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13th Monarch Assurance Isle of Man International
25 Sept - 3 Oct 2004

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Leaders after Round 2: Nakamura, Wells, Kulaots (top), Korchnoi, Ghaem Maghami (bottom)

John Saunders reports: There was a quick draw on top board between Pavlovic and Smirin, but a quick win for 17-year-old US star, Hikaru Nakamura.

Berzinsh,R (2455) - Nakamura,H (2601) [B33]
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Port Erin IOM (2.4), 26.09.2004

1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 d4 cxd4 5 Nxd4 e5 6 Ndb5 d6 7 Bg5 a6 8 Na3 b5 9 Nd5 Be7 10 Bxf6 Bxf6 11 c3 Bb7 12 Nc2 Nb8 13 Nce3 Nd7 14 Qg4 [14 Nf5 0-0 15 Nxd6 Bxd5 16 Qxd5 Qc7 17 Rd1 Nb6 18 Qb7 Qc5 has been played here, as has; 14 Qf3 0-0 15 h4 Be7 16 Bd3 Nf6 17 Nxf6+ Bxf6 18 Rd1 and; 14 Bd3 0-0 15 0-0 Bg5 etc] 14 ..h5 15 Qf3 g6 16 a4 bxa4 17 Rxa4 Bg5 18 Bc4 0-0 19 h4 (Black is not tempted by this sacrifice and this may be a loss of time for White) 19 ..Bxe3 [If 19 ..Bxh4 then 20 Nf5 is one possibility, and 20 g4!? is another] 20 Qxe3 Kg7 21 b4 a5

 








22 Rxa5? [22 0-0 is better. Black soon gets a big advantage after the text.] 22 ..Rxa5 23 bxa5 Qxa5 24 0-0 Rc8 (Now White cannot save his c-pawn) 25 Rb1 Bxd5 26 Bxd5 Rxc3 27 Qd2 Nf6 28 Qa2? Qc5! 0-1 [A surprisingly swift end. Black threatens Rc2. If 29 Rf1 Nxd5 30 exd5 Rd3 and Black wins a second pawn.]

Stuart Conquest played a crunching finish against Ezra Lutton.

Lutton,J Ezra (2134) - Conquest,S (2488) [B23]
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Port Erin IOM (2.16), 26.09.2004

1 Nc3 c5 [After the game I mentioned to Stuart Conquest that White had previously used 1 Nc3 to beat a grandmaster, but on reflection I think this was the 'other Lutton' - E Josiah. It is obviously a family opening, although I understand that the Luttons may have learnt it from their coach. That game went 1 ..Nf6 2 e4 d6 3 f4 g6 4 Nf3 Bg7 5 Be2 c5 6 0-0 Nc6 7 Qe1 0-0 8 d3 Nd4 9 Bd1 Bg4 10 Nxd4 cxd4 11 Ne2 Qb6 12 h3 Bxe2 13 Qxe2 Rac8 14 g4 Rc5 15 Qg2 Nd7 16 g5 e6 17 h4 f6 18 Bg4 f5 19 exf5 gxf5 20 Bf3 Rfc8 21 Rf2 d5 22 h5 Qc6 23 Bd1 a5 24 Qg3 Kh8 25 Kh1 Rg8 26 Qh3 Bf8 27 h6 Bd6 28 b3 Rc3 29 Bb2 Nf8 30 Bh5 Ng6 31 Bxg6 Rxg6 32 Bxc3 Qxc3 33 Raf1 Qc7 34 Qf3 b5 35 Re2 Bb4 36 Qf2 Bc3 37 Re5 Qd6 38 Qe2 Kg8 39 Qh5 Kf7 40 Rf2 Kf8 41 Rfe2 Qd7 and now a sweet finish...

 








42 Qxg6 1-0, Lutton,E Josiah-Prokopchuk, BCF Major Open 2002.] 2 e4 a6 3 f4 b5 4 Nf3 Bb7 (Of course, Stuart is no stranger to the avant garde. Attempts to 'out-weird' him are bound to fail) 5 d3 d6 6 Be2 g6 7 0-0 Bg7 8 Qe1 Nc6 9 f5 Nf6 10 Bd1 b4 11 Ne2 Qd7 12 a3 (Probably a little too wild. White should do something about his attacked f-pawn) 12 ..gxf5 13 Ng3 fxe4 14 Nxe4 Nxe4 15 dxe4 h6 16 Qg3 Rg8 17 Qf4 Bf6 18 axb4 [18 Qxh6 Qg4 19 Qd2 Qxe4 is good for Black] 18 ..Nxb4 19 c3 Nd3 20 Qxh6 Qg4 21 Qd2 Qxe4 22 Ba4+ Kd8 23 Bc2 c4 24 b3? (Allows a crunching finish. Can you spot it?)

