
Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival 2017, Runde 1
Fotos: John Saunders
Die Topfavoriten spielten in Runde eins souverän: an den Brettern 1 bis 10 gaben die Favoriten nur einen halben Punkt ab. Nur Boris Gelfand kam mit Schwarz gegen IM Robert Bellin nicht über ein Remis hinaus.

Was tun gegen das Londoner System, wenn man gewinnen will?
Boris Gelfand fand keine gute Antwort.

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2017.01.24"] [Round "1.10"] [White "Bellin, Robert"] [Black "Gelfand, Boris"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2353"] [BlackElo "2721"] [Annotator "Sagar,Shah"] [PlyCount "62"] [EventDate "2017.01.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 {Whether you face Magnus Carlsen or some lower rated opponent, you have to be prepared against the London!} g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O c5 7. c3 b6 8. h3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 {Both sides have finished their development and overall Boris should not be unhappy with his position. It is a complex middlegame where the superior player can outplay his opponent. Let's see what happens next.} 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Ra7 $5 {A very interesting plan of transferring the queen to a8.} 12. Qb3 Qa8 13. Rfd1 Ne4 14. Bf1 Bd5 $146 { This the first new move of the game. All this has been played before.} (14... Nxd2 15. Nxd2 Bc6 {With the idea of b5 could be a plausible idea.}) 15. Qa3 Rc7 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bd5 18. Re1 f5 19. Rad1 Nf6 (19... c4 $5) 20. c4 Bf7 21. b4 a5 22. b5 Rd8 23. Be2 g5 24. Bf3 {White is slowly be steadily getting his pieces to better positions.} Ne4 25. Qd3 Bg6 26. g4 $5 e6 27. Bg2 {The bishop is now safe on g2 and hence the threat of d5 becomes real.} (27. d5 exd5 28. gxf5 Bxf5 29. cxd5 Nxd2 30. Qxf5 Rf7 $19) 27... Rcd7 $2 (27... Rcc8 $11 28. d5 Nc3 $1 $11 {And dxe6 is not going to attack anything.}) 28. Nxe4 (28. d5 $1 { would have put Black is some big trouble.} exd5 (28... Re7 29. Nxe4 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bxe4 31. Qxe4 $16 {A pawn is a pawn.}) 29. gxf5 Bxf5 30. cxd5 $18) 28... fxe4 29. Qb3 (29. Qc2 $5 {With the idea of d5 is also very strong.}) 29... Bf6 30. d5 Re8 31. Qc2 exd5 {A draw was agreed at this point. However, White is surely better.} (31... exd5 32. Rxd5 {The d6 and e4, both the pawns are weak. Black has a long defensive task ahead and it was a good idea that Boris offered a draw and took home the half point.}) 1/2-1/2

Nigel Short (rechts) hat das Open in Gibraltar bereits drei Mal gewonnen. Doch 2017 hatte er Glück in Runde 1 gegen den über 350 Elo-Punkte schwächeren Peter Lombaers (links, mit Weiß) ein Remis zu retten.

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2017.01.24"] [Round "1.16"] [White "Lombaers, Peter"] [Black "Short, Nigel D"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E40"] [WhiteElo "2314"] [BlackElo "2675"] [Annotator "Sagar,Shah"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2017.01.24"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. a3 cxd4 9. axb4 dxc3 10. b5 {Belarussian GM Aleksej Aleksandrov has played this system many times with the white pieces.} Ne5 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Nf4 b6 14. Ra4 $5 {A very novel way to activate the rook.} Bb7 15. Bb2 Qc7 16. Qc2 $1 {The other rook is coming to a1 and overall White looks pretty well co-ordinated.} Nc4 17. Rfa1 Ne4 (17... Qb8 18. Nxd5 $16) 18. Rxa7 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 {White has won a pawn, Black has some compensation but not enough.} Qc8 20. Ra4 g6 21. Ba3 Qd7 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Ra8 24. Rd4 Qxb5 25. Bb4 $16 {Being a pawn down, Black has a long defensive task ahead.} Nc5 26. f3 Ba6 27. Rd1 Bb7 28. e4 Qc4 29. Qd2 $18 {White has strengthened his position even further.} Bc6 30. Qd4 Qb3 (30... Qxd4+ 31. cxd4 $18) 31. h4 h5 32. Qd6 Nb7 33. Qd3 Rd8 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. exd5 Nd6 36. Bxd6 Rxd6 37. c4 Qb4 38. Qd4 {Peter has played this pretty well. Now all that he needs to do is activate his rook and combined with his d-pawn as well as threats on the black king, this should be easily won.} Kh7 39. Kh2 Rd7 40. d6 Qa4 41. Rb1 Rb7 42. Qd5 (42. Rxb6 Rxb6 43. Qxb6 Qxc4 {complicates the issue.}) 42... Ra7 43. Rxb6 $18 {[#] Two pawns up! What more can one ask for.} Qe8 44. Rb4 $4 {An extremely careless move by Lombaers.} (44. Qd4 $1 $18 {The queen guards everything and Nigel must stretch out his hand in resignation.}) 44... Qe1 $1 {A double attack!} 45. Qd4 Qxb4 46. Qxa7 Qxd6+ $11 {Now the weakness of white king is enough for Black to find a perpetual.} 47. g3 Qd2+ 48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Qa1+ Kg8 50. Qf1 Qc2 51. g4 hxg4+ 52. fxg4 Qc3+ 53. Kg2 Qc2+ 54. Kf3 f5 55. Qe2 fxg4+ 56. Kf2 Qc3 57. Qxg4 Qd2+ 58. Kf1 Qc1+ 59. Ke2 Qc2+ 60. Ke3 Qc3+ 61. Kf2 Qd2+ 62. Kg3 Qc3+ 63. Kg2 Qc2+ 64. Kh3 Qd3+ 65. Qg3 Qxc4 66. Qxg6+ Kh8 67. Qh6+ 1/2-1/2

