Reply #5: P. Smirnov - Kryakvin, Higher League, Round 4

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Dmitry Kryakvin is little known outside of Russia. He officially became a grandmaster in January.

Pavel Smirnov (Yurga) - Dmitry Kryakvin (Polytechnik)
Russian Team Championships, Higher League, Round 4
Sochi, 5 April 2009

Open Sicilian Game: Scheveningen Defense (Rauzer Opening)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 Be7 8.0-0-0 0-0 9.f4

• If 9.Nb3 Qb6 10.f3 Rd8 then:
• If 11.Nb5 Rd7 12.Qe1 a6 13.N5d4 Rd8 14.Be3 Qc7 15.Nxc6 Qxc6 16.g4 e5 17.Na5 Qa4 18.Kb1 Be6 19.b3 Qd7 20.g5 gives White the initiative (Efimenko-Wells, Op, Isle of Man, 2007).
• If 11.Kb1 a6 12.Be3 Qc7 13.Qf2 Nd7 14.h4 b5 15.g4 Nce5 16.g5 then:
• 16...Rb8 17.h5 b4 18.Ne2 a5 19.g6 a4 20.Nbd4 Nc4 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 is equal (Ivanchuk-Kramnik, Amber Rpd, Monte Carlo, 1994).
• 16...b4 17.Ne2 Nc4 18.Bc1 a5 19.h5 Bb7 20.g6 Bf6 21.gxf7+ Kxf7 is equal (Ghate-A. Stojanovic, OlW, Dresden, 2008).
• If 11.Be3 Qc7 12.Qf2 d5 13.exd5 Nxd5 14.Nxd5 Rxd5 15.Rxd5 exd5 then:
• 16.Bb5 Na5 17.Bd3 Nxb3+ 18.axb3 a5 19.Bd4 Bd6 is equal (Rachels-D. Gurevich, US Ch, Long Beach, 1993).
• 16.g4 Bf6 17.Kb1 Be6 18.Nd4 Nxd4 19.Bxd4 Qf4 20.Bxf6 Qxf6 is equal (Mnatsakanian-Yegiazarian, Armenian Ch, Yerevan, 1994).

9...Nxd4 10.Qxd4 h6

• If 10...Qa5 11.Bc4 Bd7 12.e5 dxe5 13.fxe5 Bc6 14.Bd2 Nd7 15.Nd5 Qd8 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rhe1 then:
• If 17...Rfd8 then:
• If 18.Qg4 Nf8 then:
• If 19.Bd3 Rxd3 20.cxd3 then:
• If 20...Qd7 then:
• 21.Bb4 then:
• 21...Ng6 22.Bd6 f5 23.Qg5 Bd5 24.b3 Qc6+ 25.Kb2 Qb6 26.g3 Qd4+ 27.Kb1 Rc8 28.Qe3 gives White the advantage of the exchange (Svidler-Anand, IT. Linares, 1998).
• 21...Qd5 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Kb1 Qxg2 24.Qxg2 Bxg2 25.Rc1 Bc6 26.Kc2 f5 27.exf6 Rxf6 28.Kc3 h6 29.Kd4 Kh7 30.b3 g5 Black does not yet have enough for the exchange (Adams-Kramnik, IT, Moscow, 1994).
• 21.Kb1 Qxd3+ 22.Ka1 h5 23.Qxh5 Ba4 24.Bc3 Bxd1 25.Rxd1 Qe4 26.Qg5 a5 27.Qd2 Ng6 is equal (Oll-Hodgson, PCA Quals, Groningen, 1993).
• 20...Qc5+ 21.Kb1 Qd5 22.Qe4 Qd7 23.Qe2 Ng6 24.g3 Ne7 25.Bb4 Nf5 26.Bc3 a5 27.Qd2 draw (Short-Pritchett, British Ch, Swansea, 1987).
• If 19...Rd5 20.Bb4 Qd8 21.Bd6 Ng6 then:
• 22.g3 Qa5 23.Bxg6 hxg6 24.a3 Rc8 25.Qb4 Ba4 26.Rxd5 Qxb4 27.axb4 exd5 28.c3 Bd7 favors the cat (Herrera-Kharlov, Op, Ubeda, 1999).
• 22.c4 f5 23.Qg3 Rd4 24.Bc5 Rg4 25.Qe3 Qa5 gives Black the advantage in space (Kosteniuk-Galliamova, FIDE Knock Out W, Moscow, 2001).
• 18.Bf1 Nf8 19.Qg4 Ng6 20.Bb4 Rxd1+ 21.Rxd1 Nxe5 22.Qxg7+ Kxg7 23.Bxe7 Ng4 24.Be2 Ne3 25.Rg1 Be4 26.c3 Rc8 27.Bg5 Nd5 28.a3 f6 is equal (Carlsen-Alekseev, Tal Mem Blitz, Moscow, 2008).
• If 17...Nb6 18.Bf1 Rfd8 19.Qg4 Qc5 then:
• 20.Qb4 Qf2 21.Qf4 Qxf4 22.Bxf4 Rxd1+ 23.Rxd1 Rc8 24.Rd4 Nd7 25.g4 gives White the more active game (V. Rajlich-Pataki, 1st Saturday, Budapest, 2001.10).
• 20.Bh6 Rxd1+ 21.Kxd1 Qf8 22.Bg5 Nd7 23.Kc1 Rc8 24.Qd4 Bd5 25.Kb1 Qc5 26.Qxc5 Nxc5 27.Be3 f6 is equal (Timman-Sosonko, Dutch chT, 1985).

