Game Analysis

(1) Hartston,William R (2420) - Westerinen,Heikki MJ (2450) [B79]
Havana ol (Men) fin-B Havana (11), 1966
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 In this Opening Black's Bishop on g7 plays a very important role in occupying all the important dark squares 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 0–0 8.Bb3 d6 [8...a5 Is the main line if Black wants to go with Accerlated dragon] 9.f3 Bd7 10.Qd2 with the intension of Kingside attack 10...Qa5 11.h4 It's all the main line theory 11...Rfc8 12.h5 Nxh5 13.0–0–0 Ne5 14.Bh6!? Nd3!!+ 15.Qxd3 [If 15.cxd3 Bxd4 as now Black has slight advantage; 15.Kb1 Nxb2 16.Kxb2 Bxh6 17.Qxh6 Qxc3+ 18.Kb1 Nf6 19.g4 a5 20.g5 Nh5 21.Rxh5 gxh5 22.g6 1–0 Habibi,A (2380)-Abel,L (2430)/Kecskemet 1992/EXT 2005] 15...Bxh6+ 16.Kb1 Rxc3! [16...Bg7 17.g4 Nf4 18.Qd2 Qe5 19.Qh2 h6 20.Nde2 Nxe2 21.Qxe5 Nxc3+ 22.Qxc3 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Kg7 24.Kb2 a5 25.a3 a4 26.Bd5 Ra5 27.Rd3 Rac5 28.Rh2 Bb5 29.Re3 e6 30.Ba2 R8c6 31.f4 Rosello,J-Padilla,H (2186)/Lima 2002/CBM 087 ext/0–1 (71); 16...Nf4 17.Qd2 Bg5 18.g3 Nh5 19.Qh2 Rxc3 20.bxc3 Qxc3 21.g4 Bf4 22.Qh4 Nf6 23.Ne2 Qe3 24.Nxf4 Qxf4 25.e5 Qxe5 26.Rde1 Qd4 27.Rxe7 Be8 28.g5 Qxh4 29.Rxh4 Nh5 30.Rxb7 a5 31.a4 Gheorghiu,F-Westerinen,H/Oerebro 1966/EXT 2000/1–0 (36)] 17.Qxc3N [17.bxc3 Rc8 18.Nf5 Bg5 19.f4 Rxc3 20.Qd4 Bf6 21.Nh6+ Kf8 22.e5 Bg7 23.Nxf7 (RR 23.g4 Ng3 24.Nxf7 Ne2 25.Qd2 Rxb3+ 26.cxb3 Qxd2 27.Rxd2 Ng3 28.Rg1 Ne4 29.Rd4 Nc3+ 30.Kb2 Ne2 31.Nxd6 Nxd4 32.Nxb7 Ne2 33.Rf1 Bxg4 34.Nc5 Ke8 35.b4 Nxf4 36.Re1 Ng2 37.Re4 Bf3 Cherepkov,A-Vasiukov,E/Soviet Union 1967/MCD/0–1 (38)) 23...Rxb3+ 24.axb3 Kxf7 25.Rhe1 Bg4 26.Rd2 Ng3 27.c3 Qa3 28.Rb2 Bf5+ 0–1 Jansa,V-Vasiukov,E/Havana 1967/EXT 2001] 17...Qxc3 18.bxc3= Bg7 19.Rhe1 a5 20.a4?³ [20.Bc4 Rb8 21.Bb5 Bxd4 22.Bxd7 Bxc3 23.Re3©] 20...Rc8 21.Kb2³ Nf4 22.g3 Ne6 Watch Out For that Courageous Knight 23.Re3 Nc5 24.Ka3 Bh6 25.f4 e5 Now White is just playing on Black's threats, As now white intends nothing! 26.Ne2 Bc6! 27.Bd5 Bxa4 28.Rf3 Bxc2 29.Rh1 Bf8 30.fxe5 Bxe4! is the only move which saves the day 31.Bxe4 Nxe4 32.exd6 Bxd6+ 33.Ka4 [33.Kb3 Nd2+ wins; 33.Ka2 b5 with 2 connected passers] 33...Rc4+ 34.Kb5 Rc5+ 35.Kb6 [35.Ka4 Bc7 with 2 connected passers with 2 connected passers!] 35...Bc7+ 36.Kxb7 Nd6+ 37.Ka8 a4! Mating Threat! 0–1








Analysis by Saurabh Malgave
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Edited by Niranjan.C.Navalgund
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