Fridman wins 83rd German Individual Championship

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3/11/2012 – In a fine win in the final round of the 2012 German Championship the top seed Daniel Fridman secured sole first place and the title, finishing half a point ahead of his closest rival, the second seed Igor Khenkin. The Latvian born Fridman has won the title for a second time. Our ChessBase Magazin expert Dr Karsten Müller has picked out some interesting endgames from the event.

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83rd German Individual Championship

The 2012 German Championship was a nine-round Swiss which lasted from March 2nd to 10 in the eastern German city of Osterberg. It was played at 90 minutes for 40 moves + 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with an increment of 30 seconds per move from the start.


The venue in the southern German city of Osterberg

One round before the end the two seeds, Daniel Fridman (2653) and Igor Khenkin (2632) were in the lead, with 6.5/8, a full point ahead of the rest of the field. Kenkin drew his final round game, played with the black pieces, against Jens Kotainy, rated 2392. Fridman had White against Julian Jorczik, rated 2391, and played the following plucky game:

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nc3 d6 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.0-0 e5 8.e4 c6 9.h3 Re8 10.Re1 a5 11.b3 Qb6 12.Na4 Qd8 13.dxe5 Nxe5 14.Nxe5 dxe5 15.c5 Be6 16.Nb6 Qxd1 17.Rxd1 Rad8 18.Bd2 Bf8 19.Na4 Ra8 20.Be3 Rad8 21.Bd2 Ra8 22.Rac1 Nd7 23.Be3 Be7 24.Bf1 Rad8 25.Kg2 f6 26.Bd2 Ra8 27.f4 Kf7 28.Bc4 Bxc4 29.Rxc4 Ke6 Now Fridman goes for the win with a "petite combination": 30.Bxa5 Rxa5 31.f5+ gxf5 32.exf5+ Kxf5 33.Rxd7 Ke6 34.Rxb7 Rd8 35.Rc2 Rd5 36.Rc7 Bxc5 37.Rxc6+ Bd6 38.g4 e4 39.Nc3 Rd4 40.Ne2 Rd1 41.Nc3 Rd4 42.Ne2 Rd1 43.Ng3 Kd5 44.Nf5 Black is in deep trouble - but his next move is simply fatal. Bf4 45.b4 45.b4 Rb5 46.a4 and the rook is trapped because of the threat 47.R2c5# 1–0
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Fridman,D2653Jorczik,J23911–02012Deutsche Einzelmeisterschaft 20129.2

With this decisive full point on his account Daniel Fridman (above), the Latvian born GM, became German Champion 2012. Fridman has lived in this country since 1999 and won the Championship once before, in 2008. Behind the winner we find, naturally, Igor Khenkin, and then, a full point later, three players, Sebastian Siebrecht, Rene Stern, and Jens Kotainy, at 6.90/9. Fridman's performance was 2705, Khenkin's 2657, and the other three in the lower 2500s. The drawing average in this event was a low 34.9%, with White winning 51.9% and Black 30.7% of the games. Here are the final scores of all participants:

1 Fridman,Daniel 2653 7.5/9
2 Khenkin,Igor 2632 7.0/9
3 Siebrecht,Sebastian 2463 6.0/9
4 Stern,Rene 2502 6.0/9
5 Kotainy,Jens 2392 6.0/9
6 Wagner,Dennis 2379 6.0/9
7 Huschenbeth,Niclas 2509 5.5/9
8 Bluebaum,Matthias 2407 5.5/9
9 Svane,Rasmus 2401 5.5/9
10 Buhmann,Rainer 2614 5.5/9
11 Donchenko,Alexander 2309 5.5/9
12 Becker,Michael 2301 5.5/9
13 Degtiarev,Evgeny 2342 5.5/9
14 Reddmann,Hauke 2297 5.0/9
15 Dranischnikov,Egor 2327 5.0/9
16 Jorczik,Julian 2391 5.0/9
17 Schulz,Karsten 2289 5.0/9
18 Feuerstack,Aljoscha 2438 4.5/9
19 Lubbe,Nikolas 2429 4.5/9
20 Alber,Horst 2340 4.5/9
21 Scheider,Julian 2275 4.5/9
22 Bastian,Herbert 2343 4.5/9
23 Rolle,Eric 2198 4.5/9
24 Reipsch,Jens 2217 4.5/9
25 Libeau,Rene Andre 2399 4.0/9
26 Nuber,Korbinian 2308 4.0/9
27 Vatter,Hans-Joachim 2309 4.0/9
28 Schindler,Christian 2211 4.0/9
29 Ohme,Melanie 2387 4.0/9
30 Pohl-Kuemmel,Jens-Uwe 2319 4.0/9
31 Mueller,Oliver 2327 4.0/9
32 Kabisch,Thilo 2319 3.5/9
33 Tabatt,Hendrik 2296 3.5/9
34 Mueller,Michael 2308 3.5/9
35 Andre,Gordon 2384 3.0/9
36 Meissner,Felix 2258 3.0/9
37 Bartsch,Berthold 2284 3.0/9
38 Koehler,Gerhard 2122 3.0/9
39 Riegler,Dieter 2118 3.0/9
40 Schuetze,Norman 2258 2.5/9
41 Maehrlein,Christoph 2134 2.5/9
42 Amos,Frank 2162 2.0/9

