Bled Olympiade 2002

(1) Christopher,S (2090) - Papatryfonos,C (2040) [B07] Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c6 4.h3 Nbd7 5.Nf3 e5 6.dxe5 dxe5 7.Bd3 Bc5 8.0-0 0-0 9.a3 a5 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Qd2 Nh5 12.Ne2 a4 13.Bh4 Nf4 14.Bg3 Ng6 15.Kh1 Nf6 16.Qc3 Bd6 17.Rfe1 Nh5 18.Rad1 b5 19.Ra1 Bd7 20.Bh2 Rae8 21.b4 Qc8 22.Qd2 Bc7 23.Rac1 f5 24.c4 bxc4 25.Bxc4+ Kh8 26.Neg1 fxe4 27.Rxe4 Bf5 28.Re2 Nhf4 29.Re3 e4 30.Ng5 h6 31.Nf7+ Kh7 32.Nd6 Rd8 33.Nxc8 Rxd2 34.g3 Nxh3 35.Nxh3 Bxh3 36.Bg1 Bxc8 37.Bf1 Bb6 38.Re2 e3 39.fxe3 Diagram Black to play Black has an extra piece. How does he pick up another one to clinch the game? 39...Rxf1 40.Rxf1 Rxe2 41.Rc1 c5 42.Bh2 Bb7+ 43.Kg1 Rg2+ 0-1

(2) Ramirez,A (2421) - Chau,O (2137) [C18] Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.Qg4 Qc7 8.Bd3 Bd7 9.Qxg7 Rg8 10.Qf6 cxd4 11.Ne2 Rxg2 12.Kf1 Rg6 13.Bxg6 Nxg6 14.Rb1 Ba4 15.Nxd4 Nd7 16.Qf3 Ndxe5 17.Qg3 Qd7 18.Bg5 Nc4 19.Re1 Nxa3 20.Re2 Rc8 21.Qh3 Bb5 22.Nxb5 Nxb5 23.Bf6 Rc4 24.Rg1 Rf4 25.Bg7 Rh4 26.Qg3 a5 27.Qb8+ Ke7 Diagram White to play One of Black's pieces is "unprotected" and can be simply picked up to end the game. A must-see combination. 28.Rxg6 1-0

(3) Granara,B - Beukes,R [B51] Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.c3 a6 5.Ba4 Ngf6 6.d3 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.Re1 0-0 9.Bb3 b5 10.d4 Qc7 11.Nbd2 c4 12.Bc2 Nb6 13.Nf1 e5 14.h3 h6 15.Be3 Rd8 16.Qe2 Be6 17.dxe5 dxe5 Diagram White to play Quick, how do you pick up a pawn in this position? 18.Nxe5 Na4 [ 18...Qxe5 19.Bxb6 ] 19.Bxa4 Qxe5 20.Bc2 Nh5 21.Bb6 Rd7 22.Rad1 Qg5 23.Qf3 Rxd1 24.Rxd1 Nf4 25.Be3 Be5 26.Ng3 Qf6 27.Bxf4 Qxf4 28.Qxf4 Bxf4 29.Ne2 Bg5 30.f4 Be7 31.f5 Bc5+ 32.Kf1 gxf5 33.exf5 Bc8 34.Rd8+ Kg7 35.Nf4 Bb7 36.Nh5+ 1-0

(4) Kooshani,M - De Silva,N (2236) [B70] Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Bb3 0-0 8.h4 Qa5 9.Bd2 Qb4 10.Nde2 Nc6 11.f3 Qb6 12.Qc1 h5 13.Be3 Qa5 14.Bh6 Bd7 15.Qd2 Rfc8 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.0-0-0 Ne5 18.Kb1 Nc4 19.Qc1 b5 20.Qg5 Rc5 21.Nd5 Nxd5 22.exd5 Rac8 23.Nf4 Bf5 24.Nxh5+ Kg8 25.Ng3 Na3+ 26.Ka1 Nxc2+ 27.Bxc2 Bxc2 28.Rc1 b4 29.Rxc2 Rxc2 30.h5 b3 31.a3 Diagram Black to play Another quicky: how does Black mate his opponent in four moves? 31...Rxb2 32.Kxb2 Qc3+ [ 32...Qc3+ 33.Kb1 Qc2+ 34.Ka1 Qa2# ] 0-1

