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(Round 1) Golubev,M (2528) - Guilbert,J (2114) [B30]
Bethune (Open A) Bethune (1), 26.12.2002
In the first round of Bethune Open my play was quite relaxed; I didn't manage to prove an advantage after the dubious 4...a6?!. In an unclear position my opponent forgot an illogical rule that long castling is possible even if opponents attacks the b8 (b1) square - at least that's how I understood what he told me in French after the game. The only thing I could be proud of to some extent was that I saw a refutation of 12...Bg5/13...0-0? one move earlier (12...Bg5 13.e5 0-0? 14.Rhd1 Nxe5 15.Rxd8 Nxf3 16.Rxf8 Rxf8 17.Bxg5 Nxg5 18.h4 +-). 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bb5 a6 5.Bxc6 dxc6 6.d3 Bg4 7.h3 Bxf3 8.Qxf3 e6 9.Bf4 Be7 10.0-0-0 Nd7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Rxd4 Qa5! 13.Rhd1 Rd8? 14.Qd3 Nc5 15.Rxd8 Bxd8 16.Qd6 f6 17.Be3 1-0
(Round 2) Marechal,A (2248) - Golubev,M (2528) [B76]
Bethune (Open A) Bethune (2), 27.12.2002
The Dragon. I have played 9...Bd7 against 9.0-0-0 in 1979, if I remember correctly. My oppenent, who is, by the way, web editor of a nice Belgian chess site, reacted interestingly. I didn't manage in the game to find the best way for Black, being, possibly, too afraid of exchanges. Despite this, I got a position with a lot of practical chances, and eventually won. Black's play after 12.Nxc6 can be estimated as adventureous, at best. 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 Bd7 10.Kb1 Rc8 11.h4 h5 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Bc4 Rb8 14.Bb3 Qc8 15.g4 c5 16.e5 dxe5 17.g5 Ng4 18.fxg4 Bxg4 19.Qf2? c4 20.Ba4 Qb7 21.b3 Rfc8 22.Bc5 Bxd1 23.Rxd1 e4 24.Bd4 Bxd4 25.Qxd4 cxb3 26.Bxb3 Qc7 27.Nd5 Qxc2 28.Ka1 Qc5 29.Qe5 Rb7 30.Re1 Qa3 31.Qb2 Qxb2 32.Kxb2 Rc5 33.Nc3 Re5 34.Re3 Kg7 35.Kc2 Rb4 36.a3 Rd4 37.Ne2 Rd8 38.Ng3 f5 39.gxf6 exf6 40.Rxe4 Rxe4 41.Nxe4 Rd4 42.Nf2 Rf4 43.Nd3 Rxh4 44.Kd2 g5 45.Ke3 Rh3 46.Ke2 g4 47.Bd5 Kh6 48.Be6 Kg5 49.a4 f5 50.Bd5 f4 0-1
(Round 3) Golubev,M (2528) - Spiridonov,N (2373) [B12]
Bethune (Open A) Bethune (3), 27.12.2002
An interesting play around the White knight on c5 started after White's 13th, when the pawn structure was fixed. I luckily avoided blows like Nxe5 and Nxd4 in different varieties till move 20, when 20...a5! was clearly underestimated by me; I missed the simple retreat 22...Qa7 in the line 21.Rb3 Nxe5 22.bxa5. After quite a long think I found the curious possibility to preserve the pawn on b4 and keep the tension. GM Spiridonov, nevertheless, took this pawn which directly lead him to a loss. If Black had played correctly instead, then the position would be double-edged. 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Be3 Qb6 5.Qc1 e6 6.Nd2 c5 7.Ngf3 Nc6 8.c3 a6 9.Be2 cxd4 10.Nxd4 Nxd4 11.Bxd4 Bc5 12.Nb3 Bxd4 13.cxd4 Ne7 14.0-0 Nc6 15.Qd2 0-0 16.Rfc1 Rfc8 17.Nc5 h6 18.Rc3 Rc7 19.a3 Rac8 20.b4?! a5! 21.Bd1 axb4?! 22.axb4 Qxb4? 23.Ra4 Qb5 24.Rb3 Nxd4 25.Rxb5 Nxb5 26.g4 Rxc5 27.gxf5 Rc1 28.fxe6 fxe6 29.Kg2 R1c6 30.Rg4 Kh8 31.Ba4 Rc5 32.Qb4 Nc3 33.Bd7 1-0
(Round 4) Barski,V (1820) - Golubev,M (2528) [B08]
Bethune (Open A) Bethune (4), 28.12.2002
