Olympiads 2004 : a terrible blunder of Nejmet !

[Nicolas Normand]

Geschrieben von:/Posted by: Nicolas Normand at 22 September 2004 17:35:31:

Hello,
the match Italy - France is nearly at end , but here is an extract of thi match and a incredible blunder of Nejmet in a won position.
Look !
[Event "Olympiads 2004"]
[Site "Armada E500"]
[Date "2004.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "The Duke"]
[Black "Nejmet 3.07"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Time "14:16:54"]
[Variation "Taimanov (Bastrikov) 6.g3"]
[TimeControl "3600+0"]
[Comment " white engine resigns for black (illegal)"]
[Termination "normal"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[WhiteType "program"]
[BlackType "program"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.g3 Nc6 {Nejmet is already out of book now.} 4.Nf3 a6 5.d4
cxd4 6.Nxd4 Qc7 7.Bg2 Nf6 8.Bg5 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Bc5 10.Qd2 Bb4 {the opening is
nearly ended . Nejmet begin to attack even if his ligth square bishop isn't
developped.
He threats now : 11....Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxc3 bxc3 } 11.O-O-O Bxc3 12.Qxc3 Qxc3
13.bxc3 Ng4 14.Rdf1 {to avoid the fork , the duke have no other choice ...
14.Be3?! Nxe3} 14...h6 15.Bf4 e5 16.Bd2 d6 {the d5 advance must be prepared!}
17.Kd1 Be6 18.f3 Nf6 19.a3 Rd8 {now the d5 advance is possible. } 20.Ke1 Bc4 {
before the advance , nejmet activate his bishop.} 21.Rfg1 d5 {this advance is
perfomed on very good conditions... noiw Nejmet obtains a clear advantage.} 22.
Be3 dxe4 23.fxe4 {the pawn structure of The Duke is disrupted. Everywhere there
is weackness , and Nejmet pressed on them!} 23...Bb5 24.Bb6 Rc8 25.Kd2 Rc6 26.
a4 Bxa4 27.Rb1 Bb5 28.Ba5 O-O {with a better pawn structure ,and one passed
pawn and a little material advantge nejmet should win this game.} 29.Rhe1 Rfc8
30.Bh3 Ra8 31.Re3 b6 32.Bb4 Rc7 33.Bf5 {The tempting fork with 33.Bd6 Rd7
34.Bxe5 Rd7 35.Bd4 Re4 is not working.
the choosen move make this threat real.} 33...Re8 34.Rc1 Rc4 35.Rb1 g6 36.Bh3
Rxe4 37.Rxe4 Nxe4+ 38.Ke3 Nf6 {now nejmet increase his advantage!} 39.Rd1 Bc4
40.Rd6 Nd5+ 41.Kd2 e4 42.Rc6 e3+ 43.Ke1 e2 44.Rxc4 Ne3 45.Be6 Rxe6 46.Rc8+ Kh7
47.Kxe2 Nxc2+ 48.Kd2 Ne1 {Nxb4 and the game is over} 49.Rf8 Nf3+ 50.Kd1 Kg7 51.
Ra8 a5 52.Bf8+ Kh7 53.h3 Ng5 54.Ra7 Re8 55.Ba3 Kg7 56.c4 Nxh3 57.Bb2+ Kg8 58.
Kc2 Re2+ 59.Kc1 Nf2 {an incredible blunder! Nejmet enter in a classic mat
thema.} 60.Ra8+ {And of course The duke didn't miss it!} 60...Re8 {Nejmet
understand now that he lost the game.} 61.Rxe8+ Kh7 62.Rh8# {Mate} 1-0