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Table of contents:
# 05, 2013
Games .......................................................................................................................................... 4
(01) Kislinsky,Alexey (2574) - Almasi,Zoltan (2695) [C54].................................................. 4
(02) Moiseenko,Alexander (2698) - Volkov,Sergey (2610) [D15] ......................................... 5
(03) Bartel,Mateusz (2619) - Fedorchuk,Sergey A (2660) [A05] ........................................... 6
(04) Grinev,Valeriy (2364) - Eljanov,Pavel (2702) [E46] ...................................................... 7
(05) Yermolinsky,Alex (2497) - Zherebukh,Yaroslav (2629) [A11] ...................................... 8
(06) Van Wely,Loek (2689) - Hector,Jonny (2512) [A21] ................................................... 10
(07) Iljin,Timofey (2407) - Shemeakin,Alexander (2300) [A11] ......................................... 11
(08) Short,Nigel D (2681) - Van Wely,Loek (2689) [B43]................................................... 12
(09) Shabalov,Alexander (2544) - Gerzhoy,Leonid (2469) [C15] ........................................ 13
(10) Pavlov,Sergey (2483) - Moiseenko,Alexander (2698) [B33] ........................................ 15
Editorial staff: ............................................................................................................................ 17

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Games
Qd6! 17.Re6 Qb4 18.a3 Q:d4 19.B:f6
Q:f2+ 20.Kh1 R:f6 21.R:e7 Raf8 22.Re1
EICC 2013 Legnica (POL) (2), 06.05.2013 Q:b2 23.Na4 Qd4 24.N:b6 Q:d1 25.Ra:d1
a:b6 the endgame is approximately equal]
[IM Sitnikov, A]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 15...Nf5 16.Be5 c6
5.d4 e:d4 6.e5 d5 7.Be2 Ne4 8.c:d4 Bb6
9.Nc3 00 10.00 Bg4 11.Be3

(01) Kislinsky,Alexey (2574) - Almasi,Zoltan (2695) [C54]

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17.Rc1? [It was necessary to urgently

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18.g3 N:e5 19.d:e5 Qe7 20.N:b6 a:b6 with
unclear play] 17...Nd7 18.Na4 And it's too
late now... 18...N:e5 19.d:e5 Nh4

Nothing new under the sun. This position

met in a battle of outstanding Maestros:
Charousek vs Schlechter in 1898... 11...f5
12.e:f6 N:f6 13.Re1N [13.Na4 / Ghaem
Maghami, E (2557) - Bai, J (2252) / Jakarta Indonesia op 2nd 2012] 13...B:f3
14.B:f3 Ne7

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20.Rc3 Ba5 21.Bg4 B:c3 22.N:c3 Qb6

23.Qe2 Rae8 24.e6 Nf5 25.Nd1 Rf6
26.Ne3 Nd4 27.Qd2 N:e6 28.Nf5 Qd8
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19.Kh1 Nf8 20.Rg1 Qc7 21.Bf3 White

succeeded in the initiative on both flanks.
(02) Moiseenko,Alexander (2698) Rival deprived counterplay and forced to
Volkov,Sergey (2610) [D15]
EICC 2013 Legnica (POL) (4), 08.05.2013 patiently wait for a court verdict... 21...e6
22.Be3 Bd7 23.Bf2 Re7 24.Bh4 Kh8
[IM Sitnikov, A]
Ukrainian
grandmaster
Alexander 25.Rg2 Be8 26.Rdg1
Moiseenko - became the Europe Champion. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6
5.c5 Nbd7 6.Bf4 Nh5 7.Bd2 Nhf6 8.Qc2
g6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Bg2 00 11.00 Re8
12.Rad1 Nf8 13.Qb3

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26...Bg6?! [More stubborn 26...Ng6

27.Bg5 Bf7 black could somehow keep
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Now the rook is cut off from the kingside,

and white soon creates there an irresistible
pressure. 29.B:f6 B:f6 30.Bh5 B:e5
31.f:e5 a4 32.Qh3 Kg7 33.Rg5 Qf7 34.e3
Ra5 35.Qg2

17...Nf6 [Sharper 17...N:e5 18.f:e5 f:g4

19.e4 d:e4 20.B:e4 Rf8 21.Be3 R:f1+
22.R:f1 Kh8 with unclear play] 18.g:f5 g:f5
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25.R:f2 Bf6 26.c3 d5 27.Ng3 Be5 28.Nf4

and although black is able to live up to
endgame, white has a notable advantage /
Lesiege, A (2582) - Lawson, E (2359) /
Quebec-ch 2004] 8...Ne5N 9.d4 N:f3+
10.B:f3 c:d4 11.Q:d4 Be7

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35...Kh6? Mistake in the joyless situation.

