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The only hope was 19.Bxg4 Qxg4+ 20.Bg3 Bxg3
21.Nxg3 Qxg3+ 22.Qg2 Rxe3 23.Qxg3 Rxg3+ 24.Kh2
Rd3 25.Re7 although Black is a heavy favorite
there.
19…Nxe3 20.Kh1 Bh5!
Vaganian trades off white's key defensive piece
and now gains control of important light squares
like e4, h3 and g4.
21.Bxh5
21.Nf4 Nxf1 22.Rxf1 Qxg3 23.Nxh5 Qh4+ 24.Kg1
Re6 25.Rf2 g6 26.Kf1 Qh3+ 27.Bg2 Qxh5 wins, and
of course immediate loss comes with 21.Bxd6 Bxf3+
22.Rxf3 Qg2 mate.
21…Qxh5+ 22.Kg1 Qh3 23.Rf2 Bxg3 24.Nxg3 Qxg3+
25.Rg2 Nxg2 26.Rxe8+ Kf7 27.Rc8 Ne3+ 28.Kh1
Nf6, 0–1.
SORCERER'S APPRENTICE?
A brilliant attacking star is now lighting up
the chess world. He is 13-year old Magnus Carlsen
of Norway, winner of the Wijk aan Zee “C” group
earlier this year and the focus of much attention
in Moscow. Here is how he wiped out a pair of
highly ranked Russian GMs.
M Carlsen (2484) - S Dolmatov (2591) [A04]
Aeroflot Open, 2004
Dutch Defense
1.Nf3 f5 2.d3
The youngster adopts a tame-looking line against
Dolmatov's beloved Dutch Defense. However the
problems this line poses are not that easy to
solve.
2…d6 3.e4 e5 4.Nc3 Nc6
4…Nf6 looks more flexible.
5.exf5 Bxf5 6.d4 Nxd4 7.Nxd4 exd4 8.Qxd4
Nf6
Why not grab the pawn with 8…Bxc2? One line
might then go 9.Bf4 Nf6 10.Rc1 Bf5 11.Nb5 c6
12.Nxd6+ Bxd6 13.Bxd6 Qa5+ 14.Bb4 Qd5 with a
roughly equal position.
9.Bc4 c6 10.Bg5 b5?
10…d5 11.Bb3 Bd6 looks playable for Black. Maybe
Dolmatov overlooked 11.Qe5+ Qe7.
11.Bb3 Be7 12.0–0–0 Qd7 13.Rhe1 Kd8
13…0-0-0 14.Qf4! Rfe8 15.Bf7 wins.
You don't often see 2600+ GMs reduced to this
after only 13 moves.
14 Rxe7! Qxe7 15.Qf4 Bd7 16.Ne4 d5 17.Nxf6
h6 18.Bh4 g5 19.Qd4, 1–0.
A more impressive attacking game by Carlsen
came in the 4th round against the
solid Russian GM Shaposhnikov.
M Carlsen (2484) - E Shaposhnikov (2573) [E38]
Aeroflot Open, 2004
Nimzo-Indian Defense
1.d4
Carlsen adapts his openings
to the perceived strengths and weaknesses of
his opponents. He (or his trainer) probably
noted that Shaposhnikov played a “soft” line
of the 4.Qc2 Nimzo – What I mean by “soft” is
that it allows White to build up a promising
attacking formation that suits Carlsen's aggressive
style.
1…Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4
4.Qc2 c5 5.dxc5 Bxc5 6.Nf3 Qb6?!
I really have doubts about
this line. True, this forces 7.e3 and hems in
the White dark-squared bishop, but at considerable
loss of time. Besides, the bishop quickly takes
up a post on the long diagonal where it takes
aim at Black's king.
7.e3 a6 8.b3 Qc7 9.Bb2
b6 10.Be2 Bb7 11.g4!
This spike attack looks
like just the recipe to put the torch to Black's
passive formation. Previously such tame
moves as 11.Rd1 and 11.0-0 have been tested against
the tightly knit Black formation but with little
success.
11…Nxg4
Black takes up the dare. 11…h6
is also possible.
12.Rg1 Nxh2 13.Ng5! Nc6
Here, or on the next move,
Black should consider …f5!.
14.0–0–0 Ne5?
14…f5, 14…Nb4!? are both
superior to the illogical game continuation.
The knight only invites a subsequent f2-f4 and
does nothing to help extract the knight on h2.
15.Nce4
Now White has the initiative.
15…0–0–0
15…Be7 16.f4 is also good
for White.
16.Nxc5 bxc5
The rough and tumble 16…Qxc5
was more active, but White comes out on top after
17.Bxe5 Qxe5 18.Nxf7 Qa1+19.Kd2 Qf6 20.Nxh8 Qxf2
21.Rgf1! Nf3+! 22.Kc1 Qxe3+ 23.Kb1 Nd4 24.Rxd4
Qxd4 25.Nf7.
17.f4!
Carlsen rips into Black's
wide-open pawn structure and feasts on one Black
pawn after another.
17…Nef3 18.Nxf7 Nxg1
19.Rxg1 Nf3 20.Rxg7 Rhg8 21.Nxd8 Qxd8 22.Bf6!
This move helps to paralyze
Black's forces.
22…Qf8 23.Qxh7 Rh8
23…Rxg7 24.Bxg7 Qe8 25.Bf6
practically leaves Black in Zugzwang.
24.Qg6 Rh1+ 25.Kb2 Rg1
26.Bg5! Rxg5?
26…Nh4! 27.Qf6 (27.Qh7 Be4!
gives Black good counterchances) 27…Qxf6+ 28.Bxf6
Re1 29.Bg4! Ng2 30.f5! maintains the upper hand
but certainly offered more than the desperation
sac.
27.fxg5 Ne5 28.Qf6 Qd6
29.Rg8+ Kc7 30.Kc3!, 1–0.
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