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(2) Kavalek,Lubos - Lettsome,Maurice [B86]
Cooper Island, 13.03.2005
[Kavalek,Lubos]
1.e4
c5
2.Nf3
d6
3.d4
cxd4
4.Nxd4
Nf6
5.Nc3
a6
(Najdorf everywhere! Fischer and Kasparov have followers.) 6.Bc4
e6
7.Bb3
Be7
8.g4!?
(Courtesy of GM Dragoljub Velimirovic.) 8...Qa5
(At this moment, distracted by a whale splashing in the Sir Francis Drake channel, I innocently advanced into a lost position.) 9.g5?
Nxe4
10.Qf3
Nxg5
11.Qg2
(May be I can quickly castle long and get some play through the center and on the kingside.) 11...Bf6!
(No way! The hits are coming and I don't have time for my plan.) 12.Nde2
[12.Be3
should have been tried.] 12...Bd7!!
[Simply brilliant! I was expecting 12...h6
13.h4
Nh7
14.Bd2
followed by 15. 0-0-0 with a small hope to fight. However, my heavy pieces get crowded on the diagonal h1-a8 and black gets the idea quickly.)] 13.Bxg5
[Trying to complicate the game since after 13.Qxb7
0-0
14.Qxa8
Bc6
black picks up the rook on h1 with a winning position.] 13...Bxg5?
[Getting lucky. 13...Bc6
should win for black.] 14.Rg1
(Escaping from the diagonal.) 14...Bf6
15.Qxb7
Bc6
16.Ba4!
Saved by the pin. 16...0-0?
[Dropping a piece lets me of the hook. 16...Bxa4
17.Qxa8
0-0
18.Qf3
Nd7
19.0-0-0
d5
was playable for black.; On 16...Qxa4?
17.Qc8+
white wins the black queen.] 17.Bxc6
Nxc6
18.Qxc6
and white later won. 1-0
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