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[#]1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 e6 3.d4 cd 4.¤d4 ¤c6 5.¤c3 d6 6.¥e3 ¤f6 += 7.£e2!? This rare continuation was well studied by Smirnov at home. [7.¥c4 ¥e7 8.¥b3 O-O 9.£e2 a6 10.O-O-O £c7 11.g4 ¤d7 12.¤f5 ¤c5 13.¤e7 ¤e7 14.£d2 ¦d8 15.¥f4 ¤g6 16.¥d6 £c6 17.f4 b5 18.e5 b4 19.¤e2 a5 20.¤d4 ¤b3 21.ab £e4 22.f5 ¤e5 23.¥e5 £e5 24.¦he1 £d6 25.fe fe 26.¤e6 £d2 ...1-0, Anand Viswanathan 2765 - Salov Valery 2680 , Dos Hermanas 1997 It (cat.19); 7.¥e2 ¥e7 8.£d2 O-O 9.f4 a6 10.O-O-O ¤d7 11.g4 ¤d4 12.¥d4 b5 13.a3 ¥b7 14.g5 ¦c8 15.¦hg1 e5 16.¥e3 ef 17.¥f4 ¤c5 18.£e3 £c7 19.e5 de 20.¥e5 £b6 21.¢b1 ¤a4 22.£b6 ¤b6 23.¥g4 ¦ce8 24.¥d6 ¤c4 25.¥e7 ¦e7 26.¦ge1 ¦e3 ...1/2-1/2, Leko Peter 2739 - Kramnik Vladimir 2809 , Dortmund 2001 It (cat.21); 7.f4 a6 8.£f3 £c7 9.O-O-O ¥d7 10.¤b3 ¦c8 11.¢b1 b5 12.¥d3 ¤b4 13.g4 ¥c6 14.g5 ¤d7 15.£f2 g6 16.¦hf1 ¥g7 17.f5 ¤e5 18.¥b6 £d7 19.¥e2 £b7 20.¤a5 £b8 21.f6 ¥f8 22.a3 ¤c2 23.¢c2 ¥e4 24.¢b3 ¥a8 25.¥a7 £c7 26.£b6 £b6 ...1-0, Kramnik Vladimir 2807 - Topalov Veselin 2743 , Monte Carlo 2003 It "Melody Amber" (blindfold); 7.f3 ¥e7 8.£d2 O-O 9.O-O-O d5 10.£e1 ¥d7 11.¥f2 £c7 12.¤db5 £f4 13.¢b1 de 14.¥g3 £h6 15.fe ¦ad8 16.¥e2 e5 17.¥f3 ¥e6 18.¤d5 ¥c5 19.¦f1 ¦d7 20.a3 ¦fd8 21.¤f6 £f6 22.¤c3 ¦d1 23.¥d1 £e7 24.¥h4 f6 25.¤d5 £f7 26.g4 ¥d5 ...1/2-1/2, Morozevich Alexander 2758 - Svidler Peter 2684 , Frankfurt 1999 It (active) (cat.15); 7.£d2 ¥e7 8.f3 O-O 9.O-O-O a6 10.g4 ¤d4 11.¥d4 b5 12.¢b1 £c7 13.g5 ¤d7 14.h4 b4 15.¤a4 ¥b7 16.b3 d5 17.ed ¥d5 18.£e3 ¦fc8 19.¥d3 ¤c5 20.¤c5 ¥c5 21.¥e4 ¥d4 22.¦d4 a5 23.¦hd1 g6 24.£e2 £g3 25.¥d5 ed 26.¦d5 £h4 ...1/2-1/2, Adams Michael 2731 - Kramnik Vladimir 2809 , Dortmund 2001 It (cat.21)] [9...¥e7 10.g5 ¤d7 11.f4 O-O 12.h4 ¤d4 13.¥d4 b5 14.a3 ¥b7 15.¥h3 ¦fe8 16.g6 hg 17.h5 ¤f8 18.hg fg 19.£h2 e5 20.¤d5 ¥d5 21.ed ¥h4 22.fe de 23.¥e6 ¤e6 24.de g5 25.¥e5 £c5 26.¦d7 ¦e7 27.¥d4 £c4 28.¦e7 £d4 29.