Match between Nigel D Short and Daniel Fridman
Event: FIDE-Wch k.o.
Variation: Bishop’s opening – Berlin defence
Eco code: C55
Pgn File:
[Event “FIDE-Wch k.o.”]
[Site “Las Vegas”]
[Date “1999.08.03”]
[Round “2.1”]
[White “Short, Nigel D”]
[Black “Fridman, Daniel”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “2675”]
[BlackElo “2526”]
[ECO “C55”]
[Annotator “Atlas,V”]
[EventDate “1999.07.31”]
[PlyCount “57”]
[EventType “k.o.”]
[EventRounds “7”]
[EventCountry “USA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.10.01”]
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. d4 Qe7 8.
dxe5 Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Qxe5 (9… dxe5) 10. Nd2 (10. Qb3 $5 Qe7 11. Be3 Bg7 12.
Nd2 O-O 13. Rae1 c6 14. a4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. Bxh6 Qf5 17. Bxg7 Kxg7
18. Re3 $36 { 1/2-1/2 Rubery,M-Godena,M/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (32) })
10… Be6 $2 { This move runs against an energetic refutation. } (10… Bg7
{ is a better try: } 11. Nf3 Qc5 12. Qd4 (12. Bd3 { 1/2-1/2
Gipslis,A-Razuvaev,Y/Jurmala 1987/CBM 05 (12) }) 12… Qxd4 13. cxd4 Nxe4
14. Re1 f5 15. Nd2 Kd8 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Rxe4 c6 18. d5 Bf5 19. Re1 Re8 20.
Bf4 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Kd7 $11 { 1/2-1/2 Eingorn, V-Vladimirov,E/Riga 1980/MCL
(41) }) 11. Qa4+ $1 Nd7 { Forced. } (11… c6 $2 12. Nf3 Qc5 13. Bxe6 fxe6
14. Qb3 $16 { [%csl Rb7,Re6] }) (11… Bd7 12. Qb3 { [%csl Rb7,Rf7] }) 12.
Nf3 Qf6 (12… Qxe4 13. Re1 $40) 13. Be3 { Winning an important tempo and
creating a target for the attack. Black should prevent Be3-d4. } 13… c5
14. Bd5 $1 { After bishop exhange Black’s king will have to go to the
Q-side, where White can quickly develop a strong initiative. } 14… Bxd5
15. exd5 a6 16. Rfe1 O-O-O 17. c4 (17. b4 $5 Nb6 $140 18. Qb3 c4 19. Qc2
Nxd5 20. Bd4) 17… Bg7 (17… Qxb2 $2 { allows White to finish the game by
a direct attack: } 18. Rab1 Qf6 19. Rxb7 $1 Kxb7 20. Qc6+ Ka7 21. Rb1 { and
mate is inevitable. }) 18. Rab1 Rhe8 19. b4 { [%cal Yb1b7,Ye3c5] } 19…
Qc3 20. Rec1 $18 Rxe3 (20… Qd3 21. Rb3 $40) 21. Rxc3 (21. fxe3 Qxe3+ 22.
Kh1 { is also winning for White, for example: } 22… Qf4 23. b5 Nb6 24.
Qa5 Nxc4 25. Qa4 axb5 26. Qxb5 Nb2 27. Rc2 Qe4 28. Qb3) 21… Rxc3 22. Nd2
Nb6 23. Qd1 cxb4 (23… Nxc4 24. Ne4) 24. Rxb4 Kc7 25. Qb1 Bd4 26. Ne4 Re8
(26… Rxc4 27. Rxc4+ Nxc4 28. Qd3) (26… Ra3 27. c5 $18) 27. Rxb6 $1 Rxe4
28. Rxb7+ Kd8 29. Rb8+ 1-0
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