Nimzo India

Filemon Cruz - Amador

Societat Coral Colón Sabadell 2009

Nimzo India E46

[Event "Sabadell Tancats de la Societat Coral C"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.02.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Cruz Estrada, Filemon"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[Annotator "Rodriguez,Amador"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "The Week in Chess 747"]
[Source "Mark Crowther"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.02"]
[SourceQuality "2"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. Nf4 c6 8. Bd3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nxf4 11. Bxf4 e5 12. dxe5 Qc7 13. Rc1 (13. Bg3 Nxe5 14. Be2 {It seems that black has already equalized comfortably to me, and the players seemed to agree. But black must take care that white's eventual expansion with f4 does not cause some chaos in his ranks. However, since this proves to be surprisingly hard to solve, white's position may be better than it looks.} Bc5 (14... f5 $5 15. Nd5 $5 Qd6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. O-O {and white's bishop pair should grant him a slight advantage.}) (14... Be6 $5 {is the most determined attempt to put black's pieces where he wants them. Does the white center roll him away?} 15. O-O (15. f4 $6 {is the attempt at refutation, but it looks too risky:} Rad8 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. f5 Ne3 (17... Bh4 $5) 18. Qc1 (18. Bxc7 Nxc2+ 19. Kf2 {can only favor black.}) 18... Qb6 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bf3 Bg5 {and white's position is in ruins.}) 15... Rad8 16. Qc2 {leads to a double-edged position.}) 15. O-O Qe7 16. Na4 $1 {This seems an odd place for the knight but perhaps white feared black's activity after the more natural} (16. Qc2 f5 {. The strength of Petursson's sidestep to a4 becomes more evident as the game progresses, when one of black's greatest regrets is that he has had to use his f-rook on d8.}) 16... Rd8 17. Qc2 Bd4 18. Rad1 b6 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. Kh1 c5 21. f4 Ng6 22. e5 Nh4 23. Bxh4 Qxh4 24. Bc4 $1 {1-0 Petursson,M (2570)-Olafsson,H (2500)/Gausdal 1996/CBM 054 ext/[Tisdall] (40) A very annoying position for black. He has played terribly logically and sensibly, developing in the most active way. He has maintained a small initiative but white's only trump, the possibility of e5-e6, seems destined to swing the balance gently in his favor. Inferior were:} (24. Nb5 $6 Be3) (24. Bf3 $6 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rd8 {with initiative to black.})) 13... Nxe5 14. O-O (14. Nd5 Nxd3+ (14... Qd6 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Be2 $14) 15. Qxd3 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Bd6 (17. Rd1 Be6 18. Bd6 Qg5) 17... Rd8 18. Rd1 Qg5 19. O-O Be6) 14... Qd6 (14... Qb8 15. Bb1 Be6 16. Qh5 Bd6 17. Bg3) 15. Qh5 Qxd3 (15... g5 16. Bxe5 (16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Qxg4 Nxg4 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. h3) 16... Qxe5 17. Ne2) (15... Bf6 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. h3 (17. Be2 g6 18. Qh6 Be6) 17... Nxd3 18. Rxd3 Bxc3) 16. Bxe5 Qd7 (16... Qd2 17. Rcd1 (17. f4 f6) 17... Qc2) 17. Rfd1 Qg4 18. Qxg4 Bxg4 19. f3 Be6 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfd8 22. Rcd1 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Kf8 24. Kf2 Ke7 25. Rd2 $14 1/2-1/2