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Re: Radjabov in two theoretical importent Dragon games
Reply #3 - 09/29/09 at 10:18:13
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Today Radjabov was black agianst Leko. The variation was the same as played between those two last year. Radjabov got a draw without any problems. Fore last year game is avaleble at any chessgame site like http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1529103

[Event "Pearl Spring Chess Tournament"]
[Site "Nanjing CHN"]
[Date "2009.09.29"]
[EventDate "2009.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "P Leko"]
[Black "T Radjabov"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "64"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4 Qa5 (14... Qc7 {at once like
in Ivanchuk - Carlsen would have been my preference if I would have playd Bxd4
variation}) 15. b3 Qc7 16. Re1 Nb6 17. Nc3 (17. Nc5 {
looks more natural to me but Rybka indicates that} Nd5 18. h4 (18. c4 Qa5 19.
Re5 f6 20. Rxd5 cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Qxa8 Qa3+ 23. Kd2 Qxc5 {
black is better since hes king is safter}) (18. Bc4 Rd8 19. h4 Nb6 20. Qe5 Qxe5
21. Rxe5 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rd4 23. Rxe7 Bf5 24. Ne4 Rxc4 25. Re1 h5 26. Re3 a5 {
white is better sicne the knihgt is stronger than Bishop and has more active
Rooks}) 18... Rd8 19. Bc4 Nb6 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Nxc4 22. bxc4 Rd4 23. Rd1
Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Kf8 {both sides has a bad position but I did still rather be
white since the Kight is more active than the Bishop}) 17... a5 (17... Be6 18.
h4 Rad8 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 Nd5 (20... Rd7 21. h5 Rfd8 22. Re1 {
white has a large positional advantage}) 21. Na4 {white is much better}) 18.
Qe5 (18. h4 {is meet by} a4 19. h5 (19. b4 Rd8 20. Qe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Be6 22.
Rc5 a3 23. Rxc6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. Rc5 Bxa2) 19... Rd8 20. Qh4 Bf5 21. hxg6
(21. g4 Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Bxc2+ 23. Kxc2 axb3+ {blacks attack is deadly}) 21... Bxg6
22. Bd3 Rxd3 {with good play for the exchange} 23. cxd3 Qd6 24. Rd1 Qa3+ 25.
Kc2 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Qxa2+ 27. Kc3 cxd5 28. Qxe7 axb3) (18. Bd3 Be6 19. Qe5 Qxe5
20. Rxe5 a4 {equal}) 18... Qxe5 19. Rxe5 Be6 20. a4 {securing the draw} (20.
Be2 a4 21. b4 Nd7 22. Re4 Nf6 23. Re5 a3 {equal}) (20. Bd3 a4) (20. Re4 {
looks more testing} a4 21. Nxa4 Nxa4 22. bxa4 Ra7 23. Bc4 Bd5 24. Bxd5 cxd5 25.
Rb4 Rfa8 26. Kb2 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. Kb3 Ra7 29. a4 Kf8 30. Ra1 Ke8 31. c4
Rb7+ 32. Kc3 Rc7 33. Kd4 dxc4 34. Kc3 Kd7 35. Rd1+ Kc6 36. Kxc4 Kb6+ 37. Kb4
Rc2 38. Rd7 Rxg2 39. Rxe7 Rxh2 40. Rxf7 Rh4+ 41. Kb3 Rh3 {theoritical draw})
20... Rfc8 21. Ne2 Kf8 (21... Rc7 {look moe logical but Radjabov is a GM} 22.
Nf4 Bd5 23. h4 f6 24. Ne6 Bxe6 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Rd8 27. Bc4+ Nxc4 28. Rxc4
e5 {draw by correct play}) 22. Nf4 (22. h4 Bd5 23. h5 f6 24. Re3 g5 {
abotu equal but I did rather be white} 25. c4 Bf7 26. Ng3 e6 27. Bd3 f5 28. Ne2
Nd7) 22... Bd7 {must have been the point of Kf8} 23. Nd3 f6 24. Rc5 e5 25. Be2
Be6 26. Re1 {not much to look at, the position looks pretty dead} Ke7 27. Bf1
Kd6 28. Rc3 Nd5 (28... c5 {is meet by} 29. Nb2) 29. Rc4 Nf4 30. Rc3 Nd5 31. Rc4
Nf4 32. Rc3 Nd5 1/2-1/2
  
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Re: Radjabov in two theoretical importent Dragon games
Reply #2 - 06/25/09 at 11:04:02
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bragesjo wrote on 06/25/09 at 09:35:21:
Here comes an updated version in form of a pgn file


Many thanks for your diligent work!

Also of interest might be the notes by Rogozenko at

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Re: Radjabov in two theoretical importent Dragon games
Reply #1 - 06/25/09 at 09:35:21
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Here comes an updated version in form of a pgn file
  

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Radjabov in two theoretical important Dragon games
06/24/09 at 20:04:56
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Here comes 2 Dragon from the ongoing Kings tournament.

The first Dragon was played today and it feutures in critical 9 0-0-0 Kb1 d5 10 Kb1 line that a recent dvd advocates for white (as well as Martin in Starting otu the Sicilian Dragon). It is even in a line that the dvd dissmissed after 10 seconds an 0 moves as not being a serious possibity.

The second Draogn was played last week and shows that black can imedietly equlice if white castles short.

