Successes at Amersham

[Event "Amersham Open 2009"] [Site "Amersham, UK"] [Date "2009.05.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Eden, Tomer"] [Black "Larter, Nick J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "2146"] [BlackElo "1818"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2009.05.22"] 1.d4 e6 2.c4 b6 3.Nf3 f5 4.g3 Bb7 5.Bg2 Nf6 6.0-0 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.d5 Na6 9.Nd4 Bc5 10.Nc2 e5 11.a3 f4?! 12.b4 fxg3 13.bxc5 gxh2+ 14.Kh1 Nxc5 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.Bxf6 Rxf6 17.Ne4 Nxe4 18.Bxe4 d6 19.f3 Qh5 20.Rf2 Rh6 21.Ne3 Qg5 22.Nf5 Qg1+ 23.Qxg1 hxg1Q+ 24.Kxg1 Rg6+ 25.Rg2 Rxg2+ 26.Kxg2 g6 27.Ne3 a5 28.a4 Kg7 29.Nd1 Ba6 30.Bd3 Rf8 31.Nc3 h6 32.e3 g5 33.Rh1 Bb7 34.Kg3 Rf6 35.Ne4 Rf7 36.Nf2 Bc8 37.Ng4 Bxg4 38.Kxg4 Rf6 39.Bf5 Kf7 40.f4 exf4 41.exf4 gxf4 42.Kxf4 Ke7 43.Rg1 Rf7 44.Rg6 h5 45.Kg5 h4 46.Rh6 Kf8 47.Rxh4 Rg7+ 48.Bg6 1-0 [Event "Amersham Open 2009"] [Site "Amersham, UK"] [Date "2009.05.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Amato, Giampiero"] [Black "Eden, Tomer "] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B13"] [WhiteElo "1987"] [BlackElo "2146"] [PlyCount "112"] [EventDate "2009.05.23"] 1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.d4 Nc6 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Qb3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nxd4 11.Bb5+ Nxb5 12.Qc6+ Ke7 13.Qxb5 Qd7 {All boring theory} 14.Qe2 {usually the Queens come off here however this move is apparently recomended by Anand as whites best try} 14...f6 15.Nxd5+ Qxd5 16.0-0 Kf7 17.Be3 Be7 18.Rfd1 Qb7 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.Kg2 Rxc1 21.Rxc1 Rd8 22.Qc2 g6 23.b3 Bd6 24.Qe4 Rd7 25.Qxb7 Rxb7 26.Rc8 e5 27.Bc5 Bxc5 28.Rxc5 Ke6 29.Rc6+ Kf5 30.Ra6 h5 31.Kg3 g5 32.Kg2 Rc7 33.Kg3 {This is a dead draw however for some reason white decided not to get his a&b pawns moving, so I felt it could be winnable!} 33...Rf7 34.Kg2 g4 35.fxg4+ hxg4 36.Kg3 Kg5 37.Kg2 {And still those a&b pawns sit still...} 37...f5 38.h3 gxh3+ 39.Kxh3 Kf4 40.Kg2 e4 41.Ra5 Kg4 42.Ra4 Re7 ({A mistake and could have let white off the hook,} 42...Rc7 {was more accurate}) 43.f3+ Kf4 44.fxe4 fxe4 45.Kf1? (45.Kf2 {would have held according to Mr Rybka}) 45...Kf3 46.b4 ? {bit too late for that now...} 46...Rh7 47.Kg1 e3 48.Ra6 Rg7+ 49.Kh2 Re7 50.Rf6+ Kg4 51.Rg6+ Kf5 52.Rg1 e2 53.Re1 Kf4 54.Kg2 Ke3 55.Rb1 Rg7+ 56.Kh3 Kf2 0-1 [Event "Amersham Open 2009"] [Site "Amersham, UK"] [Date "2009.05.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Eden, Tomer"] [Black "Hebden, Mark"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2146"] [BlackElo "2510"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2009.05.23"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f3 0-0 6.Be3 c5 7.dxc5 dxc5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bxc5 Nc6 10.Rd1 Nd7 11.Ba3 a5 12.Nge2 Nb4 13.Kf2 e6 14.Nb5 b6 15.Nec3 Bb7 16.Be2 Bc6 17.Rd6 Ne5 18.Rhd1 Rxd6 19.Rxd6 Bf8 20.Rd1 Bc5+ 21.Kf1 g5 22.b3 Bxb5 23.Nxb5 Nxa2 24.Bb2 {White has returned the pawn but has a solid position} 24...Ng6 25.g3 Nb4 26.Bf6 ({I go slightly wrong here, As Hebden advised after the game; White should play} 26.Bc1{, making use of the fact that the N has left a1, and preparing f4 - freeing the light squared bishop...