Vladimir Belov vs Simon Knott (2004) Belovs me Knott

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Vladimir Belov vs Simon Knott
"Belovs me Knott" (game of the day Nov-18-2009)
Hastings Hybrid KO/Open (2004), Hastings ENG, rd 3, Dec-30
Gruenfeld Defense: Exchange. Modern Exchange Variation (D85) · 1-0

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Nov-18-09		JonathanJ: 20. f4!

Nov-18-09		Sem: 38. ... b5 looks slow to me; I would have played one of the other pawns.

Nov-18-09		newzild: 28.f5! Qxf5 29.Rxg6+! Qxg6 30.Rg3 is an excellent example of the way masters are always aware of unprotected pieces. In this case, the whole combination is aimed at exploiting the unprotected state of the Nd6 (Black can't avoid an eventual fork of his knight and king). I gained a lot of rating points (100+) when I learned to maintain awareness of unprotected pieces while looking for combos.

Nov-18-09		RandomVisitor: 4 minutes per move: Vladimir Belov (2627) - Simon J B Knott (2348) [D85] Hastings Hastings (3), 28.12.2004 [Rybka 3 ] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 c5 8.Rb1 0-0 9.Be2 Nc6 10.d5 Bxc3+ 11.Bd2 Bxd2+ 12.Qxd2 Na5 0.43/21 last book move [Rybka 3 : 12...Nb8 13.h4 f6 14.h5 g5 15.h6 Kh8 16.Qc3 g4 17.Nd2 b6 18.Qg3 Na6 19.a3 Qd6 20.Qe3 Nc7 0.26/18 ] 13.h4 0.42/21 [Rybka 3 : 13.h4 f6 14.h5 gxh5 15.Ne5 e6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 b5 18.Rxb5 Ba6 19.dxe6 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Rfd8+ 21.Ke3 Rd4 22.Be2 Bxb5 23.Bxb5 Rb8 24.Bd7 h4 25.Rxh4 f5 26.Bc6 Rd6 27.Bd5 fxe4 28.Rh5 0.42/22 ] 13...Bg4 0.55/19 [Rybka 3 : 13...f6 14.h5 gxh5 15.Ne5 e6 16.Nc4 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 b5 18.Rxb5 Ba6 19.dxe6 Qxd2+ 20.Kxd2 Rfd8+ 21.Ke3 Rd4 22.Be2 Bxb5 23.Bxb5 Rb8 24.Bd7 h4 25.Rxh4 f5 26.Bc6 Rd6 27.Bd5 fxe4 28.Rh5 Kg7 0.42/21 ] 14.Ng5= 0.00/21 [Rybka 3 : 14.h5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 b6 16.Qh6 g5 17.Qxg5+ Kh8 18.Rg1 Rg8 19.Qe5+ f6 20.Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.Qg3+ Kh8 22.Kd2 Nb7 23.Rg1 Qf8 24.Bd3 Rd8 25.Qc7 Nd6 26.Ke2 Rc8 0.55/19 ] 14...Bxe2 0.00/20 15.Kxe2 0.00/17 e6= 0.14/20 [Rybka 3 : 15...h6 16.Nf3 Kh7 17.Ng5+ hxg5 18.hxg5+ Kg7 19.Qc3+ f6 20.Rh6 Qd7 21.Rbh1= 0.00/17 ] 16.h5 0.14/19 Nc4 0.14/20 17.Qc1 0.14/19 exd5 0.14/19 18.hxg6 0.14/18 fxg6 0.14/19 19.Rxh7 0.14/17 Qf6 0.14/19 20.f4 0.14/17 b6 0.14/18 21.Rb3= 0.00/18 [Rybka 3 : 21.Rd7 Qxf4 22.Rg7+ Kh8 23.Qxf4 Rxf4 24.Rh7+ Kg8 25.Rbh1 Rg4 26.exd5 Rxg2+ 27.Kd3 Ne5+ 28.Kc3 Rg3+ 29.Kc2 Rxg5 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Rxa8 Nc4 32.Rxa7+ Kf6 33.Kb3 b5 34.Rc1 Rxd5 35.a4 Nd2+ 36.Kc2= 0.14/18 ] 21...Rae8 1.41/19 [Rybka 3 : 21...Nd6 22.e5 Rae8 23.Rf3 Nf7 24.Kf2 Nxe5 25.fxe5 Qxe5 26.Rxa7 Qh2 27.Rxf8+ Rxf8+ 28.Nf3 Qh4+ 29.Kg1 Rxf3 30.gxf3 Qg3+ 31.Kf1 Qxf3+ 32.Ke1 Qe4+ 33.Kd1 Qg4+ 34.Kc2 Qc4+ 35.Kb2 Qb4+ 36.Ka1 Qd4 0.00/18 ] 22.Rbh3 1.01/19 Re7 1.01/18 23.R7h6 0.90/16 Nd6? 2.42/19 [Rybka 3 : 23...Qg7 24.Kf1 Nd6 25.exd5 Qf6 26.Ne6 Rff7 27.Rg3 Rg7 28.Nxg7 Rxg7 29.Rgh3 Nf7 30.R6h4 g5 31.Rg4 Kf8 32.Rhg3 Qf5 33.Kg1 gxf4 34.Rxf4 Qxd5 35.Rxg7 Kxg7 36.Qc3+ Kf8 37.Rf2 0.90/16 ] 24.Qd2 2.42/18 d4 2.42/17 25.Qd3 1.66/16 Rfe8? 5.09/19 [Rybka 3 : 25...Nf7 26.Qc4 d3+ 27.Ke1 Qa1+ 28.Kf2 Qg7 29.Nxf7 Rfxf7 30.Qd5 Qd4+ 31.Qxd4 cxd4 32.Rxg6+ Rg7 33.Rxg7+ Kxg7 34.Rxd3 Rxe4 35.Kf3 Re1 36.Rxd4 Rf1+ 37.Ke2 Rc1 38.Rd7+ Kg6 39.Rxa7 Kf5 40.g3 Rg1 1.66/16 ] 26.Kd1 5.09/20 Rxe4 5.09/19 27.Nxe4 5.09/20 Rxe4 5.09/19 28.f5 5.69/16 Qxf5 5.09/18 29.Rxg6+ 4.93/16 Qxg6 5.09/18 30.Rg3 5.09/16 Kf7 5.09/23 31.Rxg6 5.09/23 Kxg6 5.09/22 32.Qg3+ 5.09/22 Kf5 5.09/22 33.Qxd6 5.09/20 Re3 5.12/20 34.Qd7+ 5.09/20 Ke4 5.12/20 35.Qxa7 5.12/19 c4 6.43/16 36.Qh7+ 5.61/16 Kd5 5.63/15 37.Qf5+ 5.65/15 Kc6 6.77/13 38.g4 6.97/14 b5? 10.66/13 [Rybka 3 : 38...Rd3+ 39.Kc2 6.97/14 ] 39.g5 8.14/13 b4? 19.17/13 [Rybka 3 : 39...Kb6 40.g6 8.14/13 ] 40.g6 11.44/12 c3? 26.98/13 [Rybka 3 : 40...Re7 41.Qf6+ 11.44/12 ] 41.Qf6+ 29.37/15 Kc5? #12/14 [Rybka 3 : 41...Kb5 42.Qxd4 29.37/15 ] 42.g7 18.01/12 d3? #12/7 [Rybka 3 : 42...Rd3+ 43.Kc1 18.01/12 ] 43.Qg5+ #13/8 Kd4 #7/8 44.Qf4+ #10/8 Re4 #6/5 45.Qf2+ #12/7 1-0