 








24 ..Bxc3! 25 Qxc3 Rxg2+! 26 Kh1 [26 Kxg2 Qg4+ 27 Kh1 Bxf3+ 28 Rxf3 Qxf3+ 29 Kg1 Qf2+ 30 Kh1 Qf1#] 26 ..Rg1+! 0-1

The three heroes of Saturday - Williams, Greet and Bosboom were all cut down today. Williams' game with Korchnoi was a heavyweight encounter and reflected well on both players. It looked like the young Englishman might be getting something for a while, but Viktor's mighty b-pawn swung it in the end.

Williams,S (2427) - Korchnoi,V (2568) [D38]
Monarch Assurance Isle of Man Port Erin IOM (2.7), 26.09.2004

1 d4 Nf6 2 c4 e6 3 Nf3 d5 4 Nc3 Bb4 5 Bg5 h6 6 Bh4 dxc4 7 Qc2 b5 8 a4 c6 9 e4 Bb7 [9 ..Nbd7 10 Be2 Bb7 11 0-0 a6 12 b3 g5 13 Bg3 cxb3 14 Qxb3 Bxc3 15 Qxc3 Nxe4 16 Qc2 Nxg3 17 fxg3 0-0 18 Kh1 c5 19 Rad1 Rc8 20 d5 Bxd5 21 axb5 axb5 22 Bxb5 Nf6 23 Ne5 Qe7 24 Qf2 Zaichik-Lerner, Tbilisi 1979, which Black won] 10 e5 g5 11 Nxg5 hxg5 12 Bxg5 Nbd7 13 exf6 (This looks very much like lines of the Botvinnik Slav, but it has not been played before) 13 ..Qa5 14 Be2 c5 15 d5 Bxd5 16 0-0 Bxc3 17 bxc3 Qc7 18 f4 b4 19 a5 b3 (It is clear that the passed b-pawn is a plus point for Black, but White is not without compensation in this position) 20 Qd2 0-0-0 21 h4 Qc6 22 Rf2 Kb7 23 Qe3 Ka8 24 Bg4 Rb8 25 Rd2 Rhe8 26 Qf2 Rb7 27 h5 Reb8 28 Rb2 Rb5 29 h6 (White's plus points are his passed h-pawn and possibility of winning the f7 pawn) 29 ..Rh8 30 Bh5 e5!? (An energetic and provocative move, typical of Korchnoi) 31 Rd1 Rxa5 32 Rbd2 Ra2 (The critical position)

 








33 Rxd5?! [This ingenious move wins material but ultimately leaves Black with more than sufficient compensation. White could perhaps have tried 33 Rxa2!? bxa2 34 Qxa2 with good chances.] 33 ..Rxf2 34 Kxf2 Nxf6 [Forced. If 34 ..Nb6 35 Bf3! and Black is on his last legs.] 35 Bf3 e4 36 Rd6 Qxd6! (Forced - but good) 37 Rxd6 exf3 38 Bxf6 Rxh6 (White has won the battle but lost the war. The b-pawn is decisive)

 








39 Rd8+ Kb7 40 Be7 fxg2 41 Kxg2 Rb6 42 Rd1 Kc6 43 Ra1 a5 44 Bd8 Rb5 0-1

 

Round 2 - 26 September 2004

Round  2

Bd  WHITE                      Result  BLACK
  1 PAVLOVIC,Milos   2498 (1)   ½ - ½  SMIRIN,Ilya      2671 (1)
  2 WELLS,Peter      2494 (1)   1 - 0  VOLKOV,Sergey    2625 (1)
  3 HOLZKE,Frank     2492 (1)   ½ - ½  ZHONG,Zhang      2603 (1)
  4 BERZINSH,Roland  2455 (1)   0 - 1  NAKAMURA,Hikaru  2601 (1)
  5 BAKLAN,Vladimir  2595 (1)   ½ - ½  SPRENGER,Jan Mic 2477 (1)
  6 SCHNEIDER,Dmitry 2454 (1)   0 - 1  KULAOTS,Kaido    2593 (1)
  7 WILLIAMS,Simon K 2427 (1)   0 - 1  KORCHNOI,Viktor  2568 (1)
  8 JONKMAN,Harmen   2425 (1)   ½ - ½  KIRIAKOV,Petr    2555 (1)
  9 SPEELMAN,Jon     2555 (1)   ½ - ½  AFEK,Yochanan    2325 (1)
 10 BOSBOOM-LANCHAVA 2370 (1)   0 - 1  GHAEM MAGHAMI,Eh 2552 (1)

