A 10-round Open Swiss that for the last few years has been vying for the bragging rights as the World's Strongest Open. Three 2700s are playing: Anish Giri, Dmitry Andreikin and Baadur Jobava, and some of the others have been in the world's top 5 before, including Shirov, Kamsky and Beliavsky.
[Event "Reykjavik Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2017.04.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Firat, Burak"]
[Black "Kleinman, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2503"]
[BlackElo "2289"]
[Annotator "John Upper"]
[PlyCount "44"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {The Russian System. White gets
pawns on e4 and d4 in return for a few tempi off the exposed Q. It doesn't get
an advantage against the Grunfeld, -- what does? -- but it keeps more pieces
on the board than the direct-to-endgame lines with ...Qa5+.} dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O
7. e4 a6 {[#]} 8. Qa4 $5 {A rare move which was semi-popular about 6 years ago,
and which has the advantage of putting many Black players (including Michael
in this game) out of their prep.} (8. a4 {doesn't stop ...b5, since after} b5
9. axb5 $2 axb5 {White's Q and R are hanging.}) (8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 {is one
of the main lines, when White has tried all sorts of things, including:} 10. e6
(10. Ng5) (10. h4)) (8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8
13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O {is another mainline, when White
has the B pair but Black does just fine with Kaufman's recommended:} Qd6) 8...
Bg4 (8... c5 $1 9. dxc5 Bd7 10. Qa3 (10. Qb3 a5 {with fine play for Black -
Kaufman}) 10... Bc6 11. Nd2 $13 {½-½ (43) Wang,H (2742)-Grischuk,A (2754)
London, 2012.}) 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 b5 11. Qd1 Na5 12. e5 ({Computers recommend:
} 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 {with a typical Russian System middlegame: White has
the Bs, Black has active minors.}) 12... Nd7 13. e6 {[#]} fxe6 $1 $146 (13...
Bxf3 14. exf7+ Rxf7 15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 c6 $13 {½-½ (46) Bartel,M (2653)
-Borisek,J (2541) Porto Carras, 2011.}) 14. Ng5 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 (15. Nxe2 Nc5 16.
Nf4 exd5 17. Nfe6 Nxe6 18. Nxe6 Qd6 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 $17 {Black's center pawns
will rule.}) 15... Nc5 16. Nxe6 Bxc3+ $1 17. bxc3 Qxd5 18. Nxf8 (18. Nxc5 Qxc5
19. O-O Nc4 $15 {Black's pawns and K are a bit loose, but he is up a P.}) 18...
Qxg2 $1 $17 19. Rf1 Rd8 $3 {Playing for mate rather than settling for comp.} (
19... Rxf8 20. Be3 Qc6 $17) 20. Qxe7 {[#]} Nd3+ {Only move.} $19 ({Just to show some of
Black's attacking possibilities, there's a draw after:} 20... Rd1+ 21. Kxd1
Qxf1+ 22. Qe1 {Only move.} Qd3+ 23. Bd2 (23. Qd2 Qf3+ 24. Kc2 Qe4+ 25. Kd1 $11) 23...
Qf3+ (23... Nc4 24. Qe2 {Only move.} Qd5 $13) 24. Qe2 Qh1+ 25. Be1 Qd5+ $11) 21. Ke2 {
White is losing, so the choice is the "best" way to lose. The game move allows
a nice mate with the Ns.} (21. Kd2 {loses to:} Nc6 {Only move.} (21... Qxf1 $2 22. Qe6+
Kxf8 23. Qf6+ (23. Ba3+ $2 Nc5+ $19) 23... Ke8 {Only move.} $11) 22. Qe6+ Kxf8 23. Ba3+ (
23. Qf6+ Kg8 24. Qe6+ Kg7 $19) 23... Ndb4+ (23... b4 $1) 24. Ke2 Re8 $19) 21...
Qg4+ {Only move.} 22. Kd2 Nb4+ $1 ({White bowed to the inevitable:} 22... Nb4+ 23. Qxd8 (
23. Ke1 Nc2#) 23... Nc4+ 24. Ke1 Nc2# {A nice win by Michael, who raises his
score to 4/5 after 5 rounds; his only dropped points being a loss to GM Sergei
Movsesian (2677).}) 0-1
