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[Event "contra Solak (Inf 110)"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2011.10.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Chigorin Defence"]
[Black "3.Nc3 / 6.Bxc4 / 11...Ng6"]
[Result "*"]
[ECO "D07"]
[Annotator "proustiskeen"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.??.??"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e4 Bg4 6. Bxc4 $1 Bxf3 7. gxf3
Qxd4 8. Qb3 Ne5 9. Be2 $1 Qb6 10. Qa4+ c6 11. f4 {proustiskeen: This is the
key position. Black has a number of choices here, but do any of them hold? I
think that} Ng6 {may be the best move, and may allow Black to hold on. Let's
look at Solak's proposed line and see if this is so.} ({Solak's analysis runs
as follows:} 11... Ng6 12. f5 Ne5 13. Bf4 Qxb2 (13... Nfd7 14. O-O-O Qxf2 15.
Rhf1 Qc5 (15... Qb6 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Kb1 $1 $16) 16. Kb1 $1 $16)
14. Rc1 Nfd7 (14... Ned7 15. Rc2 Qa1+ 16. Bc1 $18) (14... e6 15. Rc2 Qa1+ 16.
Bc1 $18) 15. Rc2 Qb6 (15... b5 16. Nxb5 cxb5 17. Bxb5 $18) (15... Qa1+ 16. Bc1
Nc5 17. Qa5 $1 b6 18. Qa3 Ncd3+ 19. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 20. Ke2 e6 21. Qa4 Nb4 22. Rd1
$18) 16. Be3 Qd8 (16... Nc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. O-O e6 (18... g6 19. Rd1 Bg7 20.
Nd5 Qd6 21. Nb6 $16) 19. Rb1 $16) 17. f4 Nb6 18. Qb3 Ned7 19. e5 $16) 12. f5 (
12. e5 $6 Nd7 13. O-O e6) (12. Be3 $6 Qxb2 13. O-O e6) 12... Ne5 13. Bf4 Qxb2
14. Rc1 Nfd7 (14... e6 15. Rc2 Qa1+ 16. Bc1 {and I agree with Solak} b5 17.
Nxb5 cxb5 18. Bxb5+ Nfd7 19. Bxd7+ Nxd7 20. O-O Qe5 21. Rd1 $18) (14... Ned7
15. Rc2 Qa1+ 16. