QGAD28

Mephisto Explorer (1900)
Mephisto Super Mondial B (1876)

U1950 Turnier (4)
2010


1. d4 Sf6 2. Sf3 d5 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Lxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. De2 Le7 8. Td1 Dc7 9. a4 Untill here the ME played theory from his opening book 9... cxd4 10. exd4 Sc6 11. Sc3 O-O 12. d5 Good to get rid of it on the first occasion. 12... exd5 13. Sxd5 Sxd5 14. Lxd5 Lg4 15. De4 Lxf3 16. Dxf3 Ld6 17. Dh5 Le5 18. Ta3 Well played ! 18... h6 19. Lxc6 Black can't retake with the Queen due tu Qxe5, now black has 3 pawn Islands, white only 2. 19... bxc6 20. Tad3 Tae8 21. b3 c5 22. Td7 Db6 23. Le3 De6 24. Dh3 I didn't like this move from the M.Explorer. 24. T7d3 24... f5 25. Df3 Dxb3 Black could have played much much sharper 25... f4 26. Lxc5 Ld6!! bxd6 or Rxd6 fail on Qe1+ ! 27. Dc3 Dxd7 28. Txd6 26. Lxc5 Dxf3 27. gxf3 Tf7 28. Td8 Txd8 29. Txd8+ Kh7 30. Te8 Lc3 31. Lb6 Tf6 32. a5 Td6 33. Ta8 Kg6 34. Kf1 34. Txa6?! Lxa5 35. Txa5 Txb6 34... h5 35. Kg2 Ld2 36. Ta7 f4 37. h3 Kh6 38. Ta8 g5 39. Th8+ Kg6 40. Tg8+ Kf5 41. Tf8+ Ke6 42. Te8+ Kf7 43. Ta8 Kg6 44. Tg8+ Kh6 45. Th8+ Kg7 This move from the Super Mondial requires guts ! 46. Txh5 Td5! 47. h4 Lxa5 48. Lxa5 Txa5 49. Kh3 49. hxg5 Kg6 50. Th8 Kxg5 49... g4+!! Disaster st rikes.... unbelievable that a chess computer can overlook such a move. 50. fxg4 Txh5 51. gxh5 a5 0-1 [Stefan Timmermans]

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