}) 26...Be7 27.Bd4 Rb8 28.Rd2 h6 29.Kf2 Na6 30.Be3 Bc5 31.Rd7 Bxe3+ 32.Kxe3 Nc5 33.Ra7 ({Hebden makes an interesting point here: "}33.Rc7 {is more accurate as from c7 the rook can go to c6, attacking the b6 pawn if the black rook was to move away"}) 33...Rd8 (33...Nxb3 34.Nd6 Ne5 35.f4 gxf4+ 36.gxf4 Nc6 37.Rc7 Nd8 38.Bd1 Nc5 39.Bh5 a4 40.e5 Kf8 41.Nxf7 Nxf7 42.Rxf7+ Kg8 43.Ra7 Rd8 {is drawish}) 34.Nd4 Kg7 35.f4?? {Blunder! despite the increments I was in time trouble...} 35...gxf4+ 36.gxf4 Nxf4 37.Nc6 Ng2+ 38.Kf2 Rd2 39.Kxg2 Rxe2+ 40.Kf3 Rxe4 41.Nd8 Rd4 42.Nxf7 Rd7 43.Rxd7 Nxd7 44.Nd6 Kf6 45.Ke3 h5 46.h4 {pushing the h pawn just makes things easier for black} 46...Ke5 47.Ne4 Kf5 0-1 [Event "Amersham Open 2009"] [Site "Amersham, UK"] [Date "2009.05.24"] [Round "4"] [White "Webb, Matthew D"] [Black "Eden, Tomer"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "157"] [BlackElo "2146"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2009.05.24"] 1.e4 c6 {In this tournament I decided to make the caro kann my main defence to e4} 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Ne2 e6 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.h4 h6 7.h5 Bh7 8.Bd3 Bxd3 9.cxd3 Qb6 10.Qg4 Nd7 (10...Na6 {looked better forcing} 11.a3{, black could then play} 11...c5) 11.0-0 Ne7 12.Be3 Rg8 13.Nd2 Qa6 14.Rfc1? ({white should have defended the pawn} 14.Rfd1 Qxd3 15.Nde4) 14...Qxd3 15.Rc3 Qh7 16.b4 a6 17.Nb3 Nf5 18.a3 Nxg3 19.fxg3 g6 20.Kh2 gxh5 21.Qxh5 Qg6 22.Qxg6 Rxg6 23.Nc5 Nxc5 24.bxc5 0-0-0?! (24...Bg7 {should have been played right away followed by f6}) 25.Rf1 Rd7 26.Bd2 Rg4 27.Rf4 h5 28.Rxg4? {This makes it an easy win for Black, the g pawns will remain doubled and white cannot stop blacks b6/f6 threats breaking the white pawn chain} 28...hxg4 29.Bg5 Be7 30.Bh4 Bd8 31.Rc2 b6 32.Bxd8 Rxd8 33.Kg1 bxc5 34.Rxc5 Kc7 35.Rc1 Rf8! 36.Rf1 c5 37.dxc5 Kc6 38.Rf4 Kxc5 39.Kf2 d4 40.Ke2 Rb8 41.Rxf7 Kd5 0-1 [Event "Amersham Open 2009"] [Site "Amersham, UK"] [Date "2009.05.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Eden, Tomer"] [Black "Walton, Alan J"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A96"] [WhiteElo "2146"] [BlackElo "2161"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2009.05.25"] 1.d4 e6 2.g3 f5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.c4 d6 6.0-0 0-0 7.Nc3 Ne4 8.Nxe4 fxe4 9.Nd2 d5 10.f3 c5 ?! 11.fxe4 Rxf1+ 12.Qxf1 dxc4?! ({This puts white in a very strong position already.} 12...dxe4 13.dxc5 Bxc5+ 14.Kh1 Nc6 15.Nxe4 {would have put white a pawn up but black has some compensation} 15...Bd4) 13.d5 b5 14.a4 Qb6 15.e5 Bb7 16.d6 (16.dxe6 Nc6 17.Qf7+ Kh8 18.axb5 Qxb5 19.Be4 Nd4 20.Rxa7 Rxa7 21.Qxe7 Nxe2+ 22.Kf2 Ra8 23.Qxb7 {is a nice computer line}) 16...Bg5 17.Ne4 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 Nd7 19.Qg5 Rf8 20.Qe7 (20.a5 Qd8 21.Nf6+ Nxf6 22.exf6 {fails to} 22...Rxf6 23.Bxb7 Rf1+ 24.Rxf1 Qxg5 25.Bc6 Qd2 26.d7 b4 {Blacks Q side pawns should make the difference}) 20...Nxe5 21.Qxe6+ Nf7 22.Rf1 Bc8 23.Qd5 Bb7 24.Qe6 Bc8 25.Qe7 Qd8 26.Rxf7 1-0 [Event "Amersham Minor 2009"] [Site "Amersham, UK"] [Date "2009.05.25"] [Round "6"] [White "Smith, Gary P"] [Black "Limonov, Petr"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO ""] [WhiteElo "117"] [BlackElo "-"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2009.05.25"] 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 ({avoiding the well-known} 6... Nf6?! 7. e5 Nxe5?? 