Partidas en 1995

Amador - Ariel Sorin

Capablanca XXX Matanzas 1995

Ruy López Abierta C80

[Event "Capablanca mem-A"]
[Site "Matanzas"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Rodriguez, Amador"]
[Black "Sorin, Ariel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Am"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "CUB"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 48"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. Ne4 Be7 14. Be3 Nf5 15. Qc2 O-O 16. Nf6+ {This is considered harmless but, a player myself of the Open Spanish as Black, I knew it was not so easy in practice.} Bxf6 17. Qxf5 Be7 18. Rfd1 (18. Rad1 Qc8 19. Qc2 (19. Nd2 Rd8 20. f4 (20. f4 Nd4 21. Qe4 Nf5 $10) (20. f4 g6 $5) 20... c5 21. Qh3 Rd3 $2 22. Ne4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Qc7 24. Nc3 Rd8 25. Nd5 Qb7 26. Qf3 Kh8 27. Nxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 {Van der Wiel-Kortschnoj/Sarajevo/1984/½-½ (45)}) 19... c5 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. f4 c4 22. Ne4 Bc5 23. Qf2 Rac8 24. f5 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Qxe5 26. fxe6 f5 27. Qc3 Qxe4 {Tilak-Jakubovics/London LB (07) 1994/1-0 (43)}) 18... Qc8 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Qe4 c5 22. b3 Ra7 23. g3 {The new move based on the same idea, White is playing comfortably for the endgame.} (23. h3 Qa8 24. Nd2 Qxe4 25. Nxe4 Rc7 26. f4 c4 27. bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 bxc4 29. Kf2 $16 {Bellin-Botterill, BCF-ch 1987}) 23... g6 24. Kg2 Kg7 25. h4 h5 26. Rc2 Rd7 $2 {It was necessary to play 26...c7 or 26...b6 to avoid penetration via c6} 27. Qc6 $1 Rd1 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Nxd2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 cxd4 {Puting all hopes in advancing quickly this passed pawn.} (30... Qxd4 31. Nf3 $18) 31. Ne4 $3 d3 32. Nd6 f6 (32... d2 $2 33. Qd5 $18) (32... Bxd6 33. exd6 Kf6 34. Qd5 Qd7 {was probably the best defence, but White should be winning.} (34... d2 $2 35. Qg5+ $1)) 33. Qd5 Qg8 34. exf6+ Bxf6 35. Qxd3 Qe6 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Qd4+ Kh7 38. Nd2 $1 Qc6+ 39. Qe4 Qd6 40. Nf1 Kg7 41. Ne3 Bf6 42. Qb7+ Kh6 43. Qf7 Qc6+ 44. Nd5 Bg7 {Up to here it was nice.} 45. Kh2 (45. Qf3 $1 {was the simplest positional win to put f4, my original idea when I played 38.d2, but the h6 suggested playing for mate.}) 45... Qc2 46. Ne7 $2 {I played this a tempo and it is hard to believe that the position is now drawn, it should not be, but from now on, the win, if it really exists is problematic and I used a lot of time.} (46. Nb4 $5 Qc8 (46... Qd2 47. Nxa6 Qxa2 48. Nc7 $16) 47. Kg2 {White is on the way to an easy win.}) (46. Kg2 {yes, it was still time to go back} Qxa2 $2 47. Nf4 Qc2 48. Ne6 $1 $18 { g5, g8}) 46... Kh7 $1 47. a3 $6 a5 48. a4 bxa4 49. bxa4 Qe4 50. Kg1 Qe1+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kh2 Qc2 53. Qf4 Be5 $1 54. Qf7+ Bg7 55. Qf4 Be5 56. Qe3 Bg7 $1 57. Qb6 Qe4 58. Qd8 Qxa4 59. Qg8+ Kh6 60. Qf7 Qc2 61. Ng8+ Kh7 62. Nf6+ Kh6 63. Ng8+ 1/2-1/2