Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashantucket, Ct"]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O
Interestingly, in Christiansen - Yermolinsky, U.S. Championship 1996, Yermo was able to obtain direct equality with 5 … Nc6! 6 Nge2 e5 7 d5 Nd4 8 Bg5 (Seirawan has tried 8 Bc2!?, getting rid of the d4 knight immediately) h6 9 Bxf6 Qxf6 10 Nxd4 exd4. Perhaps part of the reason Yermolinsky selected 5 Bd3 against the King's Indian is that he knew Shabalov would not be contect to counter with such a dry line.
6. Nge2 c5
In Christiansen - Shaked, U.S. Championship 1996, Black tried 6 … Nbd7 7 O-O c5 8 d5 Ne5, ceding a space disadvantage to collect the two bishops after 9 f4 Nxd3, but I think White retains the edge in this line.
7. d5 e6 8. O-O
A fairly nice Benoni for White, who has gotten in the flexible Bd3 / Ne2 setup. It is difficult to obtain this because in the move order 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3, many players prefer the Nimzo-Indian 3 … Bb4 to playing the Benoni 3 … c5 where White has so many options (not having already committed his king's knight to f3).
exd5 9. cxd5 b6
A staid plan. More dynamic is 9 … a6 10 a4 Nbd7, although in these lines Black is dependent on tactical counterplay to balance White's space advantage.
10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Bg5
A nice move. Yermo decides he would rather have the Black h-pawn on h6.
h6 12. Bf4 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Ng4 14. h3 Ne5 15.
Bxe5 Bxe5
On 15 … dxe5 White's protected passed d-pawn confers a permanent advantage.
16. f4 Bd4+ 17. Kh1 Kh7 18. Rae1 a6 19. e5
Black has not had any opportunity during the opening.
dxe5 20. fxe5 Nd7 21. e6 Ne5 22. Qe4 Qd6
DIAGRAM
23. Nf5!
A little combination, giving up two pieces for a rook, but leaving Black's position very disorganized.
gxf5 24. Qxf5+ Kg8 25. Ne4 fxe6 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Qxf6
Ra7
If 27 … Rf8, simply 28 Qxh6 with d5xe6 to follow.
28. dxe6 Rg7 29. Qxh6 Qe7 30. Re4 Rh7 31. Qf4 Rh5 32. Qf6 Qxf6 33. Rxf6 Rh7
34. Rf5 Nc6 35. Rg4+ Rg7 36. Rxg7+ Bxg7 37. Rf7 Bf8 38. Rb7 b5 39. Rc7 Ne7 40.
Rxc5 Kg7 41. Rc7 Kf6 42. Ra7 Kxe6 43. Rxa6+ 1-0
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashantucket, Ct."]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4
Shabalov has experimented with many different double-king-pawn openings as White, lately using the Scotch with some frequency.
exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3
The main line for centuries. 5 Nxc6 Qf6 6 Qd2 dxc6 7 Nc3 is the line that created a stir in the Kasparov – Short 1993 World Championship match.
Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. O-O Qg6
In Zapata – Miles, Linares 1994, the creative development scheme 8 … b6 9 Nc2 Bb7 was tried to fairly good effect. The standard line is 8 … Bb6 permitting Black to continue with … d7-d6 (not the immediate 8 … d6? 9 Nxc6).
9. Nd2 Bxd4 10. cxd4 d5
A necessary follow-up to 9 … Bxd4. If Black just plays 10 … d6, White's two bishops plus pawn center would constitute a clear advantage.
11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nf3
An important feature of the position is that 12 Qb3? does not work due to 12 … Bh3.
Nbxd5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Qh5
The most efficient move order, preventing … Bc8-f5. Neither player is focussing on the possibility of Black playing … Qb6xb2 as Black needs to catch up in development.
Be6
Better than 14 … c6 15 Bd3 Nf6 16 Qf3 with sustained pressure on the kingside.
15. Bd3 Nf6 16. Qh4
Now 16 Qf3 just invites 16 … Bd5.
Bf5 17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Bb3 Nfd5 19. Rac1 c6 20. Rfe1 f6
With accurate and methodical play, Kaufman has wrested a slight initiative, as Black's solid control of his minor piece outposts has become the most salient feature of the position.
