Olympiads 2004 : The First game is over !

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 15 September 2004 14:35:00:

Hello,
Olympiads 2004 are now running , the first game was played and was a victory for Crafty (USA) vs Naum ( Balkan).
Here is the game :
[Event "Olympiads 2004 : USA-Balkan Match"]
[Site "Armada E500"]
[Date "2004.09.15"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Crafty 19.17 SE"]
[Black "Naum 1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97/11"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Time "09:58:11"]
[Variation "Russian, Prins Variation"]
[TimeControl "3600+6"]
[Comment " white engine resigns for black (illegal)"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6
8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Rd1 Bf5 13. d6 Ne4
{
naum is out of book.
}
14. Be3
{
and crafty too.
}
14... Bxc3
{
Naum give his bishop to weacken the white pawn structure. The Knigth in e4 is used to protect c5!
}
15. bxc3 Rb8 16. d7 Bxd7 17. Bf4 b5 18. Qd3 Qf6
{
if 18.....Rb7? 19.Ne5! then the bishop is attacked one more time , and the Knigth in e4 is no more under protection.
}
19. Bxb8 Nxb8
{
Crafty has a quality for a pawn , but his pawn are weack queenside , and Naum can try to convert his pawn majority.
}
20. Rac1 a5 21. Re1 Bc6 22. Qe3 Qd6 23. Bd3 Nf6 24. Qg5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rxe1+
26. Rxe1 b4
{
after some exchange , Naum can try to create an passe dapwn. The white pawn structure is disrupted.
}
27. Bb5
{
Avoiding 28.a4
}
27... bxc3
{
Not so effective, now the black pawns are isolated.
}
28. Qe3 Qd2
{
Naum proposed the queen exchange but the endgame will be higthly favorable to white.
}
29. Qxd2 cxd2 30. Rd1 Nbd7
{
the only way to activate the Knigth ... the active bishop in b5 controls every square
}
31. Bxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxd2 Nf8 33. Rd8 Kg7 34. Ra8 Ne6 35. Rxa5 Kf8 36. a4 Ke7
37. Ra7+ Kd6 38. Rxf7 c4 39. Kf1
{
the rook cannot come to the rescue , so now it is to the King to stop this pawn.
}
39... Ng5 40. Rf6+ Ke5 41. Rb6 c3 42. Rc6 Ne6 43. Rxc3
{
(43. Rxc3 Kd6 44. a5 Nc5 45. f4 Kd5 46. f5 gxf5 47.
Rh3 h6 48. Rxh6 Nd3 49. a6) 5.33/13 42
}
43... Kd6 44. a5 Nc5 45. f4 Kd5 46. Rh3 Kc6 47. Rxh7 Kb5 48. h4 Nd3 49. f5
gxf5 50. Rf7 Kxa5 51. Rxf5+ Kb4 52. h5
{
nobody can stop this pawn now!
}
52... Nc1 53. h6 Nb3 54. h7 Nd4 55. Rf4
{
and carfty can exchange the Knigth vs the Rook.
}
55... Kc5 56. h8=Q Nc6 57. Qc3+ Kb6 58. Rf6 Kb5 59. Rxc6 Ka4
{
trying a pat?
}
60. Rc4+ Kb5 61. Rb4+ Ka5 62. Qa3#
{Mate} 1-0

regards
Nicolas