Bloise,Frank - Spielman,Edward

Bergen County Closed, Round 5, March 31, 2008

Fritz 11

 

Bird's Opening

 

1. f4           Nf6

2. d3          [2.c3 d5 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 a6 5.d4 c4 6.Ne5 b5 7.a4 Bb7

                  8.Nd2 Nbd7 9.Be2 e6 10.axb5 axb5 11.Rxa8 Bxa8

                  12.0–0 Bd6 13.g4 0–0 14.g5 Ne8 15.Ng4 f6 16.gxf6 gxf6

                  Peixoto,A (2185)-Kovacevic,S (2420)/Loures 1998/CBM 067 ext/0–1;

                  2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 Nge7 7.a3 Nf5 8.Bb5 Bd7

                  9.Ne2 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Bd3 h6 12.c3 a6 13.g4 Nh4 14.Kh1 Nxf3

                  15.Rxf3 f5 16.Qg1 Qe8 Kaarsberg,A-Christensen,S/Esbjerg

                  2005/CBM 107 ext/½–½]

2.               ..d6N [2...d5 3.e3 Nc6 (3...g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.g3 0–0 6.Bg2 c5

                  7.0–0 Nc6 8.Qe2 Re8 9.e4 e5 10.fxe5 Nxe5 11.Nxe5 Rxe5

                  12.Bf4 Re8 13.Nc3 d4 14.Nd1 Ng4 15.Nf2 h5 16.h3 Ne5

                  17.Rae1 h4 18.g4 Samolins,V-Khizanashvili,V/Oropesa

                  del Mar 1999/CBM 072 ext/0–1 (45)) 4.Nf3

                  (4.Be2 e5 5.fxe5 Nxe5 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bd2 Qc7   

                  9.g3 Nxf3+ 10.Bxf3 Bh3 11.Qe2 Qd7 12.0–0–0 Bg4 13.e4 Bxf3

                  14.Qxf3 Qg4 15.Qxg4 Nxg4 16.exd5 0–0 17.Ne4 Rad8

                  18.dxc6 bxc6 Sova,O-Hudoshina,V/Nikolaev 2003/CBM 097 ext/1–0)

                  4...g6 5.g3 Bg7 6.Bg2 0–0 7.0–0 Bf5 8.Qe2 Qd7 9.Nbd2 Bg4 10.e4 Nd4

                  11.Qd1 Rad8 12.e5 Ne8 13.c3 Nf5 14.Nb3 b6 15.d4 ½–½

                  Samolins,V-Bachmann Schiavo,A/Oropesa del Mar 1999/CBM 072 ext]

3. Nf3        Bg4 [3...d5 4.Nc3=]

4. e4          e5

5. h3          Bxf3

6. Qxf3      c6 [6...Nc6 7.Nc3=]

7. g4          [7.Nc3 c5²]

7...exf4      [7...Na6 8.Nc3²]

8. Bxf4      h6 Covers g5 [8...Qb6 9.Nd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qxa2 11.Rxb7±]

9. Nd2±     Nbd7

10. 0–0–0 Be7

11. Nc4     Nb6 [11...Ne5 12.Bxe5 dxe5 13.Nxe5 Qa5±]

12. Na3     [12.Ne3 Nh7+-]

12.             ..g5 [12...d5!?= is an interesting idea]

13. Bd2     Qc7 [13...Qd7 14.c4±]

14. Bg2     [¹14.Bc3 Nbd7 15.Qf5±]

14.             ..0–0? [14...d5 15.Bc3 dxe4 16.dxe4 Qf4+ 17.Qxf4 gxf4 1

                  8.Rhf1±]

15. Rhf1    [¹15.h4 keeps an even firmer grip 15...Ne8 16.hxg5 Bxg5

                  17.Bxg5 hxg5 18.Rh6+

15.             ..Nbd7

16. d4        c5 [16...d5!? 17.exd5 Nxd5+-]

17. Bc3      cxd4

18. Rxd4   [18.Nb5 Qc4 19.Nxd4 Ne5+-]

18.             ..Ne5±

19. Qe2     Qd8 [19...Rac8 20.Nb5 Qb6 21.Ra4+-]

20. Rf5      [20.Nc4 Nxc4 21.Rxc4 Nd7+-]

20.             ..Rc8 [20...Qb6 21.Kb1±]

21. Qe1     [¹21.Rxe5 White missed this excellent chance

                  21...Rxc3 22.Nc4+- (22.bxc3?! dxe5 23.Rxd8 Bxa3+

                  24.Kd2 Rxd8+ 25.Ke1 Bc1±) ]

21.             ..Qc7

22. Nb5     Qb6

23. a4        [23.Bf1 Rfe8±]

23...Rc5    [23...a6 24.Rxd6 Bxd6 25.Nxd6

                  (25.Rxf6? looks interesting, but 25...axb5 26.Bxe5 Qc7–+)

                  25...Qxd6 26.Bxe5²]

24. Qf1      [¹24.Rd1!?±]

24.             ..a6

25. Nxd6   [25.Rxf6 Rxc3 26.Rxh6² (26.Nxc3?! Bxf6 27.Qd1 Ng6

                  28.Rxd6 Qe3+ 29.Qd2 Qg1+ 30.Qd1 Qe3+

                  31.Qd2 Qg1+ 32.Qd1 Qe3+=) ]

25.             ..Bxd6? [¹25...Rxc3 is the best option Black has 26.bxc3 Nfxg4

                  27.hxg4 Bxd6²]

26. Rxf6± Rd8

27. Rxh6   [27.a5 Qc7 28.Qe1± (28.Rxh6?! Rxc3 29.bxc3 Qxc3

                  30.Rdxd6 Qa3+ 31.Kb1 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Qxd6=) ]

27.             ..Qc7?? [¹27...Rxc3 would allow Black to play on 28.Qf6 Ng6²]

28. Qe1     [28.Qf6 Ng6 29.Rxd6 Rxc3 30.Rxg6+ fxg6 31.Qxg6+ Kh8

                  32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Rg6+ Kf7 34.Rg7+ Ke8 35.Qh8#]

28.             ..Rc4? [28...Kg7 29.Rh5 f6 30.Rd5+-]

29. Qd2     [¹29.Rxc4 might be the shorter path 29...Qxc4 30.Qe3+-]

29.             ..Rxa4 [29...Rxd4 30.Qxg5+ Ng6 31.Rxg6+ fxg6 32.Qxg6+ Qg7

                  33.Qxg7+ Kxg7 34.Bxd4+ Kf7+-]

30. Rxa4   [¹30.Qxg5+ seems even better 30...Ng6 31.Rxg6+

                  (31.Rxa4 Bf4+ 32.Bd2 Bxd2+ 33.Qxd2 Rxd2 34.Kxd2 Qd7+

                  35.Kc3 Qxa4–+) 31...fxg6 32.Qxg6+ Kf8 33.Rxa4 Bf4+ 34.Kb1+-]

30.             ..Nc4 [30...Ng6 doesn't improve anything 31.e5 Bxe5 32.Qxg5+-]

31. Qe2     [31.Rh8#]

31.             ..Bf4++-

32. Kb1     Nd2+ [32...Ne5 is not the saving move 33.Ba5 Qd7

                  34.Bxd8 Qxd8 35.c3+-]

33. Ka2     [¹33.Qxd2! and the rest is a matter of technique

                  33...f6 34.Rh8+ Kxh8 35.Bxf6+ Kg8 36.Bxd8+-]

33.             ..Qc6 [33...Be5 is one last hope 34.Bxe5 Qxe5+-]

34. Rxc6   [34.Rh8#] 1–0