Game of the Week #401
This week I am enjoying my role as Batavia tournament director. As usual, lots of fighting chess and exciting battles. Experienced Dutch grandmaster Dimitri Reinderman is convincingly leading the tournament with 4½ out of 5, but his game against Hamburg participant Aljoscha Feuerstack was less convincing, as we will see tonight.
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The Sicilian has been known for decades as the most reliable way for Black to obtain an unbalanced but good position. Among the most popular Sicilians at the top level the two that certainly stand out are the Najdorf and the Paulsen.
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1.c4 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 g6 4.d4 cxd4 5.exd4 d5 6.cxd5 Bg7 7.Bb5+ Nbd7 8.d6 exd6 9.0-0 0-0 10.Nc3 a6 11.Bxd7 Bxd7 12.Bg5 Qa5 13.d5 b5 14.Qd2 b4 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Bg7 17.Nxd6 Qc7 18.Ne4 Rfd8 19.Qxb4 Bf5 20.d6 Qc6 21.Ng3 Bd3 22.Rfd1 Rab8 23.Qe1 Qxd6 24.Rd2 Bh6 25.Rdd1 Bg7 26.Rd2 Bh6 27.Rdd1 Rxb2 28.Ne5 Re8 29.Qc3 Qxe5 30.Qxd3 Qf4 31.Qf3 Qxf3 32.gxf3 Rc8 33.a4 Rcc2 34.Rd8+ Bf8 35.Ne4 f5 36.Ng5 Rxf2 37.Ne6 Rg2+ 38.Kf1 Rgf2+ 39.Kg1 Rg2+ 40.Kf1 Kf7 41.Nxf8 Rxh2 42.Kg1 Rhg2+ 43.Kh1 Rh2+ 44.Kg1 Rhg2+ 45.Kh1 Rh2+ ½–½
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Reinderman,D | 2582 | Feuerstack,A | 2459 | ½–½ | 2020 | | 12th Batavia Chess Tournament | 5.5 |
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