C17 Grabics Monika (HUN) - Macek Vlasta (CRO) Rijeka (Croatia) 9. 3.2004

[#]1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 c5 5.¥d2 ¤e7 6.a3 ¥c3 7.¥c3 cd 8.£d4 ¤bc6

[8...¤f5 9.£g4 h5 10.£f4 g5 11.¥b5 ¤c6 12.£d2 d4 13.¥b4 £d5 14.£e2 £g2 15.£f3 £f3 16.¤f3 ¥d7 17.¤g5 ¤e5 18.¥d7 ¤d7 19.O-O-O a5 20.¥d2 ¦g8 21.¦he1 a4 22.f4 ¤f6 23.¦e5 ¤d5 24.¦de1 ¢f8 25.¤h7 ¢g7 26.¤g5 ¦ac8 27.¢b1 h4 28.¦g1 ...0-1, Sakharov Yuri N 2490 - Petrosian Tigran V 2640 , Kiev 1957 Ch URS (1/2 final)]

9.£g4 = 9...O-O +0.21 CAP

[A more active plan for Black presumes 9...¤f5 10.¤f3 £b6 11.¥d3 d4 12.¥d2 ¤ce7 13.£h5 ¥d7 14.g4 ¤h6 15.O-O ¥c6 16.¤g5 O-O-O 17.¤e4 ¤d5 18.¤d6 ¢b8 19.¦ae1 f5 20.h3 fg 21.hg ¦df8 22.¤c4 £c7 23.f4 ¤f7 24.¤a5 ¥e8 25.£h2 1/2-1/2, Spassky Boris V 2560 - Apicella Manuel 2390 , Angers 1990 Ch France]

10.O-O-O

[10.¤f3 ¤f5 11.¥d3 d4 12.¥d2 £d5 13.£e4 £e4 14.¥e4 ¥d7 15.O-O-O f6 16.ef gf 17.¥f5 ef 18.¥h6 ¦fd8 19.¤d4 ¤d4 20.¦d4 ¥c6 21.¦d8 ¦d8 22.f3 ¢f7 23.¦e1 a5 24.b3 a4 25.¢b2 ¦d5 26.¥f4 ¦d4 27.¥e3 ¦d8 28.¥c1 h5 29.¢c3 ¦g8 ...1/2-1/2, Keres Paul 2615 - Spassky Boris V 2690 , Moscow 1967 It "Central Chess Club"]

10...¤g6 11.¤f3

11...h6? This is not especially successful novelty that demonstrates the Croatian player's confusion after meeting a variation unknown to her.

[Black already has to act resolutely: 11...f5 12.ef gf 13.¥d3 £e8 14.¤h4 f5 15.£g5 £e7 , and then Black managed to hold this position: 16.£e7 ¤ge7 17.f4 ¢f7 18.¤f3 h6 19.¦he1 ¥d7 20.¦e2 ¤g8 21.¦de1 ¤f6 22.¥f6 ¢f6 23.¥b5 ¦ae8 24.¥c6 ¥c6 25.¤d4 ¥d7 26.¦e3 ¦g8 27.g3 ¦e7 28.¢d2 h5 29.¤f3 ¦c8 30.¦c3 ¦c3 31.¢c3 ...1/2-1/2, Szabo Iuliu 2355 - Partos Charles 2420 , Romania 1961 Ch Romania;

11...f6 12.ef e5 13.£a4 d4 14.¥c4 ¢h8 15.fg ¢g7 16.¦he1 ¥g4 17.¥e2 £f6 18.¥d2 ¦ac8 19.¢b1 h6 20.¤d4 ¤d4 21.¥g4 ¦c2 22.¥e3 b5 23.£a7 ¦f7 24.£a8 ¦fc7 25.£e4 پc4 26.¥d4 ed 27.¥h5 ¤f4 28.¥f3 b4 29.ab ¦b4 30.£e5 £e5 31.¦e5 ...1-0, Huebner Wolfgang 2189 - Feibert Fred 2365 , Germany 1995 Bundesliga (2nd) West 1994/95]

Now White's attack develops all by itself. 12.¥d3 £e8 13.h4 ¥d7 Black's forces have no proper coordination and she cannot counter the opponent's attack. 14.h5 ¤ge7 15.£h4 ¢h8 16.g4 £d8 17.g5 ¤g8 18.¥d2 hg 19.¥g5 f6 20.h6 g6 21.h7 [...] Black resigned. [1:0]