7th Staunton Memorial 2009 (3)
UK take the lead in Round 3
IM Malcolm Pein - Thursday 13th August 2009
Nigel Short won his third straight game as England took the lead over the Dutch team at the 7th Howard Staunton Memorial being staged at Simpson's in the Strand. Short defeated Ivan Sokolov with a nineteenth century line from the Two Knights Defence.
Nigel Short won his third straight game as England took the lead over the Dutch team at the 7th Howard Staunton Memorial being staged at Simpson's in the Strand. Short defeated Ivan Sokolov with a nineteenth century line from the Two Knights Defence, a fitting opening for the surroundings where such lines were popular 150 years ago.
Michael Adams lost to Jan Smeets, his first reverse in four years at Staunton tournaments after he was caught in some clever opening preparation. Luke McShane's unusual Anti Sicilian lured Loek Van Wely into complications and the black queen was soon trapped.
Short's opening line 8.Bd3 concedes time and space but challenges Black to make something of his advantages. He does not and after slowly unravelling Short plays 23.d4 when he is a clear pawn ahead.
N Short - I Sokolov
7th Staunton Memorial London (3)
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3
Ivan Sokolov
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Nigel Short
Position after 8.Bd3
8...h6
(8...Nd5 9.Ne4 f5 10.Ng3 Qf6 11.Be2 h5!? Conquest-Howell at the British)
9.Ne4 Nd5 10.0-0 g6 11.Re1 Bg7 12.Bf1 0-0 13.d3 f5
Ivan Sokolov
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Nigel Short
Position after 13...f5
14.Nc5 Qd6 15.Nb3 Nb7 16.g3 Be6 17.c4 Nb6 18.Qc2
(Developing with a threat of c4-c5)
18...Nd7 19.Nc3 a5 20.Na4 g5 21.Bd2 Bf7 22.Bc3 Rfe8 23.d4 e4 24.Rad1 Bg6 25.c5 Qc7
Ivan Sokolov
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Nigel Short
Position after 25...Qc7
26.d5 cxd5 27.Rxd5 Bxc3 28.Qxc3
(Threatening Bc4)
28...Ne5 29.Red1 f4 30.c6 Qxc6
(30...Nd8 31.Rxe5 Qxe5 32.Qxe5 Rxe5 33.Nb6 Rb8 34.c7)
31.Rxe5 1-0
Ivan Sokolov
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Nigel Short
Final position after 31.Rxe5
Round three Michael Adams 0-1 Jan Smeets; Nigel Short 1-0 Ivan Sokolov; David Howell draw Erwin L'Ami; Gawain Jones draw Jan Werle; Luke McShane 1-0 Loek Van Wely;
Overall score England 8-7 Holland.
A FIDE Grand Prix is underway at Jermuk in Armenia in honour of the 80th anniversary of the birth of the world champion Tigran Petrosian. It's not often a Grandmaster gets both his rooks trapped. Kamsky loses his way in the tactical complications that he instigated. White invites a exchange on e4 in the opening because that would bring his knight towards d6.
D Jakovenko - G Kamsky
5th FIDE GP Jermuk (2)
Slav a6
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.d4 d5 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 g6 6.Bd3 Bg7 7.0-0 0-0 8.Qb3 e6 9.e4 dxe4 10.Bxe4! Nbd7
(10...Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bxd4 12.Rd1 wins material after 12...e5 13.Bh6 Re8 14.Bg5)
11.Be3 Qc7 12.c5 Ng4 13.Bg5 e5! 14.Be7 exd4 15.Na4 Qf4 16.Rfe1
(After 16.Bxf8 Bxf8 17.Rae1 Nxc5 18.Nxc5 Bxc5 the position is unclear)
16...Re8 17.Bd6
Gata Kamsky
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Dmitry Jakovenko
Position after 17.Bd6
17...Be5
(17...Nde5! was much better If 18.Nb6 Be6!)
18.Bc2! Re6
(18...Nxh2 19.Rxe5! Nxf3+ 20.Qxf3 Qxf3 21.Rxe8+ is the point)
19.h3 Nxf2 20.Nxe5 Nxe5 21.Rf1
Gata Kamsky
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Dmitry Jakovenko
Position after 21.Rf1
21...Nf3+
(21...Rf6 22.Nb6 Be6; 21...Rf6 22.Bxe5 Nxh3+ 23.Qxh3 Qxe5 fights on)
22.Qxf3 Qxf3 23.gxf3 Nxh3+ 24.Kh1 Re2 25.Bd1 Nf2+
Gata Kamsky
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Dmitry Jakovenko
Position after 25...Nf2+
(25...Re8 26.Nb6 Ra7 27.Bb8 would be embarrassing)
26.Rxf2! Rxf2 27.Kg1 Rd2 28.Nb6 Ra7 29.Nc4 1-0
Gata Kamsky
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Dmitry Jakovenko
Final position after 29.Nc4
