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Three of the best
Raymond Keene
In spite of an earthquake which rocked the playing hall during the last round, causing a sudden evacuation of Grandmasters, the great tournament in Indonesia was com- pleted without any other serious hitches. Jon iisdall's article of three weeks ago covered the most important points and this time I will round off the coverage by giving three more of the best games from the 325 played. 1t), bli-Chandler: Queen's Gambit Declined; In- donesia, 1982. 1 Nf3 N16 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 d5 4 d4 Be7 5 Bf4 A more E,0Pular move, perhaps, is 5 Bg5 e.g. 5 . . . h6 6 tlxf6 Exf6 7 e3 0-0 8Qd2 with Whiteplanning to castle Q-side and attack on the other wing by ad- vancing his pawns. Korchnoi, though, has often used 13f4 in his matches with Karpov. 5 ... 0-0 66 eS The standard freeing procedure. 7 cxd5 Again, Chore usual is 7 dxc5 Bxc5 8Qc2, as played by Kor- Fbnoi. 7 ... NxdS 8 NxdS Qxd5 Black avoids the ssolated pawn which might arise on 8 . . . exd5, Hough after 9 dxc5 Bxc5 10Bd3 Bb4 + or 10 a3 (.",c611 Rcl Bb6 Black has very little to fear. 9 dxc5 11 9 . Qxd 1 + 10 Rxdl Bxc5 11 a3 White stands
slightly better in the endgame, since his
i pleces enjoy more freedom of action. 10 Bd3 `14+ 111(e2 White forfeits the right to castle, but
if 11 Nd2 he becomes involved in a nasty pin after Rd8. 11 . Nc6 12 a3 Bf6 13 b4 Qh5 14 Rcl e5 15 Bg3 Rd8? Black misses his chance. Correct is 15 . . Re8! to exploit the exposed situation of White's King, e.g. 16 Be4 Nd4 + I 17 exd4 exd4 18 Kd3 Rxe4 19 Kxe4 Qf5 mate. After the move chosen, Black gets into difficulties, because his Queen is out of play at the edge of the board. 16 Qc2 Be6 17 Be4 Rac8 18 Qbl g6 19 Rhdl Rxdl 20 Kxdl Bg7 21 Kel f5 Loses a pawn, but if 21 . f6 22 b5! is unpleasant. 22 Bxc6 bxc6 23 Nxe5 Bd5 24 Qd3 f4 Hoping for 25 exf4 BxeS 26 fxe5 Bxg2 with good counterplay, but now White launches a beautiful sacrificial sequence which demonstrates
smothered mate. 25 Rxc611 (Diagram) 25 Rd8
. Position after 25Rxc6!!
Or 25 . . . Rxc6 26 Qxd5 + winning simply, while acceptance by 25 . . . Bxc6 leads to death by suf- focation as follows: 26 Qc4 + Kh8 (26 . . Kf8 27 Qf7 mate is more banal) 27 Nf7 + Kg8 28 Nh6 (check from Q and N) 28 .. . Kh8 29 Qg8 + Rxg8 30 Nf7 smothered mate. 26 Rc811 Black resigns. A crushing deflection, for 26 . . Rxc8 once again allows smothered mate after 27 Qxd5 + Kh8 28 Nf7 + Kg8 29 Nh6 + Kh8 30 Qg8 + Rxg8 31 Nf7 mate. Browne-Ribli: Queen's Indian Defence.
1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 c4 b6 4 Nc3 Bb7 1 would have preferred 4 . . . Bb4 which leads to a more lively game for Black. 5 a3 The fashionable variation, preventing . . Bb4. 5 ... d5 6 cxd5 Nxd5 Or 6 . . exd5 7 Bf4 Bd6 8 Bxd6 Qxd6 9 Rcl with a slight edge for White, who threatens Nb5. 7 e3 Be7 8 Bb5 + c6 9 Bd3 Nxc3 10 bxc3 c5 11 0-0 Nc6 12 Qe2 0-013 Bb2 Rc8 14 Rad 1 cxd4 15 exd4 A good alter- native is 15 exd4. 15 . . . Na5? A positional error which carries grave consequences. Black should not unguard the e5 square in this fashion, so the correct move is 15 . . Bf6! with good chances. 16 Ne5! From now on, it's forward all the way. 16 . Bf6 17f4 To fortify his N. 17 ... g6 18 c4 Bg7 19 d5 exd5 20 f5 d4 Black tries to block a diagonal. If instead, 20 ... dxc4 then 21 Bxc4 Qe7 22 Rd7 Qe5 + 23 Bd4 Qxa3 24 Rxf7 Nxc4 25 Rxg7 + Kxg7 26 Ng4 + followed by Nh6. 21 fxg6 fxg6 22 Nxg6 The climax of White's attack. If Black accepts with 22 .. . hxg6 there would follow: 23 Qe6 + Kh8 24 Qh3 + Kg8 25 Bxg6 Rf6 26 Qh7 + Kf8 27 Bxd4 Qxd4 + 28 Rxd4 Rxfl + 29 Kxfl Bxd4 30 Qf7 mate. 22 ... Re8 23 Qh5 Be4 Or 23 . . . hxg6 24 Bxg6 and Qh7 mate. 24 Bxe4 Rxe4 25 Qf5 Black resigns. If 25 . . . Qe8 26 Qd5 + Qe6 27 Ne7 + or 26 . .Re6 27 Nf4, in both cases with ruinous loss of material. Finally, 25 . . . Re8 26 Qf7 is mate immediately.
Finally, the last round game which clinched Henley's GM result and his share of first prize. Henley-Miles: QP Tchigorin Defence. 1 d4 Nc6 2 Nf3 d5 3 c4 Bg4 4 cxd5 Bxf3 5 dxc6 Bxc6 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 f3 e5 8 dxe5 Nd7 9 e4 Bb4 10 Qb3 Qh4 + 11 g3 Qe7 12 Bet Nxe5 13 Bf4 Ng6 14 0-0-0 Nxf4 15 gxf4 Rd8 16 Rxd8 + Kxd8 17 Nd5 Qc5 +
17 ... BxdS 18 Qxd5 + Kc8 could hardly be worse.
18 Kc1 Ba5 19 Re! Qd6 20 Rdl Ke8 If 20 . . . Kc8 21 Nb6 + wins Black's Q. 21 Bb5 R18 22 Qa4 Bx135 23 QxaS Qc6 24 QxbS Qxb5 25 Nxc7 + Black resigns.
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