USCF National Events / 2012 U.S. Open
The three who tied for first (left to right): GM Dmitry Gurevich, GM Manuel Leon Hoyos, FM John Bryant
Queen’s Indian Defense (E15) GM Dmitry Gurevich (2529) Steven Breckenridge (2381) U.S. Open, Vancouver, 08.08.2012 (5) Notes by Breckenridge
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. 0-0 0-0 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Rd1 Na6 11. Bf4 Qc8 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. Nb5 Ne8
After the game, Dmitry told me “with 30 years of playing and training GMs in this line, I’ve never seen 13. … Ne8, but it’s solid.”
14. h4 h6 15. Qb3 d6 16. Qa3 Qc5 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Nb3 Nb4 21. Na5 a6 22. Nc3
Stronger was 22. a3!, but Black seems to hold.
22 November 2012 | Chess Life 30. Rb1
Better was 30. Rd7, when 30. … Rxa8 31. Bxc5 Ke6 32. Rd5! Nf6 33. Bxe7 Nxe7
22. … Rdc8 23. Nb7 e5 24. Be3 Nc6 25. Nd5 Kf7 26. Nb6 Rcb8 27. Nxa8 Rxb7 28. b4 Rb8 29. bxc5 dxc5
34. Ra5 Nc6 35. Ra3, with compensation.
30. … Rxa8 31. Rb7 Nd4 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. e3 Nd6 34. Rc7 dxe3 35. fxe3 Rc8 36. Rxc8 Nxc8 37. Rd7 Nb6 38. Ra7 Nxc4 39. Rxa6 Nxe3+ 40. Kf3 Nd5 41. a4 Ke8 42. Ra7 c4
42. … Kd8 is simpler, staying closer to my pawn.
43. Ke2 Nc3+ 44. Kd2 Ne4+ 45. Kc2 Nxg3 46. a5 f4 47. a6 Bc5 48. Rxg7 Nf5 49. Rc7 Ne3+ 50. Kd2 Bd4 51. Ke2 h5 52. Kf3 Kd8 53. a7 Bxa7 54. Rxa7 Nf5 55. Kxf4 Nxh4 56. Ra4 c3 57. Rc4 Ng2+
Northwest Chess editor Frank Niro loaded this ending into the Nalimov endgame tables to discover that Black’s last move disturbs the equilibrium and loses in 37 moves, beginning with 58. Ke5!. But chess is a game for humans.
PHOTO: NACHSON BEN-AMI
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