GRUNFIELD
DEFENCE D93
Peake
GM v Kev-Blitz Match
Game
26
White Black
Kev-Blitz - GMP
0:1 (ICC 2 19 u) 1/ 4/2004
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O
6. e3 c5
7. dc Ne4 54%
Black in 97 games.
8. Rc1 Nxc3
9. bc Bg4
Novelty Qa5 is normal, but I did not
really know this line.
[9... Qa5 10. cd Bxc3 11. Nd2 Nd7
12. Qc2 Bb4 13. Be2 Nxc5 14. e4 Bd7 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Nc4 Qa4 17. a3 Qxc2 18.
Rxc2 Nb3 19. Rb2
...1/2-1/2,
Chigladze Iveri 2171 - Bayram Yakup
2281 , Batumi 2002 Ch Europe;
9... dc 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bxc4 Na6 12. c6 bc 13. Ne5 Bxe5 14. Bxe5 Nc5 15. Ke2
Be6 16. Bxe6 Nxe6 17. Rhd1 f6 18. Bg3 Nc5 19. Rd4
...1/2-1/2,
Ekstroem Roland 2471 - Ballmann Martin
2431 , Leukerbad 2002 Ch Switzerland;
9... Be6 10. Be2 dc 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. e4 Bc6 14. Bxc4 e6 15. f3 Nd7
16. Bd6 h6 17. Nh3 Bf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nf2
...1/2-1/2,
Shrentzel Israel 2385 - Rechlis Gad
2475 , Beer-Sheva 1988 It (cat.10)]
10. h3 ?
[10. cd Qa5 11. Qb3 Bxf3 12. gf
Nd7 13. c6 bc 14. dc Nb6˛]
10... Bxf3
11. Qxf3 Qa5 White's pawns are already
shattered and compare Black's Queen and dark squared Bishop with White's
12. e4??
-2.01 Tiger 15.0
[12. Be2 had to be played. e5
(12... Bxc3 13. Kf1 Nd7 14. cd©) 13. Bg3 e4 14. Qf4 -0.44
Tiger 15.0]
12... de
13. Qe3 Nd7 Weak 10th and 12th moves by
White have given Black the advantage.
14. Be2 Nxc5
15. O-O Rfd8
16. Bh6?! Understandable that Kev wants to
kill off the Bishop, but he's dropping too many pawns. -2.88
[16. Bg5!? Re8 17. Bd1 f5 18. f3
-2.01
Tiger 15.0]
16... Bxh6
17. Qxh6 Qxa2
18. Rfe1 Nd3
19. Bxd3 ed With two pawn advantage Black
must win as long as he doesn't get mated on h7 !
20. Rcd1 Qc2?
-2.26 Tiger 15.0
[20... Qb3 was more accurate. 21.
Qe3 Qxc3 22. Rc1 Qb3
-3.01
Tiger 15.0]
21. Qd2
-2.51 Tiger 15.0
[21. Rd2!? keeping Queens on was a better chance. Qxc3 22. Rxe7 Re8 23. Re3
-2.26
Tiger 15.0]
21... Qxd2
22. Rxd2 Rd7 Now it's a won Rook ending. We
haven't had many of those (endings) in the match. The ending is not without
interest, but easily won for Black.
23. Rb1 e5
24.
f3 f5
25. Rbd1 e4
26. fe fe
27. Re1 Re8
28. Re3 Ree7
[28... a5 probably better.]
29. Kf1 Rc7
30. Ke1 Kf7
31. Rf2 Ke8
32. Ra2 b6
33. Ra4 Rc5
34. Kd2 h5
35. Rb4 Kf7
36. Rb5 Rxc4
37. Rd5 Ra4
38. g4 Ra2
39. Kd1 hg
40. hg Rg2
41. g5 a5
42. Rb5 a4
43. Rxb6 a3
44. Rf6 Kg7
45. Ra6 Rb7
46. Kc1 Rc2
-13.01 Tiger 15.0
White resigns
[0:1]
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