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[Event "2017 Canadian Championship"]
[Site "Montreal"]
[Date "2017.06.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Hambleton, Aman"]
[Black "Chabot, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A96"]
[Annotator "Upper,John"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[SourceDate "2017.06.27"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.06.27"]
1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Ne4 {[#]} 8.
Bb2 ({Here's a fascinating game featuring Ivanchuk vs the underrated Matthew
Sadler.} 8. Nfd2 d5 9. Ba3 Nc6 $5 {Black has taken two moves to set up the d5/
e6/f5 stonewall, and White still wasn't able to prove an advantage!?} 10. e3
Bd7 11. f3 Nf6 $1 12. Qe2 Be8 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc3 Bh5 15. Rac1 Rad8 16. cxd5
exd5 17. Rfe1 Rd6 18. Qb5 Rb8 19. Qc5 a6 20. Na4 b6 $6 21. Qc3 a5 22. Nb2 ({
White misses his chance:} 22. e4 $1 {creates tactics against the Nc6 and Qe7.})
22... Nb4 $1 $11 23. Qxc7 Qxc7 24. Rxc7 Ne8 25. Rcc1 Nxa2 26. Rc2 Nb4 27. Rc3
Na2 28. Rc2 {1/2-1/2 (28) Ivanchuk,V (2755)-Sadler,M (2639) England 2013}) 8...
Bf6 9. Nfd2 $5 ({Black has been playing the lines recommended in Simon
Williams's DVDs and books, which continue:} 9. Nbd2 Nc6 10. Ne1 $1 Nc5 $5 (
10... d5 11. e3 b6 12. Nd3 Bb7 13. Nf4 Qd6 {"Black has a fairly safe and solid
position." - Williams, The Killer Dutch (Everyman, 2015).}) 11. e3 a5 12. a3
Nd7 13. Nd3 e5 {"This position is extremely complex and practical examples are
needed!" - Williams, The Killer Dutch (Everyman, 2015).}) 9... Nxd2 10. Qxd2 e5
11. Nc3 (11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Rd1 Qxd2 (12... Nc6 13. Nc3 e4 14. Nd5 Ne5 $4 15.
Nxf6+ {and Qd5+ wins the N, 1-0 Jussupow,A (2583)-Paci,C (2301) Ajaccio, 2007.}
) 13. Rxd2 c6 14. Nc3 e4 15. f3 Bg5 16. f4 Bf6 17. e3 $11 Na6 18. Bf1 Be6 19.
Na4 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf7 23. Kf2 Ke7 {1/2-1/2 (23)
Kuzmin,A (2583)-Williams,S (2381) Port Erin 2003}) 11... Nc6 (11... exd4 12.
Nd5 c5 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. e3 {is no fun for Black.}) 12. e3 e4 (12... exd4 13.
exd4 Nxd4 (13... Bxd4 $4 14. Bxc6 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 $18 {and the mate threat on g7
leaves White up a piece.}) 14. Nd5 c5 {White's down a pawn but has a huge bind;
e.g.} 15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Rad1 $16 ({or even} 17. f4 $16 {and
White gets the pawn back with a much better structure.})) 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. h4
Bh6 (14... Bxh4 {would be insane: there's no attack with the Bg2 alive.}) 15.
Rac1 Ne7 16. Nxe7+ (16. Nc3 $5) 16... Qxe7 17. d5 {[#] White has a bit more
space, though I'm not sure that matters with no Knights on the board). White
also has a simple plan: centralize Rs and push c5.} a5 (17... Bd7 {hoping for .
...Be8-h5 is sensible but slow; e.g.} 18. Qd4 b6 (18... Be8 19. c5 Bh5 20. Rc2
$16) 19. b4 (19. Rc2 $5 {the patient way}) 19... a5 20. c5 axb4 21. cxb6 cxb6
22. Rc7 $36 Rxa2 23. Qxb4 $16 {Black's b and d-pawns are weak, and the attempt
to create play with ...f4 has a cute refutation:} f4 $2 24. exf4 e3 25. Be5 $1
$18) 18. Bd4 ({Maybe better was:} 18. a3 b6 19. b4 axb4 20. axb4 Ra2 $6 {
looks annoying, but after} 21. Ra1 $16 {White gets the only open file.}) 18...
b6 {Of course.} 19. a3 g5 20. hxg5 Bxg5 21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 h5 $1 {aiming to
trade the isolated pawn, if nothing else.} 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 h4 $11 {[#]}
25. f4 $5 Bh6 $2 (25... exf3 $6 26. Rxf3 $16) ({I don't know why Black avoided
this trade:} 25... Bf6 $1 {trying to get rid of White's well-posted B.} 26.
Bxf6 (26. gxh4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxh4 28. cxd6 cxd6 $11 (28... Ra2 $5 $11)) 26...
Qxf6 27. cxd6 $5 {is interesting, but Black has excellent chances after} hxg3
28. dxc7 Qh4 $13) 26. cxd6 cxd6 27. gxh4 Qxh4 28. Rc7 Rf7 $1 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30.
Qb4 Bf8 31. Rc1 {Rxc8 and Qb7+ isn't much of a threat so long as Black has a
perpetual with ...Qe1-g3/h4.} Kg8 32. Rc7 Qg3 (32... Ra2 33. Bb2 {Only move.} Ba6 {Only move.} 34.
Rc6 Rxb2 35. Qxb2 Qe1+ {forces a draw.}) 33. Qb2 Ba6 34. Qf2 {[#]Critical
Position} Qxf2+ $4 (34... Qg4 {Only move.} {Black's Q is his only active piece, and
keeping it on is the only way to save the game.}) (34... Qg6 $2 35. Qh4 Bh6 36.
Re7 $18) 35. Kxf2 Rc8 (35... Bc8 {saves the f5-pawn, but only for a few moves,
since} 36. Bh3 Rb8 37. Kg3 {and there's no stopping the White K.}) 36. Ra7 {Only move.}
Bc4 37. Bh3 Bxd5 38. Bxf5 {Threatening Bh7#. Black's only defence gives up the
e4 pawn and still leaves him horribly tied down.} Rc2+ 39. Kg3 Bf7 40. Bxe4 Rc1
41. Bh7+ Kxh7 42. Rxf7+ Kg8 43. Rd7 Rg1+ 44. Kf3 Rg6 45. Ke4 Re6+ 46. Kf5 Re8
47. Kg5 Rc8 48. f5 Rc2 49. f6 Rg2+ 50. Kf5 1-0
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