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nisipeanu,LD"]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Kb1 {recommended by recent DVD "Dragon in Jeapardy"} Nxd4
11. e5 Nf5 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bc5 d4 {this line is dissmed on that DVD after 10
seconds an 0 move with the comment that this is not a serous option for black
while this line is my prefered line for a very long time ever sicne I saw Ward
annotated a game here at Chesspub where 1 2600+ players goes for it. Now world
elite grandmaster enters this line, maybee he has seen my posts here at
chesspub?} 14. Bxf8 Qxf8 15. Nb5 {critical line} (15. Ne2 Be6 16. Nxd4 Rd8 17.
c3 Qc5 {and black gets an attack}) 15... Ne3 16. Re1 (16. Qxd4 {did I meet
agianst my boss (a 2000 player) during a recent conference trip to Barcelona.
After} Nxd1 17. Qxd1 Be6 18. Bd3 Qc5 19. Qg1 Qe5 20. Qd4 Qg5 21. g3 f5 22. Qb4
a5 23. Qa4 Qd8 {
(deep move) and I somehow conjured up a deedly attack agianst whites king}) (
16. Rc1 {is in my view white most challangeding move. I think that} Bh6 {
is the best way to go} 17. Qxd4 Nf5 18. Qxf6 Be6 19. Nc7 Bxa2+ 20. Kxa2 Bg7 21.
Qxf5 gxf5 22. Nxa8 Bxb2 23. Kxb2 Qb4+ 24. Ka2 Qa4+ 25. Kb2 Qb4+) 16... f5 17.
f4 {never looked at this move before} (17. Nxd4 f4 {and black has stronng
compensation for the exchange. the Dragon Bishop is better that a rook}) 17...
Qc5 18. c3 Nxf1 19. Re8+ Bf8 20. Qxd4 Qxb5 21. Qd8 Nd2+ 22. Kc2 Qa4+ 23. Kc1
Qxe8 24. Qxe8 Ne4 {this posiiton is difficult to asses. You can look at this
as either 3 pieces vs Queen or else Rook and piece vs Queen. If black can
untangle the position he has good prospecs of using all of hes pieces in an
attack agiasnt whites weakend pawns} 25. Rd1 Nf6 26. Qe5 Nd7 {
preventing whites rook from coming down to d8} 27. Qe8 Nf6 28. Qd8 Ne4 (28...
Kg7 {is Rybka main move}) 29. Rd7 (29. g3 a6 30. Qc7 Nc5 31. Rd5 Ne6 32. Qb6 h5
{uncear but since black has problem of getting hes pieces out white is
probebly slightlty better}) 29... Bxd7 30. Qxa8 Bc6 31. Qxa7 Nc5 32. g3 (32. b4
Nd3+ 33. Kd2 Nxf4 34. g3 Ne6 {not shure how to evaltue probely but after} 35.
a4 {white gets stong passed pawn}) 32... Nd3+ 33. Kb1 Be4 34. Ka1 Bc5 35. Qb8+
Kg7 36. Qd8 Bg1 37. h4 h5 38. a4 Bf2 39. a5 Bxg3 40. Qd4+ {draw agreed and
Rybka 3 also calls this 0.00 so black can probebly not prevent ethernal checks.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "III Kings' Tournament"]
[Site "Bazna ROM"]
[Date "2009.06.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kamsky, G."]
[Black "Radjabov, T."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B73"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.06.14"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 O-O {Kamsky plays a solid system as usual} 9. Qd2 (9. Nb3 {
is absolute mainline} Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. f5 Bd7 12. g4 Ne5 13. g5 Rxc3 {
is a stand tricky giving black the better position}) 9... d5 (9... Bd7 {
is more usual but Radjabovs mvoe equalices at once!}) 10. exd5 (10. Nxc6 bxc6
11. exd5 Nxd5 {leeds to a position where comapared to Yugoslavc attack whites
king are on the kingside and the decreases whites attack chanses there as well
as making the queenside pawns less defended}) 10... Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd4 {
importent move order} 12. c4 e5 (12... Nxe2+ {is of course also a valid move
gaining the Bishop pair at the cost of time to get hes pieces out} 13. Qxe2 e6
14. Nc3 b6 15. Rad1 Qh4 16. g3 Qh3 17. Nb5 Bb7 18. f3 Bc6 {etc}) 13. Rad1 Be6 {
both sides are no fully developt and the position is abotu even.} 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. Nf4 Bf5 16. Bf3 Rc8 17. b3 Qd7 (17... b5 {
is a Rybkla 3 suggestion but after} 18. cxb5 Rc2 19. Qb4 Rxa2 20. Nd5 Re8 {
the posiiton is balanced}) 18. a4 {weakenign the queenside pawns} Rfe8 19. h3
b6 20. Bd5 (20. Ne2 {looks more logical}) 20... Qe7 (20... Bh6 {
and black is slightly better according to Rybka. The pin is difficult to break}
21. Rfe1 Qd6 22. g3 Bxf4 23. gxf4 d3 {and black is at least lsightly better do
to whites weak king, rotten pawnstructure and weak darksquares}) 21. Nd3 Qa3
22. g4 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qb4 24. Qf3 Re7 25. h4 Rce8 26. Rd3 Qd6 27. Kg2 h6 28. Rh1
a5 {the position is problelby a draw now do to equal material and opposote
color Bishops} 29. Rdd1 Be5 30. h5 g5 31. Rhe1 Qf6 32. Re4 Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Kg7
34. Rb1 Bd6 {dont realy see the point of this move giving up a pawn. But the
position should still be a draw and Kamsky agreed on that so they took a dra here} 1/2-1/2
« Last Edit: 11/16/09 at 11:55:38 by Fausto Alava-Moreno »  
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