Lahno in Kramatosk

(1) Lahno,K (2439) - Kulicov,O (2460) [B01] It Kramatorsk UKR (2), 30.07.2003 1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.Nc3 Qa5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Bb5 0-0-0 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.h3 Qh5 9.Qe2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 e6 11.Be3 Bb4 12.0-0-0 Bxc3 13.Qa6+ Kd7 14.bxc3 Qxf3 15.Rhg1 Ne7 16.c4 g6 17.d5 exd5 18.cxd5 cxd5 19.Qb5+ Kc8 I knew the game Sulypa-Zajarnyi, Puchko mem Alushta, which was exactly the same up to here. But I could not remember any more moves, so I had to play by myself. 20.Qa6+ Kd7 21.Qa4+ Kc8 22.Bg5 Rhe8 23.Rge1 [ 23.Rde1 f6 24.Qa6+ Kb8 25.Re3 Rd6 26.Qb5+ This was the end of game Sulypa-Zajarnyi, 1-0. So Ivanchuck's trainer Sulypa help me to win this game.] 23...f6 24.Qa6+ Kd7 [ 24...Kb8 25.Re3+- ] 25.Qe6# 1-0

(2) Areshchenko,A (2542) - Lahno,K (2439) [B07] It Kramatorsk UKR (3), 30.07.2003 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Bd3 e5 4.c3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 g6 6.0-0 Bg7 7.h3 0-0 8.dxe5 dxe5 9.Be3 Qe7 10.Nbd2 b6 11.b4 Bb7 12.Qb3 h6 13.Rfe1 Rfd8 14.Qc2 Ne8 15.Nc4 Nd6 16.Nfd2 Nxc4 17.Bxc4 Nf8 18.a4 h5 19.a5 Rab8 20.axb6 axb6 21.Ra7 Bf6 22.Qb3 Rd7 23.Qa2 Kg7 24.Bb5 Rdd8 25.Qb3 Bg5 26.Bxg5 Qxg5 27.Nf3 Qf4 28.Qc2 g5 29.Re3 Ng6 30.Nd2 g4 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Nf1 Rh8 33.Ng3 Kf6 34.Qe2 Of course I am much better here, but I made very bad move: 34...Rh4?? [ 34...Qh6! 35.Qxg4 Nf4 I did not find this clever move ( 35...Bc8 36.Bd7 I saw this and I stopped thinking about this line) 36.Qf5+ I saw this check and thought this cannot be good. But later I found 36...Kg7 37.Qxe5+ Kf8 38.Qe7+ Kg8-+ and Black is winning!] 35.Qc4 c5 36.Qd3 This is a very bad position for me because my king is exposed. I cannot move it to g7 because of the knight fork on f5. 36...Rhh8 37.Bd7 Qh6 38.Qd6+ Kg5 39.Kf1 cxb4 40.cxb4 Ra8 41.Rea3 b5 42.Rxa8 Bxa8 43.Ra6 Qg7 44.Qd1 Rh4 45.Rxa8 Qh6 46.Kg1 Nf4 47.Rg8+ Kf6 48.Bxg4 Ng6 49.Qd8+ 1-0

(3) Lahno,K (2439) - Maiorov,O (2455) [B01] It Kramatorsk UKR (4), 31.07.2003 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.h3 a6 7.Bc4 b5 8.Bb3 e6 9.d5!? exd5 10.Bxd5 Bb7 11.Qe2+ [ 11.Bxc6+!? Maybe this is a better move, but I don't know.] 11...Be7 12.0-0 b4 13.Qc4 Ne5 [ 13...Nxd5 14.Nxd5 0-0? 15.Nd4+- Very nice, yes?] 14.Nxe5 Bxd5? [ 14...Nxd5! 15.Nc6 Nb6 I did not see this move. But also Maiorov did not see it too. Now the position is unclear.] 15.Nxd5 Qxd5 16.Qxc7 But now the position is very good for me. 16...Bd6 17.Qc6+ Qxc6 18.Nxc6 0-0 19.Rd1 Bc5 20.Be3 Bxe3 21.fxe3 Rfe8 22.Nxb4 Rxe3 23.Re1 Rg3 24.Re5 h6 25.Kh2 Rg6 26.Rd1 a5 27.Nd3 Nd7 28.Re7 Rd6 29.Rf1 f6 30.Rfe1 Kf8 31.R7e6 Rd5 32.Rc6 a4 33.a3 Rb8 34.Nb4 Rd2 35.Ra6 Ne5 36.Re4 h5 37.Rxa4 Re8 38.Nd3 Nxd3 39.Rxe8+ Kxe8 40.cxd3 Rxb2 41.Ra7 Kf8 42.a4 h4 43.a5 Kg8 44.a6 Rb6 45.Ra8+ Kh7 46.a7 Ra6 47.d4 Kg6 48.d5 f5 49.d6 1-0

