[Event "BTCh 2019-20"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Torok, T."]
[Black "Yip, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2070"]
[BlackElo "1988"]
[Annotator "Yip"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.16"]
[WhiteTeam "Pestszentlorinc"]
[BlackTeam "MTK IV"]
{[%evp 0,35,26,30,64,11,42,11,21,21,25,-7,8,-9,49,17,104,104,116,101,140,154,
161,183,238,224,232,154,217,217,217,207,256,266,259,273,618,284]} 1. e4 c6 2.
c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 {I had checked this
sideline before but still caught out by some key details which were beyond my
memory capacity and my understanding.} a6 {I was not understanding the line
and forgot what I had reviewed a couple of short months ago. This is not a
mistake but a clear sign that I was not up to the task of managing the defence
correctly} (6... g6 {Leads to more normal play} 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. d3 (9.
Qa3) (9. Qb3) 9... a6 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 b5 (12... Re8 13. Be3 Rc8
14. Qb4 Nc5 15. Rac1 a5 16. Qa3 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Bxc5 {
1/2-1/2 (19) Rakhmanov,A (2635)-Dreev,A (2653) Havana CUB 2018}) 13. Bb3 Re8
14. Be3 Nb6 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qb4 Qd6 17. Qxd6 exd6 18. a3 Kf8 19. Kf1 Rac8 20.
Rxe8+ {1/2-1/2 (20) Strikovic,A (2468)-Enchev,I (2482) Zagreb CRO 2019}) 7. Nf3
(7. Bc4 Rb8 8. Qd1 Nb6 9. Bb3 Nbxd5 10. d4 Bg4 11. Nf3 e6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 {1/2-1/2 (58) Varga,Z (2473)
-Burmakin,V (2585) Zalakaros HUN 2015}) 7... Rb8 {Leaving the king in the
centre is a strategically poor idea but has been tried at GM level} (7... g6 {
The fianchetto is a more useful way to develop} 8. Bc4 (8. d6 exd6 9. Bc4 Bg7
10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Ng5+ Ke7 12. O-O Ne5 13. d4 Nf7 14. Qb3 Nxg5 15. Bxg5 Re8
16. Rae1+ Kf8 17. Ne4 Be6 18. Qf3 Bf5 19. Nxf6 Bxf6 20. Rxe8+ Kxe8 21. Bxf6
Qxf6 22. Qxb7 Rc8 {0-1 (59) Jobava,B (2616)-Goloshchapov,A (2569) Dubai
2004}) 8... Rb8 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. Qf4 O-O 11. O-O Ra8 12. d4 Nb6 13. Qh4 Nbxd5 14.
Bg5 Nxc3 15. bxc3 b5 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. Re3 Rc8 18. Rfe1 Rc7 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bg5
Rc7 21. Ne5 Bd5 22. Rh3 h5 {0-1 (50) Sengupta,D (2454)-Burmakin,V (2625)
Balaguer 2008}) 8. d4 b5 (8... g6 {Makes more sense, targeting the
d4-pawn}) 9. Qb3 b4 {Loses outright. The rest of the game was not that
interesting} (9... Bb7 {This was my top candidate but I tried to be too clever}
10. Bf4 Rc8 11. a4 b4 (11... Qa5 {Is a slight improvement} 12. Bd3 b4 13. O-O
Ba8 14. Nb5 Bxd5 15. Rac1 Ra8 16. Nc7+ Qxc7 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxc7 e6 19.
Bg3) 12. Qxb4 (12. a5 bxc3 13. Qxb7 cxb2 14. Qxb2 Nxd5 15. Bd2
$18) 12... Bxd5 13. Be5 e6 14. Bd6 Rb8 15. Qa3 Rb3 16. Bxf8 Rxa3 17. Bxa3
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qa5 {0-1 (39) Ismagambetov,A (2482)-Motylev,A (2674)
Pardubice 2008}) (9... Nb6 10. Ne5 Rb7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Qa2 Qd6 13. Bxa6 Ra7 14.
Bxc8 Nxc8 15. O-O Ra8 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. Qc4 Nd6 18. Nc7+ {1-0 (18) Romanov,E
(2654)-Hole,O (2347) Oslo NOR 2014}) 10. Bf4 (10. Na4 {Also wins handily}
Bb7 11. Bc4 Qa5 12. Nc5 Nb6 13. Bf4 Nxc4 14. Nxb7 Rxb7 15. Qxc4) 10... Ra8
{Is a nasty tempo loss} (10... bxc3 {Has been tried but also loses} 11. Bxb8
cxb2 12. Qxb2 Qa5+ 13. Nd2 Qxd5 14. Be2 e6 15. O-O Be7 {Black had little
to show for the exchange: Vasilevich,I (2354)-Le Kieu Thien,K (2291) Beijing
2008}) 11. Na4 Bb7 12. Bc4 Rc8 (12... g6 13. d6 e6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15.
Qxe6+) 13. d6 Rxc4 (13... e6 14. Bxe6) 14. Qxc4 exd6
15. O-O Bxf3 16. gxf3 Be7 17. Qxa6 Qb8 18. Rac1 {A very sad game} 1-0