21. Nc4 Qc7 22. Bd2 Kh8 23. Ba5
A good idea, creating a softening which he will use later to equalize.
b6 24. Bd2 Bg6 25. Ne3 Nf4 26. Qg3 Rxd4 27. Nf1
Nf5 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Qxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxc6 1/2-1/2
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashantucket, Ct."]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Novikov, Igor"]
[Black "Wojtkiewicz, Alek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Nf6 10. d5 Nb8 11. Nd2 c6 12. a4 a5 13. Nc4 Nbd7 14. Re1 Qc7 15. Bf1
Nb6 16. Ra3 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 Re8 18. Qd2 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. Nd1 Nxg3 21. Rxg3 e6
22. dxc6 bxc6 23. h4 gxh4 24. Rg4 Kf8 25. Rxh4 d5 26. Bd3 Ba6 27. Bxa6 Rxa6 28.
e5 Raa8 29. Qc3 Rab8 30. Rg4 h5 31. Rh4 Qe7 32. Rxh5 Qb4 33. Qe3 Qxa4 34. b3
Qb4 35. Nb2 Qg4 36. Rg5 Qh4 37. Nd3 d4 38. Qc1 Bh6 39. Qa3+ Re7 40. Rg3 Bd2 41.
Rh3 Qg5 42. Rh8+ 1-0
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashantucket, Ct."]
[Date "1999.04.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Young, Angelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 Ne4
A somewhat offbeat response to the Petrosian System against the Queen's Indian Defense.
6. Nxe4 Bxe4 7. Nd2
One of the downers regarding 5 … Ne4 is that after the simple 7 Bf4, Black can hardly hope to achieve anything more than potential equality. Goldin's 7 Nd2, however, is the most challenging move.
Bb7 8. e4 g6
The double fianchetto is impressively laid back, but the way to try to counter White's central occupation is 8 … Qf6! 9 d5 Bc5 10 Nf3 Qg6, and tremendous complications are developing.
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. Nf3 d6 11. O-O O-O 12. Bg5 Bf6 13. Bh6 Re8 14. Qd2
White stands better here.
Nd7 15.
Rfe1 a5 16. Rad1 a4 17. Bc2 Ra5 18. Qd3 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. c5 Kg8 21. cxd6
cxd6 22. Qd2 Nb8 23. Rc1 d5 24. e5 Qe7 25. h4 Ba6 26. h5 Bc4 27. g3 Nd7 28. Kg2
Ra7 29. Rh1 b5 30. Rh4 Rc8 31. Rch1 Nf8 32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Nh2 h5 34. Ng4 hxg4
35. Rh8+ Kf7 36. Qf4+ Ke8 37. R1h7 1-0
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashuntucket, Ct"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Wojtkiewicz, Alek"]
[Black "Formanek, Edward"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Na2 Bd6 11. Bd3 Bg6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Nd7
15. e4 Qc7 16. Rd1 h6 17. c4 Bb4 18. Bb2 a5 19. g3 Rad8 20. Kg2 Rfe8 21. h4 b6
22. Qe2 Nb8 23. Ne5 Bf8 24. Ng4 Na6 25. Qf3 Nb4 26. d5 cxd5 27. cxd5 Qc2 28.
dxe6 fxe6 29. Bd4 Bc5 30. Nxh6+ Kh7 31. Bxc5 bxc5 32. Nf7 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Qxa4
34. Qh5+ 1-0
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashantucket, Ct"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kreiman, Boris"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Bd3 Qxc5 11. Qd2 b5 12. Ne2 b4 13. O-O-O a5 14. Kb1 Qb6 15.
Ng3 g6 16. h4 h5 17. Ng5 Nc5 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Bxg6+ Ke7 20. f5 Kd8 21. f6 Nxe5
22. Qg5 Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Bd7 24. f7 Kc7 25. Qg7 Rhf8 26. Rhe1 Nb7 27. Nxh5 Nd6 28.
Rf1 Kb7 29. g4 Bb5 30. Rf6 Ne4 31. g5 Be2 32. Nf4 Bxd1 33. Rxe6 Bxc2+ 34. Kxc2
0-1
[Event "Foxwoods Open"]
[Site "Mashantucket, Ct"]
[Date "1999.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kaufman, Larry"]
[Black "Fedorowicz, John"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E97"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.04.01"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Nd2 a5 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a4 12. b3 axb3 13. Nxb3 b6 14. Ra1 Qe8 15. Be3
Kh8 16. Nd2 Nfg8 17. a4 f5 18. f3 Bh6 19. Bxh6 Nxh6 20. a5 Qb8 21. Kh1 Rxa5 22.
Rxa5 bxa5 23. Qa1 Qa7 24. f4 Nf7 25. Nf3 Re8 26. fxe5 dxe5 27. Nb5 Bxb5 28.
Nxe5 Kg8 29. Nxf7 Kxf7 30. cxb5 Qe3 31. Qa2 Kf8 32. d6 cxd6 33. exf5 Nxf5 34.
Bg4 Qf4 35. Be2 Qe5 36. Bd3 Kg7 37. Bxf5 Qxf5 38. Qa1+ Qe5 39. Qxa5 h5 40. Qa1
Qxa1 41. Rxa1 Rb8 42. Rb1 Kf6 43. Kg1 Ke5 44. Kf2 Kd4 45. Rd1+ 1/2-1/2