(4) Lahno,K (2439) - Arzumanian,G (2418) [B44] It Kramatorsk UKR (8), 03.08.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d6 6.N1c3 a6 7.Na3 b5 8.Nd5 Nge7 9.c4 Nd4 10.Be3 Nxd5 11.cxd5 Be7 12.Bd3 0-0 13.0-0 Bd7 14.f4!? Bf6 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Nc2 g6 17.Qf3 Rc8 18.Rae1 Qc7 19.Qf2 Bg7 [ 19...Qa7 20.e5 +/-] 20.Nxd4 Qb8 21.f5 Be5 22.Nf3 f6 23.fxg6 hxg6 24.Nxe5 dxe5 25.Rc1 Kg7 26.b4 Qd6 27.Qa7 Rf7 28.Rxc8 Bxc8 29.Qc5 Qd8 30.Bc2 Rc7 31.Qb6 Rd7 32.Qxd8 Rxd8 33.Bb3 Bd7 34.Rc1 Rc8 35.Rc5 Kf7 36.d6+ Ke8 37.Bd5 Kd8 [ 37...Rb8 38.Rc3 Rb6 39.Rd3 Rxd6 40.Bf7++- ] 38.h4 Rb8 39.Bf7 Rb6 40.Bxg6 Rxd6 41.h5 Ke7 42.h6 Kf8 43.Rc7 1-0

(5) Lahno,K (2439) - Areshchenko,A (2542) [B90] It Kramatorsk UKR (10), 04.08.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.Be3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.a4 Be7 11.a5 Rc8 12.Be2 Qc7 13.0-0 0-0 14.Kh1 Rfd8 15.Nc1 Re8 16.Rd1 Bf8 17.Bf1 Red8 18.Qf2 Be7 19.Rd2 [ It is crazy that a 2542 GM will play like this against me. I could have continued: 19.Qd2 Re8 20.Qf2 Bf8 21.Qd2= but I wanted more...] 19...Qc6 20.Nd3 d5 21.exd5 Nxd5 22.Nxd5 Bxd5 23.Rad1 Be6 24.c3 Bb3 25.Re1 Qa4 26.f4 exf4 27.Bxf4 Bf6 28.Qf3 Bh4 29.Rc1 Nf8 Now I have a nice position. 30.Nc5?? [ 30.Nb4 +/=] 30...Rxc5 [ 30...Rxc5 31.Rxd8 It was a terrible mistake. I thought he cannot take the knight because otherwise I can take his rook. I forgot that the bishop on h4 was guarding d8...] 0-1

(6) Maiorov,O (2455) - Lahno,K (2439) [B07] It Kramatorsk UKR (11), 05.08.2003 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Be2 Bg7 5.h4 c5 6.dxc5 Qa5 7.Qd3 Qxc5 8.h5 gxh5 9.Be3 Qa5 10.0-0-0 Nc6 11.Kb1 Be6 12.a3 0-0-0 13.f3? [ 13.Nd5 Kb8 14.Nf3 Ng4 is unclear] 13...d5 14.Qb5 only move 14...Qxb5 15.Nxb5 a6 16.Nd4 Nxd4 17.Bxd4 dxe4 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.fxe4 Rxd1+ 20.Bxd1 Rg8 21.Bf3 Bg4 22.Ne2 h4 23.Nf4 Bxf3 24.gxf3 Rg3 25.Nh5 Rxf3 26.Nxf6 Rxf6 27.Rxh4 h6 28.b4 Kd7 29.Kb2 Kd6 30.Rh5 Re6 31.c4 Rxe4 32.Rxh6+ e6 33.Rh7 Rxc4 34.Rxf7 Rc7 35.Rf1 e5 36.Rd1+ Ke6 37.Re1 Kf5 38.Rf1+ Kg4 39.Re1 Kf4 40.Rf1+ Kg3 41.Re1 Re7 42.Kc3 Kf2 43.Re4 Kf3 44.Rh4 Rd7 45.Rh3+ Kg4 46.Re3 Kf4 47.Re1 e4 48.Rf1+ Ke3 49.Rf8 Ke2 50.Kc2 e3 51.Rf6 Rc7+ 52.Kb2 Kd2 53.Rd6+ Ke1 54.Rf6 e2 55.Rf8 Rc4 56.Kb3 b5 0-1

(7) Lahno,K (2439) - Kuzmin,G (2516) [B67] It Kramatorsk UKR (12), 05.08.2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 e6 7.Qd2 a6 8.0-0-0 Bd7 9.f3 h6 10.Be3 Be7 11.g4 Qc7 12.h4 0-0-0?! 13.Qf2 Ne5? 14.Nb3 Nfxg4 [ 14...Nc4 15.Bxc4 Qxc4 16.Bb6 Rde8 17.Na5 Qb4 18.a3+- Oh dear. Poor queen.] 15.fxg4 Nxg4 16.Qf3 Nxe3 17.Qxe3 Bf6 18.Be2 Kb8 19.Kb1 Rc8 20.Qf4 Bc6 21.Qxd6 Qxd6 22.Rxd6 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Bxe4 24.Rf1 Rc7 25.h5 g5 26.hxg6 Bxg6 27.c4 h5 28.Bd3 Bxd3 29.cxd3 h4 30.Rd4 f5 31.Rh1 h3 32.Rf4 Rg7 33.Rf2 Kc7 34.Rhh2 Rg3 35.Kc2 Kd6 36.Nd2 Ke7 37.Rf3 1-0