(5) Ibrahim,I (2067) - Russell,M [B25] Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 e6 6.f4 Nge7 7.Be3 d6 8.Nf3 0-0 9.0-0 Rb8 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nxe5 12.Bxc5 b6 13.Ba3 b5 14.Bc5 Qc7 15.d4 Rd8 16.Ne2 Nf5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Qd3 Bg7 19.c3 Diagram Black to play Our friend from Bahrain has just played 19.c2-c3, overlooking what? 19...Qxc5 20.g4 Nh6 21.h4 Qc4 22.Qg3 Bb7 23.Bxb7 Rxb7 24.Nf4 b4 25.Qf3 Rc7 26.Ne2 bxc3 27.bxc3 e5 28.h5 exd4 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.cxd4 Bxd4+ 31.Nxd4 Qxd4+ 32.Kh1 Qxg4 33.Qf6 Rd2 0-1

(6) Charbonneau,P (2427) - Asrian,K (2597) [B12] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.dxc5 e6 5.Be3 Nh6 6.Nf3 Nd7 7.c4 Nf5 8.cxd5 Nxe3 9.fxe3 Bxc5 10.dxe6 fxe6 11.Nbd2 0-0 12.Qb3 Qb6 13.Bc4 Bxe3 14.Bxe6+ Kh8 15.Qxb6 axb6 16.Bh3 Re8 17.Nc4 Diagram Black to play Black is a pawn down but has a chance to equalise on material. How exactly does he do this? 17...Nxe5 18.Nfxe5 Bxh3 19.gxh3 Bf4 20.0-0 Bxe5 21.Nxe5 Rxe5 22.Rae1 Rg5+ 23.Kh1 h6 24.a3 Rb5 25.Rf2 Rd8 26.Re3 Rg5 27.Rg3 Rxg3 28.hxg3 Rd3 29.Kg2 Rb3 30.h4 h5 31.Kh3 Kg8 32.Kg2 b5 33.Kh3 b6 34.Kg2 Kh7 35.Kh3 Kg6 36.Kg2 Kh6 37.Kh3 Kh7 38.Kg2 Kg6 39.Kh3 Kh6 40.Kg2 g6 41.Kh3 Kg7 42.Kg2 Rd3 43.Rc2 b4 44.a4 Rb3 45.Rf2 Re3 46.Kh3 b3 47.Rf4 Re2 48.Rb4 Rxb2 49.Rxb6 Ra2 50.Rxb3 Rxa4 1/2-1/2

(7) Roca,P (2423) - Emms,J (2520) [D03] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.c3 d5 5.Nbd2 Nbd7 6.e3 Be7 7.Bd3 Qc7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Rc1 h6 10.Bh4 b6 11.e4 dxe4 12.Nxe4 Bb7 13.Bg3 Qc6 14.Re1 Rfd8 15.Bb1 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Qc8 17.Bb1 Qc6 18.Qd3 Nf8 19.Qf1 Qe8 20.dxc5 Bxc5 21.Be4 Bxe4 22.Rxe4 Qc6 23.Qe2 Ng6 24.h4 Ne7 25.h5 Nf5 26.Bh2 a5 27.a4 Rac8 28.Re1 Qd5 29.g4 Ne7 30.Bg3 Qb7 31.Bh4 Re8 32.Rd1 Nd5 33.g5 hxg5 34.Bxg5 Qc7 Diagram White to play John Ems has just moved his queen from b7 to c7, to threaten ...Qg3+. What did he overlook? 35.Rxd5 Qg3+ [ 35...exd5 36.Rxe8+ Rxe8 37.Qxe8+ ] 36.Kh1 Bxf2 37.Rd2 Qh3+ 38.Nh2 Rc5 39.Qg4 Qxg4 40.Rxg4 Rf5 41.h6 f6 42.Bf4 g5 43.Rxf2 1-0

