Match between Tarvo Seeman and Nigel D Short
Event: Keres Memorial
Variation: King’s pawn opening
Eco code: B55
Pgn File:
[Event “Keres Memorial”]
[Site “Tallinn/Parnu”]
[Date “1998.06.21”]
[Round “3”]
[White “Seeman, Tarvo”]
[Black “Short, Nigel D”]
[Result “0-1”]
[WhiteElo “2435”]
[BlackElo “2660”]
[ECO “B55”]
[Annotator “Short,N”]
[EventDate “1998.06.19”]
[PlyCount “68”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “EST”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1998.09.30”]
[EventCategory “15”]
{ Playing someone with a significantly lower rating poses its own problems.
In February in Calcutta I had played my first open tournament for about 10
years and I found the going tough, scoring only 4 victories with 7 draws in
the event. I guess I am out of practice. }
1. e4 { Gofshtein,L Tyomkin,D } 1… c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.
f3 { A surprise to me. I had never given this line the attention it
deserves. } 5… e5 6. Nb3 { I was more familiar with 6.Bb5+. } 6… d5 $6
{ I discovered subsequently that this commonly played move does not in fact
equalise. Improvements must be found elsewhere. } 7. Bg5 Be6 8. Bxf6 gxf6
9. exd5 Qxd5 (9… Bxd5 { Gofshtein,L } 10. Nc3 Bb4 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. O-O-O
Bxb3 13. axb3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxd3 $14) 10. Qxd5 Bxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. O-O-O (
12. Nb5 $5 { Gofshtein,L } 12… Kd7 13. O-O-O+ Kc8 14. Na5 Nc6 15. Nc4 Bc5
16. Ncd6+ Kb8 17. Bc4 a6 18. Nc3 Kc7 19. Nce4 Bxd6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Nxd6
Rhg8 $132 { Malakhov, V-Tyomkin,D/EU-chJM U20 1995/1/2-1/2 (126) }) 12…
Nd7 (12… Nc6 { Gofshtein,L } 13. Bb5 (13. Ne4 Ke7 14. Nbc5 b6 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. c3 a6 17. Rd6 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Rhc8 19. Bc4 Nd8 20. Rhd1 $1 $16 {
Somlai,L-Tyomkin,D/Budapest FS02 GM 1997/1-0 (56) }) 13… a6 14. Bxc6+
bxc6 15. Ne4 (15. Na5 Bb4 16. Nxc6 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa2 18. Rd6 Be6 $11 {
Magem Badals,J-Van der Vorm,T/Andorra op 1997/1/2-1/2(23) }) 15… Ke7 16.
Na5 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Rhc8 18. Nc5 Rab8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. a4 Rb4 21. b3 Rd4 22.
Kb2 Rd5 $11 { Maljutin,E-Dvoirys,S/Smolensk op 1991/1/2-1/2 (61) }) (12…
a6 { Gofshtein,L } 13. Na5 Ra7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 b6 16. Nc4 b5 17. Nd6+
Bxd6 18. Rxd6 $16 { Varga,Z-Dao Thien Hai/Budapest FS02 GM 1996/1/2-1/2(42)
}) 13. Nb5 { Played instantly but my opponent sank into thought after my
reply. } 13… Ke7 (13… Kd8 $6 { Gofshtein,L } 14. Na5 Kc8 (14… Rb8 15.
Bc4 Bb4 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Nc4 $16 a6 $2 18. Nb6 axb5 19. Nxd7 $18 {
Prie,E-Duncan,C/Paris-London 1994/1-0(35) }) 15. Bc4 $1 $16 {
Maljutin-Dvojris, SSSR 1991 }) 14. Nd6 $6 (14. Na5 Bh6+ 15. Kb1 Nc5 16. b4
Na4 { was fine but after }) (14. Nc7 $1 Rc8 (14… Bh6+ { Gofshtein,L } 15.
Kb1 Rad8 (15… Rac8 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Nb6 18. Ra5 (18. Rb5 Rc7 19.
Bd3 Be3 $11 { [%cal Ga7a6] Sievers,S-Wilhelmi,C/Wichern-op 1995/1/2-1/2(26)
}) 18… a6 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. Ra4 Nd2+ 21. Nxd2 Bxd2 22. Rd1 Be3 $11 { Magem
Badals,J-Martin Gonzalez,A/ESP-ch 1993/1/2-1/2 (62) }) 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17.
Rxd5 Nc5 $1 18. Bc4 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Rd8 20. c4 Nxb3 $11 {
Popov,R-Tseshkovsky, V/RUS-Cup6 1997/1/2-1/2(36) }) 15. Nd5+ Bxd5 16. Rxd5
$14 { Black does not have a single winning chance and must fight ( probably
successfully) for a draw. }) 14… b6 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Rd3 Bh6+ 17. Kb1 Nb8
$1 { =/+ Apparently a novelty. It wins material. Fritzy, however, suggests
} (17… a6 18. Bc4 e4 $3 { which was way too difficult for a patzer like
me. }) (17… f5 { Gofshtein,L } 18. Bc4 e4 19. fxe4 fxe4 20. Rdd1 Ne5 21.
Bxe6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 Kxd6 23. Bf5 e3 $11 { Maljutin,E-Baikov,V/Russian Winter
op 1991/1-0(35) }) 18. Rhd1 (18. Ne4 f5 { is unpalatable. } (18… Rxd3 {
Gofshtein,L } 19. Bxd3 f5 (19… Nd7 20. Ng3 { [%csl Rf5] }) 20. Ng3 Kf6
$15) (18… a6 $140 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bd3) (18… Rdg8 $5 { [%csl Rg2][%cal
Ra7a6] } 19. Rc3 $1 Rxg2 20. Rc7+ Kf8 (20… Kd8 $2 21. Rb7 { [%csl Rb8] })
21. Nxf6 Kg7 22. Bf1 $1 Rg5 23. h4 Rf5 24. Ne4 $132 { [%cal Gh1g1] }))
18… a6 19. Bc4 Rxd6 20. Rxd6 Bxc4 21. Rxb6 Be3 $1 { Accurate play is
required as the Black forces are relatively uncoordinated. } 22. Rb4 $6 (
22. Rb7+ { was necessary although Black retains the upper hand after }
22… Ke6 23. Rc7 Bd5 (23… Bxb3 $5 24. axb3 f5 $17) 24. c4 (24. Rc3 {
Gofshtein,L } 24… Bb6 25. Rcd3 Bc6 $15) 24… Ba8 25. c5 (25. Nc5+ Bxc5
26. Rxc5 Nc6 $17) 25… Bd5) 22… Rc8 23. Na5 Bb5 24. a4 Bc5 25. Rh4 Bd7
26. Rd3 (26. Rxh7 Bb4 27. Nb3 Bf5 $19) 26… Bd4 27. Rb3 Nc6 28. Nxc6+ Bxc6
29. c3 Bd5 30. Ra3 Bf2 $1 31. Rh5 (31. Rxh7 e4 32. Rh5 e3) 31… Rg8 32. c4
Bxc4 33. g3 Bd4 34. Rxh7 Rb8 0-1
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