 11 MILOV,Vadim      2683 (½)   1 - 0  GREET,Andrew N   2310 (1)
 12 IORDACHESCU,Vior 2633 (½)   1 - 0  SPENCE,David     2236 (1)
 13 SMITH,Andrew P   2205 (1)   0 - 1  MOISEENKO,Alexan 2640 (½)
 14 AGREST,Evgenij   2602 (½)   1 - 0  GRANT,Alan       2193 (1)
 15 MCPHILLIPS,Karl  2172 (1)   0 - 1  CHANDLER,Murray  2531 (½)
 16 LUTTON,J Ezra    2134 (1)   0 - 1  CONQUEST,Stuart  2488 (½)
 17 ROWSON,Jonathan  2558 (½)   1 - 0  ADAMS,Phil       2124 (1)
 18 FOX,Anthony      2123 (1)   0 - 1  SKRIPCHENKO,Almi 2453 (½)
 19 RAMESH,Ramachadr 2484 (½)   1 - 0  PIMMINGSTORFER,C 2116 (1)
 20 PLANT,Paul R     2107 (1)   ½ - ½  SARAKAUSKAS,Gedi 2442 (½)

 21 NOORDHOEK,Henk   2095 (1)   0 - 1  RUOFAN,Li        2414 (½)
 22 PYM,Thomas W     2059 (1)   0 - 1  GORDON,Stephen   2338 (½)
 23 HANDKE,Florian   2461 (½)   1 - 0  TRUMAN,Richard G 2023 (1)
 24 ZAWADZKA,Jolanta 2272 (½)   ½ - ½  COX,John         2314 (½)
 25 KOLBUS,Dietmar   2303 (½)   ½ - ½  ASHTON,Adam      2270 (½)
 26 HUTCHINSON,Paul  2216 (½)   0 - 1  KOTRONIAS,Vassil 2608 (0)
 27 ROGERS,Ian       2588 (0)   1 - 0  WALTON,Alan J    2208 (½)
 28 DUNN,Andrew      2192 (½)   0 - 1  GALLAGHER,Joseph 2541 (0)
 29 ARAKHAMIA-GRANT, 2446 (0)   ½ - ½  COLLIER,David O. 2168 (½)
 30 MCNAB,Colin      2427 (0)   1 - 0  GOODGER,Martyn   2136 (½)

 31 GRAFL,Florian    2411 (0)   1 - 0  HAGESAETHER,Arne 2101 (½)
 32 PERT,Richard     2407 (0)   1 - 0  WERNER,Gert      2085 (½)
 33 HENRICHSEN,Jens  2084 (½)   0 - 1  PEEK,Marcel      2406 (0)
 34 GOTTSCHLICH,Cars 2382 (0)   1 - 0  CANNON,Richard   2060 (½)
 35 BENNION,David A. 2052 (½)   0 - 1  HOUSKA,Jovanka   2375 (0)
 36 WEBSTER,Richard  2008 (½)   0 - 1  ARMBRUSTER,Alexa 2351 (0)
 37 MURTAGH,Dermot   1889 (½)   1 - 0  MANNION,Steve R. 2333 (0)
 38 HOWELL,David W   2334 (0)   1 - 0  DOSSETT,Christop 1886 (½)
 39 GUINEY,James     1881 (½)   0 - 1  RAMSAWAMY,Aarthi 2299 (0)
 40 BANNINK,Bernard  2280 (0)   1 - 0  FRASER-MITCHELL, 2082 (0)

 41 DE LAGONTRIE,Jea 1968 (0)   0 - 1  BIGG,Andrew J    2275 (0)
 42 RENDLE,Thomas    2258 (0)   1 - 0  FAIRBAIRN,Steve  2057 (0)
 43 WAUGH,Jonathan C 1885 (0)   0 - 1  GROFFEN,Hans     2244 (0)
 44 ALLEN,Keith      2241 (0)   1 - 0  SPANTON,Tim      2004 (0)
 45 PEMBERTON,Clive  1883 (0)   0 - 1  HUTCHINSON,Norma 2176 (0)
 46 ALMOND,Richard J 2158 (0)   ½ - ½  MARKS,Ian        1884 (0)
 47 VAN KEMENADE,Rud 2107 (0)   1 - 0  GORKA,Carl       1882 (0)
 48 HORTON,Justin    2091 (0)   1 - 0  NICHOLSON,John   1880 (0)

 49 MILLIGAN,Helen   2077 (0)   1 - 0  Bye
 50 TWITCHELL,Nevill 2003 (½)   ½ - ½  Bye


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