36.Nd7! Rb5 37.N:f8 R:b2 38.B:g6 R:g2
39.Rh5+ Kg7 40.R:h7+ 10

(03) Bartel,Mateusz (2619) - Fedorchuk,Sergey A (2660) [A05]

EICC 2013 Legnica (POL) (7), 11.05.2013

In result we see a Sicilian position
[IM Sitnikov, A]
"hedgehog"
type with exchange of one pair
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 b6 3.d3 c5 4.e4 d6 5.Bg2
of knights. Perhaps, this nuance can be
Bb7 6.00 Nbd7 7.Nc3 e6
entered as an asset of the black - pieces
will not "bother" and would be easier to
develop the pressure on the line "c". Black
can be quite pleased with the results of the
debut. 12.Be3 00 13.a4 Too optimistic.
White did not manage to perform the wing
coup, therefore, should take a course on
solidity, placing the pieces at the center...
13...Nd7 14.Bg2 Ne5 15.Red1 Rc8
16.Qb4 Nc4

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8.Re1?! [For active fight white has to prepare the pawn offensive on the kingside:
8.Nh4 Qc8 9.f4 Be7 10.Qe2 00 11.g4 Ne8
12.g5 Nc7 13.f5 Ne5 14.f6 Bd8 15.f:g7
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It is already evident that the white suffer

from their own plans. Pieces one after another fall under the blow. By agreeing to
the weakening of the complex outposts,
white still opens the line. 17.a5 N:e3
18.f:e3 Rc5 19.a:b6 a:b6 20.Ra7 Bc6
21.Ra6 Qc8 22.R:b6 Ba8 23.Ra1 Rc7
24.Qb3 Bc6 25.Ne2 Bd7

36.Qa6? [After right 36.Qd7 R:b2 37.Rd2

R:d2 38.Q:d2 Bc4 black is slightly better,
but not much more] 36...R:b2 37.Qa1 h5
38.Rd5 Qb6 39.Rg1 R:c3 40.R:e5 Rcc2
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(04) Grinev,Valeriy (2364) - Eljanov,Pavel (2702) [E46]

Ukraine Clubs Teams Championship
Alushta (4), 24.05.2013
[IM Sitnikov, A]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 00
5.Nge2 Re8 6.a3 Bf8 7.Ng3 d5 8.Bd3 b6

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White captured a pawn, but further progress is not visible. Meanwhile black calmly hold the regrouping of forces and then
turn on the offensive. 26.c3 e5 27.Nc1 Bg5
28.R:d6 Rb7 29.Qc2 B:e3+ 30.Kh1 Qb8
31.Qd3 Bb5! 32.Qd1 B:c1 33.R:c1 Be2 9.b4N [9.00 c5 10.c:d5 e:d5 11.d:c5 b:c5
34.Qd5 Rb5 35.Qc6 Rc8
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and soon black won / Blot, J (2329) Monroy, C (2408) / FRA-chT 2007] 9...c5
10.b:c5 b:c5 11.d:c5 Na6 12.00 N:c5
13.Be2 d:c4 14.B:c4 Rb8

Ncd7! 19.e:f6 R:c4 20.Nce4 B:e4 21.N:e4

N:f6 22.N:f6+ [After 22.Bg5 Rc2 23.Rfc1
R:c1+ 24.R:c1 B:a3 25.N:f6+ g:f6 26.B:f6
B:c1 27.B:d8 Kf8 black wins the endgame
easily with strong passed pawn] 22...g:f6
23.Bb2 Rc2 24.B:f6 Rdd2 25.Kh1 R:g2
26.Rg1 Rg6 27.a4 Bg7 28.B:g7 K:g7

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structure, white face difficulties. It is difficult
for them to finish the development, the
pieces on line "c" deprived of support.
15.e4 Bb7 16.f3?! [And white could stay
afloat by 16.Bf4 Q:d1 17.Rf:d1 e5 18.Be3
Ng4 19.Bd2 Rec8 20.Rac1 Ne6 21.Nd5
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Re:d8

