[BrianWall-ChessList] Wild Ride
Brian Wall
brianwallchess3 at taom.com
Wed Mar 18 14:06:30 MDT 2009
I uncovered this flawed gem in the diamond mine
researching Colorado's only Grandmaster.
[Event "World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[EventDate "2007.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Robert Akopian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "55"]
2007 World Open
June 28, 2007
40/2
Game/1
Opening-
Anything but the Benoni!-
Kasparov
White -
Mongolian Grandmaster Dashzeveg Sharavdorj
2521
Black -
Robert Akopian, random Armenian
2210
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3! e6! 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5! 5. cxd5! d6 6. e4! g6
7. Bd3 Bg7! 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O! c4! 10. Bc2! b5 11. a3 Nbd7 12. Nc3!
a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bh8! 17. Re2 TN
Theoretical Novelty by Dashzeveg.
The Grandmaster decides to ram the e5-pawn through.
There are other plans like moving a bishop to d4
or a Queen to h4 or Rad1 or Ng5 and f4.
White has a promising position here.
17 ... Rab8
12,13,14,15,17,18 or 19 ... Nc5!!
are all good.
18. Rae1
Consistent
18 ... Ba8 19. Nd4
Intending more support for e5 with f4
19 ... b4 20. axb4! Rxb4! 21. Ba4
Guarding the weak b2-pawn with the knight
by 21 Na4! or Nd1 is possible too or
counterattacking the a-pawn with 21 Ra1
21 ... Reb8!
Akopian is OK now but the
GM is charging like a rhino.
22. e5!?
Not really sound but he set it up as best he could.
22 ... Nxe5!!
22 ... de? loses to 23 d6!! or Nf5!!
22 ... de? 23 d6!! Q:d6 24 Nc6!! Q:c6 25 B:c6 B:c6 26 Qd6
The GM has Queen and very active pieces for a bishop, a knight and two pawns-
Evaluation - White should win
22 ... de 23 d6!! Q:d6 24 Nc6!! Qe6 25 R:e5! N:e5 26 R:e5!
crashes through powerfully.
Akopian is up the exchange and a pawn for
the moment but everything is hanging.
22 ... d? 23 Nf5! Re8! stops mate in one
24 d6! with multiple threats of Ne7+, B:d7 or Qg5
23. Nf5!!
Sparkling play -
23 Nf5!! gf?? 24 R:e5!! and Qg5 checkmates in 4
The Mongolian's position is bursting at the seams with
energy and threats but Akopian has his resources too.
23 ... Rxb2??
Question:
How do pity Masters decide which automatic capture is best?
Answer:
Eeny meanie miney moe
I can forgive Robert for not finding 23 ... Nh5!!!,
the move doesn't seem to make a lick of sense.
The idea is to give the e5-knight extra support
long enough to crash the party with ... R:b2.
Without the R:e5 idea Sharavdorj is helpless against ... R:b2,
if 24 Nd1 R:a4
OK, that's hard to see or believe but what about
23 ... N:d5!! 24 B:d5! B:d5! 25 Q:d5! gf!
26 Bc2 Bg7!, ... R:b2!, ... Qd8, ... R4b5, ... R4b6
all good for Robert
OK, maybe Akopian saw all that,
it's hard to imagine what happened next.
24. Qxb2!!!
First the Mongolian Grandmaster throws a Queen into the fire!
Anything else is bad!
24 ... Rxb2! 25. Rxe5!!!
Now a rook too!
Anything else is bad!
This move took my breath away.
Bank rank mate threat.
Bullldozing his way throw the center by saccing everything.
25 ... dxe5!
Sharavdorj Dashzeveg is down a whole Queen.
Is he aiming for the Baltier/Burden award?
26. d6!!
Anthing else just loses a Queen.
There's the big idea.
Akopian's King has no squares so any check is mate.
Threats:
dc or Ne7+ winning back the Queen
26 ... Rb7?
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Robert Akopian is in full scarificial shock.
Someone check his vital signs.
I can't tell if the Mongolian is excited,
they have the same expressions at wedding and funerals.
26 ... Q:d6! 27 N:d6 would give Robert three pawns for a piece
but Dashzeveg's pieces are hyper-active and his endgame technique
is awesome. Evaluation: no hope.
27. dxc7! Rxc7!
only way to stop immediate mate.
same material balance as after 26 ... Q:d6! 27 N:d6
but Robert hasn't solved his checkmate issues.
