Aleksandrov Aleksey (RUS) - Kotsur Pavel (KAZ)
Moscow Open 2009
Round 1
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6
8. cd
[The main line is considered 8. a3 Bc3 9. bc dc 10. Bc4 Qc7. However, White prefers to play against pawn on d5
8... ed 9. dc Bc5
Bishop on d3 does not help White to attack pd5 – that is why White remains it to e2 later. It is clear Black has solved the opening problems. 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Be2 Rc8
13. h3 Important decision. White has an idea after 13...Bh5 14.Nh4 B:e2 15.N:e2, to make some changes and to get the control under the major square d4. But without Bе6 the move h2-h3 can lead to weakness of the king side. Aleksandrov – Grischuk (Halkidiki, 2002), played 12.h3 (instead of 12.Be2): 12.h3 Be6 (12...Bh5 13.Be2!) 13.Ne2!, and it has allowed him to coordinate his pieces. 13... Be6 14. Qb1 [Nevertheless 14. Bd3 Re8 15. Ne2 looks safely, (Georgiu – Trois, Riga 1979)]
14... Qe7 15. Ng5
White tends to take an initiative, but it has lost the control under d4 square because of the last two moves. 15... d4! 16. ed Nd4 17. Bd3 h6 18. Ne6 Qe6
White should be accurate because of the bad position of the own pieces. 19. Bc4?! [White should have played 19. Re1 and then Nc3-e2 or Nc3-e4, trying to change active black pieces.]
19... Qe5! Unexpectedly white faced some real problems. The idea is Nd4-f3+! 20. Kh1 [After 20. Qd1- 20... Rfd8]
20... Nf3! 21. g3
[Not better 21. gf because of 21... Bd6 22. f4 Qf4 23. Kg2 Qh2 24. Kf3 Qh3 25. Ke2 Rfe8 26. Kd2 (26. Kd1 Rc4 27. bc Qf1-+) 26... Bf4 27. Kc2 Qf5 28. Bd3 Re2 29. Kd1 Rd2 30. Ke1 Re8-+]
21... Nd2 22. Nd5 Bd4 23. Nf6
[23. Bd4 Qd4 24. Qf5 Nd5 25. Qd5 Qd5 26. Bd5 Nf1 27. Rf1 Rc7 could not save the game]
23... Qf6 24. Bd4 Qf3 25. Kg1 Nb1 26. Rfb1 Rfd8 27. Be3
27... b5 28. Bf1 Rc2 29. Bg2 Qf6 30. Re1 Re8! [Threatening 31...R:е3]. 31...R:е3. 31. Ba7 Ree2 32. Rad1 Ra2 33. Re2 Re2 34. b4 Qe7 35. Bc5 Re1 36. Kh2 Qc5 [0:1]
February 01, 2009
GM Alexander Kalinin
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