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Peter Svidler vs Sergey Smagin
Russian Championship (1998), St. Petersburg RUS, rd 9, Aug-??
Spanish Game: Closed Variations. Keres Defense (C92)  ·  1-0

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Jun-07-06
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  Mateo: A fascinating game. It was all theory until move 22. Then, many hidden tactical ideas, most of them beautiful. The finish is a nice king side demolition.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d6 9.h3 Nd7 10.d4 Bf6 11.a4 Bb7 12.Na3 exd4 13.cxd4 Re8 14.Bf4 Na5 15.Bc2 b4 16.Nb1 Nf8 17.Nbd2 Ne6 18.Be3 c5 19.d5 Nf8 20.Rb1 c4 21.Qe2 Rc8 22.Nh2 b3N <22...Nd7; 22...Ng6> 23.Bd1 Nd7 24.Ng4 Bxb2! 25.Rxb2 c3 26.Rb1 cxd2 27.Bxd2 Nc5 <Better seems 27...f5 28.Ne3 Re4 29.Qf3 g6 30.Nf5!? Re1 (30...gf? 31.Re4 fe 32.Qg3 Kh8 33.Qd6 ) 31.Be1 gf 32.Qg3 Kh8 33.Qd6 b2! 34.Bd2 (34.Ba5? Qa5 35.Qd7 Qd5 36.Qd5 Bd5 ; 34.Rb2 Rc1 35.Ba5 Qa5 36.Qd7 Qe1 37.Kh2 Qe5 38.g3 Qb2 39.Qd8=) Qc7! 35.Qe6 (35.Qc7? Rc7 36.Ba5 Rc1 ) is unclear> 28.Qf3 Nc4 <28...h5 29.Nh6!! gh 30.Qg3 Kh7 31.Qf4 with a terrific attack, the black minor pieces are out of play> 29.Bc3 <threatening 29.Nh6 gh 30.Bf6> f5 <29...h5 30.Nf6! gf 31.Bf6 ; 29...h5 30.Nf6! > 30.Qxf5 Rc7? <30...Rf8 31.Qh5 Na3? 32.Nh6!! gh 33.Qh6 Rf7 34.Bh5! , Re3 is coming with a devasting attack> 31.Bxb3 Rf8? 32.Nf6+! gxf6 33.Bxc4 Rg7 <33...Na4 34.Ba5 > 34.Re3 <34.a5> Bc8 35.Qf4 Nxa4 1-0

Sep-19-09
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  plang: Played in round 9; in the previous round Smagin had played 17..c5 against Schekachev and drawn. The combination with 24..Bxb2 left Black vulnerable on the kingside dark squares; 24..Bg5 was a possible alternative. After 35..Nxa4 Black lost on time.
Sep-20-09  apple pi: <plang> I've noticed you've really taken an interest in Svidler games from 1998 recently!

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