Peter Lombaers

Weniger Glück hatte der indische Großmeister Abhijeet Gupta. Er hatte Weiß, wurde aber von Frank Buchenau überspielt.

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2017"] [Site "Caleta ENG"] [Date "2017.01.24"] [Round "1.25"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Buchenau, Frank"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2645"] [BlackElo "2274"] [Annotator "Sagar,Shah"] [PlyCount "142"] [EventDate "2017.01.24"] 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 cxd4 7. O-O Bc5 8. Nxd4 {I would already count this as a very favourable Catalan for White.} O-O 9. Nc3 (9. Nb3 Be7 10. e4 Nb4 11. Nc3 $14) 9... Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 {White has taken on a positional weakness. In return he has excellent compensation in the form of the strong g2 bishop, pressure down the b-file and a well centralized knight. However, it is important that White play actively creating threats. Because if Black can consolidate, he would be more than fine.} 11. Rb1 $6 (11. Nb5 Qe7 $11) (11. Be3 $5 Na6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rfb1 $14) 11... e5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Be3 Be6 {Black can be happy with what he has achieved out of the opening.} 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Bxc5 Rfd8 17. Qa4 Bd5 18. Rfd1 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 b6 20. Bb4 h6 {Very solid and calm play by Buchenau.} 21. e4 $2 (21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Rd1 $11) 21... Nxb4 $1 22. Qxb4 (22. cxb4 Qc4 $15) 22... Rac8 $15 {White is slightly worse now.} 23. Qb3 g6 24. Qa4 Kg7 {If you were not looking at the names, you could be mistaken that the black player is Anatoly Karpov. g6-Kg7 is a typical way to slowly but surely improve one's position.} 25. Kg1 h5 26. Rd5 Rxd5 27. exd5 Qxc3 28. Qxa7 Qd4 $1 {Rc2 is a big threat.} 29. a4 Rc2 (29... h4 $1 30. Qxb6 (30. Qa6 Rc4 $19) 30... Rc1+ $19) 30. Rf1 Ra2 31. Qd7 Rxa4 32. d6 Ra5 33. Qe7 Rd5 34. Rc1 Rxd6 {Black is two pawns up now. Abhijeet had hoped for a final attack on the last rank.} 35. Rc8 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. f3 { The position was anyway lost, but this just hastens the end.} (37. Kg1 Rd7 $1 38. Qf8+ Kf6 $19) 37... Qa2+ 38. Kh3 Qe6+ 39. Qxe6 Rxe6 {Winning a position where you are two pawns up in the rook endgame is just a matter of technique.} 40. Rb8 Kf6 41. Kg2 Rc6 42. h4 Ke6 43. Rb7 f5 44. g4 hxg4 45. fxg4 fxg4 46. Kg3 Kf5 47. Rf7+ Rf6 48. Rd7 b5 49. Rb7 Rc6 50. Rf7+ Ke4 51. Rb7 Kd3 52. Rxb5 e4 53. Rd5+ Ke2 54. Rd4 e3 55. Kg2 Ke1 56. Rxg4 e2 57. Rd4 Rc1 58. Rd6 Rd1 59. Rxg6 Kd2 60. Re6 e1=Q 61. Rxe1 Rxe1 62. Kf3 Rh1 63. Kg4 Ke3 64. h5 Ke4 65. Kg5 Ke5 66. Kg6 Rg1+ 67. Kf7 Kf5 68. h6 Ra1 69. h7 Ra7+ 70. Kg8 Kg6 71. h8=N+ Kf6 0-1
Doch in den meisten Partien setzten sich die Favoriten souverän durch. Peter Svidler gelang ein hübscher Sieg mit originellen Königs- und Damemanövern.

Peter Svidler
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