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Saturday, September 17, 2011

FIDE World Cup 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (4.2), 07.09.2011


(1) Kamsky,Gata (2741) - Svidler,Peter (2739) [C78]
FIDE World Cup 2011 Khanty-Mansiysk RUS (4.2), 07.09.2011
[Reeh,Oliver]

 already had the enemy king firmly in their sights here, and when White also opened the second diagonal with 26.Nxb8, world cup finalist Peter Svidler went in for the immediate kill 

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.axb5 axb5 9.c3 d6 10.d4 Bb6 11.Be3 0-0 12.Nbd2 h6 13.h3 Re8 14.Qc2 exd415.cxd4 Na5 16.Ba2 Bb7 17.e5 Nd5 18.Bb1 g6 19.Bxh6 Nc6 20.exd6 Qxd6 21.Ne4 Qb4! 
The black queen takes an astonishing route ein. Via the queenside... 

22.Ba2 Nxd4 23.Nf6+ Kh8 24.Nxd4? 
[The intended jump to c6 will backfire. Preferable was 24.Nxd5 e.g. 24...Nxf3+ (24...Bxd5 25.Nxd4 ) 25.gxf3 Bxd526.Bxd5 Qh4! with the doube threat 27...Qxh6 and 27...Qg3+/28...Qxh3+ with a perpetual.] 

24...Nxf6 25.Nc6 Qh4! 
... she moves in for an attack on the kingside! Now Black's bishop pair is a great force. 

26.Nxb8 
Allowing an immediate knockout, namely with the rook - answer B). [More stubborn, but of course no picnic for White either was 26.Bxf7 Qxh627.Bxe8 Rxe8 28.Rae1 ] 

26...Re2!! 
Gorgeous - the white queen is to be deflected from the diagonal b7-g2. [Instead, the move transposition 26...Qg3 27.Nc6 Re2 would miss the point due to 28.Qc3! Bxf2+ 29.Kh1 whereupon Black must exchange queens.] 

27.Qc3 
[Or 27.Qxe2 Qg3! - the black queen is untouchable due to the pin of the pawn f2, and now White has nothing to oppose anymore on the diagonal of the bishop b7 - the mate threat on g2 decides.] 

27...Rxf2 
Game over. 

28.Nc6 Rxf1+ 0-1

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