8. Nxe5 dxe5 9. Bxf7+) 7. Bf4 a6 ({preventing} 8. Nb5) 8. a4 Be7 ({Now} 9.Qd2 Nf6 10.Rd1 Qa5 11.Bxd6 Bxd6 12.Qxd6 Nxe4 13.Qa3 Nxc3 14.bxc3 Qc7 {was played in Tartakower - Najdorf, 1948!}) 9. 0-0 Nf6 10.Qe2 e5 ({Although this advance is typical for some Morra positions, having played 7... a6 already I could probably try to survive without it, playing} 10... 0-0 11. Rfd1 Qc7. {But I wanted to eliminate all the e4-e5 ideas, which, however, put me into a passive position with a hole on d5 as well as on b6.}) 11. Bg5 Bg4?! (11... Be6) 12. Be3 ({Preventing Nd4, but inconsistent with the previous move; perhaps White was afraid of} 12. Qe3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nd4 {, but in that line the knight d4 would be forced to retreat very soon, and I would be left with horribly weak light squares. An attempt to exchange my e7 bishop by}) (12.Qe3 12... Nh5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ng5 0-0 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. h3 Bd7 {was probably a bit better, but White still had dangerous initiative}) 12... 0-0 13. Rfd1 Qc7?? {An awful loss of tempo} 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Rd2 Be6? 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Ng5 {looks very dangerous, but Black managed to protect the e6 pawn, not without his opponent's help} 17... Nd8 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Na2 Nc6 20. a5? (20. b4 Nd7 21. Be3! {was the simple reply I over-looked playing my seventeenth move, and it looks very good for White}) 20... h6 21. Nf3 Nd7 22. Be3 Qe8 23. Qc4 Qf7 24. b4 {now this advance is far less effective} 24... Rfc8 25. Qb3 Kh7 ({immediate} 25... Kh8 {was better}) 26. Rdc2 Qg8 {we were both in time trouble by then, so I was simply consolidating, protecting both c8 and e6} 27. Qd3 Kh8 ({now} 27... d5 {would be possible with the king already on h8}) 28. b5? {a crucial mistake, in my opinion} 28... Na5 29. Bd2 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Qd8 31. Bb4 Nc5 32. Ba5 (32. Qd2 axb5) 32... Qa5 33. Qc4 axb5 34. Qe2 b4 {both of us had less than a minute on our clock} 35. Nc1 b3 36. Rxc5 (36. Rb2 Qa1 37. Qd2 Nxe4 {would cost White even more material}) 36... Qxc5 37. Nxb3 Qc8 38. g3 Qd7 39. Kg2 b5 40. h4 Qe8 41. Nc1 Rb8 {and, having made it past move 40, Black eventually won.} [Event "Amersham Open 2009"] [Site "Amersham, UK"] [Date "2009.05.25"] [Round "7"] [White "Williams, Simon "] [Black "Eden, Tomer"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [WhiteElo "2512"] [BlackElo "2146"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2009.05.25"] 1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5 Nd5 7.a4 e6 8.Ng5 Bb7 {Usually 8...Be7 or 8...h6 is played here. However the text seems not too bad} 9.Qh5 g6 10.Qf3 Qd7 11.Nge4 Be7 12.Bg5 Bxg5 13.Nxg5 Nxc3 14.Qxc3 Qd5 15.Qe3 c5 16.dxc5 Nd7? {A slip allowing white some tricks along the d file, Na6 was the right move and looks ok for black:} (16...Na6 17.Rd1 Qxc5 18.Nxf7 Kxf7 19.Rd7+ Kg8 20.Rxb7 Qb4+ 21.Qc3 Qxa4 22.Qa3 Qxa3 23.bxa3 Rc8 24.Rxb5 Rc7 25.Ra5 Nb8 {is a possible line}) 17.Rd1 Qxc5? ({the real blunder,} 17...Qc6 {would have defended the N and probably still been ok for black}) 18.Nxf7 Qxe3+ 19.fxe3 Bd5 (19...bxa4 {would have kept white working for the win, example:} 20.Nxh8 Nxe5 21.Nxg6 hxg6 22.h4 Rb8) 20.Nxh8 Nxe5 21.axb5 Kf8 22.Rd4 {with e4 to follow} 1-0