Endgames from the German Championship

By GM Karsten Müller

Our endgame expert Dr Karsten Müller has been scanning the games of the 83rd German Championship for the next issue of ChessBase Magazin. As a preview here are four intersting and instructive endings he found.

The knight's worst enemy

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Be7 5.g3 d5 6.Bg2 0-0 7.0-0 dxc4 8.Qa4 a6 9.Qxc4 b5 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Rc1 Bd6 12.a4 Nbd7 13.Na3 Be4 14.Qd1 Qb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.Qb3 Ra6 17.Qxb5 Rb6 18.Qa5 Rxb2 19.Nc4 Bb4 20.Bxb4 Rxb4 21.Ncd2 Bxf3 22.Nxf3 Rc8 23.Rc6 Rb1+ 24.Rxb1 Qxb1+ 25.Bf1 Nd5 26.Qa3 N7b6 27.Rc1 Qb4 28.Qxb4 Nxb4 29.Ne5 Kf8 30.Bg2 f6 31.Nc6 Nxc6 32.Bxc6 Rd8 33.e3 Ke7 34.Be4 f5 35.Rxc7+ Rd7 36.Rxd7+ Nxd7 37.Bd3 g6 38.Kg2 Kd6 39.f4 Nf6 40.Kf3 h6 41.h3 Kd5 42.Ba6 Kd6 43.Bb7 Ke7 44.e4 fxe4+ 45.Bxe4 g5 46.g4 Ne8 47.Kg3 Kf6 48.h4 Nd6 49.Bd3 Nf7 50.fxg5+ hxg5 51.h5 Ke7 52.Kf3 Nh6 53.Be2 Kd6 54.Ke4 Ng8 55.Bf3 Nf6+ 56.Kd3 Ng8 57.Kc4 Nh6 58.Kb5 Ng8 59.Kb6 Nh6 60.Kb7 e5 61.d5 e4 62.Bxe4 Nxg4 63.Kc8 Nh6 64.Kd8 Ke5? The knight's worst enemy A rook's pawn can be very difficult to deal with as the kinght is restricted near the edge of the board: 65.Ke7‼ This breaks Black's blockade for good. 65.Ke8 wins as well: Kd6 65...Kxe4 66.d6 Ng4 67.h6 Nf6+ 68.Ke7 Nd5+ 69.Kf7+- 65...g4 66.Bg2+- 66.Kf8 g4 67.Kg7 Ke5 68.Bh1 68.Kxh6? Kxe4= 68...Nf5+ 69.Kf7 g3 70.Bg2 Nh4 71.h6 Nxg2 72.h7 Nf4 73.h8Q+ Kxd5 74.Qh7 g2 75.Qf5++- 65...Kxe4 66.d6 Nf5+ 67.Kf6! The only safe square. 67.Kf8? Nxd6 68.h6 g4 69.h7 g3 70.h8Q g2 71.Qh2 Kf3 is only drawn. 67...Nxd6 67...g4 68.d7 g3 69.d8Q Ne3 69...g2 70.Qa8++- 70.h6 g2 71.Qg8 Kf3 72.h7 Ng4+ 73.Qxg4+ Kxg4 74.h8Q g1Q 75.Qg7++- 68.h6 Black can not stop the coronation of White's last pawn. g4 After 68...Ne8+ White can even play 69.Kxg5 Nd6 70.Kg6+- Domination! 69.h7 Kf3 69...Ne8+ 70.Kg6+- 70.h8Q Ne4+ 70...g3 71.Qh5+ Kf2 72.Qc5+ Kf1 73.Qxd6 g2 74.Qf4+ The queen always wins against a knight's pawn no matter how far away the attacking king is: Ke2 75.Qg3 Kf1 76.Qf3+ Kg1 77.Kg5 Kh2 78.Kh4 g1Q 79.Qh3# 71.Ke5 Nf2 72.Qa8+ 72.Qa8+ Kg3 73.Kf5 Kh2 74.Kf4 g3 75.Kf3 g2 76.Qb8+ Kh1 77.Qh8+ Kg1 78.Qd4 Kh1 79.Qh4+ Kg1 80.Qxf2+ Kh1 81.Qxg2# 1–0
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Bluebaum,M2407Tabatt,H22961–02012E1183rd ch-GER 20121

The rook belongs behind the passed pawn

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1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.c4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Be6 7.a3 Qd7 8.Be2 Rd8 9.Bf3 dxc4 10.Bxf6 exf6 11.d5 Qe7 12.Kf1 Ne5 13.Qa4+ Bd7 14.Qxa7 b5 15.Rd1 Qc5 16.Qa6 Rb8 17.d6 Nd3 18.Rd2 Qxd6 19.Re2+ Kd8 20.Qa5+ Qb6 21.Qxb6+ Rxb6 22.Bd5 Be6 23.Nf3 b4 24.axb4 Bxb4 25.Bxe6 fxe6 26.g3 Kd7 27.Kg2 Ra8 28.Rd1 Bd6 29.Rdd2 Rab8 30.Nd1 Rb4 31.Nd4 e5 32.Nc2 Rb3 33.Nce3 Bb4 34.Nc3 Bxc3 35.bxc3 Rxc3 36.Nxc4 Ke6 37.Ne3 Nc5 38.h4 h5 39.Nd5 Rc1 40.Nc7+ Kf5 41.Rc2 Rxc2 42.Rxc2 Nd3 43.Ra2 Ne1+ 44.Kf1 Rb1 45.Nd5 Rc1 46.Ra4 Ke6 47.Ne3 Nc2+ 48.Ke2 Nxe3 49.Kxe3 Kf5 50.Ra7 g6 51.f3 Rc2 52.Ra4 Rg2 53.Rb4 g5 54.hxg5 fxg5 55.Rb8 Rxg3 56.Rf8+ Kg6 57.Ke4 h4 58.Ra8 Rg2 59.Ra6+ Kh5 60.Kxe5 h3 61.Ra8 Kh4 62.f4 g4 63.Kf5 Rb2 64.Rh8+ Kg3 65.Kg5 h2 66.f5 The rook belongs behind the passed pawn This is one of the better guidelines of endgame theory: Rb1? Khenkin most probably missed White's answer. 66...Rf2 is the easiest win: 67.f6 67.Rh4 Rxf5+ 68.Kxf5 Kxh4-+ 67...Kg2 But not 67...Rxf6? 68.Kxf6 Kg2 69.Kg5 g3 70.Kg4 Kf2 71.Kf4= 68.Kxg4 Rxf6-+ 66...Kf3 is also sufficient due to the brillant point 67.f6 g3 68.f7 Rb5+ 69.Kg6 Kg4‼ and White is defenseless, e.g. 70.f8Q 70.Rh4+ Kxh4 71.f8Q Rg5+ 72.Kf6 h1Q 73.Qh6+ Rh5 74.Qf4+ Kh3-+ 70...Rg5+ 71.Kf7 71.Kh7 h1Q+ 72.Qh6 Qb1+ 73.Qg6 Qxg6# 71...Rf5+ 72.Kg7 Rxf8 73.Kxf8 Kf3 74.Kg7 Kg2 75.Kg6 h1Q-+ 67.Rxh2! Kxh2 68.Kxg4 Rg1+ 68...Rb4+ does not help due to 69.Kg5 Kg3 70.f6= 69.Kh5 Even the bodycheck 69.Kh4= is playable, but not 69.Kf4? Kh3 70.f6 Kh4 71.Kf5 Kh5 72.f7 Rf1+ 73.Ke6 Kg6-+ 69...Kg3 70.f6 Kf4 71.f7 Rg5+ 72.Kh6 Rf5 73.Kg7 Rg5+ 74.Kf6 ½–½
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Kabisch,T2319Khenkin,I2632½–½2012B1383rd ch-GER 20121

Knightmare

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 b6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 g6 5.Nc3 Bg7 6.Be3 d6 7.Qd2 h6 8.0-0 Nd7 9.h3 Ne7 10.Rfe1 g5 11.Ne2 Nf6 12.Ng3 d5 13.e5 Ne4 14.Bxe4 dxe4 15.Nh2 f5 16.exf6 Bxf6 17.Nh5 Nf5 18.Ng4 Bxd4 19.Bxd4 Qxd4 20.Qxd4 Nxd4 21.Ngf6+ Ke7 22.Rad1 Rad8 23.c3 Ne2+ 24.Kh2 Rxd1 25.Rxd1 Rd8 26.Rxd8 Kxd8 27.Ng4 Nc1 28.Nxh6 Ke7 29.Kg3 Nxa2 30.Kg4 e3 31.fxe3 Bxg2 32.Kxg5 Bxh3 33.Nf4 Bf1 34.Ng8+ Kd6 35.Kf6 a5 36.Nh6 a4 37.Nf7+ Kc5 38.Nxe6+ Kc4 39.Nxc7 Nxc3 40.Nd6+ Kc5 41.Ke5 Nd1 42.Nd5 Kc6 43.Ne4 Nxb2 44.Kd4 Bg2 45.Nec3 Bxd5 46.Nxd5 b5 47.e4 Nc4 48.Nc3 Nd2 49.Na2 Kb6 50.e5 Nb3+ 51.Kd5 Nc5 52.Nb4 a3 53.Kd4 Ne6+ 54.Kd5 Ng5 55.Kd4 Ka5 56.Kc3 Ka4 57.Nd3 Ne6 58.Nb4 Nd4 59.Nd5 Nc6 Knightmare Knights are very concrete and tactical pieces and it is very easy to overlook a fork over the board: 60.e6? This advance runs into a tactical refutation. 60.Nb6+ Ka5 61.Nd5 draws as White's blockade can not be broken, e.g. b4+ 61...Nxe5 62.Kb3 Nc4 63.Nc3 Kb6 63...b4 64.Kxc4 bxc3 65.Kxc3 Ka4 66.Kc2 Kb4 67.Kb1= 64.Kb4 64.Nb1? runs into the typical b4 65.Kxc4 a2-+ 64...Kc6 65.Nxb5 a2 66.Nd4+ Kd5 67.Nc2 Ne3 68.Kb3 Nxc2 69.Kxa2= 62.Nxb4 Nxb4 63.Kb3 a2 64.Kb2 and Black can win the e-pawn, but not the game, e.g. Kb5 65.Ka1 Kc5 66.Kb2 Kd5 67.Ka1 Kxe5 68.Kb2 Kd4 69.Ka1 Kc3 stalemate. 60...b4+ 61.Nxb4 Desperation, but the alternatives do not help either: 61.Kc4 a2 62.e7 Nxe7 63.Nxe7 a1Q-+ 61.Kc2 Nd4+-+ 61...b3+? is met by 62.Kb1= and Black can surprisingly not win. 61...Nxb4 62.Kd2 One last joke. The king tries to dominate the knight, but Black just wins by stopping the e-pawn. The direct 62.e7 runs into Nd5+-+ 62...Nd5 Black does of course not fall for 62...a2?? 63.e7 a1Q 64.e8Q+= 63.Kc2 Kb4 64.Kb1 Kb3 64...Kb3 and White resigned as the knight has the last word after 65.Ka1 a2 66.e7 Nb4 67.e8Q Nc2# 0–1
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Mueller,O2327Schulz,K22890–12012B0083rd ch-GER 20124

