Our Canadian Tactic comes from a first-round game between Canada and TSG Markkleeberg at the World Senior Team Chess Championship (+50). It is FM Ian Findlay as Black to move in the diagram.
July 7-15, 2018 in Radebeul (a suburb of Dresden), Germany.
It is a 9-round team swiss, 4 players per team, in 2 sections: 50+ and 65+.
The US team of GMs Shabalov, Benjamin, Ehlvest and Yermo are ranked first. Russia's 65+ team has an average rating of 2428, and would be ranked 3rd in the 50+ section. The Canadian Team is ranked 9th in the 50+ section:
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[Event "World Senior"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2018.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hahn, Andreas"]
[Black "Findlay, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.07.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[WhiteTeam "TSG Markkleeberg 1"]
[BlackTeam "Canada"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. h3 {White's setup looks pretty
inoccuous, but Kamsky has played it and scored an instructive attacking win
against Kenta in Calgary in 2016 (see note to move 9).} ({White could
transpose into a regular Dragon with} 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Be3) 5... Bg7
6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 a6 9. Ne2 $6 (9. Ba2 b5 10. Bg5 Bb7 (10... h6 $1 {
prevents White from trading the Bg7}) 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rfe1 Nd7 13. Bh6 Nd4 14.
Nxd4 Bxh6 15. Qxh6 cxd4 16. Ne2 Rxc2 17. Nxd4 Rc5 (17... Rxb2 $2 18. Qc1 $16 {
traps the R.}) 18. b4 Rc3 (18... Rh5 19. Qe3 {and the Rh5 is way offside.}) 19.
Nf3 Rxd3 20. Ng5 Nf6 {Now White plays to remove the defender on f6.} 21. Re3 $1
{The threat of Rf3xf6 forces Black to exchange Rs and so open the f-file.} Rxe3
22. fxe3 Bxe4 23. Rf1 Bf5 24. e4 $18 e6 25. exf5 exf5 26. Nxh7 $3 {Gives back
the piece for three pawns, a much better structure, and a long-term initiative
against the black K.} (26. g4 {keeps a big advantage, but exposes the white K.}
) 26... Nxh7 27. Qxg6+ Kh8 28. Bxf7 Qb6+ 29. Kh1 Qe3 30. Rxf5 d5 31. Qd6 $1 {
taking away checks on the h2-b8 diagonal.} (31. Rh5 $4 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Qf4+ {
wins the Bf7 and defends h7.}) 31... Qe4 32. Rf3 d4 33. Kh2 Qh4 34. Qe5+ {
1-0 Kamsky,G (2660)-Chiku Ratte,O (2386) Calgary, 2016.}) 9... d5 $11 10. exd5
Nxd5 11. c3 b5 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. Be3 Qd6 14. Qc2 ({White has no time to maneuver
a N to e4, e.g.} 14. Ng5 Nxe3 15. fxe3 Ne5 16. Ne4 (16. d4 Nc4 $17) 16... Qxd3
17. Nxc5 Qxe3+ $19) 14... Ne5 (14... Nxe3 $1 15. fxe3 Ne5 $17 {with two
well-placed Bs and pressure against White's center pawns.}) 15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16.
Bc1 (16. Bxc5 Nxc3 $1 17. bxc3 (17. Qxc3 $2 Qg5 {Only move.} $19) 17... Qxc5 $17) 16...
Rad8 17. f4 Qd6 18. f5 Qe5 19. fxg6 hxg6 (19... Ne3 $1 {looks like it gives
White a lot of play, but is strong for Black:} 20. gxf7+ (20. gxh7+ Kh8 21.
Bxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Kh2 (22. Kh1 Qxh3+) 22... Be5+ 23. g3 Rxd3 $19) 20... Kh8 21.
Bxe3 Qxe3+ 22. Rf2 c4 23. dxc4 Rxf7 $19) 20. d4 cxd4 21. Nxd4 Ne3 (21... Nxc3
$3 22. bxc3 Rxd4 $1 $19) 22. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Rf2 {[#]} ({White may have better
drawing chances by trading Qs with} 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4
26. Raf1 Bd5 $17 {with an extra passed pawn in what will probably be a R
ending.}) 23... e6 $1 (23... Rxd4 $2 {looks deadly, but overlooks White's
threats.} 24. cxd4 Bxd4 {hoping for} 25. Raf1 $2 ({but White draws with} 25.
Qxg6+ {Only move.} Kh8 {Only move.} 26. Qh5+ Kg7 {Only move.} (26... Kg8 $2 27. Bxf7+ $18) 27. Qg4+ $11)
25... Qg3 $19) (23... e5 $1 24. Nf3 e4 $17 {is also clearly better for Black,
but ...e6 leaves both diagonals open for the black Bs.}) 24. Nf3 Bxf3 25. gxf3
Rd7 (25... Rd3 $1 {prepares to double while restricting White's Q.}) 26. Qe4
Qc5 27. h4 $2 (27. Kg2 Rfd8 $17) 27... Rd2 $19 28. Raf1 Rxb2 29. Kg2 Qxa3 $1 {
Not afraid of ghosts.} 30. Bxe6 {White's only hope, but with his rooks doubled
behind his own f-pawn, there aren't enough attackers.} Rxf2+ 31. Kxf2 Qc5+ $1 (
31... fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kh7 33. h5 Rf6 $4 {might have been White's hope} (33...
Qc5+ 34. Kg2 Qg5+ $1 {pushing the K away before taking on h5 so there will be
no Rh1.}) 34. hxg6+ Rxg6 35. Rh1+ $11) 32. Kg2 fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kh7 34. Qxa6 Re8
35. Qb7 Re2+ 36. Kg3 Qe5+ 37. f4 Qxc3+ 38. Kg4 Re3 39. Rg1 {and White resigned
before losing everything to ...Qd3 or ...Qc2.} 0-1
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