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Knott-G.Buckley Slough vs Barbican Annotations by GM
John Emms
1 c4 b6 2 b3 Bb7 3 Bb2 e6 4 Nf3 c5 5 e3 f5 6
Be2 Nf6 7 0-0 Rg8 8 Ne5 d6 9 Bf3 Qc7 10 Bxb7 Qxb7 11 Qf3 Qxf3 12 Nxf3 Be7 13 d4
Nc6 14 Rd1 Ne4 15 d5 exd5 16 cxd5 Na5 17 Nfd2 Nxd2 18 Nxd2 b5 19 e4 fxe4 20
Nxe4 Kd7 21 Rd3 Rac8 22 Rf3 Rcf8 23 Rxf8 Bxf8 24 Ng5 Be7 25 Ne6 g6 26 f4 b4 27
g4 Ke8 28 Kg2 Kf7 29 h4 c4 30 Bd4 c3 31 Rf1 Nb7 32 f5 Bxh4? 32 ..gxf5
33 Rxf5+ Ke8 and Black is still well in the game. 33 g5 This
wins material, but White had an even stronger continuation here. My guess is
that both players were in time trouble. 33 fxg6+! Kxg6 34 Rf5! is a killer as
Black has no good defence to 35 Nf4+. 33 ..gxf5 34 Kh3 a5 35 Kxh4 a4 36
bxa4 Ra8 37 a3 37 Rxf5+ Ke7 38 Kh5 Rxa4 39 g6 hxg6+ 40 Kxg6 is easily
winning for White, but would be difficult to spot in time trouble. ] 37
..Rxa4 38 axb4 Rxb4 39 Kh5? 39 Rxf5+ Ke7 40 Rf4 c2 41 Be3 Rb3 42 Bc1
Rb1 43 Rf1 and White should win. Now it's really unclear. 39 ..c2 40 Rc1
Rb1 41 Be3 41 Rxc2? Rh1+ and mate next move. 41 ..Na5 42 Nd4 Nb3!
43 Nxb3 Rxb3 Suddenly White is in a big tangle as his king is caught on
the edge. 44 Bf2 Rc3 45 Kh4 Or 45 Be1 Rh3+ 46 Bh4 Rh2 and now
Black's plan is to rush his king over to the queenside. 47 Re1 Kf8 48 g6 (what
else?) 48 ..hxg6+ 49 Kg5 Kf7 and Black is better. 45 ..Kg6 46 Ba7 Rc4+
47 Kh3 Kxg5 48 Bb8 Kf4 49 Bxd6+ Ke4 50 Bf8 Kxd5 51 Bh6 Rc3+ 52 Kh4 Rc4+ 53 Kg5
Ke6 54 Bg7 Rg4+ 55 Kh6 Rg2 56 Kxh7 f4 57 Re1+ Kd5 58 Bh6 f3 59 Re8 f2 60 Rd8+
Ke6 61 Re8+ Kd7 62 Rf8 Rh2 0-1 Amazing! |