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Ibragimov, I. (2554) - Baburin, A. (2593) [D28]
Mind Sports Olympiad, london (6) 1999 [Alexander Baburin]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4
   GM Ildar Ibragimov is one of the main experts in QGA with Black, so it was interesting to see what he would play against it as White.
3. e3 c5 4. Bxc4 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 b5 8. Bd3 cxd4 9. Rd1 Be7 10. a4
   Apparently, this is a new idea, tried by GM Kruppa against Ibragimov himself. But I did not know that game, where Black played 10...b4. My move is more testing:
bxa4! 11. Rxa4 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Bd7 13. Bc2 Qc7 14. Nc3?!
   White is bluffing, but gets away with that...
O-O
    Much more critical would be 14...Bxa4!. After 15 Bxa4+ both 15...Nbd7? 16 Bg5 and 15...Nfd7 16 Bg5 is bad for Black, but after 15...Kf8 White would not have enough for his material deficit.
15. Rh4 Nc6 16. Bf4
    Perhaps, 16 Bg5 would be better.
Qb7 17. Ne5 g6 18. Bg5 Rad8 19. Nc4?!
   This retreat cannot be right, but Ibragimov could not see anything decisive on the kingside and just wanted to keep more pieces on.
Bc8! 20. Qf3 Nb4!
   Black starts to simplify the position and now White does not have enough for the pawn. The fact that White was short of time made his life even more difficult.
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Bxe4 Bxg5! 23. Bxb7 Bxb7 24. Qb3 Bxh4 25. Nd6 Bd5
    After 26 Qxb4 Be7 Black would have an awful lot of pieces for a queen.
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