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Kiril Georgiev in the Dragon
03/08/10 at 16:19:40
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This game was played yesterday at EU championship. I thought that he only played Najdorf these days. This game is model game how to handle the white pieces in Topalov system when black made a dubios opening move.

[Event "EU-ch (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Rijeka"]
[Date "2010.03.07"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Grigoryan, Avetik"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.06"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceDate "2010.03.06"]

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. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Nd5 (13. e5 dxe5 14.
Bxe5 Bc6 15. Qe3 {etc was played in a other game by Georgiev in Topalov system
,see subscription section}) 13... Nxd5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. exd5 a5 16. a3 Qb6 {
this move is generally given a question mark} (16... Kg8 {was played recently
by Shirov agianst Karjakin and after} 17. Rhe1 Rc5 18. g4 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20.
Qxb4 Qa8 21. Kd2 (21. Rxe7 {is meet by} Qa1+ 22. Kd2 Qxb2 23. Qf4 Bb5 24. Ke1
Rc3 25. h4 Bc4 26. Bxc4 Qb4 27. Kf2 Rxc4 28. Qf6 Rxc2+ 29. Kg3 Qc5 {Rybka
calls it equal}) 21... Rb8 22. Ra1 Rxd5+ 23. Ke3 {draw was agreed since white
can not escape cheks without givning black the better chanses}) (16... b4 17.
axb4 axb4 18. Qxb4 {is old mainline generally assest as better for white}) 17.
Rhe1 Rfe8 18. g4 Rc5 19. h4 h6 {only move but white is much better anyway} (
19... b4 20. a4 {white is close to winning since the a pawn (and the king) is
impossible to attack and black has a backward pawn at e7 as well as problems
defending the kingside}) (19... a4 {also leeds no where} 20. Ba2 Rec8 21. c3 {
white wins}) 20. Qd4+ Kg8 21. h5 g5 22. Rd2 Qc7 {loses fast but there is
nothing good in the posiiton anyway} 23. f4 a4 24. Ba2 Bxg4 25. fxg5 Bf5 26.
Qf2 e6 27. gxh6 Kh7 28. Rg1 Rc8 29. c3 Qa5 30. Qd4 e5 31. Qf2 Rxc3+ 32. bxc3
Qxc3+ 33. Kd1 Qh3 34. Bb1 Qb3+ 35. Ke2 Qc4+ 36. Ke1 Qc1+ 37. Rd1 Qc3+ 38. Qd2
e4 39. Rg7+ Kh8 40. Qxc3 Rxc3 41. Rxf7 Bg4 42. Kd2 Rc4 43. Rc1 1-0
  
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