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2001 Knoxville Chess Championship Bulletin David E. Burris Memorial Knoxville City Chess Championship November 2001 No. Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 Total 1. Jonathan A. Alexander 1615 1 0 1 1 .5 3.5 2. John Eric Vaughan 1709 0 0 1 1 1 3 3. Peter Bereolos 2351 1 1 1 1F 1 5 4. Tim Schulze 1499 0 0 0 0 0 0 5. Haresh Mirani 1673 0 0 0F 1 0F 1 6. Jon L. Murray 1551 .5 0 0 1 1F 2.5 (TD: John Anthony) John Anthony http://members.aol.com/KnoxChessClub Round 1 — Wednesday, Nov. 7 Bereolos 1-0 Murray Mirani 1-0 Schulze Alexander 1-0 Vaughan (1) Bereolos,P (2351) - Murray,J (1551) [D35] (Round 1), 26.11.2001 [Annotations by NM Peter Bereolos] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 Jon always seems to throw something new at me. The other 3 times I opened 1.d4 against him saw a QGA, a Chigorin's Defense, and a Grunfeld. 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Bd6 This move is much rarer than the usual 7...Be7, but hasn’t scored much worse. My impression was that the Black minor pieces have a hard time get- ting to good squares in this line. 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rb1 Looking at things now, it’s probably more direct to play for the setup with rooks on c1 and e1 immediately. However, the threat of the minority attack with b2-b4-b5 induced him into making some queenside weaknesses. 11... a5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rfc1 Qb8 14. a3 b6 15. e4 Switching back to the central plan. I didn’t really like 15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 When 17. b5 will be met by 17...c5, but in the meantime it is not clear where Black should move. Perhaps 16... Bb7. 15... Bf4 This just seems to drive the White rook to a better square and leaves the bishop somewhat loose in space. 1 16. Re1 Ba6? I didn’t think Black could allow e5 but 16... dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bb7 19. Bxc6 (19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Re1) 19... Rc8 20. d5 doesn’t look so great for him either. 17. e5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nh7 19. Qf5 g5 20. Qxd7 20...gxh4 He had a much more dangerous try with 20... Re6!? threatening either ...Nf8 or ...Ra7 trapping White’s queen. White then has to find a couple of good moves: 21. Nxd5! Ra7 (21... cxd5 22. Bg3 (22. g3); 21... Nf8 22. Ne7+ Kg7 23. Nxc6 Nxd7 24. Nxb8 Rxb8 25. Bg3) 22. Ne7+! Rxe7 (22... Kf8 23. Qc8+) 23. Qg4. After the game continuation, Black’s cen- ter is obliterated and his kingside in ruins. White just has to be patient to bring home the full point. 