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(15) Christiansen,L - Lipnowski,I
Can Open, 2001
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.g3 b5 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.d3 d6 7.0-0 Nd7 8.Ng5!? b4 [8...Be7!? 9.f4 (9.Nh3 Qc7) 9...Bxg5 10.fxg5 Ne7 11.d4!? cxd4 12.Qxd4 Ne5 13.b3! (13.Rd1 N7c6 14.Qxd6 Qb6+ 15.Kh1 Rd8µ) 13...N7c6 14.Qd2 0-0 15.Bb2 Qc7 16.h3 Rfd8 As in my game with the Portuguese GM elect, Luis Galego, is also interesting. All in all, this line is harmless for black.] 9.Ne2 Ngf6 10.f4 Qb6 [10...h6!? 11.Nh3 c4 12.Nf2 cxd3 13.cxd3 e5 14.Be3 Be7 15.d4 is better for white, as in Zvjaginsev,V-Goldin,A 1998] 11.Kh1 Be7 12.Ng1!? It is hard to believe that white can expect anything from the opening when he lets his knights become lame ducks. However, this was the last round (a morning round) and in these circumstances anything goes... [12.c4!?] 12...0-0 13.b3 a5 I think that Irwin's position is quite fine. 14.f5 e5!? [14...exf5!?÷ 15.Rxf5 d5 (15...Rae8!?) 16.exd5 g6 17.Rf1 Nxd5] 15.N5h3 White hopes to advance his king side pawns and settle the game with a king's indian type of attack. Black can not allow this to happen... 15...d5!? [15...h6 16.g4 Nh7 17.Nf3 f6 looks a little slow 18.Nf2 …Ph4] 16.exd5 [16.Qe2 dxe4 17.dxe4 Ba6] 16...Bxd5 [16...Nxd5!? It is hard to say which capture is better on d5, but this one feels more logical to me. It would be more difficult for white to get the long diagonal in this case] 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Bd2 a4 [18...Rad8!? 19.Qf3 N5f6 20.g4?! e4 21.dxe4 Ne5ƒ] 19.Qf3 N7f6 I think that this is not as flexible as the other knight move. [19...N5f6!? deserves serious consideration 20.Nf2 (20.g4 e4 21.dxe4 Ne5) 20...Rae8!?] 20.Nf2 axb3 [20...Rad8 …Rfe8] 21.axb3 Qc6 The game looks pretty evenish to me. 22.g4 h6 23.Ne4 [23.h4?! Nh7] 23...Rxa1 [23...Nh7!?] 24.Rxa1 [24.Nxf6+?? Bxf6 25.Rxa1 e4] 24...Ra8 Irwin plays very cautiously [24...Nxe4!? 25.Qxe4 Qd6 …Nf6 26.Nf3 Nf6 27.Qxe5 Nxg4?! (27...Qc6!? 28.Qg3 Ra8 with some compensation ) 28.Qxd6 Bxd6 29.Rg1] 25.Rxa8+ Qxa8 26.Nxf6+ Bxf6 27.Qe4 Bg5!? [27...Qd8?! 28.Nf3 Qd6 29.h4] 28.Be1 [28.Bxg5 hxg5 29.Nf3 (29.Qxe5?? Nc3+) 29...Qa1+ 30.Ne1 Qc1] 28...Qa1 It looks , at first sight, as though Irwin is making progress 29.Nf3 Ne3 [29...Nf6!? with this move black places white under a lot of pressure 30.Qxe5 Qd1 (30...Qa8!? 31.Qg3 Bh4„) 31.Kg2 Nxg4÷] 30.Qxe5 Qd1?? This is a typical time trouble, early morning round blunder. Irwin throws away all of his good work. [30...Qxe5÷ 31.Nxe5 Nxc2 32.Bf2 Be3 33.Bxe3 Nxe3 34.h3 Nd1 35.Kg2 Nb2 36.Kf3 f6 37.Nd7 Nxd3 38.Ke3 c4 39.Kd4!?; 30...Qa8!? 31.Qe4 Qxe4 32.dxe4 Nxc2ƒ 33.Bf2?! c4!] 31.Qe8+ [31.Qe8+ Kh7 32.Nxg5+ hxg5 33.Qxe3] 1-0
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