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Move
   

Watson, W. (2525) - Baburin, A. (2515) [B04]
Kilkenny Open (5) 1994 [Alexander Baburin]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 c6
    This rare line is speciality of Tony Miles and me.
5. Be2 dxe5 6. Nxe5 Nd7 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. c4 Nc7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bf4
   Also possible is 11 Re1 c5 12 d5 b5! 13 cxb5 Nb6 with complicated play, as in the game De Firmian-Miles, Chicago, 1994.
c5 12. dxc5 Ne6 13. Be3 Bxc3!
   Black makes sure that his knight could stay in c5. Black would be worse after 13...Nexc5 14 Qc2 a5 15 a3.
14. bxc3 Ndxc5 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. f4!? Ne4 17. Bf3 N6c5
   Here 17...f5 was worth considering.
18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Qd4!
    Black's positions looks extremely dangerous, as the Knights are in trouble, but Black can hold the position using some tactical tricks.
Bc6! 20. f5!?
   Black is OK after 20 Nxc5 Nxc5 21 Qxd8 Rfxd8 22 Bxc5 Bxf3 23 Bxe7 Rd7=. After 20 Rad1 Watson sugegsted 20...Qb6!, with complicated position.
Re8 21. Bh6?
   On h6 the bishop is either a real killer or a poor misplaced soul. The latter applies here.
e5 22. fxe6 Nxe6 23. Qxa7 Qh4!
    Suddenly all white pieces are in wrong places and Black starts his own attack.
24. Qe3?
   Time trouble; White had to play 24 Be3.
N6g5! 25. Bxg5 Nxg5 26. Qd4 Nxf3+ 27. gxf3 Qg5+ 28. Qg4 Qe3+ 29. Kg2 Qxc3 30. Rf2 Rcd8 31. Rc1 Qe3 32. Rcf1 Re5 33. h4 h5 34. Qg3 Rf5 35. Kg1? Rxf3
    Time: 1.44 - 1.34.
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Move
   

Baburin, A. (2515) - Heidenfeld, M. (2315) [A90]
Kilkenny Open (6) 1994 [Alexander Baburin]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. a3 Bxd2 9. Qxd2 Be4?! 10. b4 d6 11. Bb2 Nbd7 12. Rfd1 Qe7 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Bh3!? Bb7?
    Also bad for Black was 14 ..Bxf3?! 15 exf3 ; he had to play 14 ..Ba8.
15. d5!
   Now White's bishops become very active.
exd5 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Nh4! N7f6 18. Nxf5 Qf7 19. Qg5!
   Also good was 19 Bg2!.
Qg6
   The only move.
20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Ne7+!! Nxe7 22. Be6+!
   Of course, not 22 Rxc7?, because of Bc8!-+.
Rf7 23. Rxc7 Bc8 24. Rxe7 Bxe6 25. Rxe6+- d5 26. Bd4 Rff8 27. Rc1 Rfe8 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rxf6 Rxe2 30. Rxg6+ Kf7 31. Rcc6 d4 32. Rgd6
   Black resigned in view of 32. ...Rxd6 33 Rxd6 Rd2 34 Kf1 Ke7 35 Ke1. Time: 1.30 - 1.37.
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Move
   

Baburin, A. (2490) - Joyce, J. (2205) [A61]
Bunratty Open (4) 1995 [Alexander Baurin]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. Nc4 O-O 9. g3!?
   I believe that this move was tried in this game for the first time. Later Ivanchuk employed it against Topalov. White wants to finish the development and transpose into the system with g3 and Bg2, where Black usually develops the knight to d7, which is impossible here.
b6 10. a4 Na6 11. Bg2 Ne8 12. O-O Nac7 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 f5?! 15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Na6 17. Rb1 Nc5 18. Na5! Bb7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6+/- Rc8 21. Qc2
   White is better, thanks to a strong pawn on c6 and weak light-squares in the enemy camp.
Nf6 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Bg5 Kh8 24. e3! Qe6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. a5! bxa5 27. Rd2!? g5?
   This only weakens Black's position.
28. Rbd1 Qb3 29. Qxb3 Nxb3 30. Ra2! f4? 31. Ne4 fxg3 32. Nxf6 gxh2+ 33. Kh1 Bxf6 34. Rxd6
    Time: 1.31 - 1.39.
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Move
   

Baburin, A. (2490) - Littlewood, J. (2310) [E69]
Dublin Festival (3) 1995 [Alexander Baburin]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4 c6 9. b3 Re8 10. h3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Bd7
   In such positions it's usually good for White to develop his Bishop to f4, immediately attacking the d6-pawn. However, what will happen, if Black meets 12 Bf4 with 12... Qb6 ? Looking at this line I suddenly realised that I saw such or similar position before!
13. Bf4 Qb6
   Of course, White can now play 14.Be3 (and this is a common move), but after 14... a5 15.Rb1 Rad8 Black gains a tempo compare to 12... a5 13.Rb1 Qb6 14.Be3 But what about 14.Bxd6 ?!
14. Bxd6!
    The following moves are forced.
Nfxe4 15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Rxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4
   At that mo ment Black offered a draw, as his position looked fine, however I saw my 20th move and so the offer was declined.
19. Rd1 Bg7
   Better was 19...f5.
20. Bb8!!
   This the key move, which White had to foresee on move 14. Then I realised that I had seen it before - in 1992 in Berlin, where my friend Sergei Kalinichev played it in a very similar position (I think that Black's pawn was on a5).
Rxb8[] 21. Rxd7+/-
    White's rook dominates the 7th rank, which makes Black's position difficult.
a5 22. Nd6 b5 23. cxb5 cxb5 24. Nxf7 Re8 25. Kf1 a4 26. Nd6 Rb8 27. Ke2 Bf8 28. Kd3 axb3 29. axb3 Rb6 30. Ne4 Bg7 31. h4+- Rb8 32. Nd6 b4 33. Kc4 h5 34. f4 Bf8 35. Kd5 Ra8 36. Ne4 Ra5+ 37. Kc4 Ra6 38. Rc7 Re6 39. Kd5 Ra6 40. Rc6 Ra5+ 41. Kc4 Kh7 42. Ng5+ Kh6 43. Ne6 Be7 44. Rc7 Bf6 45. Kxb4 Rd5 46. Rf7 Bb2 47. Kc4 Rd6 48. Ng5 Bg7 49. b4 Rd4+ 50. Kc5 Rd3 51. b5 Rb3 52. b6 Bd4+ 53. Kc4!
   There was no point in getting involved in 53 Kxd4 Rb4+, although that was winning too. Time: 2. 07 - 2.01.
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