21. Qxc6 Qd8 22. Qxd5 Qe7 23. Qe4 Bg5 24. Nd5 Qd8 25. Ne3 25. h3?! f5 25... Qd7 26. Qf5 Qb7 27. Nxg5 hxg5 28. Ng4 Qe7 29. Re3 Rad8 30. Nf6+ Nxf6 31. Qxg5+ 1-0 (2) Mirani,H (1673) - Schulze,T (1499) [C51] (Round 1), 25.10.2001 Haresh ventures an unsound, but enterprising, piece sacrifice in the Evans Gambit. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 The Evans Gambit, “named after W.D. Evans who invented it in the 1820s” — The Oxford Companion to Chess. 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Be7 5...Ba5 is currently popular. Here are a couple recent examples: 2 Morozevich,A (2745) - Adams,M (2746) [C52] Corus Wijk aan Zee NED (4), 17.01.2001 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.0–0 Nge7 8.Ng5 d5 9.exd5 Ne5 10.Bb3 0–0 11.cxd4 Ng4 12.Qf3 Nf6 13.Ba3 h6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Qxe4 Re8 16.Bb2 Nf5 17.Qf4 Bb4 18.Na3 Bd6 19.Qd2 Qh4 20.g3 Qh3 21.Nc4 b5 22.Ne5 Bb7 23.Rae1 a5 24.a3 b4 25.axb4 Bxb4 26.Bc3 Bxc3 27.Qxc3 Nh4 0–1 Short,N (2676) - Piket,J (2628) [C52] Korchnoi Birthday Gp A Zurich SUI (4), 28.04.2001 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 Bxb4 5.c3 Ba5 6.d4 exd4 7.Qb3 Qf6 8.0–0 Bb6 9.e5 Qg6 10.cxd4 Na5 11.Qa4 Nxc4 12.Qxc4 Ne7 13.Ba3 Qe6 14.d5 Qxd5 15.Qe2 Ng6 16.Nc3 Nf4 17.Qb2 Qd3 18.Rae1 Qg6 19.Nh4 Qg4 20.g3 Nd3 21.Qc2 Nxe1 22.Rxe1 Kd8 23.Nd5 Re8 24.Re4 Qe6 25.Nf4 Qc6 26.Rc4 Qb5 27.Nf3 d5 28.exd6 Bf5 29.dxc7+ Kc8 30.Qc1 Qb1 31.Ng5 Re1+ 0–1 6.d4 Na5 7.Bxf7+? This has only been played a few times, and never by titled players. At club level however, its surprise value should not be underestimated. “...An unsound, but dangerous piece sacrifice,” NM Peter Bereolos. 7...Kxf7 8.Nxe5+ Kf8 The “book” refutation runs: 8...Ke8! 9.Qh5+ g6! 10.Nxg6 Nf6 11.Qh6 (11.Qh4 Rg8 -/+) 11...Rg8 -/+. 9.Qf3+ 9.Qh5 Qe8 10.Nxd7+ Bxd7 11.Qxa5 b6 12.Qa6 Bb5 13.Qb7 Qc6 14.Qxc6 Bxc6 15.Nd2 Bg5 16.f4 Bh6 17.a4 Ke7 18.Ba3+ Kd7 19.0–0 Re8 20.Nc4 Bxe4 21.Ne5+ Kc8 22.Rae1 Bd5 23.c4 Bxc4 24.Nxc4 Rxe1 25.Rxe1 Bxf4 26.Re8+ Kd7 27.Ra8 a5 28.g3 Bg5 29.Ne5+ Ke6 30.Re8+ Kf6 31.Kf2 g6 32.Be7+ Nxe7 33.Rxh8 h5 34.Kf3 Nf5 35.Ke4 Ne7 36.Rf8+ Ke6 37.h4 Bd2 38.Re8 Bb4 39.d5+ Kf6 40.Rf8+ Kg7 41.Rf7+ Kh6 42.Nf3 Nf5 43.Rxc7 Nxg3+ 44.Kd3 Nf5 45.Kc4 Nd6+ 46.Kd3 Nf5 47.Ke4 Bc5 48.Ne5 Nxh4 49.d6 Bxd6 50.Nf7+ Kg7 51.Nxd6+ Kf6 52.Kd5 Kg5 53.Rf7 Kg4 54.Rf2 Nf5 1–0 Savoia,S-Harej,B/Nova Gorica SLO 2000 9...Nf6 10.g4 d6 3 10...d5 11.g5 dxe4 12.Qf4 Qd5 13.gxf6 Bxf6 14.Be3 Nc4 15.Nxc4 Qxc4 16.Nd2 Qxc3 17.0–0 Qa5 