GM Einar Gausel annotates the
Corus tournament
Piket
(2632) - Fedorov (2575)
Wijk aan Zee (5), 2001
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6
5.Bd3
American grandmaster Yasser Seirawan breathed new life into this
obscure line in the early 90's.
5...0-0 6.Nge2 Nc6 7.0-0 Nh5 8.Bc2 e5 9.d5 Ne7
10.a4
A fairly typical King's Indian situation: The centre is blocked,
so the players will be trying to launch attacks on opposite wings.
10...Kh8?!
This seemingly cryptic move anticipates the opening of the g-file,
but the placement of Black's king in the corner leads to tactical
problems later on.
11.a5 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.Ng3 Nf4 14.Nh5 Nxh5 15.Qxh5 a6 16.Bg5
Bd7?
Black should have broken the pin immediately with 16...Bf6.
17.Qh4 Rf7
18.Bd1!
All of the sudden, Black is losing material!
18...Qf8 19.Bh5
Unfortunately the h-pawn is pinned, so Ng6 was out of the question.
19...Rf6 20.Qh3 Rh6 21.f4 Rxh5 22.Qxh5
Now White should win without any problems.
22...Ng6 23.Rae1 Re8
Keeping the centre closed with 23...e4 looked like a better try.
24.fxe5 Bxe5 25.Ne2!?
There was no need to shed a pawn here, but the text gets the job
done fairly efficiently.
25...Bxb2 26.Nf4 Nxf4 27.Bxf4 Be5 28.Qh4 b5
This weakens Black's queenside, but the alternative was a slow
and painful death.
29.axb6 cxb6 30.Kh1
30...a5
30...b5 may have been preferable, but I doubt that Black has any
real chances of survival after 31.Bxe5+ dxe5 32.c5 Qxc5 33.Rxe5
Rxe5 34.Qf6+ Kg8 35.Qxe5.
31.Qf2 a4
The grim alternative was 31...b5 32.Qa7.
32.Bxe5+ dxe5 33.Qxb6 f4
34.c5 a3 35.Qb4 a2 36.Qb2 Qf6 37.Qxa2 Bb5 38.Rf2 resigns.
1-0
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