(8) Bui Vinh (2459) - Frey,H (2322) [A37] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy] 1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 Nc6 5.0-0 e5 6.Nc3 Nge7 7.d3 d6 8.a3 0-0 9.Rb1 a5 10.Bd2 h6 11.Ne1 Be6 12.Nc2 d5 13.cxd5 Nxd5 14.Ne3 Nce7 15.Qc1 b6 16.Nexd5 Nxd5 17.Bxh6 Qd7 18.Qg5 Bf6 19.Qd2 Bg7 20.Rfd1 Rab8 21.Ne4 f6 22.Nc3 Kf7 23.Bxg7 Kxg7 24.b4 cxb4 25.Nxd5 Bxd5 26.Bxd5 Qxd5 27.axb4 a4 28.Rdc1 Rfc8 29.b5 a3 30.Ra1 Qb3 31.Rcb1 Qa4 32.Qb4 Diagram Black to play Another quicky: White has just played 32.Qe1-b4, overlooking a very simple shot. How long does it take you to spot it? 32...Rc1+ [ 32...Rc1+ 33.Kg2 ( 33.Rxc1 Qxb4 ) 33...Qxb4 34.Rxb4 Rxa1 and Black is a rook up.] 0-1

(9) Cummins,J - Eichab,C [B26] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 d6 4.Bg2 g6 5.d3 Bg7 6.Be3 e6 7.Qd2 Qa5 8.Nf3 Nge7 9.0-0 Nd4 10.Bf4 e5 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Ng5 h6 13.f3 Bd7 14.Nh3 g5 15.Nf2 Be6 16.a3 f5 17.b4 cxb4 18.axb4 Qxb4 19.Rfb1 Diagram Black to play White has just move his rook from f1 to b1. Obviously the black queen has just one square for its retreat. Or are we overlooking something simple? 19...Qxc3 20.Qxc3 Ne2+ 21.Kf1 Nxc3 22.Rxb7 a6 23.Bd2 Nb5 24.Bb4 Kf7 25.c4 a5 26.Rxa5 Rxa5 27.Bxa5 Nd4 28.exf5 Bxf5 29.Ne4 Bxe4 30.fxe4 g4 31.Bb6 Ra8 32.Bxd4 exd4 33.Rb2 Ra3 34.Ke2 Bf6 35.Bf1 Ng6 36.Kd2 Bg5+ 37.Kc2 Rc3+ 38.Kd1 Ne5 39.Rc2 Rb3 40.c5 Be3 41.c6 Rb1+ 42.Ke2 Nf3 43.c7 Ng1# 0-1

(10) Hamperl,F - Pitterson,J (2248) [B23] Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Easy] 1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 e6 6.f5 Nge7 7.fxe6 fxe6 8.d3 d5 9.Bb3 b5 10.exd5 exd5 11.a3 c4 12.dxc4 dxc4 13.Qxd8+ Nxd8 14.Nxb5 cxb3 15.Nc7+ Kd7 16.Nxa8 bxc2 17.Kd2 Bb7 18.Kxc2 Be4+ 19.Kb3 Ne6 20.Be3 Rxa8 21.Rad1+ Nd5 22.Rd2 Ke7 23.Bd4 Bh6 24.Re2 Bd3 25.Re5 Rb8+ 26.Ka2 Kd6 27.Rd1 Nxd4 28.Rxd3 Bg7 29.Rg5 Diagram Black to move 29...Nf5 wins by force, but the road is long and convoluted. Black found a more direct path to Olympic glory. 29...Rxb2+ 30.Ka1 [ 30.Kxb2 Nxf3+ 31.Kb3 Nxg5 ] 30...Nc2# 0-1

(11) Kveinys,A (2530) - Speelman,J (2583) [B17] Olympiad Bled SLO (2), 27.10.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nd7 5.Ng5 Ngf6 6.Bd3 e6 7.Qe2 Bd6 8.N1f3 h6 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.Qxe4 Qc7 11.0-0 c5 12.Re1 Nf6 13.Qh4 Bd7 14.Ne5 cxd4 15.Qxd4 Bc6 16.Nxc6 bxc6 17.Qh4 Ke7 18.g3 Rhd8 19.Bd2 Bc5 20.Re2 Rd4 21.Qh3 Rad8 22.Bc3 R4d5 23.Bxf6+ gxf6 24.Qxh6 Bd4 25.Rae1 Bxb2 Diagram White to play The black king is placed precariously, the black queen in unprotected. How can White cash in on this? 26.Rxe6+ fxe6 27.Qg7+ Kd6 28.Rxe6+ Kxe6 29.Qxc7 R5d6 30.Bc4+ Ke5 31.Qe7+ Kd4 32.Bb3 Kc3 33.Qxa7 Bc1 34.Qc5+ Kb2 35.Bc4 Bd2 36.a4 Kxc2 37.Bd5+ Bc3 38.Bxc6 Rd1+ 39.Kg2 R8d4 40.Qf5+ Kb2 41.a5 Ra1 42.Qb5+ Rb4 43.Qe2+ Ka3 44.a6 Bd4 45.Qd3+ Kb2 46.Qd2+ Kb3 47.Bd5+ Ka4 48.Qc2+ Ka5 49.Qc7+ Kxa6 50.Bc4+ 1-0