Black obtained rook ending with an extra

pawn. When active pieces and the opponent's weak pawns, it gives victory.
29.Rgc1 Rf2 30.Rc3 Kf6 31.Rg1 Ra2
32.Rc4 a5 33.Rg3 Kg7 34.Re4 h6 35.Kg1
Rg5 36.R:g5+ h:g5 37.Re5 R:a4 38.R:g5+
Kh6 39.Re5 Ra1+ 40.Kg2 a4 41.Ra5 a3
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e5 46.Kg2 Kh4 47.Ra4+ f4 48.Kh2 Rf1
[Immediately won 48...e4 49.f:e4 f3 50.e5+
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(05) Yermolinsky,Alex (2497) Zherebukh,Yaroslav (2629) [A11]

Chicago Open Wheeling (4), 25.05.2013
[IM Sitnikov, A]
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.00 e6 5.d3
h6 6.c4 Nf6 7.c:d5 e:d5 8.Nd4 Bg6 9.e4
Bc5 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.e5

And now all the disadvantages of the

white position appear very boldly. 18.e5
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11...Nfd7!N [11...Ng8 12.Nc3 Ne7 13.Ne2

Nd7 14.d4 00 15.Nf4 Bf5 16.Kh1 Ng6
17.Nh5 f6 18.f4 / Kozul, Z (2556) Rustemov, A (2607) / EU-Cup 17th 2001]
12.d4 00 13.Nc3 a5 14.Be3 [White should
stop the movement of black pawn by
14.Na4! and along the way to take control
of the outpost c5. There a difficult struggle
with mutual chances] 14...a4 15.Nd2 N:e5
16.N:a4 Nd3 17.Nf3 Nd7 18.Nh4 Bh7
19.Bh3

Black retained a strong pawn structure,

got a outposts c4, e4 for pieces, as well as
pressure on the pawn d4. All this more
than compensates for the small material
damage. White's chances here can be only
in the pressure on line "b", although to
break repeatedly fortified bishop b6, it is
not easy. 22.Bf5 B:f5 23.N:f5 Qf6 24.Qd3
h5 25.a4?! It was necessary immediately
to group the heavy pieces on line "b" - at
least to some extent limited the freedom of
movement of black pieces. Now the game
evolves itself, and white is difficult to give
advice... 25...g6 26.Nh4 Re8 27.Ra2 Re4
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What to do black? Threatens to take on a

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material, and black time to find the way to
"throw wood in the fire" ... 19...R:a4!
20.Q:a4 N:b2 21.Qb3 Nc4
31.Re2 [31.Rb2 h4 with the strongest
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powerfully. The white pieces are com- 17.d:c3 B:b1 18.R:b1 N:d5 but the full
pletely defenseless before the approaching equation is unlikely to pretend / Kamp, C
storm. 36.Rde1 Kg7 37.Qd1 g4 38.h3 Nc5 (2240) - Keitlinghaus, L (2405) / Muenster
IM 1990] 9.c:d5 Bd7 10.e3 Re8 11.Qd3
Na6 12.Be2 Bd6 13.a3 Nc5 14.Qc2 Ba4
15.Qf5

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b4 45.Qe3 d4 46.Qe2 Nf3+ 47.Kf1 Qh6
15...Qh6 [Black could change queens:
01
15...Q:f5 16.N:f5 Bc2 17.Nd4 Be4 18.f3
B:d5 19.Nb5 Nb3 20.Rb1 - some stiffness
in the white pieces makes it hard for him
(06) Van Wely,Loek (2689) - Hecthe implementation of material advantage]
tor,Jonny (2512) [A21]
16.b3 B:b3 17.N:b3 N:b3 18.Rb1 Re5
Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2013
19.Qf3 a4 20.Bb2
Malmo (4), 25.05.2013
[IM Sitnikov, A]
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Bb4 3.Nd5 a5 4.Nf3 e4
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8...d5N [Black tried to use dynamic reserves of his position: 8...Bc5 9.Nf3 Nc6
10.e3 d5 11.c:d5 Nb4 12.Bd3 g6 13.Bb1
Qa6 14.b3 Bf5 15.Qc4 Qf6 16.Qc3 Q:c3

20...Re7?! Black not act routinely, because

the opponent has an advantage in the
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and movable pawn center] 21.Qf5! Rae8?!