£d2 ...1-0, Eid Fadi 2280 - Kelly Brian 2405 , Elista 1998 Olympiad; 9...h5 10.g5 ¤g4 11.f4 ¤e3 12.£e3 ¥e7 13.h4 ¥d7 14.f5 O-O-O 15.¤c6 £c6 16.¦d4 b5 17.a4 £b6 18.ab ab 19.£d2 d5 20.fe fe 21.ed b4 22.de ¥e6 23.¤d5 ¥d5 24.¦d5 ¦d5 25.£d5 ¦d8 26.£e5 ¥d6 27.£f5 ¢b8 28.¥g2 £a6 29.¢b1 ...1-0, Vorobiov Evgeny E 2516 - Mirovshchikov Sergey 2406 , Toljatti 2001 Cup Russia (open)] [10...b5 11.g5 ¤d7 12.¦g1 ¦b8 13.¢b1 g6 14.£d1 ¥e7 15.f4 b4 16.¤a4 e5 17.¦c4 £a5 18.b3 ef 19.¥f4 ¤e5 20.¦c5 dc 21.¥e5 O-O 22.¥b8 ¦d8 23.£f3 ¥e6 24.¥a7 c4 25.¥b6 £e5 26.¥d8 ¥d8 27.¥c4 ¥c4 28.bc ¥g5 29.¦f1 1-0, Balinov Ilija 2385 - Cebalo Miso 2515 , Graz 1996 It (open); 10...e5 11.¦c4 £a5 12.g5 ¤d7 13.¤d5 b5 14.¦c3 b4 15.¦c4 ¤c5 16.¢b1 ¥e6 17.¥g2 ¦c8 18.£d2 ¥e7 19.a3 ¥d5 20.ed O-O ...1-0, Abo R - Elnathan E, Manila 1991 It (open)] 11.f4 b5 12.e5! White obtains a serious initiative. 12...de 13.fe ¤d7 [The variation 13...£e5 14.¦d8 ¢e7 can be recommended only to those ones 'who like it hot'.] [14...¥b7 hits on unpleasant reply 15.¦hd1] 15.g5? -1.41 [¹15.¥f4 b4 16.¤a4 ¤c5 17.¤c5 +0.13] 16.¥g5 ¥c5 17.¦d3 ¥e7 18.¥e7 ¢e7 19.¦d6 b4 20.¤e4 ¤e5 21.£e3! The white pieces are coming closer and closer... 21...f6? +1.70 [¹21...¦h5 22.¦d4 ¥d7 23.¤d6 ¦b6 -1.41] 22.£g3 ¦h7 23.¦hd1 ¦b5 Black refutes the threat of ¤g5 but the trouble comes from the other side. Perhaps, an improvement should be found somewhere on earlier phase of the game. [After 24...¢f6 deciding is 25.¦d8! with irrefutable threats.] 25.¦c6! Perhaps, Black omitted this move that Smirnov made instantaneously. 25...£b7 26.£g8 ¤c6 27.£h7 ¢f8 28.£h8 ¢f7 29.h4? +0.04 [After 29.¥c6 £c6 30.£h7 ¢e8 31.¦g1 Black defends with 31...¦g5; ¹while purely technical play 29.¦d8 ¤d8 30.¥b7 ¤b7 31.£c8 ~0+2.00 would not have been in Smirnov's style.] 29...¥d7 30.¥e4 £c7? +3.00 A decisive mistake in time-trouble. [Black would have avoided the checkmate by 30...¢e7 and might have hoped for realization of his passed pawn; |
