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Alexander Baburin - Jonathan Parker 4NCL, Birmingham (4), 21.11.1999 1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Bb4 4 Qc2 d5 5 cxd5 Qxd5 6 Nf3 Qf5 7 Qxf5 exf5 8 a3 Bd6 9 Bg5 Ne4N 10 Nxe4 fxe4 11 Nd2 f5 12 e3 Be6 (D)
13 g4! h6 14 gxf5 Bxf5 15 Bh4 Kd7 16 f3 This is tempting, but may not be best - both 16 Nc4 and 16 d5 were worth considering. 16...exf3 17 e4 Re8 18 Kf2 Be6 19 Nxf3 Rf8 20 Kg2 Nc6! 21 d5 Bh3+ 22 Kf2 22 Kxh3?! Rxf3+ 23 Kg2 Ne5 is good for Black. 22...Bg4 Black could also play 22...Bc5+!? 23 Ke2 Bxf1+ 24 Raxf1 Nd4+ 25 Nxd4 Bxd4=. 23 dxc6+ bxc6 24 Be2 g5 25 Rad1 Ke6 Here we both missed that Black could actually play 25...gxh4!, as after 26 e5 he has 26...Rae8 27 exd6 Rxe2+ 28 Kxe2 Bxf3+, winning. 26 e5 Bxe5 27 Bg3 Bxf3 28 Bxf3 g4 29 Rd3 Bxg3+? In time trouble Black misses 29...Bd6!. 30 hxg3 Rf6 31 Rc1! Rxf3+ 32 Rxf3 gxf3 33 Rxc6+ Kd5 34 Rxc7 a5 35 Kxf3 Rb8 36 Rc2 Better was 36 Ra7!, but I was also short of time too. 36...Kd4 37 Kg4 a4 38 Kh5 Rb6 39 g4 Kd3 40 Rf2 Kc4 41 Rf4+ Kb3 42 Re4 Ra6 43 Rb4+ Kc2 (D)
This is a very interesting position. After a while one would realise that this position looks like a mutual zugzwang. If it would be Black to play, he would have to move his king, thus allowing White to play b2-b3, which wins easily - when there is no b2-pawn to worry about, White can shift his rook to attack the h6-pawn. But it's White to move and he has to worsen his position. Fortunately for him, there is a win here. First of all, White brings his king to f5: 44 Rb5! This better than 44 Kh4 Ra5! 45 Rb6 (45 Kg3? h5=) 45...Rd5. 44...Re6 45 Kh4 Re8 46 Rb4! Ra8 47 Kg3 Ra6 48 Kf3! Maybe after 48 Kf4 Ra5 49 Rb6 Rc5 50 Rxh6 Kxb2 51 Rh3 White wins too, but there is no need to go into that line. 48...Kd3 Or 48...Ra8 49 Ke4 Ra5 50 Kf4 Ra8 51 Ke5 Ra6 52 Kf5 Ra8 53 Kg6 Ra6+ 54 Kh5 and we have reached the same position as after move 43, but this time with Black to play! 49 Kf4 Kc2 50 Kf5 (D)
Zugzwang. Black must allow either Kf5-g6 or b2-b3. The rest is clear. 50...Kd3 51 b3 axb3 52 Rxb3+ Kd4 53 Rh3 Ra5+ 54 Kf4 Ra6 55 Rh5 Rf6+ 56 Kg3 Ra6 57 Kh4 Ke4 58 a4 Rxa4 59 Rxh6 Ra1 60 Re6+ Kf4 61 Rf6+ Ke5 62 g5 Rh1+ 63 Kg4 Rh2 64 Ra6 Rg2+ 65 Kh5 Kf5 66 Rf6+ Ke5 67 Kg6 Ra2 68 Rf1 1-0 |
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