26 ... Q:d6! deflected the knight from e7.
28. Rd1!!
1-0
28 Rb1!! Bb7 29 Rd1!! works too,
the rook can't guard against back rank mate and Ne7 mate
at the same time so he has to toss another shrimp into the barbie
on d5.
Not 100% sound but I almost fell off my chair when the fireworks started.
How am I supposed to beat this guy?
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[Event "World Open"]
[Site "King of Prussia USA"]
[Date "2007.06.30"]
[EventDate "2007.06.28"]
[Round "1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Dashzeveg Sharavdorj"]
[Black "Robert Akopian"]
[ECO "E10"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2210"]
[PlyCount "55"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6
7. Bd3 Bg7 8. h3 O-O 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. a3 Nbd7
12. Nc3 a6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bg5 Qc7 15. Qd2 Bb7 16. Bh6 Bh8
17. Re2 Rab8 18. Rae1 Ba8 19. Nd4 b4 20. axb4 Rxb4 21. Ba4 Reb8
22. e5 Nxe5 23. Nf5 Rxb2 24. Qxb2 Rxb2 25. Rxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Rb7
27. dxc7 Rxc7 28. Rd1
1-0
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[Event "Agios Nikolaos op"]
[Site "Agios Nikolaos"]
[Date "1995.10.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Avrukh,Boris"]
[Black "Kotronias,Vasilios"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A65"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nf3 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Qd2 Qc7 15.Rfe1 Bb7
16.Rad1 Nc5 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Qf4 Nfd7 19.Qh4 Ne5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Qg3 Qd6
22.Rb1 Bc8 23.b3 cxb3 24.Bxb3 Bd7 25.Bd1 Bg7 26.Bxg7 Kxg7 27.Bg4 Rac8
28.Bxd7 Nxd7 29.Na2 Rc4 30.Nb4 Nc5 31.Qf3 Rf8 32.Nc6 f5 33.exf5 Rxf5
34.Qe3 e4 35.Nb4 a5 36.Nc6 Nd3 37.Rf1 Rxd5 38.Nxa5 Ra4 39.Qa7+ Kh6
40.Qe3+ Qf4 41.Qb6 Rg5 42.Rb3 Qf3 43.g3 Rxg3+ 44.fxg3 Qxg3+ 45.Kh1 Qxh3+
46.Kg1 Qg3+ 47.Kh1 e3
0-1
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[Event "EU-ch MN019 email"]
[Site "ICCF Email"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Rabrenovic,Vladan"]
[Black "Koch,Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "A65"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 0-0 6.Bg5 c5 7.d5 e6 8.Bd3 exd5
9.cxd5 Re8 10.Nf3 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.0-0 Nbd7 14.Re1 Qc7 15.Qd2 Bb7 16.Be3
Nc5 17.Bd4 Nfd7 18.Bxg7 Kxg7 19.Nd4 Ne5 20.Re3 Qb6 21.Rg3 Qd8
22.Qe3 Kh8 23.Nf3 Nxf3+ 24.Rxf3 Kg7
1-0
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[Event "URS Army-ch"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Podgaets,Mikhail"]
[Black "Totsky,Leonid"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A70"]
1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 0-0
9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 Nbd7 13.Be3 a6 14.Re1 Bb7 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Bh6 Ne5 17.Nd4 Bxh6 18.Qxh6 Nfd7 19.Nce2 Nc5 20.Ng3 f6 21.Qd2 Qb6
22.Re3 Ncd3 23.Ne6 Nxb2 24.Nh5 Rxe6 25.dxe6 gxh5 26.Rg3+ Ng6 27.e5 Nd3
28.exf6 Qd4 29.f7+ Kf8 30.Re1 Qf4 31.Ree3 Nge5 32.Bxd3 cxd3 33.Rg8+ Ke7 34.f8=Q+
