Chuchelov, V. - Georgiev, Kir
Mainz (rapid)
[2002.??.??]
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Mainz (rapid)
[2002.??.??]
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Improving our pieces: At first sight, White seems to be clearly better. All his pieces are active, the opponent has a weakness on a6, and the queenside pawn majority is an asset in any endgame. On top of this, the black forces are obstructed by the badly placed knight on e8. 21. ... g6! Simple, yet very strong. Georgiev plans ...Ng7-f5 in order to improve his knight. 22.Bf1 A good square for the bishop, where it protects g2 and keeps watching the a6-pawn.
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In the event of
22.Bg5
, fighting for the dark squares, Black could adjust his plans slightly by
22. ... Bg7
preparing ...Nf6, and the knight reaches a decent square anyway.
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22. ... Ng7
23.Qe3?!
A strange tempo loss.
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The immediate
23.Qh3
seemed more natural, although after
23. ... Nf5
Black hardly has any problems anymore.
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23. ... Nf5
24.Qh3
Rfd8
In just four moves, the situation on the board has changed noticeably. Thanks to his strong central control Black already holds the upper hand.
25.Rd3
25. ... e5!
26.Bd2
e4
27.Rxd8+
Rxd8
28.Bf4
h5
. A sensible move in order to back up the well-placed knight, which also has an enticing destiny on d4. Black went on to win the game. This is a simple example of how to improve one of our pieces and the possible virtues of such an operation, especially if it is our worst piece that is being improved!
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