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Boris Gulko v Arthur Feuerstein

 

Boris Gulko v Arthur Feuerstein

Simultaneous Games Exhibition

April 14, 2008

 

Fritz 11

 

Schmid Benoni

 

1. d4              c5

2. d5              Nf6

3. Nc3            e6

4. e4              exd5

5. Nxd5         Nxd5

6. Qxd5         Be7

7. Nf3            Nc6

8. Bc4            0–0 Black castles and improves king safety

9. 0–0            White castles and improves king safety

                      [9.c3 d6 (9...Na5 10.Be2 d6 11.0–0 Be6 12.Qh5 h6

                      13.Re1 Re8 14.Bb5 Nc6 15.b3 Qb6 16.Bf1 Bf6

                      17.Bd2 Qa5 18.Re3 c4 19.Qxa5 Nxa5 20.b4 Nc6

                      21.b5 Na5 22.Nd4 Bd7 23.Ree1 a6 24.bxa6

                       Remon,A (2375)-Hernandez,G (2525)/Santa Clara

                      1991/CBM 026/½–½ (51)) 10.Qh5 (10.Qd3 Be6

                      (10...Ne5 11.Nxe5 dxe5 12.Qg3 Bf6 13.Be3 Qe7

                      14.Bd5 Bh4 15.Bxc5 Qxc5 16.Qxh4 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6

                      18.0–0 Rf4 19.Qg3 Raf8 20.Rad1 Rxe4 21.Rd7 Rf7

                      22.Rxf7 Kxf7 23.Qf3+ Rf4 24.Qxb7+ Kg6 25.g3

                      Glud,J (2424)-Cannon,R (2050)/Liverpool 2007/CBM

                      120 ext/1–0 (56)) 11.Bf4 Qb6 12.0–0–0 Rad8 13.Bd5 Bf6

                      14.h4 Ne5 15.Bxe5 dxe5 16.Qc4 Bxd5 17.exd5 Qa5 18.Kb1 b5

                      19.Qxc5 Rc8 20.Qe3 b4 21.c4 Rxc4 22.Nxe5 Rc3 23.bxc3 bxc3

                      24.Ka1 c2 Tomashevsky,E (2594)-Zubarev,A

                      (2518)/Pardubice 2006/CBM 113 ext/1–0 (35)) 10...Be6

                      11.Bxe6 fxe6 12.h4 Qe8 13.Qxe8 Rfxe8 14.Be3 b5 15.0–0–0 a5

                      16.Bf4 Rad8 17.Rd2 h6 18.Rhd1 e5 19.Bg3 a4 20.Re2 b4

                      21.cxb4 Nxb4 22.Kb1 a3 23.b3 c4

                      Schandorff,L (2455)-Rogers,I (2470)/Vejstrup 1989/CBM

                      015/0–1 (35); 9.Qh5 d6 10.h4 Qe8 11.Be3 Bf6 12.Ng5 h6

                      13.0–0–0 Ne5 14.Be2 Qa4 15.Kb1 Nc6 16.c3 Be6 17.Nxe6 Qxe4+

                      18.Bd3 Qxe6 19.Bf5 Qe5 20.Rd5 Qe7 21.Bc2 Ne5 22.Rh3 g6

                      23.Qd1 Bg7 Berend,F (2275)-Nascimento,A (2295)/Manila

                      1992/TD/0–1 (39)]

9.                   ..Nb4         Black threatens to win material: Nb4xd5

10. Qd1         d6 Secures e5

11. c3            White threatens to win material: c3xb4

11.                 ..Nc6

12. Bf4          Be6

13. Bb3         [13.Bd5 Qd7²]

13.                 ..Qb6 [13...c4 14.Bc2²]

14. Nd2         [14.Bd5 Rfd8² (14...Qxb2? is no good because of

                      15.Rb1 Qxc3 16.Rxb7 Bxd5 17.exd5+-

                      (17.Qxd5?! Nb4 18.Qd1 Rfe8=) ) ]

14.                 ..Na5=

15. Rb1         [15.Qc2 Qc6 16.Bxe6 fxe6=]

15.                 ..Nxb3³

16. axb3        Black has the pair of bishops

16.                 ..Qc6

17. Re1         d5

18. exd5        Qxd5

19. Nc4          Qxd1

20. Rbxd1     Rfd8

21. Na5          White threatens to win material: Na5xb7

21.                 ..b6 Black threatens to win material: b6xa5

22. Nc6          Rxd1

23. Nxe7+     Kf8 Black has a mate threat

24. Rxd1       Kxe7

25. b4            Rd8

26. Rxd8       Kxd8

27. bxc5        bxc5 A bishop endgame occured

28. Be3         c4

29. Bxa7        Kd7

30. f3             Consolidates g4

30.                 ..Kd6

31. Kf2          Kd5

32. Ke3         f6

 

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