It was necessary to go on exchange of
queens by Qg6, but even in this case the
chances of white noticeably higher. 22.Bb5
Qh4 23.g3 Nd4 24.B:d4 Q:d4 25.B:e8
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(07) Iljin,Timofey (2407) Shemeakin,Alexander (2300) [A11]

Ukraine Clubs Teams Championship
Alushta (6), 25.05.2013
[IM Sitnikov, A]
1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 c6 3.g3 Nf6 4.Bg2 Bf5
5.c:d5 c:d5 6.Qb3 Qd7 7.Ne5 Qc7 8.Nc3
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9.N:c6 [9.d4!? e6 10.00 a6 11.N:c6 b:c6
12.Bf4 Bd6 13.B:d6 Q:d6 14.Na4 00
15.Rac1 Rab8 16.Qc3 Rfc8 17.b3 Nd7
18.Rfd1 with a stable positional advantage
for white / Zablotsky, S (2540) - Zernyshkin, V (2231) / Voronezh op-A 13th 2009]
9...b:c6 10.d3 e6 11.00 Rb8 12.Qc2N
Bd6 13.Bg5 00 14.e4 Bg6 15.B:f6 g:f6
16.Kh1 f5 17.f4 Rfc8 18.b3 Bc5 19.Bh3
Bd4 20.e:f5 e:f5 21.Rac1

So, the black bishop bricked by their

pawns. But in the center and on the
queenside the situation is still not clear...
21...Qd6 22.Ne2 Be3 23.Rce1 d4

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movement of the white army. But if you
look closely - you will notice that bishop
has no way to salvation. But who could to
attack him? White found the perfect remission of a knight on a route e2-g1f3 e5-c4.
Can this be prevented by opponent?
24.Ng1 Rb5 25.Nf3 Qc5 26.Qb2 a5
27.Ne5 a4 28.Bg2 a:b3 29.a:b3 f6 30.Nc4

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The strategy of the white triumphs. Destroying handsome bishop, it is possible

boldly to sacrifice a pawn b3 and crushing
collapse on the black king... 30...Bf7
31.N:e3 d:e3 32.Q:f6 R:b3 33.Rc1 Qb5
34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.g4! f:g4 36.Qh6+

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48.R:e2! Superbly. White pieces of the invisible threads support each other. The
outcome is not in doubt... 48...B:e4
49.R:e4 Qd5 50.Kf2 [White could capture
the enemy monarch by 50.Qe7+ Kg8 51.f5
but even done move easily wins] 50...Rd6
51.Q:d5+ R:d5 52.Kg3 Rh5 53.Re2 Rh3+
54.K:g4 Rd3 55.Re4 Kf6 56.f5 Kf7 57.h4
Beautiful, in the same breath held the
game. 10

(08) Short,Nigel D (2681) - Van

Wely,Loek (2689) [B43]
Sigeman & Co Chess Tournament 2013
Malmo (5), 26.05.2013
[IM Sitnikov, A]
1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 c:d4
5.N:d4 d6 6.g4 Ne7 7.h4N b5 8.Bg2 Bb7
9.g5 Nbc6 10.a3 g6 11.h5 Bg7 12.Nde2
00 13.h:g6 h:g6 14.Qd3 Re8 15.Qh3

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36...Ke8 Here's the thing. The previous

move white cut off the black king a way to
escape. [36...Kg8 37.f5 Bd5 38.Rf4 B:g2+
39.K:g2 Qe5 40.Rc5 Qe7 41.R:g4+ Kh8
42.R:c6 Rd8 43.Re6+-] 37.R:c6 Rc3
38.R:c8+ R:c8 39.Q:h7 Rd8 40.Qh8+ Ke7
41.Qh4+ Ke8 42.Be4! Bd5 43.Qh5+ Ke7
44.Qe5+ Kf7 45.Kg1! Qc5 46.Re1 e2+
47.d4 Qc4

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and black should take advantage of this.