(12) Lputian,S (2627) - Spraggett,K (2533) [A61] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.Nc3 a6 7.a4 g6 8.Bf4 Bg7 9.h3 0-0 10.e3 Nh5 11.Bh2 f5 12.Be2 f4 13.exf4 Nxf4 14.0-0 Nd7 15.Qd2 g5 16.Ne4 h6 17.Nxd6 Ne5 18.Bxf4 Rxf4 19.Nxc8 Rxc8 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bg4 Rb8 22.Rae1 Qd6 23.Qe2 Bf6 24.g3 Rd4 25.Qf3 Bg7 26.Re6 Qxd5 27.Qe3 Kh8 28.Re1 Rf8 29.Re8 Qf7 30.Re7 Qf6 31.Rxb7 Rxa4 32.Qxc5 Rd4 33.Re2 Rd1+ 34.Kg2 Qg6 35.Re6 Qd3 Diagram White to play It is all over for Black, that is clear. But can you calculate the clean mate in six that Lputian played? 36.Rxh6+ [ 36.Rxh6+ Bxh6 37.Qe5+ Kg8 38.Qe6+ Rf7 ( 38...Kh8 39.Qxh6+ Kg8 40.Rg7# ) 39.Qxf7+ Kh8 40.Qe8+ Bf8 41.Qxf8# ] 1-0

(13) Cekro,E (2432) - Agrest,E (2607) [A21] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium] 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 c6 6.Nf3 Be7 7.0-0 Na6 8.Rb1 Nc7 9.c5 0-0 10.e4 Kh8 11.Qe2 fxe4 12.dxe4 Bg4 13.cxd6 Bxd6 14.h3 Bxf3 15.Qxf3 Bc5 16.Ne2 Ne6 17.Qc3 Qb6 18.Qxe5 Diagram Black to play Can you spot a move that makes use of all the pins and x-rays that Black has in this position? 18...Bxf2+ 19.Kh2 [ 19.Rxf2 Ng4 ] 19...Rae8 20.Qc3 Nc7 21.Bf4 Nb5 22.Qc4 Be3 23.Rbd1 Bxf4 24.Nxf4 Nc7 25.a4 a5 26.Qc3 Qb4 27.Qxb4 axb4 28.Rd4 Na6 29.a5 Kg8 30.Rfd1 g5 31.Nd3 Rd8 32.Ne5 Rxd4 33.Rxd4 Re8 34.Nc4 Re7 35.Rd8+ Re8 36.Rd4 Re7 37.Rd8+ Kf7 38.e5 Nh5 39.Be4 h6 40.Bf5 Nc7 41.Rh8 Nb5 42.Rh7+ Kf8 43.Rxh6 Ng7 44.Rh8+ Kf7 45.Bg4 Kg6 46.Kg2 b3 47.Rd8 Nf5 48.Rg8+ Ng7 49.Rd8 Nf5 50.Rg8+ Ng7 51.Kf3 Rf7+ 52.Ke4 1/2-1/2

(14) Radjabov,T (2628) - Estrada,J [D20] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0-0 a6 7.Bd5 Nb4 8.Qxd4 Nxd5 9.exd5 Nf6 10.Bg5 Be7 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Re1+ Kf8 13.Ne5 Qd6 14.Nc3 Bf5 15.f4 h5 16.Rad1 g6 17.h3 h4 18.Qf2 Kg7 19.Nc4 Qb4 20.Ne3 Rae8 21.d6 cxd6 22.Ncd5 Qxb2 23.Re2 Qa3 24.Nxf6 Kxf6 25.Nd5+ Kg7 26.Qd4+ Kh6 27.Qf6 Rhf8 28.Qxh4+ Kg7 29.Qf6+ Kg8 30.Ne7+ Kh7 31.Kh2 Bd7 32.Rxd6 Bb5 33.Qh4+ Kg7 Diagram White to play In this position young Taimour (naturally) found the killer move that forces mate 34.Nf5+ Kg8 35.Qf6 1-0

