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[Event "Golden Horseshoe Ch."]
[Site "Mississauga"]
[Date "2018.06.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Ning, Eric"]
[Black "Krnan, Tomas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2068"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "56"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. g4 $6 {A side-line where
Black scores well.} c5 $1 (6... a6 {is recommended in the Kotronias series on
the KID for Quality Chess, though ...c5 is still more popular and
better-scoring.}) 7. d5 e6 {Black scores 65% and Elo +80 from here.} 8. Be3 $6
(8. g5 Ne8 9. h4 Nc7 {White's g5-push has dislodged the Nf6, but it has found
useful employment on c7, while the g5-pawn is arguably impeding any White
kingside attack.} 10. Bf4 exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Kf1 b5 13. cxb5 a6 $1 14. a4
axb5 15. axb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Bb7 $15 {1/2-1/2 (35) Mamedyarov,S (2765)-Romanov,
E (2624) Baku 2011}) 8... exd5 9. cxd5 $2 (9. exd5 {leaves one less target to
attack (e4) but now the g4-pawn push looks silly.}) 9... Qa5 $5 (9... Qe7 $1
$17 10. Bf3 (10. f3 Nxg4 $1 $19 11. fxg4 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Qxe4 $19) 10... Nbd7
11. g5 Ne8 (11... Nh5 $1) 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. Bg2 b5 $17 14. Nf3 Re8 15. O-O b4 {
Black has an excellent Benoni at no cost.} 16. Na4 Ba6 $19 {(0-1, 54) Hansen,
L (2525)-Antonsen,M (2250) Aarhus 1991}) 10. f3 b5 11. Kf1 b4 12. Nb1 Ne8 13.
Nd2 f5 14. Kg2 Qd8 {[#]A funny picture, as almost all Black's pieces are on
the back rank, but White (as in the Saemisch KID) will struggle to extract his
minors from behind the f3-e4 pawn wall.} 15. Qc2 Nd7 16. Rf1 Qe7 17. h3 Bb7 18.
Nc4 Nef6 19. Bf4 Ne5 $2 (19... Nb6 $3 $19 20. Bxd6 (20. Nxd6 fxe4 21. Nxb7
Nfxd5 $19) 20... Nxc4 21. Bxe7 Ne3+ $19) 20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Bd3 Rae8 (21... fxe4
{is better} 22. fxe4 Nxd5 $3 23. exd5 Rxf1 $8 (23... Bxd5+ $4 24. Be4) 24. Kxf1 Rf8+
25. Kg2 (25. Ke2 Qf6 $19) 25... Qf7 26. Nd6 Bxd5+ 27. Be4 Bxe4+ 28. Nxe4 Qf1+
29. Kg3 Bh6 30. Qe2 Bf4+ 31. Kh4 Qc1 {Black still has just two pawns for the
piece, but the Rh1 is indefinitely out of the game, his K is not safe, and
Black can just push the c-pawn.}) 22. Ne2 $2 {[#]Black's pieces are all ready,
but how to break through that light-square stonewall to get at the juicy juicy
dark squares?} (22. Na5 {is better}) 22... Nxd5 $3 23. exd5 e4 $8 24. Ng3 (24. fxe4
fxe4 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 $19 26. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 {and there's no way to
save both Ns.}) 24... exd3 25. Qxd3 Bd4 26. d6 Qh4 27. d7 f4 $1 28. Ne4 (28.
dxe8=Q Qxg3#) 28... Rxe4 $1 (28... Rxe4 29. fxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Rf3 Qf2#) 0-1
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