Schachbundesliga German League 2011-12 (10-11)
Bundesliga Round 10-11
IM Malcolm Pein - Thursday 1st March 2012
Rounds 10 and 11 of the Bundesliga were played last weekend and English players were involved in several matches. Luke McShane and Gawain Jones, who live just a few miles from each other in London, were paired together.
McShane played white and opened with the Nimzo-Larsen Attack 1.b3 but achieved no advantage and had to play carefully to secure equality. 4...Bd6 works quite well but the critical line is probably 5.Na3!? heading for c4 then Na5!? is possible and if 6.Be2 a6!? to prevent Nb5 is a very odd line. One more oddity. Had McShane played 7.e4 he would have been two tempi down on a line of the Ruy Lopez Exchange Deferred. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nc3 Bd6 8.b3
L McShane - G Jones
1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bb5 Bd6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Nge2 0-0
(7...e4 8.Ng3 Qe7 is more aggressive)
8.0-0 Qe7 9.f4 Bg4 10.Qe1 Rad8 11.fxe5 Bxe5 12.Ng3 Rfe8
Black is fully developed and very active
13.Na4 b5 14.Bxe5 Qxe5 15.Nc3 c5 16.Qf2 h5!
Gawain Jones
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Luke McShane
Position after 16...h5!
17.h3 Be6 18.Rad1 b4 19.Na4 h4 20.Nh1 Ne4
(20...Qg5 21.Kh2 Bd7! 22.Nb2?? Qe5+)
21.Qxh4 Rxd2 22.Rxd2 Nxd2 23.Rd1 Ne4
(23...Qxe3+ 24.Qf2 Qxf2+ 25.Nxf2 is better for White, the knight is trapped and c5 falls)
24.Qf4 Bf5 25.Qxe5 Rxe5 26.Nf2 Nd6 27.Nd3 Bxd3 28.cxd3 draw
One possible line is 28.cxd3 Rxe3 29.Nxc5 Re2 30.Nxa6 Rxa2 31.Nxb4 Rb2 32.Nd5 Nf5 33.Rf1 g6 34.Rc1 Rxb3=
Gawain Jones
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Luke McShane
Final position after 28.cxd3
Baden-Baden lead and have only one serious rival in Werder Bremen, who are Luke McShane's team. They meet in a fortnight's time. Anatoly Karpov made a surprise appearance on Sunday and drew with white against IM Martin Kraemer.
Black plays very energetically against White's quiet setup and storms the kingside. He wins with a deep combination.
T Henrichs - R Fontaine
English Symmetrical
1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.g3 Bg7 5.Bg2 e6 6.d3 Nge7 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bd2 b6 9.a3 Bb7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Rb1 d6 12.Qc1 Kh7 13.b4 Qd7 14.e3 Rac8 15.Rd1 g5 16.Qc2 f5 17.Ne2 Ng6 18.Bc3 e5! 19.Nd2 f4 20.Be4
Robert Fontaine
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T Henrichs
Position after 20.Be4 Black to play and win
Answer:
20...f3!! 21.Nxf3 Rxf3! 22.Bxf3 Nxb4 23.Bxb7
(23.axb4 Bxf3 24.Kf1 Qh3+ 25.Ke1 Qxh2 26.Kd2 Qxf2 27.Re1 e4 28.Bxg7 Kxg7 29.Qc3+ Ne5)
23...Nxc2 24.Be4 Nxa3 25.Rb3 Qa4 0-1