(15) Romero Holmes,A (2524) - Esplana,C (2352) [A20] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium] 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 g6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Ne2 f5 6.exf5 gxf5 7.d4 exd4 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Nxd4 Nxd4 10.Qxd4 0-0 11.Nc3 c6 12.Bf4 Nh5 13.Be5 Bxe5 14.Qxe5 d6 15.Qe2 Ng7 16.Rad1 Be6 17.Rd4 Qc7 18.Qd2 Ne8 19.Re1 Rf6 20.Ne2 Rd8 21.Qg5+ Qg7 22.Qe3 Qc7 23.Rh4 a6 24.Qc3 Rf8 25.Nf4 Bc8 Diagram White to play The black king is unprotected, and a storm is brewing. How does White best capitalise on his unfortunate predicament? 26.Ng6 Qg7 [ 26...hxg6 27.Qh8+ Kf7 28.Rh7+ Ng7 29.Qxg7# ] 27.Qxg7+ Nxg7 28.Nxf8 Rxf8 29.Rh6 Re8 30.Rd1 Be6 31.b3 Rd8 32.Rd4 Kf7 33.Rxh7 Rd7 34.Rh8 Ne8 35.Bd5 Nf6 36.Bxe6+ Kxe6 37.Rd1 d5 38.cxd5+ cxd5 39.Rc8 Rd6 40.f3 b5 41.Kf2 Kd7 42.Rc2 Re6 43.Re1 1-0

(16) Kallio,H (2471) - Beloudah,S (2345) [B01] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Be2 Nxd5 5.d4 Bf5 6.Nf3 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.c4 Nf6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Be3 Nbd7 11.Nh4 Bg6 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bf3 c6 14.Qc2 Qc7 15.Rad1 Rad8 16.g3 a5 17.Kg2 e5 18.d5 Bc5 19.Bg5 Bd4 20.dxc6 bxc6 21.Ne4 Rb8 22.b3 a4 23.Rb1 axb3 24.axb3 Nxe4 25.Qxe4 c5 26.h4 Rb6 27.Qe2 Rfb8 28.Bd5 Nf6 29.Bxf6 gxf6 30.h5 g5 31.h6 f5 32.Qh5 Qe7 33.Rh1 Rf8 34.b4 Kh7 35.bxc5 Bxc5 36.Rxb6 Bxb6 37.Rb1 Qf6 38.g4 fxg4 39.Be4+ Kh8 Diagram White to play There is one clear way to finish this game off. How did White do it? 40.Rxb6 Qxb6 41.Qxg5 Rg8 42.Qxe5+ f6 43.Qf5 1-0

(17) Agnelio,A (2266) - Al Sayed,M (2435) [B27] Olympiad Bled SLO (3), 28.10.2002 [Medium] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.c3 Bg7 4.d4 cxd4 5.cxd4 d5 6.e5 Bg4 7.Nc3 Nc6 8.Be2 Nh6 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Bxf3 e6 11.g4 0-0 12.0-0 f6 13.Re1 fxe5 14.dxe5 Qh4 15.Bg2 Qxf2+ 16.Kh1 Nxg4 17.hxg4 Qh4+ 18.Kg1 Nxe5 19.Re3 Nxg4 20.Rh3 Diagram Black to move It is clear that Black is going to win this one, but can you find the forced mate that ends the game? 20...Bd4+ [ 20...Bd4+ 21.Kh1 ( 21.Be3 Bxe3+ 22.Kh1 Nf2+ etc.) 21...Nf2+ 22.Kh2 Be5+ 23.Kg1 Nxh3+ 24.Kh1 ( 24.Bxh3 Qg3+ 25.Kh1 Qh2# ) 24...Ng1+ 25.Kxg1 Qh2# ] 0-1