Namyslo, H. - Thevessen, M.
Ldsl.03/04 SC Laupheim-TG BC 1.Br., 01/11/2004

Round 6 [we]


1.e4 c5 2.Sf3 Sc6
[2...e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 Sf6 5.Sc3 Sc6 6.Sdb5 d6 7.Lf4 e5 8.Lg5 a6 9.Lxf6 gxf6 10.Sa3 b5 11.Sd5 f5 12.c3 Lg7 13.exf5 Lxf5 14.Sc2 O-O 15.Sce3 Le6 16.Ld3 f5 17.Dh5 Dd7 18.g4 e4 19.Lc2 f4 20.Lxe4 Lxc3+ 21.bxc3 fxe3 22.Sxe3 Stellung identisch mit PartieStellung nach 21.Se3: !
22...Tac8 23.Td1 Tc7 24.Dg5+ Kh8 25.Dh6 Tf7 26.O-O Se7 27.h3 Txc3 28.Lxh7 Sg8 29.Lxg8+ Kxg8 30.Sd5 Tcf3 31.Tfe1 Da7 32.Txe6 Dxf2+ 33.Kh1 Td7 34.Te8+ Kf7 35.Tf8# 1-0 Velimirovic,D-Todorovic,G/Vrnjacka Banja 1999/EXT 2000 (35).]
3.d4 cxd4 4.Sxd4 Sf6 5.Sc3 e5 6.Sdb5 d6 7.Lg5 a6 8.Sa3 b5 9.Lxf6 gxf6 10.Sd5 f5 11.c3 Lg7 12.exf5 Lxf5 13.Sc2 O-O 14.Sce3 Le6
[14...Lg6 The move played by Leko succefully last year. In this encounter the hungarian GM goes for the more principled main line.
15.h4 Le4 Thanks to this maneuver 14. ... Bg6 gained back some popularity.
16.a4 Lxd5 17.Sxd5 b4 18.cxb4 Kh8 19.Tc1 Se7 20.Lc4 f5 21.Th3! and although Black has some compensation, it is probably not enough and White has better chances, 1/2-1/2 Ponomariov-Rogozenko/Istanbul (ol) 2000/ (56)]
15.Ld3 f5 16.Dh5 Dd7?! Ein eher selten gespielter Zug !
[16...e4 17.Lc2 Se7 18.Td1 b4
(18...Sg6 19.f4 (19.g4!?) 19...exf3 20.gxf3 Dd7 21.O-O Df7 22.f4 Tac8 23.Tf3! 1-0 Ponomariov,R-Eljanov,P/Kharkov RUS 2001 (32))
(18...Tc8)
19.O-O
(19.cxb4 Sxd5 20.Sxd5 Lxb2 21.O-O Le5 22.Kh1 Kh8 23.f3 Tc8 24.Lb1 Lf7 25.Dh6 exf3 26.gxf3 Lxd5 27.Txd5 Tc4 1/2-1/2 Goloshchapov,A-Volzhin,A/Moscow 1999 (38))
(19.Sxb4 Most principled answer, which needs practical tests. A possible line would be:
19...a5 (19...d5? 20.Lb3) (19...Tb8!?) 20.Sbd5 Sxd5 21.Sxd5 Tb8 22.Lb3 a4 (22...Dd7 23.Td2) 23.Lxa4 Txb2 24.Lb3 Lxd5 25.Lxd5+ Kh8 26.O-O Lxc3 27.Le6 Tb5 28.Tb1! Txb1 (28...Te5?? 29.Tb7) (28...Db6?? 29.Lxf5) 29.Txb1)
19...bxc3 20.bxc3 Kh8
(20...Tc8)
21.g3
(21.f4 Sxd5 22.Sxd5 Tc8)
(21.f3!?)
21...Tc8 22.Lb3 Lf7 23.De2 Lxd5 24.Sxd5 Sxd5 25.Lxd5 a5 26.c4 Tb8 1/2:1/2 Ponomariov,R-Leko,P WchT/Yerevan 2001 [Rogozenko]]
17.g4!? e4 18.Lc2 f4? 19.Lxe4 Lxc3+ 20.bxc3 fxe3 21.Sxe3 Vergl. Velimirovic-Todorovic
21...Tae8 22.Td1 Te7 23.O-O Se5 24.h3 Tg7 25.f4 Da7 26.Td4 Lf7 27.Dh6 Dc5??
[27...Sc4 28.Sd5 Lxd5 29.Lxd5+ Kh8 30.Lxc4 bxc4 31.Dxd6]
28.Sf5

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