World Team Ch. Rd6 – Seirawan clubs Polgar, Armenia still leads

[Event "8th World Teams"] [Site "Ningbo CHN"] [Date "2011.07.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Seirawan, Yasser"] [Black "Polgar, Judit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E32"] [WhiteElo "2635"] [BlackElo "2699"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2011.07.17"] [WhiteTeam "USA"] [BlackTeam "Hungary"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "HUN"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d6 7. Bg5 Nbd7 8. e3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. O-O-O {It takes a mix of moxy and madness to castle long here, right under an open file, while not having begun to activate play of his own.} Bb7 14. e4 Rab8 15. Rd2 Rfc8 16. Be2 Ne8 17. f4 Nf8 18. Rhd1 f6 19. Bh4 Ng6 20. g3 Rd8 21. Bg4 e5 22. Be6+ Kf8 23. f5 Ne7 (23... Nxh4 $2 {would be a serious mistake, opening the file on the king and facilitating White's work to generate threats.} 24. gxh4) 24. g4 h6 25. Bf2 Nc6 26. Nd5 Qa5 27. h4 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. g5 Bxd5 30. exd5 (30. Bxd5 $1 Nc7 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Rg2 Nxd5 33. exd5 Rb7 34. Rg6 {was stronger, but Black still has not solved her king safety issues.}) 30... hxg5 $2 (30... Rb7 { was Black's best chance.} {After} 31. Rd3 (31. gxh6 {doesn't work as can be seen after} gxh6 32. Rg1 Rdb8 33. Rg8+ Ke7 34. Qd3 (34. Qd1 $2 Rxb2 $1 35. Rxb2 Qxa3 36. Qc2 d3 $1 {followed by d2+.}) 34... Rb3 35. Qe4 {and Black can draw with} Rxb2) 31... Rdb8 32. gxh6 gxh6 33. b4 {White is slightly better, but nothing is decided.}) 31. hxg5 {White is winning.} fxg5 32. f6 $1 {A decisive opening of lines to bring the queen in.} Rxb2 33. Kxb2 Nxf6 34. Ka2 Qc7 35. Rg2 Rc8 36. Bxc8 Qxc8 37. Rxg5 Nxd5 38. Qf5+ Qxf5 39. Rxf5+ Nf6 40. c5 Ke7 41. c6 Nd5 42. Rg1 d3 43. Kb3 Ke6 44. Rfg5 1-0

[Event "8th World Teams"] [Site "Ningbo CHN"] [Date "2011.07.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Aronian, Levon"] [Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D56"] [WhiteElo "2805"] [BlackElo "2669"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2011.07.17"] [WhiteTeam "Armenia"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. h4 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty that yielded Aronian a very good game. Sometimes these moves are more about space than planning a flat out pawn roller. Which is it?} (10. g4 f5 11. gxf5 Qf6 12. Bg2 Qxf5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Rxc3 Nd7 15. Qc2 {and though not worse, it is hard to believe this was what White hoped to achieve. (46) Halkias,S (2578)-Fridman,D (2645)/ Warsaw 2010/CB00_2011 (46)}) 10... Nd7 11. g4 {White is not kidding.} e5 {A logical and principled continuation, but is it best?} 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 cxd5 14. g5 h5 15. Bb5 exd4 16. Qxd4 Qe4 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Nd2 {Though one could be wrong, this looks like it is still opening preparation.} Ne5 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. f4 Bd5 21. fxe5 Bxe4 22. O-O Bd5 23. Bd7 Rfd8 24. Rc7 a5 25. a4 Ra6 26. Rf4 Rf8 27. Rd4 Bc6 28. e6 fxe6 29. Bxe6+ Kh8 30. Bf7 Rb6 31. b3 Bf3 32. g6 Rc6 33. Rxc6 bxc6 34. e4 Be2 35. e5 1-0