Adolf Lacina vs David Navara (2001)

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Adolf Lacina vs David Navara
CZE-chTJ 0102 (2001), Czechia, rd 1
Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation (B95) · 1-0

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Jul-23-05		Honza Cervenka: This game was played in the match of the 2nd Czech League between B-team of my chess club "DA Prague" and a team of Ceske Budejovice. The match occurred in Ceske Budejovice in winter 2001/2002 and I remember it very well because I participated there too playing on the 7th board. There was terrible cold in the playing room and so I was quite happy that I could make a quick 18 move draw with black pieces against some young guy with somewhat better rating (I accepted opponent's offer of draw in accordance with instructions of our captain). Then I could watch - dressed in warm sweater and anorak - other games included this one. At the beginning the match looked for us as pretty one-sided matter because there were three clearly won positions (all these games finished soon with predicted result) and the rest of games looked better or even. After some two hours the score was already 4-1 and we had still our ultra-first board (i.e. David Navara) in play against Mr. Lacina (elo somewhere around 2230). We needed only a half point to win whole match and nobody really expected that David could lose his game although Mr. Lacina played quite ingeniously and I thought that his attack could be dangerous. But the unthinkable became reality. After David’s mistake 28...Qb7? (Better would have been 28...Qc4 as it covers e6 and g8 and threatens 29...Qxe4+ 30.Ka2 Qa4+ etc.) Mr. Lacina missed in time troubles immediately winning 29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Qg6!, but then David blundered once again with 30...Ra7?? [Necessary was 30...Rh3! 31.f3 (31.Nh6+ Rxh6 32.Qxh6 Qxe4+! 33.Rxe4 gxh6 ) 31...Nd4 32.Nh6+ Rxh6 33.Qxh6 Rb8 34.Rd2 Qb3 and black is okay.] and this time Mr. Lacina didn’t miss his chance. After that the match turned out to be a long nerve-racking horror with a happy-end for us. The half point was finally scored in very last game (after several turnovers) and we won the match 4,5-3,5.:-)

Jul-23-05		tamar: After 28...Qc4 29 Nxd6 Qe6 30 Nxc8 Rxc8 31 Rd5 can Black hold?

Jul-23-05		samvega: Isn't the idea 28..Qc4 29.Nxd6 Qa4, with perpetual if 30.Nxc8? Would 28..Nd4 be another possible defence?

Jul-23-05		samvega: Never mind -- 28..Nd4 29.Rxd4 exd4 then just the variation Honza already gave, 30.Nh6 etc. By the way Honza, that's an ingenious shot, 29.Nh6+, 30.Qg6.

Jul-23-05		Honza Cervenka: <tamar> 28...Qc4 29.Nxd6 Qe6 30.Nxc8 Rxc8 31.Rd5 looks fine for white but after 31...Rb8 I don't see anything decisive for white. For example, he cannot take the Pawn e5 for pretty tactical trick 32.Qxe5? Nd2+! (the Knight is untouchable for hanging Queen) 33.Ka1 Qxe5 34.Rxe5 Nf3 forking both white Rooks. Also 32.Rxe5 gives nothing after 32...Nd2 33.Kc1 (33.Kc2? Rxb2+! 34.Kxb2 Qb3+ 35.Kc1 Nf3 ) 33...Nb3+ 34.Kc2 Qc4! 35.Qe3 Nd4+! 36.Qxd4 Qe2+ 37.Kc1 (37.Qd2?? Rxb2+ ) 37...Qxb2+ 38.Kd1 Qa2! (threatening Rb1#) 39.Qd5+ Qxd5 40.exd5 Rb1+ and 41...Rxg1 or 34.Kd1 Qc4! 35.Qe3 Nc5 36.Qd4 Qd3+ 37.Qxd3 Nxd3 38.Rd5 Rxb2 39.Rgg5 Nxf2+ etc. <samvega> 28...Qc4 29.Nxd6 Qa4 doesn't work for 30.Qxe5 covering Pe4 and threatening Qe6+ with next Rh1#. 28...Nd4 29.Nh6+ Kh8 30.Ng4 is also lost for black (30...Nf3 31.Qh5+ Kg8 32.Nf6#).

Aug-02-19		Honza Cervenka: Hmmm, 28....Qc4 can be met with simple 29.f3 and black is still in deep troubles. It seems to be that David went wrong earlier. Maybe already 25...b3 was a mistake, and that black should have played 25...Rdc8 26.Kb1 Ne6 27.Qg6 Nf4 28.Nh6+ Kh8 29.Nf7+ Kg8 30.Nh6+ with mutually forced perpetual. 29.Rg4? and 30.Qg6? gave him a chance not only to get back into the game but even turn the table with 30...Rh3! but 30...Ra7? lost the day finally.

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