Match between Sofia Polgar and Alexander Rabinovich
Event: Czerniak Memorial 14th
Variation: French – Burn variation
Eco code: C13
Pgn File:
[Event “Czerniak Memorial 14th”]
[Site “Tel Aviv”]
[Date “1998.04.17”]
[Round “8”]
[White “Polgar, Sofia”]
[Black “Rabinovich, Alexander”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2485”]
[BlackElo “2425”]
[ECO “C13”]
[Annotator “Finkel,A”]
[EventDate “1998.04.09”]
[PlyCount “52”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “ISR”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1998.08.06”]
[EventCategory “9”]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 f5
8. Nc3 Bf6 9. Bd3 (9. Qd2 $5 O-O (9… Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 fxg4 12.
Rg1 Bg7 13. Rxg4 f5 14. Rg3 $36 { [%cal Gf1c4,Gd1g1]
Jovanovic,S-Nishimura,H/Budapest FS03 IM 1996/1-0 (50) }) 10. g4 (10. O-O-O
c5 11. d5 e5 12. h4 Bg7 13. Kb1 a6 14. d6 $14 {
Timoshenko,G-Navrotescu,C/Caciulata 1992 (23) }) 10… fxg4 11. Rg1 e5 12.
O-O-O (12. Bd3 $5 Bg7 13. dxe5 Kh8 14. O-O-O f5 15. exf6 Qxf6 $13 { 1/
2-1/2 Gipslis,A-Chernin,A/Saint John op-2 1988 }) 12… exd4 13. Ne4 Bg7
14. Bc4 b5 15. Bxb5 Qd5 16. Qe2 $40 { Rodriguez,O-Fraguela Gil,J/Lanzarote
1976 (20) }) (9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Bb5 (10. Ne2 O-O (10… Na5 $5 11. Bd3 c5 12.
c3 cxd4 13. Nexd4 Nc6 14. Qe2 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qa5+ $15 {
Kovalev,A-Luther,T/Wichern op 1993 (29) }) 11. c3 b6 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. Qe2
Ne7 14. Nh5 { 1/2-1/2 Marjanovic, S-Bareev,E/Tirnavia 1989 }) 10… Qd6 11.
Qd2 Bd7 12. Qh6 Qe7 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Rhe1 Nb4 $11 {
Rohde,M-Speelman,J/Lloyds Bank op 1984 (29) }) (9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2 O-O 11.
Bxd7 Nxd7 12. O-O-O c6 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. f4 Qe7 15. Rhg1 Rad8 16. g4 $36 {
Moldovan,D-Lupu,M/Caciulata 1992/1-0 (50) }) 9… O-O 10. Ne2 c5 11. Qd2 (
11. c3 $5) 11… cxd4 12. g4 $5 Kh8 (12… Qd5 $6 13. gxf5 $1 Qxf3 14. Rg1+
Kh8 15. Qh6 Nd7 16. fxe6 $18) 13. gxf5 exf5 14. Rg1 Nc6 15. Qh6 Ne5 $1 (
15… Nb4 $5 16. O-O-O $1 Nxa2+ 17. Kb1 Nb4 18. Nexd4 $16) (15… Be6 $6
16. O-O-O $40 { [%cal Gg1g3,Ge2f4,Rf4h5,Rg3h3] } (16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. Rxg5 Rg8
18. Rxg8+ Qxg8 19. Bxf5 Re8 20. Qf6+ Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23.
Kd2 Rg6 24. Ng3 $11) (16. Rg3 Rg8 17. Nf4 $5 (17. Rh3 Rg7 18. O-O-O Nb4
$132) 17… Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Bg7 19. Qh5 $40 { [%cal Gf3g5] }) 16… Rg8 17.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 18. Rg1+ Kh8 19. Ng5 $18) 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 $132 17. f4 $6 (17.
O-O-O $5 Be6 18. f4 Qf6 $8 19. Qh5 Bc7 20. Rg5 h6 (20… Rg8 21. Bxf5 $14)
21. Rdg1 (21. Bxf5 $2 Bxf4+ 22. Nxf4 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5 24. Bxe6 gxf4 $19)
21… Rg8 22. Kb1 Rad8 23. R1g3 $36 { [%cal Gg3h3] }) 17… Qd6 18. Qh4 (
18. Qg5 $5) 18… Bf6 (18… Bg7 19. O-O-O Bd7 $13) 19. Qh5 (19. Qh6 $5 Bd7
20. O-O-O { [%cal Rg1g7] } 20… Rg8 21. Rg3 Rg6 22. Qh5 Qd5 23. Rh3 h6 $13
) 19… Bd7 20. Rg3 Rg8 21. Rh3 (21. Qxf7 $6 Bh4 $17) 21… Rg7 22. O-O-O
Re8 $15 { Black has managed to defend his position and now it’s time for an
active counterplay. } 23. Qh6 (23. Kb1 $5 Re3 24. Rg3 Be6 25. Rdg1 Qd5 26.
Nc1 Rg6 $17 { [%cal Ga7a5,Ga5a4,Gb7b5] }) 23… Re3 $1 24. Bxf5 $2 (24. Rh5
$5 Qe7 25. Ng3 Re1 $132) 24… Rxe2 25. Bxd7 d3 $1 $19 { Suddenly white is
helpless against numerous threats. } 26. Ba4 (26. c3 Rc2+ 27. Kb1 Rxb2+ 28.
Kxb2 Qb4+ $19) 26… Qd4 { [%cal Gd4a4,Gd4b2] } 0-1
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