[Event "Marienbad Open IM 2026"] [White "Smietanska,Wiktoria"] [Black "Korszanski,Stanislaw"] [Site "Marianske Lazne"] [Round "4.7"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.01.20"] [WhiteElo "2226"] [BlackElo "2227"] [PlyCount "112"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 14,112,72,45,48,39,41,41,153,118,145,-8,2,-60,93,66,121,123,198,202,210,89,97,97,91,68,95,44,204,95,101,-138,-84,-121,-132,-124,-105,-105,-79,-165,0,-13,-20,-9,-25,-46,-17,-41,-41,-42,-46,-43,0,0,-9,0,-3,-2,0,-166,-160,-245,-297,-295,-272,-347,-332,-314,-286,-226,-220,-331,-331,-287,-189,-909,-780,-546,-182,-291,-189,-563,-533,-5069,-5070,-4722,-2498,-4293,-1264,-973,-698,-4618,-4134,-29991,-29992,-29994,-29995,-29995,-29996,-29996,-29997]} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:0:2]} b6 {[%emt 0:2:3]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 3. e4 {[%emt 0:1:1]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:0:35]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 5. f3 {[%emt 0:1:6]} f5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 6. exf5 {[%emt 0:0:49]} Nh6 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 7. fxe6 {[%emt 0:0:56]} Nf5 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 8. Bf4 {[%emt 0:0:52]} dxe6 {[%emt 0:1:20] 8...0-0 is the fancy move. A40: Unusual replies to 1 d4.} 9. Qa4+ {[%emt 0:0:57]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 10. d5 {[%emt 0:0:47] was the old line (10.0-0-0).} exd5 {[%emt 0:1:19]} (10... Bxc3+ $14 11. bxc3 exd5 )11. O-O-O $16 {[%emt 0:1:1]} d4 {[%emt 0:12:25]} 12. Nb5 $146 {[%emt 0:12:42]} (12. Nd5 $16 Bd6 13. Re1+ Ne3 14. Bxe3 dxe3 15. Rxe3+ Kf8 16. Nh3 )({Predecessor:} 12. Nd5 Bd6 13. Re1+ Kd7 14. Nh3 Kc8 15. Bd3 Rf8 16. Kb1 Qd7 17. Re2 Nce7 18. Qxd7+ Kxd7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Nxe7 Nxe7 {1-0 Smith,A (2402)-Hansen,L (2259) DEN-chT 2223 60th 2022 (5.5)} )O-O $11 {[%emt 0:8:8]} 13. Nxc7 {[%emt 0:6:32]} (13. Bd3 $11 )Rc8 $2 {[%emt 0:2:25]} (13... g5 $1 $15 {stays ahead.} 14. Nd5 gxf4 15. Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Qxb4 Ne3 )14. Ne6 $1 $16 {[%emt 0:11:29][%csl Yd8,Yf8]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:1:39]} (14... Qh4 $14 )15. Nxf8 {[%emt 0:0:39]} Ne3 {[%emt 0:2:52]} (15... Rxf8 $16 16. Bd3 Nh4 (16... Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Ne2 $16 ))16. Bxe3 $18 {[%emt 0:3:54]} dxe3 {[%emt 0:0:19]} 17. Bd3 {[%emt 0:1:53]} Bd2+ {[%emt 0:4:6] A strong pair of Bishops.} 18. Kb1 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Qxf8 {[%emt 0:3:46]} 19. Ne2 {[%emt 0:8:36]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:7:41]} 20. Be4 {[%emt 0:8:11]} (20. Qxa7 Bc6 (20... Qf7 21. Qa3 $18 )21. Be4 Bxe4+ 22. fxe4 Qe8 $19 )(20. Qd7 $16 Nxd3 21. Qxd3 (21. Qxb7 Rd8 $16 ))Ba6 {[%emt 0:32:12]} (20... Bxe4+ $14 21. fxe4 Qe7 )21. a3 {[%emt 0:8:31]} (21. Rc1 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.} )Bxc4 $16 {[%emt 0:0:41]} 22. Ng3 {[%emt 0:1:53]} (22. axb4 Bxe2 23. Rde1 Bc4 $19 (23... Bxe1 24. Rxe1 Bc4 25. Rxe3 $14 ))(22. Nc1 $16 {stays on course.} b5 23. Qxa7 )Nd3 {[%emt 0:10:42]} ({Better is} 22... b5 23. Qxa7 Nd3 )23. Bf5 {[%emt 0:14:12]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:2:17][%csl Gd3][%cal Rf6b2] [#] Some like it hot} 24. Bxd3 {[%emt 0:1:7]} (24. Bxc8 Qxb2# )(24. Qc2 Ba2+ 25. Kxa2 Rxc2 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Rb1 Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 Rxb1+ 29. Kxb1 Qb2# )Bxd3+ {[%emt 0:0:1]} 25. Ka1 {[%emt 0:0:10]} Bc2 {[%emt 0:1:19] Black is much more active.