Jonathan Speelman vs Sheriff El Assiouti (1992) "I Shot the Sheriff"

Jonathan Speelman vs Sheriff El Assiouti
"I Shot the Sheriff" (game of the day Oct-11-09)
London 1992 · Nimzo-Indian Defense: Normal Variation. Bishop Attack (E47) · 1-0

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Oct-11-09		GMMandetowitch: Nice shooting John!

Oct-11-09		Phony Benoni: I don't care what he swears; it wasn't in self defense. Black never got his gun out of the holster. It is an instructive lesson in operating on both flanks.

Oct-11-09		Turki M: Phny Benoni>>>> With You

Oct-11-09		Twocolors: I'm not convinced. What happens if black simply takes 27..Qxc5? Neither 28.Ng5 nor 28.h5 e5! seems to be good for white, so 28.Qf6 but then 28..Qe7 draws and Jon's promising position has disappeared. My guess is he should have played 27.Qa3! Rxb6 28.Ng5! Kg8(hxg5? 29.Qh3+ and cxb6 or Qxg6? 29.cxb6) 29.Qh3 threatening both Qxh6 and cxb6.

Oct-11-09		Samagonka: Impressive game. Sheriff's defensive style of play eventually gets punished by the crushing 30Nd7. The rest is simple arithmetic.

Oct-11-09		WhiteRook48: actually geometry

Oct-11-09		RandomVisitor: 3 minutes per move: Jonathan Speelman - El Assiouti Sheriff [E47] London London, 1992 [Rybka 3 ] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 0-0 5.Bd3 c5 6.Nf3 b6 7.0-0 Bb7 8.Na4 cxd4 9.a3 Be7 10.exd4 d5 11.c5 bxc5 12.Nxc5 Bxc5 13.dxc5 Qc7 14.Bg5 Ne4 15.Rc1 Nc6 16.b4 Nxg5 17.Nxg5 last book move 17...h6 0.74/18 18.Bh7+ 0.74/17 Kh8 0.74/18 19.Bb1 0.54/16 g6 1.28/17 [Rybka 3 : 19...Ba6 20.Re1 Rae8 21.Nf3 Kg8 22.Bd3 Bxd3 23.Qxd3 Rc8 24.b5 Na5 25.Ne5 f6 0.54/16 ] 20.Nf3 1.16/15 Ba6 1.28/18 21.Qd2 1.09/18 Kh7 1.29/17 22.Rfe1 1.03/15 Rad8 1.58/19 [Rybka 3 : 22...Rfd8 23.a4 e5 24.b5 e4 25.Nd4 Nxd4 26.Qxd4 Bc8 27.b6 axb6 28.cxb6 Qd6 29.Rc7 Kg8 30.Ba2 Be6 31.Rb1 1.03/15 ] 23.a4 1.38/17 Bc4 1.89/16 [Rybka 3 : 23...e5 24.b5 e4 25.Nh4 Na5 1.38/17 ] 24.Qb2 0.53/19 [Rybka 3 : 24.b5 Na5 1.89/16 ] 24...Rb8 0.53/18 25.b5 0.53/17 a6 0.87/16 26.b6 0.53/18 [Rybka 3 : 26.Qf6 Qe7 27.Bxg6+ Kg8 28.Bxf7+ Rxf7 29.Qxh6 Rh7 30.Qxe6+ Qxe6 31.Rxe6 axb5 32.Rxc6 bxa4 33.Nd2 Rhb7 34.Rg6+ Kf7 35.Rg3 Rc8 36.Ra3 Rb4 37.Rca1 Bb5 38.Rc3 0.87/16 ] 26...Qe7 0.62/16 27.h4 0.48/15 f5? 2.39/16 [Rybka 3 : 27...Qxc5 28.h5 e5 29.b7 Qe7 30.Nxe5 Rxb7 31.hxg6+ Kg8 32.gxf7+ Qxf7 33.Nxf7 Rxb2 34.Nxh6+ Kh8 35.Rc2 Rfb8 36.Rxb2 Rxb2 37.f4 Nd4 38.Re8+ Kg7 39.Re7+ Kf8 40.Rf7+ Ke8 41.Bg6 Ne2+ 42.Kh2 Kd8 0.48/15 ] 28.h5 2.21/14 gxh5 2.59/17 29.Ne5 2.39/16 Qxc5 3.49/18 [Rybka 3 : 29...Nxe5 30.Rxe5 Qg7 31.Rce1 h4 32.Qc3 Kh8 33.Qh3 2.39/16 ] 30.Nd7 3.29/16 Qd4? 5.00/17 [Rybka 3 : 30...Qd6 31.Nxb8 Nxb8 32.b7 h4 33.Qe5 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 Rf7 35.Rxe6 Rxb7 36.Bxf5+ Kg7 37.Rb1 Rxb1+ 38.Bxb1 a5 39.Rg6+ Kf7 40.Rxh6 Na6 41.Rxh4 Nb4 42.f4 Bb3 43.Rh3 Bxa4 44.Ra3 Bc6 45.Rxa5 Ke6 3.29/16 ] 31.Qa3? 3.40/17 [Rybka 3 : 31.Nxf8+ Rxf8 5.00/17 ] 31...Rg8 4.20/16 32.Nxb8 4.20/16 Qg4 4.20/15 33.Qg3? 2.36/21 [Rybka 3 : 33.g3 Nd4 34.Kg2 Rxb8 35.Qd6 Rg8 36.b7 h4 37.Qc7+ Rg7 38.b8Q Qf3+ 39.Kh3 Qg4+ 40.Kh2 hxg3+ 41.fxg3 Rxc7 42.Qxc7+ Qg7 43.Qxg7+ Kxg7 44.Kg2 Kf7 45.Rc3 Nb3 46.Ba2 Na5 4.20/15 ] 33...Qxg3 2.76/21 34.fxg3 2.36/21 Rxb8 2.36/19 35.Bd3 1.86/20 Nd8? 4.78/20 [Rybka 3 : 35...e5 36.Bxf5+ Kg7 37.Bd3 Rxb6 38.Bxc4 dxc4 39.Rxc4 Kf6 40.Rc5 a5 41.Rec1 Nd4 42.Rf1+ Ke6 43.Rxa5 Rb3 44.Ra6+ Kd5 45.Rxh6 Ra3 46.Rxh5 Rxa4 47.Re1 Nc6 48.Rd1+ Nd4 49.Kf1 Ra5 50.Re1 Ke6 1.86/20 ] 36.Bxc4 4.29/20 dxc4 4.49/20 37.Red1 4.30/18 Nf7 4.80/21 38.a5 4.80/19 Ne5 5.81/14 39.Rd6 6.34/15 Re8 6.22/14 40.Re1 7.46/13 1-0

Oct-12-09		kevin86: Boy,the fur flies in this one!

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