FMs ZIN & STAMNOV ANNOTATED GAME

Aung, Zin - Stamnov

Knight Quest 54, Scotch Four Knights

Annotate by Aung Zin FM, FI

This is my first appearance at Knight Quest tournament.  I could see many young talented players at the tournament. Some may be future grand master. Here is my game against Master Stamnov.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3  Nf6

I don’t want to play Russian defense, I chose four knights game or Scotch.

3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 Scotch.

4...exd4  B/0  0  5.Nxd4 Bb4  6.Nxc6 bxc6   7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5   cxd5 9.0–0  

0–0 10.Bg5 c6 11.h3 h6  12.Bh4

Bd2 is also playable. But I want to keep the bishop pin.

12...Re8N

[12...Bd6 13.Ne2 c5 14.c3 Rb8 15.Qc1 (15.b3 Re8 16.Re1 ½–½ Zhang Pengxiang (2643)-Onischuk,A (2663)/Poikovsky 2007) 15...Re8 16.Re1 Bd7 17.b3 Rb6 18.Qd2 Bf8 19.f3 Rbe6 20.Bf2 Qa5 21.Nf4 Rxe1+ 22.Bxe1 Qc7 23.Bf2 Bd6 24.Ne2 Be6 25.Rd1 Nh5 26.Bb1 Nf4 27.Nxf4 Eliasson,K (1940)-Lagerman,R (2368)/Reykjavik 2009½–½; 12...Be6 13.Qf3 Be7 14.Rfe1 Qd6 15.a3 Qb8 16.b3 Rd8 17.Ne2 Qb6 18.Nf4 Rd6 19.Nh5 Qd4 20.Nxf6+ Bxf6 21.Bxf6 Qxf6 22.Qxf6 gxf6 23.Re2 Kh8 24.Rae1 Rg8 25.Kh2 Kg7 26.g3 f5 27.Rg1 Schmitt,K (1345)-Pampushka,E (1128)/Verden 20051–0  12...Be7 13.Re1 Rb8 14.Rb1 Be6 15.Na4 Qa5 16.c3 c5 17.Bc2 Rfe8 18.Qd3 Ne4 19.Bxe7 Rxe7 20.c4 Rd8 21.Nc3 Nf6 22.cxd5 Red7 23.Bb3 Nxd5 24.Ne4 Nb4 25.Qg3 Rd3 26.Re3 c4 27.a3 Isakson,A (1884)-Rietze,C (1996)/Willingen 0–1] 13.Ne2 Bd6  14.c3 (Re1)

14...Rb8  15.Qc2 c5 16.b3  g5 17.Bg3 Ne4

 [17...g4 18.h4=]

18.Bxe4      Rxe4

[18...dxe4 19.Rfd1 Rb6 20.Qd2]

19.Rad1± 

Black didn’t notice hidden pin.

19.…..Ba6 20.c4

 [20.Rxd5!? Rxe2 21.Qd1 Rxa2 22.Rxd6+-]

 20...Bxg3    21.Nxg3 Rd4

[21...Re5!?±]

22.Nf5+-  Rxd1 23.Rxd1

 [23.Qxd1?! dxc4 24.Qa1 Qf8] [ 23.Nxh6+?! Kg7 24.Nf5+ Kg8 25.Rxd1 d4+-]

23...d4   24.Nxh6+ Kg7   25.Nf5+ Kf8 26.Qe4   Qf6

 [26...Qc7 27.Re1 Bb7 28.Qe2+-]

27.Qd5 Rc8 28.Re  Rc6

 [28...g4 29.hxg4 d3 30.Qxd3+-]

29.g4

I guess his plan is Bc8, 29. Ne7 also playable.

 [29.Ne7 Bb7 30.Qd8+ Kg7 31.Qg8+ Kh6+-]

29...Bc8

Expected move, now I can do trading his queen with my knight and rook. But I need to calculate  the position, queen against rook , bishop and powerful d passed pawn. Finally I could figure out Qf8 check .

 30.Ne7 Re6

 [30...Rd6 31.Qa8 Re6 32.Rxe6 Qxe6 33.Qxc8+ Kxe7 34.Qxc5+ Ke8 35.Qxd4 Qa6+-]

 31.Qd8+±  Kg7   32.Qg8+ Kh6   33.Nf5+ Qxf5    34.Qf8+ Kh7    35.gxf5

 Black can’t retake f pawn.

Rxe1+    36.Kh2 d3

[36...Be6 37.fxe6 fxe6 38.Qf7+ Kh6 39.Qf6+ Kh7 40.Qxg5 a6+-]

37.Qxf7+   

[37.Qxc8?! d2 38.Qd7 d1Q 39.Qxf7+ Kh8 40.Qf8+ Kh7 41.Qf7+Kh842.Qf8+ Kh7 43.Qf7+=]

37...Kh8 38.f6

1–0