} 26. Qa6 {[%emt 0:1:31]} (26. Qb5 $17 )Rc5 $2 {[%emt 0:1:48]} (26... Qe6 $19 27. Ne2 Qd7 )27. Ne4 {[%emt 0:0:43]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:0:38]} 28. fxe4 {[%emt 0:0:4]} Qd4 {[%emt 0:1:5]} 29. Qe2 {[%emt 0:4:43]} h6 {[%emt 0:0:47]} 30. Rhf1 {[%emt 0:1:22][%cal Yh1f1,Yf1f4,Yf4e4][%mdl 32]} Rc2 $40 {[%emt 0:0:28][%csl Gc2][%cal Rd4b2][%mdl 128] [#] Black is up to no good.} 31. Rb1 {[%emt 0:1:39] Strong Square Black (d2)} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:0:45] White is weak on the dark squares} 32. g3 $1 {[%emt 0:5:49]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:2:53]} 33. Rf4 $1 {[%emt 0:1:46]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:0:28]} 34. Rxe4 $11 {[%emt 0:0:3][%mdl 4096] Endgame KRR-KRB} Bd2 {[%emt 0:0:6]} 35. h4 {[%emt 0:1:1]} Rg2 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 36. g4 $2 {[%emt 0:0:45]} (36. Rd1 $11 {and White stays safe.} )e2 $19 {[%emt 0:0:40]} 37. g5 {[%emt 0:0:32]} (37. Ka2 $17 )hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:49]} 38. hxg5 {[%emt 0:0:6]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:0:31]} 39. Ka2 {[%emt 0:0:30]} e1=Q {[%emt 0:0:37]} 40. Rbxe1 {[%emt 0:0:8]} Bxe1 {[%emt 0:0:3]} 41. Rxe1 {[%emt 0:30:17]} Rxg5 {[%emt 0:30:8] KR-KR. Black is a pawn up.} 42. Kb3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (42. a4 {might work better.} )Rc5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 43. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:0:0] Repels Rd7+} 44. Rd6 $2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (44. Rf1+ Ke6 45. Re1+ Kf6 46. Rf1+ Ke7 47. Rg1 )g5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 45. Kb4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kf8 $2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (45... Kg7 46. a4 Kh7 )46. Kb5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (46. Rd5 $142 )Rg7 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 47. Ka6 $2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (47. Kc4 {is a better chance.} )g4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 48. b4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} g3 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 49. Rd1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} g2 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 50. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} (50... Kg8 $142 51. Kb5 Kf7 )51. a4 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:0:0]} 52. b5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kc8 {[%emt 0:0:0] ( -> ...Kb8)} 53. Rc1+ {[%emt 0:0:0]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:0:0] Black mates.} 54. Rg1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:0:0][%cal Rg4a4]} 55. a5 {[%emt 0:0:0]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:0:0][%csl Gb6][%cal Ra4a5]} 56. Ra1 {[%emt 0:0:0]} g1=Q {[%emt 0:0:0] What a bad dream for White. Weighted Error Value: White=0.86/Black=0.60 Loses game: White=1 --- Missed win: --- Black=1 Mistake: White=11 Black=6 Inaccurate: White=2 Black=5 OK: White=1 --- Best: White=2 --- Strong: White=2 ---} 0-1