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Jonathan D Sarfati vs Michael Cashman
Queensland Teams Championship (2007), Brisbane AUS, rd 6, Mar-25
King's Indian Defense: Saemisch. Closed Variation (E87)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by J. SarfatiThis seems to give White an easier game. It is unusual in that both players should try to attack on the side on which they are castled. See Kotov vs Szabo, Zurich 1953.A bit time-wasting if Black doesn’t attack there.IM Stephen Solomon recommended 17.b4 as more in the spirit of this line, and meeting ...a5 with a3. I think he is right, but I was worried about missing the Rh1 if the Q-side was opened too quickly.quite good strategy, discouraging White from opening lines here.Not only neutralizing Black’s pressure on the half-open b-file, but hoping to swap into a good N v bad B endgame.as per the favorable endgameDespite what I was hoping for with the N v B, Black could have made his B as good as the N with 38...Be1 stopping White’s next, and the game should be drawn.Now the Rs are swapped on favorable terms for White, because Black’s pawn structure has separate islands.Eventually White could force b4 with b3, Nb2-d3.Apparently Black touched this B by mistake allowing the N in. But in analysing with Solomon, a well-known endgame expert, afterwards, it seems that Black is in a bad way anyway. But any errors in the following analysis are mine alone. [51...g5 52.b5 h5 (52...axb5+ 53.Kxb5 h5 54.Nb2 Bb6 55.Nd3 Bd4 56.Nb4! Bb6 57.Nc6 Bc7 58.Ne7 Bd8 59.Nf5 Bc7 60.Ng7 h4 61.Ne6) 53.b6! Bxb6 (53...Bb8 54.Ka5 and Black will soon be out of pawn moves) 54.Nxd6+ Kc7 55.Nf7 Bd4 56.Nxg5 Kd6 57.Ne6 Bb6 58.Kb4 Ke7 59.Nc5]Good enough, although taking the pawn was quicker. White need not fear a run by the black K to the f-pawn, since his B could not prevent the coronations of both the a and h pawns.If Black stands firm, White just plays his pawn to h7 then Nh4! - g6 winning the B. If Black’s K rides to the rescue, the d-pawn would fall.0-1

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