Lundin (Kevitz-Mikenas)

/ Nimzowitsch defence           A40

Peake GM  Kev-Blitz Match

Game 9

White  Black

Kev-Blitz  - GMP

0:1 (ICC 6 18 u) 21/ 5/2003      

1.   d4 Nc6

Being a disciple of Nimzowitsch I love playing this move !

2. d5 Nb8

3. e4 d6

4. c4 g6

5. Nc3 Bg7

6. Be3 Nf6

7. f3 c6   Novelty, White is weak on dark squares e3, d4,c3,e5,c5 . The undermining operations begin.

[7... e5 8. Qd2 Qe7 9. O-O-O Ng8 10. g4 a6 11. Kb1 f5 12. gf gf 13. Bh3 Qf7 14. Nge2 Ne7 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Ng3 f4 17. Bxc8

...1-0, Luckis Marcos 2270  - Atkins Henry E 2450 , Warsaw 1935 Olympiad;

7... c5 8. Qd2 h5 9. Nge2 Na6 10. a3 Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc8 12. Nc1 b6 13. Be2 Kf8 14. O-O Nc7 15. b4 Kg8 16. Bd3 e6 17. N1e2

...1-0, Tapaszto Laszlo - Vergara Alejandro, Caracas 1999 It (open);

7... O-O 8. Qd2 a6 9. Be2 c5 10. g4 Nbd7 11. Bh6 Ne8 12. h4 f5 13. h5 fg 14. hg hg 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 16. Qh6 Kf7 17. fg

...1-0, Othman Rabeea 2075  - Rahimi Amirali, Dubai 2001 It (open)]

8. Qd2

[8. Nge2!? O-O 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nf4]

8... O-O

9. Bh6

[9. b3!? a6 10. a3 b5 11. Bg5]

9... Na6

10. g4

[10. Bxg7!? Kxg7 11. b3 Qb6 12. Nge2]

10... Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Qb6 An attack on both wings, but b2 looks weak. 12. Qd2 Now I breathe a sigh of relief. h4, h5 etc had been threatened, but White goes on the defensive. Bd7

13. h4

[13. Nh3!? e6 14. Nf4 Nc5 15. h3]

13... h5 looked the best way to fix White's attack.

[13... Nc5!? 14. b3 cd 15. cd a6]

14. gh

[14. g5!? Ne8 15. Nge2 Nc5 16. Nf4]

14... Nxh5

15. Nge2 Rac8

16. Na4 ?

[16. b3 Qa5]

16... Qb4 White is poorly developed, weak on the dark squares, and his pieces poorly placed.

17. Nac3 cd

18. a3 Qa5

19. b4 ?? Kev must have missed move 20.

[19. cd Qb6 20. b4 Rc7]

19... Nxb4

20. Nxd5??

[20. Nd4 dc 21. Nd5 c3 22. Nxe7 Kh7°]

20... Nd3

21. Kd1 Ba4

22. Qc2 Qe1#

White checkmated

[0:1]

 

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