18.Nxe4 Qf5 19.Nxf6 gxf6 20.Qh6+ Kf7 21.Bf4 Be6 22.Bxc7 Bd5 23.f3 Rac8 24.Rac1 Bxa2 25.Rf2 Bd5 26.Rg2 Rhg8 27.Rxg8 Kxg8 28.Rc3 Bxf3 29.Qe3 Qg5+ 30.Qxg5+ fxg5 31.Kf2 Bd5 32.Rg3 h6 33.Rc3 b6 34.Kg3 Kf7 35.h4 Be6 36.hxg5 hxg5 37.Rf3+ Kg6 38.Be5 Bf5 39.Ra3 a5 40.Rb3 Rc6 41.d5 Rc1 42.Rxb6+ Kh5 43.Ra6 Re1 44.Bg7 Re3+ 45.Kf2 Ra3 46.d6 Ra2+ 47.Ke3 g4 48.Ra7 Ra3+ 49.Ke2 Ra2+ 50.Ke3 g3 51.Kf3 Ra3+ 52.Kf4 g2 53.Bd4 Bc8 54.Rh7+ Kg6 55.Rg7+ Kh6 56.Rxg2 Rd3 57.Ke5 Rd1 58.Ra2 Re1+ 59.Kf4 Rf1+ 0–1 Jones,J-Ilfeld,E/San Francisco USA 2000 11.g5 dxe5 12.gxf6 Bxf6 13.dxe5 Nc4 13...Nc6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Qg3 Qe5= Inkiov,V-Minev,N/BL/1977 13...Be6 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6+ gxf6 16.Bf4 Nc4 17.Bxc7 Rc8 18.Bg3 Rd8 19.0–0 Bh3 20.Re1 h5 21.a4 h4 22.Na3 Nd2 23.Re3 hxg3 24.hxg3 Kf7 25.Nb5 Nc4 26.Ree1 Ne5 27.Re3 Bg4 28.Kg2 Nc4 29.Ree1 Rd3 30.Nd4 Nd2 31.Rh1 Rxh1 32.Rxh1 Rxd4 0–1 Kiltti,J-Paldanius,P/Tampere 1996 14.Ba3+N Theory runs: 14.exf6 Qxf6 15.Qxf6+ gxf6 16.Bh6+= Kf7 17.Rg1 Rg8 18.Rxg8 Kxg8 19.Nd2 Ne5 20.Ke2 Kf7 21.Rg1 Ng4 22.Bf4 Be6 23.c4 Ne5 24.Bxe5 fxe5 25.Ke3 Kf6 26.a3 Rd8 27.Rb1 b6 28.c5 Rd4 29.cxb6 cxb6 30.Rc1 Ra4 31.Rc3 a5 32.f4 exf4+ 33.Kxf4 b5 34.Rc5 Bd7 35.Rd5 Ke6 36.Nb3 Ke7 37.Rxd7+ Kxd7 38.Nc5+ Kd6 39.Nxa4 bxa4 40.Kf5 Ke7 41.Ke5 Kf7 42.Kd6 1–0 Losev,D- Baikov,V/Moscow 1989 14...Nxa3 15.Nxa3 Kf7 15...Bg4 16.Qxg4 Bxe5 =/+ — Fritz, Hiarcs, Nimzo, etc. 16.Nb5 c6? Relinquishing control of d6. 17.Nd6+ Ke7 Better is 17...Kf8. 18.exf6+ gxf6 19.0–0–0 Qf8 20.Qh5 b6 21.e5 fxe5? 4 Better is 21...Be6 22.Nf5+ Bxf5 23.Qxf5 Qh6+ 24.f4 Rhd8 25.Rhg1 Rxd1+ 26.Rxd1 Kf8 27.Rd6 Kg8+- — Fritz. 22.Qxe5+ Faster is: 22.Nxc8+ Ke6 23.Qh3+ Kf6 24.Qf3+ Ke6 25.Qxc6+ Kf5 26.Rd6 Qxd6 27.Nxd6+ Ke6 28.Rg1 Rag8 29.Nc8+ Kf7 30.Qd7+ Kf6 31.Qe7+ Kf5 32.Nd6+ Kf4 33.Qf6# — Fritz. 22...Be6 23.f4 Better is 23.Rhg1 Rg8 24.Rxg8 Qxg8 25.Nf5+ Ke8 26.Qf6 Bxf5 27.Re1+ Be6 28.Rxe6+ Qxe6 29.Qxe6++- — Fritz. 23...Qf6 24.Nc8+ Raxc8 25.Rd7+ Kxd7 26.Qxf6 Bxa2? 27.Qg7+ Better is 27.Rd1+ Bd5 28.c4. 27...Kd6 28.Qe5+ Again, better is 28.Rd1+ Bd5 29.c4. 28...Kd7 29.Rd1+ Bd5 30.c4 Rce8 31.Qg7+ Kc8 32.cxd5 c5 32...cxd5 was the only move. 33.d6 1–0 The finish would be 33...Kb8 34.Qc7+ Ka8 35.d7 Rd8 36.Kc2 Rhg8 37.Ra1 a5 38.Qxb6. (3) Alexander,J (1615) - Vaughan,J (1709) [B72] (Round 1), 07.11.2001 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 Not 6...Ng4?? 7.Bb5+ Bd7 8.Qxg4! 7.Qd2 5 “I always play the Dragon as Black, not as White; I forgot to play 7.f3,” Jon Alex- ander.
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