Rxf8 35.Rg7+ Kxe6 36.Rxb7 Rc8 37.g3 Qd4 38.Qd1 d2 39.Kh2 Rc1
40.Qxh5 Qxe3 41.Qe8+ Kd5 42.Qg8+ Kc6 43.Qc8+ Kd5 44.Qg8+ Ke4 45.Qxh7+ Kf3
0-1
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[Event "SWE-chT 9596"]
[Site "Sweden"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Hellsten,Johan"]
[Black "Wedberg,Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A70"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 d6 5.Nc3 exd5 6.cxd5 g6 7.e4 Bg7 8.h3 0-0
9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.Bf4 Bb7 14.Re1 Qb6 15.Be3 Qc7
16.Qd2 Nbd7 17.Bh6 Bh8 18.Nd4 Nc5 19.Rad1 Nfd7 20.Nc6 Bxc6 21.dxc6 Qxc6
22.Nd5 Bxb2 23.Qg5 Bg7 24.Bxg7 Kxg7 25.Ne7 f6 26.Nxc6 fxg5 27.Rxd6 Ne5
28.Red1 Nxc6 29.Rxc6 Rac8 30.Rb6 Rcd8 31.Rdd6 Rxd6 32.Rxd6 Nxe4
33.Rxa6 Nc3 34.Ra7+ Kf6 35.a4 b4 36.Rb7 Re2 37.Bxg6 hxg6 38.Rxb4 Rc2
39.a5 Ne2+ 40.Kh2 c3 41.a6 Ra2 42.Re4 Nf4 43.Rc4 Nd5 44.Rc6+ Ke5 45.Kg3 c2 46.a7
Nb4 47.Rc4 Rxa7
0-1
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[Event "FRM-chT"]
[Site "Struga"]
[Date "2005.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Andonovski,Ljubisa"]
[Black "Petrovski,Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Eco "A70"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Nf3 Bg7 8.h3 0-0
9.Bd3 Re8 10.0-0 c4 11.Bc2 b5 12.a3 a6 13.Re1 Nbd7 14.Be3 Bb7 15.Qd2 Qc7
16.Bh6 Bh8 17.Rad1 Nc5 18.Nd4 Nfd7 19.Nf5 Ne5 20.Re3 Ned3 21.Bxd3 Nxd3
22.Rg3 Bc8 23.h4 Bxf5 24.exf5 Re5 25.fxg6 hxg6 26.Re3 Rae8 27.h5 Rxe3
28.Bxe3 gxh5 29.Qe2 Qe7 30.Qxh5 Nxb2 31.Qg4+ Bg7 32.Rd4 Nd3 33.Re4 Ne5
34.Qh5 Qd8 35.Rh4 Ng6 36.Qh7+ Kf8 37.Rg4 Qf6 38.Ne4 Qa1+ 39.Kh2 Qe5+
40.Ng3 c3 41.Bf4 c2 42.Bxe5 Rxe5 43.Nh5 Rxh5+ 44.Qxh5 c1=Q 45.Qf5 Qh6+
46.Kg1 Be5 47.g3 Qc1+ 48.Kg2 Kg7 49.Qf3 Qd2 50.Rb4 Bd4 51.Rb3 Ne5 52.Qf5 Bc5
0-1
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Player
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Ponomarev
W--Wall
B--Sharavdorj
W--Mulyar
B--Hughes
W--Anderson
Wall
B--Ponomarev
W--Anderson
B--Sharavdorj
W--Mulyar
W--Hughes
Mulyar
W--Anderson
W--Hughes
B--Ponomarev
B--Wall
W--Sharavdorj
Sharavdorj
B--Hughes
W--Ponomarev
W--Wall
B--Anderson
B--Mulyar
Hughes
W--Sharvadorj
B--Mulyar
B--Anderson
W--Ponomarev
B--Wall
Anderson
B--Mulyar
B--Wall
W--Hughes
W--Sharavdorj
B--Ponomarev
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Colorado Closed and Colorado Scholastic Closed, March 27 - 29, 2009
6 round Round Robin system tournament.
Time Control: 40/120 G/60
Site: Metro State, Auraria Campus, Tivoli Building, (Larmier and 9th) Room #320
B&C
Entry fee: $45 for Closed, $25 for Scholastic Closed
Prizes: Closed: 1st $250, 2nd $100, Scholastic Closed: 1st: $80, 2nd: $40
Round Times: Friday 6:00 PM, Saturday 10:00 AM, 4:30 PM, Sunday 9:30 AM, 4:00 PM
Players:
Closed:
1) Dashzegve Sharavdorj
2) Michael Mulyar
3) Philipp Ponomarev
4) Tyler Hughes
5) Brian Wall
6) Mitch Anderson
Alternate: Daoud Zupa
Scholastic Closed:
1) Richard Herbst
2) Ben Reilly
3) Dylan Lehti
4) Jackson Chen
5) David Twerskoi
6) Philip Scudder
1st Alternate: Alex Chen
2nd Alternate: Derek Fish
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