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13. c3!? You gotta love this kid! What a


move to play against such an opponent. Fascinating compli- cations arise from, for example, 13. Kf1 Nd7 14. Nh5 Nxe5 15. Nxg7+ Kf8 16. dxe5 Kxg7 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qg4+ Bg6 19. h5 Bc5 20. Rh3 Qxe5 21. hxg6 h5 22. Qh4 fxg6 23. Bf4 Qf6 24. Qxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rf3 Ke7 26. Bg5+ Kd6 27. Rf7 Rae8 (27. ... b6 28. Re1) 28. Re1 e5 29. Rxb7; however, White’s chosen move also shows quite a sense of ad ven ture!


13. ... Nxc3 14. bxc3!! What an amazing move! You


need to leave the old chess engine on for a week here. The whole theme of this attack revolves around White’s ability to sacrifice on f7 and the black queen’s ability to hold the fort until reinforce - ments arrive. Also worthy of con- sid eration was: 14. Qg4!? Nd5+ 15. Kf1 Bf8 16. Nh5 Rg8 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Bxh6 Nd7 19. Nxg7+ Bxg7 20. Bxg7 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qc2.


14. ... Bxc3+ 15. Bd2 Bxa1


Tough to meet would be an old Tal idea: 16. Nh5! Rg8 (Not 16. ... Bxd4 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Bxh6+) 17. 0-0 Bxd4 18. Nxf7 Qxf7 19. Bxe6 Qe7 20. Qg4 with excellent winning chances.


16. ... 0-0?? Talk about castling into it! 16.


... Nd7! 17. Nxf7 (17. Qxg7 0-0-0!) 17. ... 0-0!! 18. Nh5 Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Bxd4 Remember him? 20. Qxd4 Qe5+! and the attack is over.


17. 0-0?!


18. Bb4?? The move 18. Bxh6 is screaming


to be played. The complications must have fried these other wise fine players. It’s nice to have a chess engine for writing anno tations.


18. ... c5! 19. Bxc5 Still 19. Nh5! f5 20. Qg3 cxb4 21.


Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Bd7! g5 23. Ng6+! Bxg6 24. Qxc7 was worth a shot.


19. ... Nc6! 20. Nh5 f5 21. Bxe6+ Kh8 22. Qg3


Necessary was 22. Ng6+! Bxg6


23. Qxg6 Nxd4 Ah, the difference of losing a move with Bxc5 and allowing ... Nc6. At least White’s in the game with this line.


22. ... Nxe5 Since move 19, IM Sarkar has


Rarely are two back-to-back


castling moves bad, but here you are! White keeps his edge; how - ever, 17. Bxh6 is brutal. 17. ... f5 (17. ... Bg6 18. Nxg6 fxg6 19. Bd2! Re8 20. h5 g5 21. h6 g6 22. Qxg5 Kh7 23. Qf6 [followed by 24. Ne4 and 25. Ng5+]; 17. ... g6 18. h5 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 c5 20. Qc3 Nc6 21. Nxc6 e5 22. hxg6 Bxg6 23. Bxf8 bxc6 24. Bxc5) 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. Ng6+ Bxg6 20. Qxg6 Qe7 21. Be3 Rf6 22. Qh5+ Rh6 23. Bxh6 Qxe6+ 24. Be3+ Kg8 25. Nxf5 g6 26. Nh6+ Kg7 27. Qg4 Qxg4 28. Nxg4 Bc3+ 29. Ke2 Nd7 30. Rb1 b6 31. Rc1.


Well, why not? As long as the


black queen has been defending f7, the sacrifices on that square and then capture on e6 don’t get to happen. One other possibility: 15. ... Bxd4 16. Nxf7 Qxf7 17. 0-0 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 and White has ample compensation.


16. Qg4?! 17. ... Bb2??


regained his footing, played an accurate series of defensive moves and Dennis Fan Li’s extraordinary attack is at an end. What a shame! He’s a young man and has many great games ahead of him, if this is any example, and we look forward to more successful finishes in his future.


23. Bd6 f4 24. Bxc7 fxg3 25. Bxe5 Bd3 26. Bxg7+ Kh7 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Nxg3 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Bxd4 30. f3 b5 31. Ne4 a5 and White resigned on move 44. The rest of the score was understandably unreadable.


International Master versus Amateur: An Upset!


It’s hard to find a defense, but


this was worth a try: 17. ... Bxd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qc3 f6 (19. ... Qe7 20. Nh5 f6 21. Re1! Kh8 22. Bxe6!) 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 21. Nd3 Nd7 and White keeps an edge, but it’s tiny in comparison to that Bxh6 bat - tering ram.


30 March 2016 | Chess Life


Not all of the youngsters flailed away at the titled players. National Master Gene Salomon (who once played Alekhine!) called this game a beauti - fully played gem with an endgame concep tion of exceptional maturity. The open ing was as solid as you can get for both sides. Glassman, how - ever, takes advantage of a few in ac - curacies by the international master in superb fashion.


BOGO-INDIAN (E11) Jeremy Glassman (2215) IM Yaacov Norowitz (2532) New Jersey Open 2015, Open Section (2) Morristown, New Jersey, 09.05.2015


1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8. 0-0 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. e4 a5 11. Ne1 0-0 12. Nd3 Na6 13. a3 Nc5?! 14. Nxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. Qc3 Nd6 17. b4! b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. f4 Re8 20. Nb3 Nb7 21. Nc1 a4 22. Nd3 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Ra2 Qg5 25. Raf2 Qe3 26. Re1 Qd4 27. Qxd4 cxd4 28. Ref1 Bd7 29. Rf7 Rad8 30. c5! Bb5 31. Rxc7 Bxd3 32. Rxb7 Ba6


No better is 32. ... Bxf1 33. Bxf1


Rb8 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. c6 Kf7 36. c7 Rc8 37. d6 Ke6 38. Bh3+


33. Ra7 Bxf1 34. Bxf1 Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. c6 d3 37. Kf2 Rf8+ 38. Ke1 d2+ 39. Kxd2 Rxf1 40. c7, Black resigned.


Grandmaster versus Amateur: Positional Lesson


DUTCH DEFENSE (A90) GM Arun Prasad Subramanian (2685) John Ward (2076) New Jersey Open 2015, Open Section (1), Morristown, New Jersey, 09.05.2015


The Dutch Defense is often sneered at by positional wonks; however, when you think of the players that have championed it— Alekhine, Botvinnik, Bronstein, Larsen—you have to credit those judgments as stylistic differences. However, the amateur player who wants to follow these greats had better know it very well or else lose fairly easily to stronger players. A case in point is this game. GM Subramanian uses the classical Nh3 approach and U.S. expert John Ward had better get a copy of Win With the Stonewall Dutch to read Johnsen and Bern’s clever sugges - tion as to how to anticipate this line. They suggest 4. ... c6! as a “move-order finesse.” The idea is, as Botvinnik pointed out years ago, to meet an early Nh3 with the e6/d6 Dutch formation where Nh3 doesn’t really fit in. Thus, 4. ... c6 is a “waiting move” of sorts. If White plays Nf3, you go into the Stonewall. If White plays Nh3 you stick with a d6 system. A sharp


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