Watu Kobese vs Nigel Short (2010)

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Watu Kobese vs Nigel Short
Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 3, Sep-23
French Defense: Classical. Burn Variation Morozevich Line (C11) · 0-1

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Sep-23-10		Ezzy: IM Kobese Watu 2370 - GM Short Nigel D 2690 Olympiad 2010 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Be7 6.Bxf6 gxf6 7.g3 f5 8.Nc3 Bf6 9.Nge2 Nc6 10.d5 exd5 11.Bg2< white sacrifices a pawn for speedy developement and activity. But is it enough? [11.Qxd5 Qxd5 12.Nxd5 Bxb2 13.Nxc7+ Kd8 14.Rb1 Kxc7 15.Rxb2 Black is slightly ahead in developement and will get his rooks into play more quickly than white.> 11...d4< Possible novelty. 11...Ne7 has been played twice before.> 12.Nd5 Be5 13.0–0 Be6 14.Nef4 Qd6?! <14...h5 15.Nxe6 fxe6 16.Qe2 Becomes extremely complicated. In computer chess this may be the critical line.>15.Re1?! <15 Nxe6! seems much better for white. It looks like black has to conceed to a draw or face a disadvantage. [15.Nxe6! fxe6 16.Qh5+ Kd7 17.f4 exd5 18.fxe5 Nxe5 19.Rxf5 Rae8 20.Re1 Ng6 21.Rxe8 Kxe8 22.Rxd5 Qe7 23.Qd1 c5 24.c3 Qe3+ 25.Kh1 Rf8 26.Rxc5 Rf2 27.Rc8+ Ke7 28.Rc7+ Ke8 29.Qa4+ Kf8 30.Rc8+ Kf7 31.Bd5+ Kf6 32.Qxd4+ Qxd4 33.cxd4 b6 34.Rc7 Ne7 35.Bb3 Rxb2 <and whites playing for the win.>) ; 16...Kd8 17.f4 exd5 18.fxe5 Qg6 19.Qh4+ Ke8 20.Bxd5 Rd8 21.Bxc6+ bxc6 22.Rad1 c5 23.c3 <and white is better> > 15...0–0–0< Phew! Black's king is now safe.> 16.Qf3 Kb8 17.b4?< Interesting attacking idea, but it doesn't work.> 17...d3 18.b5< [18.c3 d2 19.Red1 Bxf4 20.Nxf4 Bc4 21.Ne2 Bxe2 22.Qxe2 Ne5 White's still fighting, but black is the likely winner.> 18...d2 19.bxc6 dxe1Q+ 20.Rxe1 Bxf4 21.Nxf4 Qxc6< [21...Qd2 22.Ra1 b6 23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Qa3 a5 25.Qb3 Qe2 26.Bf1 Qe4 Nigel must have been worried about whites infiltration on the white squares with mating threats. Probably not worth the risk keeping queens on. ]> 22.Qxc6 bxc6 23.Nd3 <[23.Nxe6 fxe6 24.Rxe6 Rd1+ 25.Bf1 f4 26.Rf6 Rc1 27.Rxf4 Rd8 28.Kg2 Rxc2 and black's still going to make white suffer with his extra material.]> 23...Bxa2 24.Bxc6< [24.Nb4 Bd5 25.Bxd5 cxd5 26.Nc6+ Kb7 27.Nxd8+ Rxd8 White's still going to find it tough defending this.]> 24...Rd6 25.Bg2 Rb6 26.Re5 Rb1+ 27.Bf1 Be6 28.f3 Rd8 29.Kf2 Rd5 30.Re3 a5 31.c4 Rxf1+! < Nice shot! Simplifying to a won endgame. Black was winning anyway, but it just removes any doubts :-) > 1-0 Nice win Nigel. Who said the French was solid? This was one complicated game. The complications after 14...h5 instead of your 14...Qd6 are mindboggling. Either way, it was a complicated game anyway. It does seem that if white plays 15 Nxe6! there was a possibilty that he could have had some initiative. But with any pawn sacrifice by white in the opening, it's inevitable that you will have to weather the storm for a while. Even when you got your king castled, Watu still went for it with 17 b4? but you defended well and your extra material was always going to cause problems. Nice shot at the end! Still tactically sharp I see :-) England 3-1 RSA Luke had a bad day at the office. He seemed to give up piece after piece in pursuit of an attack that didn't seem to exist.

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