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Cruyce YaBB Newbies Offline I Love ChessPublishing! Posts: 9 Joined: 02/09/07	Re: Taimanov queen "sacrifice" variation - Reply #4 - 02/09/07 at 07:31:47	Post Tools	Print Post
	I recently played an correspondence game with 13...Be5. The opening went well (according to fritz as well) but somewhere around move 25-30 he gets a winning advantage. Anyone can help me finding out a mistake? 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 Be5 14. Bb5 Nf6 15. Qxg7 Rg8 16. Qh6 Rxg2 17. Qe3 Rg4 18. f3 Bf4 19. Qf2 Rg5 20. Qh4 Nh5 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Kf2 h6 23. Rhg1 Raa5 24. b4 Rxg1 25. Kxg1 Rg5+ 26. Kh1 Ba6 27. Rg1 Rxg1+ 28. Kxg1 Be3+ 29. Kh1 Nf4 30. Qxh6 Be2 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qh4+ Kd6 33. Qg3 e5 34. h4 Bd2 35. Kh2 Nd3 36. Qg2 Bf4+ 37. Kh1 Nc1 38. h5 Be3 39. a4 Kc7 40. a5 d6 41. Qh3 Nd3 42. Qf5 Ne1 43. Qxf7+ Kb8 44. h6 Bxh6 1-0


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Ptero Full Member Offline When all else fails, read the instructions. Posts: 220 Joined: 03/22/06	Re: Taimanov queen "sacrifice" variation Reply #3 - 01/31/07 at 13:51:27	Post Tools	Print Post
	Markovich wrote on 01/31/07 at 13:35:41: Yes, 13...Kf8 is an attractive move. However, I suspect that 13...Be5 as recommended by Chess Stars author Sakayev, may be a better one. I think you may be referring to Semkov rather than Sakaev. Semkov's 13...Be5 is perfectly fine. In fact it is the move I played at this position (I think it has occurred twice in my rapid games). It is just that Geller's 13...Kf8 may be more interesting than originally thought to be.


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Markovich God Member Offline Posts: 6099 Location: Columbus, Ohio Joined: 09/17/04	Re: Taimanov queen "sacrifice" variation Reply #2 - 01/31/07 at 13:35:41	Post Tools	Print Post
	Yes, 13...Kf8 is an attractive move. However, I suspect that 13...Be5 as recommended by Chess Stars author Sakayev, may be a better one.

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Willempie God Member Offline I love ChessPublishing .com! Posts: 4312 Location: Holland Joined: 01/07/05	Re: Taimanov queen "sacrifice" variation Reply #1 - 01/31/07 at 12:02:03	Post Tools	Print Post
	Very nice game. Thanks for posting it. Seems the power of the minor pieces are not to be joked around with. After 14.f4 maybe a slightly altered plan with h5 and Nf6-g4?

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Ptero Full Member Offline When all else fails, read the instructions. Posts: 220 Joined: 03/22/06	Taimanov queen "sacrifice" variation 01/30/07 at 20:32:51	Post Tools	Print Post
	Yet another twist in the dedate over this variation: [Event "Moscow Open 2007"] [Site "Moscow, RUS"] [Date "2007.01.30"] [Round "4"] [White "Kornev, Alexei(RUS)"] [Black "Geller, Jakov(RUS)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2501"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2007.??.??"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Ndb5 Qb8 7. Be3 a6 8. Bb6 axb5 9. Nxb5 Bb4+ 10. c3 Ba5 11. Nc7+ Qxc7 12. Bxc7 Bxc7 13. Qg4 Kf8 14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qe2 h5 16. O-O g5 17. a4 b6 18. b4 Bb7 19. f3 Ne5 20. Bb5 h4 21. Qe3 h3 22. g3 g4 23. Qg5 Rh5 24. Qxf6 Bd8 25. fxg4 Bxf6 26. gxh5 Bg5 27. Kf2 Ng4+ 28. Ke2 Bxe4 29. Bd3 Bg2 30. Rfb1 Nxh2 31. a5 bxa5 32. bxa5 Ng4 33. a6 h2 {Black wins 0-1} 0-1 http://www.jinchess.com/chessboard/pos=r1b2knr/1pbp1ppp/2n1p3/8/4P1Q1/2P5/PP3PPP... position after 13...Kf8!? This move is disregarded in all sources I have (Delchev/Semkov, Rizzitano, Sommerbauer), however Geller comes with a new plan of attacking with the g and h pawns - which works very nicely here (confirming my belief that playing an automatic 13...g6 and followed by ...0-0 is just too passive in this variation). after 22...g4 http://www.jinchess.com/chessboard/pos=r4k1r/1bbp1p2/1p2pn2/1B2n3/PP2P1p1/2P1QPP... I would gladly take black's position, and 23.Qg5? is either desperation or miscalculation after which white looks lost. Still I wonder what Geller planned against 14.f4


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