An special «accelerated» pairing system led to a situation when, having 3/3 I played vs opponent with the same 3 points, and quite a modest rating. Possibly, I overestimated my position which may have been only slightly better in the middle-game... Against strongest possible White play, the consequences of my plan, linked to the risky 20...f5 would have been totally unclear. 1.Nf3 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Bc4 0-0 6.Be3 c6 7.Bb3 d5 8.Qd3 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 Bf5 10.Nfd2 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Na6 12.f3 Qc7 13.g4 Bxe4 14.Qxe4 c5 15.c3 cxd4 16.cxd4 e5 17.d5 Qa5 18.Bd2 Qb6 19.Be3 Qd6 20.Rc1 f5 21.gxf5 gxf5 22.Qa4 f4 23.Bf2 e4 24.fxe4 Nb4 25.Kf1 Nd3 26.Rc2 Nxf2 27.Kxf2 Rac8 28.Qxa7 Rce8 29.Re2? f3 30.Ree1 Qb4 31.Qe3 Bd4 32.Rhg1 Kh8 0-1
(Round 5) Golubev,M (2528) - Shchekachev,A (2551) [E92]
Bethune (Open A) Bethune (5), 29.12.2002
Both Shchekachev and myself play the Main Line of the King's Indian with both colours. After we entered this line in our game, I entered a peaceful exchange variation and offered a draw. Honestly, I didn't expect to face another very strong opponent in the second game of the same day, but the Swiss system is unpredictable. 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 Draw
(Round 6) Bunzmann,D (2498) - Golubev,M (2528) [E97]
Bethune (Open A) Bethune (6), 29.12.2002
The line played by Black is very risky, but he still has chances to checkmate the White king somehow. 18.d6 was probably not the most principled move, White's advantage after that is hard to prove. Dimitrij's 19.Bf2 was more a blunder than a sacrifice, but White had compensation after that (Explanation: Black would be happy to return the White pawn to the board and place it on the d5 square). White's sacrifice on move 25 I almost overlooked (didn't see 26.Qxe6 after 25...Be6), so the decision to play 25...Be6 anyway after that was very hard. Another difficult decision for me was move 18 when I tried to compare the consequences of 18...Bf8 and 18...Be6. Nothing is totally clear in this game - as it should be in the King's Indian. Possibly, I played well. And calculated a lot - that's for sure! 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4 Ne8 10.c5 f5 11.Nd2 Nf6 12.f3 f4 13.a4 g5 14.Nc4 Ng6 15.Ba3 Rf7 16.b5 dxc5 17.Bxc5 h5 18.d6 Bf8 19.Bf2 cxd6 20.b6 a6 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.Qxd5 Qf6 23.Rac1 g4 24.Nxd6 Be6 25.Qxe6 Qxe6 26.Nxf7 g3 27.hxg3 fxg3 28.Bxg3 Rc8 29.Ng5 Qxb6 30.Bf2 Bc5 31.Rxc5 Rxc5 32.Bc4 Kh8 33.Rd1 Qa5 34.Bf7 Nf4 35.g3 Rc1 36.Rxc1 Ne2 37.Kf1 Nxc1 38.Be3 Qxa4 39.Kg2 Qc2 40.Kh3 Qd3 0-1
(Round 7) Golubev,M (2528) - Shirazi,K (2439) [C62]
Bethune (Open A) Bethune (7), 30.12.2002
Shirazi had half a point less than me, on move 8 he declined a draw that would guarantee sharing 1st-2nd places with me, but was much less promising to him. Maybe I wanted to «punish» my opponent too much, otherwise I could play 13.Nc3 (instead of 13.Bf4, which led to a totally unclear position - my chances after the exchange sacrifice 16.Rxe6 were probably not as good as I thought.) A complicated passage of play followed - Shirazi's unsuccessful 24th move minimized the risk for White, but the game was really decided only when I was lucky to find, after his big mistake 26...Qa8?, the killer move 27.Na4!, that destroys Black's position. Both opponents already had only a few minutes for the next 13 moves each. 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Bb5 a6 6.Bxc6 bxc6 7.0-0 Ne7 8.e5 c5 9.Qc3 h6 10.exd6 cxd6 11.Re1 Be6 12.Qd3 Nc6 13.Bf4 Be7 14.Nc3 g5 15.Bg3 g4 16.Rxe6 fxe6 17.Qg6 Kd7 18.Qxg4 h5 19.Qe4 h4 20.Bf4 Rb8 21.Rd1 Rb4 22.Ne5 Nxe5 23.Qxe5 Qf8 24.Be3 Rd4 25.Rxd4 cxd4 26.Qxd4 Qa8? 27.Na4! e5 28.Nb6 Kd8 29.Qg4 Qc6 30.c4 h3 31.gxh3 Rh4 32.Qe6 Rh8 33.Nd5 1-0
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