[After 15...b4 16.Nd1 b:a3 17.R:a3 d5
18.Ne3 Nb4 19.Bd2 a5 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.0
0 Ba6 22.Rfa1 B:e2 23.B:b4 d4 24.Nf5 g:f5
25.e:f5 e:f5 26.B:e7+ Q:e7 27.B:a8 R:a8
28.Q:f5 Kg8 29.R:a5 R:a5 30.R:a5 Bf3
31.Ra1 Be4 32.Qg4 Bg6 33.Ra8+ Bf8
34.Q:d4 Q:g5+ 35.Kh2 Kh7 36.Ra4 B:c2
37.Qh4+ Q:h4+ 38.R:h4+ Kg6 the struggle
must end by draw] 16.e:d5 e:d5 17.Be3 d4
18.000 d:c3

21...Qf5? [It looks like black missed

chance to save the game by 21...Ne5!
22.f4 Ng4 (22...B:e4 23.B:e4 N5c6 24.Bc5
Rb8 25.B:g6 Nd8 26.Rd5 Qe6 27.Be4 Rc8
28.Qh8+ B:h8 29.R:h8+ Kg7 30.Bd4+ f6
31.g:f6+ Kf7 32.Rh7+ Kf8 33.f:e7+ R:e7
34.Rh8+ Qg8 35.R:g8+ K:g8 36.Bf5 Ne6
37.Bf6 Ree8 38.Rd7+-) 23.Bd4 B:d4
24.R:d4 Nf5 25.Nc5 B:g2 26.Qh8+ Ke7
27.Re1+ Nfe3 28.R:e3+ N:e3 29.Qe5+ Kf8
30.Qh8+ Ke7=] 22.Nf6 Red8 23.Bd5 R:d5
24.R:d5 Qf3 25.Nd7+ Ke8 26.Rdd1

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19.N:c3?! [Simple 19.R:d8 c:b2+ 20.Kb1

Ra:d8 21.Bc5 Kf8 22.Nf4 Na5 23.B:b7
N:b7 24.Bb4 Nd6 25.Bc3 Ndf5 26.K:b2 led
to a decisive advantage] 19...Qc8 20.Qh7+
Kf8 21.Ne4

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Now the black king falls under the irresistible shelling... 26...Nf5 27.Nf6+ Ke7
28.Bc5+ Ke6 29.Rhe1+ Ne5 30.Qh2 B:f6
31.g:f6 Be4 32.Bd4 Nc6 33.Bc3 Rc8
34.Rd3 Qg4 35.f3 Qg5+ 36.Kb1 10

(09) Shabalov,Alexander (2544) Gerzhoy,Leonid (2469) [C15]

Chicago Open Wheeling (8), 27.05.2013
[IM Sitnikov, A]
Immigrated
to
the
United
States
grandmaster Alexander Shabalov became
the winner of the international tournament
Chicago Open. 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.a3 B:c3+ 5.b:c3 d:e4 6.Qg4 Nf6 7.Q:g7
Rg8 8.Qh6 Nbd7 9.a4 Rare move, which
is successfully practiced by grandmaster
Igor Miladinovich. A good choice for players with unconventional thinking, no time to
sleep here... 9...c5 10.a5

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ops, comfortable pieces play and better

pawn structure on both flanks. So black
accept the proposed gift, betting dynamic
resource of his position... 15...Q:a5
16.d5?! [Bravely stepped towards complications, white sought beautiful play after
16.00 b5 17.Bb3 Q:a1 18.Q:f5+ Ndf6
19.Q:c5 Qa5 20.h3 Bb7 21.h:g4 Nd5 22.f3
e3 23.Nf4 Qd8 24.B:d5 B:d5 25.B:e3]
16...e5 17.B:d7 B:d7 18.Q:f5+ B:f5
19.R:a5 b6 20.Ra3

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10...Qc7 [If black has question to the play
of white, it is only by 10...Nd5!? 11.Qd2
N7f6 (with threats e3, Ne4) 12.g3 Bd7
13.c4 Ne7 14.Bb2 Nf5 15.d5 Qe7 16.000
e5 and black gained a prominent position.
Then in one of the games was 17.f3 Nd4
18.f:e4 N:e4 19.Qe1 f5 20.Bd3 000
21.Kb1 Rg6! 22.Nh3 Ba4 23.B:e4 f:e4
24.Rc1 Rf8 25.Nf2 e3 26.Q:e3 Rf3 27.Qe1
b6 28.Ne4 Bd7! 29.a:b6 R:b6 30.Qa5 Bf5
31.N:c5 Nb3 32.N:b3 Rf:b3 33.c5 R:b2+
34.Ka1 R2b5 and white resigned / Genocchio, D (2443) - Dvirnyy, D (2522) / ITAch 72nd 2012] 11.Qd2 Ng4N 12.Bb5 a6
13.Ba4 f5 14.Ne2 Kf7 15.Qf4

