| I want to post my 4th and 5th round games in the
1999 Denker tournament of High School Champions. They were quite
interesting hard fought battles. The rest of the games were not as
interesting (with me making many mistakes but my opponents making many
more). I drew Santana (2260) in round 3 as White. I had a small
advantage throughout the whole game but couldn’t put it away. |
| In round 4 I faced a very spirited opponent, it
was even for most of the game until I managed to positionally outplay him
and and reach a better opposite color bishop middle game where I
conducted a decisive attack. |
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L. Gardner (1800) - A.
Zaremba
[B25/05] Sicilian: Closed
1999 Denker Tournament (4)
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| 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.g3 Ne7
7.Bg2 0-0 8.0-0 Nbc6 9.Bd2 Rb8 10.Rb1 Nd4 11.Ne2 Nxf3+ 12.Bxf3 b5 13.Bc3
e5 14.b3 Qc7 15.Bb2 Be6 16.c4 a5 17.fxe5 dxe5 18.Nc3 bxc4 19.dxc4 Nc6 20.Nd5
Qa7 21.Bc3 Nd4 22.Bxd4 exd4 23.a4 Bxd5 24.exd5 Bh6 25.Qd3 Be3+ 26.Kg2 f5
27.Rbe1 Rbe8 28.Bd1 Qc7 29.Bf3 Qe5 30.Bd1 Kg7 31.Bf3 h5 32.h3 Rh8 33.Rh1
h4 34.gxh4 Rxh4 35.Qc2 Qf4 36.Rh2 Reh8 37.Reh1 Qg5+ 38.Kf1 Rf4 39.Qe2 Qg3
0-1. |
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| The round 5 game was very important for both players
as only winning gives 1st place. |
Vinay Bhat - A. Zaremba
[B25/05] Sicilian: Closed
1999 Denker Tournament (5)
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1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 Ne7
7.Nf3 0-0 8.0-0 Nbc6 9.Be3 Rb8 10.e5?! dxe5
| This unusual moves leads to equality for Black.
Usually White continues 10.d4 d5 11.e5 cd 12.Nd4 Nd4 13.Bd4 Nc6 [+=].
If White plays 11.Bc5 ef 12.gf Re8 [-=]. |
| 13...b6 14.Bf2 Bb7 15.Bb7 Rb7 [=]. |
| This is a complicated position. White has pressure
on e- and f-files, with potential of Ne4-Nf6 with an attack at some point.
Black has to play very carefully to avoid getting in trouble. |
| White should have played 20.g4 here. After
20...Nd4 21.g5! with the plan of Ne4-Nf6 and Rh4, very hard to prevent.
Black should try 20...Nh4 21.Qf2 g5 22.Rf6 Ng6 23.Ne4 Nf4 24.d4 with unclear
play. |
| White gets a little greedy as his advantage starts
to slip away. The pawn on a7 is not worth taking, Black gets his
pieces untangled and starts a counterattack. Better was 27.Qh4 f5
28.Ng5 Nd5 [=]. |
| Vinay had very little time here so I decided to
make things a little complicated. |
| Black has compensation for the lost pawn.
But with correct play White should be ok. |
| Better was 36.Rg4 Rd7 37.Qe2 f3 38.Qe3 Rdf7 [+-]. |
| White should’ve played 37.Re2 with unclear play. |
| This position is easily winning for Black now since
White’s king is exposed and has no counterplay. |
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