Nov-18-09		RandomVisitor: 21...Rae8 seems to be the problem move - 21...Nd6 might hold. After 21.Rb3: 1: Vladimir Belov - Simon J B Knott, Hastings 2004 click for larger view Analysis by Rybka 3 : <[+0.02] d=21 21...Nd6> 22.Qd2 Nf7 23.Rxf7 Rxf7 24.Qxd5 Rd8 00:43:32 723410kN, tb=10

Nov-18-09		kevin86: Even with an entourage of pawns,the rook couldn't beat the queen.

Nov-18-09		eaglewing: I wondered if Black could still be saved following 28.f5, however, computers are better in such tactical situations, so it should not hold with best play. Nevertheless, for practical purposes I would like to know how the win is realised following a line like: 28. f5 Nxf5 29. Qxe4 Nxh6 30. Rxh6 Qf1+ 31. Qe1 (else it might really be a perpetual) Qxg2 32. Qe8+ (or ordering back the rook?) Kg7 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Rh7+ Ke6 35. Qe(cg)8+ Kf6 36. ... The King cannot survive around his pawn g6? Or how will it be won? Now via Queen exchange or earlier?

Nov-18-09		RandomVisitor: White can keep the pressure with 14.h5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 and now: 1: Vladimir Belov - Simon J B Knott, Hastings 2004 click for larger view Analysis by Rybka 3 : <20-ply> <1. (0.46): 15...e5> 16.Qc3 Re8 17.Qxc5 b6 18.Qa3 Rc8 19.Bb5 Rf8 20.Ba6 Rc5 21.Rc1 Qc7 22.Rxc5 bxc5 23.hxg6 fxg6 24.0-0 Qb6 25.Be2 Nb7 26.Rc1 Qf6 27.Qe3 Qb6 2. (0.56): 15...b6 16.Qh6 g5 17.Qxg5+ Kh8 18.Rg1 Rg8 19.Qe5+ f6 20.Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.Qe6+ Kh8 22.e5 Qf8 23.f4 fxe5 24.Qxe5+ Qf6 25.Rd1 Rf8 26.h6 Nb7 27.Rd3 Nd6 28.Ra3 a5 29.Rb3 Rb8 30.Re3 Qxe5

Nov-18-09		RandomVisitor: <eaglewing>28.f5 Nxf5 <29.Rh8+> Qxh8 30.Rxh8+ Kxh8 31.Qxe4 and black collapses.

Nov-18-09		WhiteRook48: the g7-pawn wins

Nov-18-09		fm avari viraf: Indeed, a very thrilling & complex game till the very end. The pun is lovely!

Nov-18-09		Jimfromprovidence: This is a very clever game. I particularly liked the quiet 26 Kd1. It’s by far the best move for white under the circumstances. click for larger view The king is protected and black cannot prevent significant material loss. For example, now 26…Nf7 is too late because of 27 e5!. click for larger view If 27…Rxe5, then 28 Rxg6+ wins the queen and a lot more. If 27…Qc6, then 28 Rxg6+ is a forced mate.

Nov-18-09		RandomVisitor: "Belov it or Knott"...

Nov-21-09		eternaloptimist: I think that RV came up w/ a better pun than the pun that was chosen for this game.

Dec-02-09		weisyschwarz: I think the pun chosen for the game is much better in that Belov did not let Knott win...but then I may be biased.

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