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20...Nf6?! [Without slowing down the pace,
black successfully solved all problems and
could even fight for the victory, for example
20...e3 21.f3 Nf6 22.Ng3 B:c2 23.c4 b5
24.Rc3 Bg6 25.B:e3 b4 26.Rb3 a5 27.Rb2
a4 28.B:c5 b3 29.Bd6 Rac8 30.c5 N:d5
31.Kd2 Rgd8 32.Ne4 B:e4 33.f:e4 Nb4+]
21.Ng3 Bg6 22.c4 b5 23.f3! b:c4 24.00
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In the endgame on the white side will be

doubtless advantage due to a pair of bish- 26...B:c2? [After careful 26...Rge8 27.B:e3
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Kg7 28.B:c5 N:d5 29.R:c4 Re1+ 30.Kf2

Rc1 31.Ra5 Kg8 32.Ba3 Rd1 33.Ne4 white
is better, but the victory is still far] 27.Bb2
Rg6 28.R:e3 Rb8 29.Bc3 Rb1+ 30.Kf2

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A bunch proved fatal... 30...Rd1 31.Nh5
R:d5 32.N:f6 Rf5 33.R:f5 B:f5 34.N:h7
Bd3 35.h4 Rb6 36.Ng5+ Kf8 37.Ne6+ Kf7
38.N:c5 Bf5 39.Rf3 Kg6 40.h5+ Kg5
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22.Qg4N [The game came to the harbor of
peace after 22.Rc4 e4 23.Nc7 d5 24.Q:d5
Q:d5 25.N:d5 B:b2 26.Ne7 Rab8 27.Rh3 f3
28.Ng6+ B:g6 29.h:g6 R:b4 30.g:f3 R:c4
31.B:c4 R:f3 / Krueger, H (2420) - Miciak,
E (2382) / W-ch33 prel08 2009] 22...Ra7
23.Bc4 Bf5 24.Qh4 Qe8 Typical for this
debut variation, black left to be eaten the
queenside and sent shock power of his
army to the centre. 25.b3 Be6 26.00 Raf7

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(10) Pavlov,Sergey (2483) Moiseenko,Alexander (2698) [B33]

Ukraine Clubs Teams Campionship Alushta (8), 27.05.2013
[IM Sitnikov, A]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 c:d4 4.N:d4 Nf6
5.Nc3 e5 6.Ndb5 d6 7.Bg5 a6 8.Na3 b5
9.B:f6 g:f6 10.Nd5 f5 11.c3 Bg7 12.e:f5
B:f5 13.Nc2 00 14.Nce3 Bg6 15.h4 h6
16.h5 Bh7 17.a4 b4 18.N:b4 N:b4 19.c:b4
f5 20.Rc1 Kh8 21.Nd5 f4

27.b5 [The hidden potential of the black

seen in variation 27.Rfd1 e4 28.B:a6 Rf5
29.Nc7 Qf7 30.N:e6 Q:e6 31.Rc6 Be5
32.Bc4 Qd7 33.b5 Rg5 and over the white
king gathering clouds] 27...a:b5 28.a:b5
Rb7 29.b6
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34.Rfc1? [White missed a chance simple

way to go to the ending: 34.B:e4 R:e4
35.R:g7 Q:g7 36.Q:e4 f3 37.g3 Qe5
38.Q:e5+ d:e5 39.Re1 Rf5 40.b4 Kg7
41.b5 e4 42.Rb1 Rf7 43.b6 Rb7 44.Kf1+-]
34...e3 35.f3 e2? [35...Qb2 36.Rf1 Qf6=]
36.Re1 Rd4 37.Be4 R:e4 38.Q:e4 Qb5

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29...B:d5? The haste which could prove

costly. It was initially cover the 7-th horizontal. 30.B:d5 R:b6 31.Rc7 e4 32.Qg4
Qe5 33.Qg6 Rb4

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39.R:g7? In time trouble white "yawn" perpetual check. [39.Rc6 d5 40.Qe6+-]

39...Qc5+ 40.Kh2 Q:h5+ 41.Kg1 Qc5+
42.Kh2 Qh5+ 43.Kg1 1/2

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IM Anton Sitnikov (ELO 2497)
IM Timofey Iljin (ELO 2507)
IM Anatoliy Polivanov (ELO 2356)
IM Tarlev Konstantin (ELO 2520)
IM Sergey Perun (ELO 2345)
Dmitry Posokhov (ELO 2294)
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