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GM Wesley So
GM Gata Kamsky
GM Gata Kamsky - GM Wesley So
Round 1
World Chess Cup 2009
27.11.2009
The game from round 3 between GM Gata Kamsky - GM Wesley So will be featured with commentary by GM Christian Bauer.
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.f4 c5 6.Nf3 Nc6 7.Be3 Wesley So sticks to the French, but chooses another line. 3... Nf6 instead of 3... Bb4 which he played against Ivanchuk.
7... Qb6 Now 8.Na4 is the main move. It is usually followed by Qa5 c3 c4 b4. ALso playable is 8. Qd2 then 8...Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3. Kamsky is in deep thought, sometimes strong GM try to remember the most recent games on a given line and therefore start to think early in the game.
8.a3 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Bc5 10.Na4 Qa5+ 11.c3 Bxd4 12.Bxd4 Nxd4 13.Qxd4 b6 The game is now totally even, which does not mean it will end in a draw soon. Kamsky is used to playing even positions for many moves, trying to find a way in the game. 14. Qb4 here, else Ba6 or Nc5 are at least ok for Black. 14...Nb8 could still be an option, but I believe White will do somethg for his Na4 now and most likely not b2-b3 because of Nc5. So 14. Qb4 remains as the best move.
14.Be2 now I like Bb7 with the idea Bc6. Has White somethg after Ba6 Qb4 Qxb4 axb4 Bxe2 Kxe2 ? not much for sure, since ...f6 is coming
14... Ba6 15.Bd1 too ambitious, he wants to go b4,Nb2
15... Qb5 16.b4 Black has to quickly attack e5 now, by mean of Qc6-c7, 0-0 and f6
16... Rc8 Nb2 Qc6 Rc1 seems forced
17.Nb2 Qc6 18.Rc1 O-O 19.a4 Bc4 ...f6 is coming. Nxc4 Qxc4 Qxc4 Rxc4 is obviously bad for White who has to defend f4 and c3. Maybe Bg4, in this case after ...f6 Nxc4 Black can't take back with the Queen. The prophylactic move g3 alsomakes sense, then White can swap Queens on c4 and be on time to protect c3. At the same time Bc2 move is not good, as there are not enough pieces to attack the king.
20.Bg4 1 hour for 10 moves, among them 3 were forced. Maybe he wants his young opponent to be overconfident.
20... Bb3 21.O-O Bxa4 ...a5 before Bxa4 was interesting, but white could have tried f4-f5. Kamsky is not forced to take the pawn back now. 22. c4 and f5 are options, but difficultto play them with the time difference. Nxa4 Qxa4 Ra1xa7 seems the most reasonable in practice.
22.f5 Not clear who is over confident here:)
22... Bb5 23.Rfe1 a7-a5 creates a passed pawn and allows ...Qc5 at some time. White army is attacking only e6 and is far away from black king for the moment.
23... Rfe8 a sensible move, but Bf3 is good now intending c3-c4 and f5-f6 next Qg4.
24.Re3 f6 It is getting very sharp, Wesley So has more than 1 hour on the clock, Gata Kamsky has 16 minutes
25.fxe6 Nxe5 26.Bf5 g6 27.Bh3 Time for a5. Black can play Rxe6 at any moment.
27... Qd6 a5 was more active, but maybe not psychologically
28.Rd1 Rcd8 29.Rd2 Qe7 ...Ba6-c8xe6 is the threat, ...Nc6 and ...d5-d4 is an idea too
30.Rf2 Nc6 31.Qd2 d4 The position and the time difference make it impossible for Kamsky to save this. Kamsky thought he has to win at any cost and now he is losing.
32.Re4 dxc3 33.Qxc3 Rf8 34.g4 no other choice, but now Bh3 does not cover e6 anymore
34... Rd6 35.Bg2 Ne5 36.g5 Rxe6 37.gxf6 Rfxf6 38.Rxf6 Qxf6 39.Re3 Bc6 40.Nd1 Kamsky makes it to the time control in a very difficult position with 2 pawns less. Qg5 Re3 will follow with Wesley So heading to the win.
40... Qg5 41.Rg3 Qf4 42.Nf2 Bxg2 43.Kxg2 Nc4 44.Qd3 Ne3 45.Kg1 Nf5 Rybka's suggestion was Qe5, but that is good enough with decisive advantage for Wesley So
46.Qd5 Qc1 47.Nd1 Kf7 48.Rc3 Qg5 49.Kf2 Qf4 50.Kg2 Qg4+ 51.Kf2 Qe2+ 52.Kg1 Qe1+ 53.Kg2 Kg7 And Gata Kamsky resigns. Good victory for Wesley So that puts Kamsky in a must win situation with black. Join us tomorrow for the live game on Chessdom.com! 0-1
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