[Event "Swedish Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Westerberg, Jonathan"]
[Black "Lindberg, Bengt"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A70"]
[Annotator "Ari,Ziegler"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. e4 a6 8. a4 Bg4
9. Qb3 $6 {This looks tempting, but as I see it White is risking too much here.
The best he can hope for is a draw.} (9. Be2 {is the strongest move here,
which gives White serious hopes for a small advantage.}) 9... Bxf3 10. Qxb7
Nbd7 11. gxf3 Bg7 {Lindberg played this line last year in the Swedish
Championship. At the time Anton Frisk Kockum (actually a team mate of mine)
played 12.Be2 and Black gradually improved his pieces and won rather
effortlessly.} 12. Qc6 (12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qb3 Nh5 15. f4 Ndf6 16. Qc2
Rfe8 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Qd3 Bh6 19. Qf3 Qb7 20. Bf1 Re7 21. a5 Rae8 22. Ra4 Nd7
23. Re2 Bg7 24. Bg2 Qb8 25. Qd3 Bh6 26. Qf3 Ne5 27. fxe5 Bxc1 28. exd6 Qxd6 29.
e5 Rxe5 30. Rae4 Bf4 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. h3 f5 33. Re1 Nf6 34. Rd1 Rb8 35. Qe2
Rb4 36. Re1 Nd7 37. Bf1 c4 38. f4 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Nf8 40. Qe7 Bc5 41. Qxd6 Bxd6
42. Nd1 Ra4 43. Re8 Rxa5 44. Bxc4 Ra1 45. Bb3 Kf7 46. Ra8 Nd7 {0-1 Frisk
Kockum,A-Lindberg,B}) 12... O-O $1 {This is how to do it. Black plays without
anxiety.} ({In case Black is not comfortable with sacrificing two pawns just
like that, he might play} 12... Qb8 {which should be enough for equality:} 13.
Bxa6 (13. Bf4 $2 O-O 14. O-O-O (14. Bxd6 Qxb2) (14. Rb1 Qb4 {And now Black has
two deadly threats: trap the queen and Nxe4. White can't protect them both.}) (
14. Qxd6 Qxb2 15. Rc1 Ne8 16. Qxd7 Bxc3+ 17. Kd1 Nf6 {And White has a hopeless
situation.} 18. Qh3 Qb3+ 19. Rc2 Rfd8 $1 20. Bd3 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Ke2
Rxd3 {A beautiful example of how dangerous it is with a king in the centre.}
23. Rhc1 Qc4 24. Kf1 Rxf3+ 25. Kg2 Rxh3) 14... Qb3) (13. a5 O-O) 13... O-O 14.
Qb7 Qd8 (14... Ne5 15. Qxb8 Nxf3+ 16. Kd1 Rfxb8 17. Be2 Nd4 18. Ra2 {Deep
Frtiz's suggestion.} Nxe2 19. Kxe2 Ra6 20. Bf4 Nd7 21. a5 c4 22. Be3 Ne5 23.
Rd1 Nd3 24. Rxd3 cxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Rb4 $11) 15. Be2 Nh5 16. f4 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Rb8
18. Qa6 Qh4 19. Qxd6 Ndf6 20. Qxc5 Rfe8 21. e5 (21. O-O Ng4 $11) 21... Nxf4 22.
Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Qd4 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 {and Black is not worse.}) 13. Qxd6 
Nh5 ({Here I thought starting with} 13... Re8 {was a little bit more
principled, but we can see that Black seems to cope very well without the rook
on e8. Actually the rook move is recommended in my forthcoming DVD about the
Modern Benoni. Here I give a sample line:} 14. Be2 (14. Bg2 Nh5 15. O-O Bf8 16.
Qc6 Ne5 17. Qb7 Qf6 {And Black has compensation.}) 14... Nh5 15. h4 {
preventing Qh4.} Be5 16. Qc6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qa5 18. Ra3 Ne5 19. Qb7 c4 20. Qb2
Rab8 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. Ra1 Qf6 23. Rh3 Rb3 24. Qd4 Reb8 25. Kd1 Rb1 26. Rxb1 Rxb1
27. Kc2 Rxc1+ 28. Kxc1 Nf4 29. Bf1 Qd6 {White is paralysed.}) 14. f4 $2 {This
move seriously weakens the e4-pawn. White will later have to play f3 to
protect this square, and White can't afford playing two pawn moves in this
position. He needs to develop his pieces.} (14. Be2 Re8 15. a5 Bf8 16. Qc6 Ne5
17. Qa4 Qh4 {and Black is doing fine, but at least White has survival chances.}
) 14... Qa5 15. Qxd7 $2 {Losing on the spot.} ({White's last chance to develop
a piece was:} 15. Bd2 Qb4 16. f3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qa3 18. Rc1 Rfd8 {and Black's
chances are preferable.}) 15... Bxc3+ 16. Ke2 Qb4 17. f3 {Here Lindberg
thought for a long while. 16...Bxb2 wins easily, but he had a lot of time on
the clock and he does his work very thoroughly. He calculates until the end
before he makes his move.} Nxf4+ $1 {Kasparov class!} 18. Bxf4 Qxb2+ 19. Kd3
c4+ 20. Kxc4 Rfc8+ 21. Bc7 Be5 22. d6 Qd4+ {With this win Lindberg approached
his third norm and a place among the top three in the Swedish Chamiponship.}
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