11.Bh4 Qa5 12.Bc4

• If 12.e5 dxe5 13.Qxe5 Qxe5 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Bxe7 Nxe7 then:
• 16.Bd3 Nc6 17.Rhe1 Rd8 18.Be4 Bd7 19.Nb5 Rab8 20.Nd6 b6 21.Bf3 gives White a tremendous advantage in space and activity (Unzicker-Rossolimo, IT, Madrid, 1957).
• 16.Bb5 a6 17.Bd3 b5 18.Be4 Rb8 19.Rd6 b4 20.Na4 a5 21.Re1 Bb7 is equal (Matanovic-Panno, ITZ, Potoroz, 1958).

12...Qh5

• If 12...e5 13.fxe5 dxe5 14.Qd3 Bg4 then:
• If 15.Rdf1 then:
• 15...Qc5 16.Bb3 Kh8 17.Qg3 Be6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.Nd5 Bg5+ is equal (Motylev-Timofeev, Russian Ch, Krasnoyarnsk, 2003).
• 15...Be6 16.Bxf6 Bxf6 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.Bb3 a5 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.Bxd5 a4 21.a3 Ra6 22.h4 Rb6 gives White the active game (Kosteniuk-Dembo, Euro ChT, Gothenburg, 2005).
• If 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rdf1 then:
• 16...Rac8 17.Kb1 Bh4 18.Bb3 Qc5 19.g3 Bg5 20.h3 Be6 21.h4 Be7 22.Nd5 Kh8 is equal (Leko-Khalifman, FIDE Knock Out, New Delhi, 2000).
• 16...Bh4 17.Kb1 Qc5 18.g3 Bg5 19.h3 Be6 20.Nd5 Rad8 21.h4 Be7 is equal (Pinter-Raceanu, Euro ChTU18, Balatonlelle, 2001).

13.Bg3 Rd8 14.Rhe1!?

• The game is equal.
• 14.Rhf1 Bd7 15.Kb1 Rac8 16.Bb3 Qa5 17.Qd3 Rxc3 18.bxc3 Bc6 19.Rfe1 d5 20.Bh4 dxe4 gives Black the initiative (K. Szabo-Wittmannm 1st Saturday, Budapest, 2005.11).

14...Bd7!?

• 14...Qa5 15.Qf2 Bd7 16.e5 Ne8 17.Bb3 dxe5 18.Rxe5 remains equal.

15.e5

• White seems to have boxed in the Black Queen.

15...dxe5 16.Rxe5 Bc6

• The text is best.
• If 16...Qg4 17.Be2 Qg6 18.Bd3 Qg4 19.Qe3 then:
• If 19...Bc8 20.h3 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Qg6 22.Qxg6 fxg6 White wins the exchange.
• 19...Bc6 20.h3 Rxd3 21.Qxd3 Qg6 22.Qxg6 fxg6 23.Rxe6 gives White a strong material advantage.

17.Qe3

• After 17.Nd5 exd5 18.Rxh5 dxc4 19.Qxc4 Nxh5 20.Rxd8+ Bxd8 Black, without a Queen, has the material superiority.

17...Ng4 18.Qe2

• 18.Rxd8+ Rxd8 19.Qe2 Qg6 transposes into the text.

18...Qg6 19.Rxd8+ Rxd8 20.Ra5 Bb4 21.Rxa7 Bc5 22.Bd3?!

• White underestimates the tactical power of Black's reply.
• 22.Ra5! Bb6 23.Ra3 Ne3 24.Bd3 Qf6 25.Rb3 Ba7 is equal.

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WHITE: Pavel Smirnov
Position after 22.Bc4d3

22...Qh5!

• White's Rook is trapped.

23.Ra5

• This is the best than can be done with the desperado Rook.

23...Be3+!

• Black wins the exchange.

24.Qxe3 Qxa5 25.Qe2 Nf6 26.Bh4 Qb4 27.Qd2

• If 27.Bxf6 then Black regains a pawn after 27...Qxf4+ 28.Kb1 Qxf6 29.g3 Qd4 .
• If 27.Qf2!? then:
• After 27...Qd4! 28.Qxd4 Rxd4 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.g3 e5! Black obtains a passed pawn.
• If 27...Qe7? then after 28.g4! Rd7 29.h3 Qd8 30.g5 hxg5 31.Bxg5 Rd4 White has equalized.

27...Rd7 28.a3 Qc5 29.b4?

• White now loses quickly.
• Black is at a disavantage in space and should exchange material.
• After 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.Qe1 f5 31.g3 b5 Black is better, but it's still a fight.

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WHITE: Pavel Smirnov
Position after 29.b2b4

29...Qg1+!

• Black wins a pawn.

30.Kb2 Qxg2 31.Qe3

• 31.Qxg2 Bxg2 32.Kb3 Nh5 33.f5 Bh3 34.fxe6 Bxe6+ should win for Black.

31...Ng4 32.Qg3 Qxh2

• Also good is 32...Nxh2 33.b5 Bf3 34.Na4 Ng4 35.Qxg2 Bxg2 .

33.Qxg4 Rxd3! 34.f5 Qh3 35.Qf4

• If 35.Qxh3 then after 35...Rxh3 36.b5 Rxh4 37.bxc6 bxc6 38.fxe6 fxe6 Black remains an exchange to the good.

35...Rxc3 36.f6 Rxa3 0-1

• Smirnov resigns.