The Length of the Invasion Road

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1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3 Nc6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.Re1 d5 7.Bxd5 Qxd5 8.Nc3 Qa5 9.Nxe4 Be6 10.Neg5 0-0-0 11.Nxe6 fxe6 12.Rxe6 Bd6 13.Bg5 Rde8 14.Qe1 Qxe1+ 15.Raxe1 Kd7 16.R6e2 Rxe2 17.Rxe2 Re8 18.Rxe8 Kxe8 19.Kf1 Kd7 20.Bd2 h6 21.Ke2 Ke6 22.Kd3 Kd5 23.Nxd4 Nxd4 24.c4+ Ke5 25.f4+ Kf5 26.Kxd4 Bxf4 27.Bxf4 Kxf4 28.Kd5 Kf5 29.b4 Kf6 30.c5 Ke7 31.b5 Kd7 32.c6+ bxc6+ 33.bxc6+ Ke7 34.Ke5 h5 35.g3 g6 36.h3 Kf7 37.g4 h4 38.g5 Ke7 39.Kd5 Kf7 40.Ke5 Ke7 41.a3 Kf7 42.a4 Ke7 43.Kd5 The Length of the Invasion Road In a pawn ending every tempo is very valuable: Kf7?! This makes it relativly easy for White as she can win without reaching a queen ending. The counterattack 43...a6! 44.Kc5 Ke6 45.Kb4 Kf5 is more tenacious as it leads to a queen ending. The point of a6 is that it makes the march of White's king one move longer, so that Black can queen as well. 45...Kd5?! 46.Ka5 Kxc6 47.Kxa6 Kc5 48.Kb7 Kb4 49.Kxc7 Kxa4 50.Kd6+- 46.Ka5 Kxg5 46...Kf4 47.Kxa6 Kg3 48.Kb7 Kxh3 49.a5 Kg3 50.a6 h3 51.a7 h2 52.a8Q h1Q 53.Qe8+- 47.Kxa6 Kf4 48.Kb7 g5 49.a5! White must preserve the valuable bishop's pawn on c6 for the queen ending. 49.Kxc7? g4 50.hxg4 h3 51.Kb6 h2 52.c7 h1Q 53.c8Q Qb1+ is only drawn according to the tablebase. 49...g4 50.hxg4 h3 51.a6 h2 52.a7 h1Q 53.a8Q Qb1+ 54.Kc8! The greedy 54.Kxc7? spoils it due to Qh7+! with a draw according to the tablebase. 54...Kxg4 55.Qa5 Qg6 56.Kxc7+- and the bishop's pawn will win although some work still has to be done. 43...a5?! is also insufficient to reach a queen ending as White is too quick: 44.Kc5 Ke6 45.Kb5 Kd6 45...Kf5 46.Kxa5 Kxg5 47.Kb5 Kf4 48.a5 g5 49.a6 g4 50.a7 gxh3 51.a8Q h2 52.Qa1 Kg3 53.Qh1+- 46.Kxa5 Kxc6 47.Ka6! This is the right way to exploit the outside passed pawn and not 47.Kb4? Kb6 48.Kc4 48.a5+ Ka6 49.Ka4?? goes far too far due to c5-+ 48...Ka5 49.Kc5 Kxa4 50.Kc6 Kb4 51.Kxc7 Kc5 when White must even be careful, e.g. 52.Kd7 Kd5 53.Ke7 Ke5 54.Kd7! Kf5 55.Kd6 Kxg5 56.Ke5= 47...Kd5 48.Kb5 c5 49.a5 c4 50.a6 c3 51.a7 c2 52.a8Q++- 44.Kc5 44.Kc5 and Black resigned as White is too quick now: Ke6 45.Kb5 Kf5 45...Kd5 46.a5 Kd6 47.Ka6 Kxc6 48.Kxa7 Kb5 49.a6 c5 50.Kb7 c4 51.a7 c3 52.a8Q c2 53.Qc8+- 46.Ka6 Kf4 46...Kxg5 47.Kb7 Kf4 48.Kxc7 g5 49.Kb7 g4 50.c7 gxh3 51.c8Q Kg3 52.Qc3+ Kg2 53.Qd4 h2 54.Qxh4 h1Q 55.Qxh1+ Kxh1 56.Kxa7+- 47.Kb7 Kg3 48.Kxc7 Kxh3 49.Kd6 Kg2 50.c7 h3 51.c8Q h2 52.Qg4+ Kf2 53.Qh3 Kg1 54.Qg3+ Kh1 55.Qf2 a5 56.Qf1# 1–0
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