HCCC Championship Round 1


  Tournament    HCCC Championship   Round 1
  Date    Friday September 20, 2002  
  Time Control   Game in 2 hours  
  White   AGABEKIAN, Konstantin   Rating   1880
  Black   CORUZZI, Frank   Rating   1593
Move
1  d4 d6
2 c4 g6
3 Nc3 Bg7
4 e4 Nf6
5 Bg5 O-O
6 Be2 Nbd7
7 Nf3 c5
8 d5 Qb6
9 Qd2 Re8
10 O-O Ng4
11 Ne1 Ngf6
12 Rb1 a6
13 Ned3 Qc7
14 f4 Rb8
15 f5 b5
16 b3 b4
17 Nd1 Nxe4
18 Qf4 Nxg5
19 Qxg5 Nf6
20 fxg6 fg
21 N1f2 Bf5
22 Rbe1 Qa5
23 Nc1 Bb1
24 Bd1 Bf5
25 g4 Bd7
26 h4 Rf8
27 Rxe2 Rbe8
28 Rfe1 Rxe7
29 Rxe7 Re8
30 Rxe8 Bxe8
31 Qe3 Qd8
32 Ne2 Bf7
33 Kg2 Qe8
34 Qxe8 Bxe8
35 Nf4 Bd7
36 g5 Ne8
37 Bg4 BxB
38 NxB Nc7
39 Kf3 Kf7
40 Ke4 Ke7
41 h5 Kf7
42 hg+ hg
43 Nh6+ Bxh6
44 gxh6 Kg8
45 Nxg6 Kh7
46 Kf5 Kxh6
47 Ne7 Kg7
48 Nc8 Kf7
49 Nxd6+ Ke7
50 Nb7 Ne8
51 Nxc5 a5
52 Ke5 Nd6
53 Ne4 Nf7+
54 Kd4  
55 1 0
 

Notes

Protecting f6 and preparing c5.  Playing c5 immediately is better threatening Qa5 with tactics along the long diagonal.

Fighting for the centre and claiming some much needed queenside space.

8.  d5.  Wow!  What a lovely diag formy dark B.  8...Qb6.  Playing where my space is.  Also puts some pressure on b2.  Lots of Nxe4 tactics. 

9.  Qd2 protecting b2.  9...Rfe8 protecting e7 and breaking the pin on the Knight.

Heading for e5.  Turns out to be a waste of time.  And why switch back to the K-side?

Preparing f4.

12.  Rb1 takes the cuffs off the Q.

13...Qc7 Makes room for b5 and picks the Q-side fight back up.

White's plan on the K-side is a lot faster.

Black wins a pawn.

Black with the dark B and a pawn is better.  Just liquidate and win.  At this point I wished you could offer your opponent the opportunity to resign.  "Will you take a loss?"

Since White's Rooks are disconnected Black will have no trouble neutralizing the open file in time.

Finally Black develops his light B.

22.  Rbe1 gunning for my weak pawn.  Black's light B is covering the weak square.  I'd like to trade minor pieces here leaving my dark B and a Knight for white.

After my move, White thought for 40 minutes.

24.  Bd1 puts pressure on e7 and e6.  Bf5 to protect the weak square.  I got spooked and didn't take the pawn.  I didn't want to get my Queen up on White's seventh where it might be harassed by his Rooks.  In the meantime he'd be able to mount an offensive down the open line.

25... Bd7 watching e6.

26... Rf8 drops a pawn.

30...Bxe8 reinforcing h5.

After 47. Ne7 Black is lost.