29.hxg5 hxg5
30.g4 Bg6
31.Bf2 Kf7
32.Kd2 Rc6
33.Bg3 Rc4
34.Re1 Rd4+
35.Ke2 Rd3
36.a4 Rb3
37.Kd2 Rxf3
38.Bh2 Rf2+
39.Kc1 Rxh2
40.Re7+ Kf8
41.Re1 Rh7
42.Rf1 Rd7
43.Rxf6+ Kg7 0-1,
Almer Julia 1848 - Mohamed Mehdi Aithmido 2107 , Gibraltar 1/ 2/2006 It (open) "Gibtelecom M) |
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14...Nxd4 15.Qxd4
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(15.cxd4 O-O 16.Qa4
Rc4 17.Qxa7
Rxd4 18.Bg3
Bd7 19.Qa3
Rd3 20.Qb4
Bc6 21.f3
Rxf3 22.gxf3
Qxf3 23.Qd2
Qh1+ 24.Kf2
Qg2+ 25.Ke3
Re8+ 26.Kd3
Be4+ 27.Rxe4
Qxe4+ 28.Kc3
Rc8+ 0-1, Sudan Georges 2045 - Gurtner
Daniel 2146 , Geneva 28/ 1/2007 It (open)) |
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15...Qxd4 16.cxd4
Kd7 is 81% Black in 8 games.] |
13...Kd7 Novelty ? Typical Stewart
- who has an aversion to castling - which "is for wimps "-
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[13...O-O 14.b3
Qc5 15.Rac1
Bg4 16.Ng5
Rad8 17.Ne4
Qa3 18.Qd3
d5 19.Nf6+
gxf6 20.Qg3
Kh8 21.Qxg4
Rg8 22.Qf5
Rg6 23.g3
Ne7 24.Qd3
Nc6 25.Rcd1
Qf8 26.Re2
Re8 27.Rde1
Rxe2 28.Rxe2
Qc8 29.Qb5
Qd7 30.Qd3
Rg8 31.Qf3
Qf5 32.Kg2
d3 33.Re1
Nd4 34.Qxd3
Qxf4 35.Kh1
Qxf2 36.Rf1
Qe2 37.Rxf6
Qxd3 38.cxd3
Re8 39.Rf4
Nc6 40.Rxf7
Ne7 0-1, Sorri Kari Juhani (FIN) 2335
- Ornstein Axel (SWE) 2440, Helsinki (Finland) 1990] |
14.h3 ?! White wants to play Rad1 and
c3 with pressure on d4, d6, but this is answered by the Bg4 pin.
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[14.c3 !? Bf5
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(14...dxc3 15.Qxc3 White
has compensation for the pawn - Black's King is exposed.) |
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15.Nxd4 Nxd4
16.cxd4 ] |
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[14.a3 Rae8
15.Rad1 Bg4 ] |
14...Bxh3 ? This looks attractive,
but is a mistake.
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[14...Rhe8 15.Rad1
h6 16.c3 g5
17.Bh2 Black's King in the centre may
give him grief.] |
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[14...f6 15.Rad1
Rae8 16.c3
g5 17.Bg3
Bf5 18.Nxd4
Nxd4 19.cxd4
Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1
Re8] |
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15.Bxd6 ?
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[15.c4 ! had to be played, giving White
the advantage.
15...Qh5
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(15...Qxc4 16.gxh3
Rae8 17.Re3 ) |
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16.Nxd4 Bxg2
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(16...Qg6 17.Bg3
Bg4 18.Nb5 Black's
King is just too exposed. White has a winning attack .) |
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17.Kxg2 Qg4+
18.Kf1 Qh3+
19.Ke2 Rhe8+
20.Be3 Rac8
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(20...Qg4+ 21.Kd3) |
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21.Nxc6 Qg4+
22.Kd3 Rxc6
23.Qb4] |
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15...Qxd6
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[15...Bxg2 was playable.
16.Kxg2
Qxd6 17.Nxd4
Rad8 18.Rad1
Kc8] |
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16.gxh3 Rae8
17.a3 ?!
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[17.c3 !? dxc3
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(17...Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1
Re8 19.Rxe8
Kxe8 20.cxd4) |
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18.Qxc3 Kc7] |
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17...Qd5
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[17...Rxe1+ !? 18.Rxe1
Re8 19.Rd1
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(19.Qg5 Rxe1+
20.Nxe1 Qg6) |
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19...Qd5 20.Qd3
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(20.Nxd4 ?? Nxd4
21.Qxd4 Re1+) |
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20...Re6 21.c3
Rg6+ 22.Kh2
Rf6] |
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[17...Kc7] |
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18.Qf4 Rxe1+
19.Rxe1 Re8
20.Qg4+ Kd8
21.Rxe8+ ?
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[21.Rd1 ! Kc7
22.c3 Re6
23.Qf4+ Kc8
24.Nxd4 Nxd4
25.Qxd4 Qxd4
26.Rxd4 Re2 with
only a small advantage.] |
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21...Kxe8 22.Qc8+
Nd8 23.Qg4 ?!
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[23.Kg2 !? d3
24.cxd3 Qxd3
25.Qc5] |
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23...Ne6 24.Qg3
Qc5 ?!
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[24...Qe4 !?] |
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[24...Ke7 !?] |
25.Qb8+ Nd8
26.Qe5+ ? This just swaps off into a
lost Knight and pawn ending.
26...Qxe5 27.Nxe5
f6 28.Nf3
Nc6 29.Kg2
Ke7 30.Kg3
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[30.Ng1 !? Ke6
31.Ne2 g5
32.Kg3] |
30...Ke6 31.h4
h5 unnecessary
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[31...Kd5 32.h5
Ne5 33.b3
d3 34.cxd3
Nxd3 ] |
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32.Kf4 Kd5
33.b3 b5 -0.98 34.Kf5
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[34.Ne1 ? a5
35.Nd3 g6
36.f3] |
34...Ne5 35.Nxe5 ??
This just goes into a lost K+P ending
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[35.Ne1 a5
36.Ng2 puts up more of a fight.] |
35...fxe5 36.f3
a5 37.Kg6
a4 ? This puts the win in jeopardy.
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[37...e4 ! was correct winning quickly.
38.fxe4+
Kxe4 39.b4
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(39.Kxg7 Ke3
40.Kg6 Kd2
41.Kxh5 Kxc2
42.Kg6 d3
43.h5 d2 44.h6
d1=Q 45.h7
Qa1 46.b4
a4 47.Kf7
Qh8) |
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39...a4 40.Kxg7
Kf5 41.Kh6
Kg4] |
38.b4 ? This loses quickly.
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[38.bxa4 ! is the best try, making it
hard work for Black.
38...bxa4 39.Kxh5
Kc4 40.Kg6
Kc3 41.Kxg7
Kxc2 42.h5
d3 43.h6 d2
44.h7 d1=Q
45.h8=Q Qxf3] |
38...Kc4 39.Kf5
d3 40.cxd3+
Kb3 41.Kxe5
Kxa3 42.d4
Kxb4 43.d5
a3 44.d6 a2
45.d7 a1=Q+
46.Ke6 Qf6+ White
resigned
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