Match between Nigel D Short and Boris Gelfand
Event: Koop Tjuchem
Variation: Sicilian – Najdorf
Eco code: B92
Pgn File:
[Event “Koop Tjuchem”]
[Site “Groningen”]
[Date “1996.??.??”]
[Round “2”]
[White “Short, Nigel D”]
[Black “Gelfand, Boris”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
[WhiteElo “2695”]
[BlackElo “2665”]
[ECO “B92”]
[Annotator “Tyomkin,D”]
[EventDate “1996.12.20”]
[PlyCount “49”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “11”]
[EventCountry “NED”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1997.04.01”]
[EventCategory “16”]
1. e4 { Tyomkin,D } 1… c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
a4 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. Nb3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5
Bg5 (12… Nd4 { Short,N-Lautier,J/Wijk Hoogovens 1997/1/2-1/2/(28)
Tyomkin,D }) 13. a5 Rc8 14. Bg4 Nd4 $6 $146 {
14…Bh6,14…Bxg4,14…Kh8-see my notes to the game Short-Lautier,Wijk
Hoogovens,1997 } 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. f4 Bh6 (16… Bf6 $5) (16… Bxg4 $2 17.
Qxg4 Bf6 18. Qf5 $16) 17. Bxe6 $1 (17. Bf5 $6 g6 18. Qg4 Re8 $1 (18… Bxf5
19. exf5 Rxc2 20. Qd1 $1) 19. Rf2 (19. Nb4 Rc4) (19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nb4 Rc4
$17) 19… Rc5 $132) (17. Rf2 $5) (17. Nb4 Bxg4 18. Qxg4 Rc4 $15 { [%csl
Rc2] }) 17… fxe6 18. Nb6 Rc5 { [%cal Gc5a5,Gc5h5] } 19. g3 $14 { Short
played strong in the opening and got advantage after new move of Gelfand }
19… e5 $8 (19… d3 20. Qxd3 Rxa5 21. Nc4 $16 { [%csl Rh6] }) 20. f5 $6 {
After this “logical” move white misses the advantage,which was achived by
strong play of Short } (20. b4 $14) (20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 dxe5 22. Qd3
$14) 20… Qc7 21. c3 (21. Nd5 Rxd5 $1 22. exd5 Qc5 $15) 21… Rb5 $11 (
21… dxc3 $5 { Gelfand didn’t take a risk to accept a sacrifice,and choose
a reliable continuation, which leads to complicated ending, where black was
not worse } 22. bxc3 (22. Nd5 c2) (22. Qb3+ Qf7 23. Qxf7+ Rxf7) 22… Rxc3
(22… Rxa5 23. Qb3+) 23. Nd5 (23. Kh1 $5 Rc2 24. f6 $13) 23… Qc5+ 24.
Kh1 Rc4 25. f6 $1 $44 (25. Qb3 Kh8 26. f6 gxf6 27. Qxb7 Bg7 28. Qxa6 Rxe4
$17 29. Nxf6 $140 $2 Rc4 $19) 25… Qd4 $1 (25… Rxe4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
fxg7+ $44) 26. Qxd4 Rxd4 27. Rab1 $36) 22. Nd5 Qc4 23. Ra4 Qb3 24. Qxb3
Rxb3 25. cxd4 (25. cxd4 exd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb2 { [%csl Ra5] [%cal Gh6d2,Gd2a5]
} 27. Rc4 Bd2 $15 { ] }) 1/2-1/2
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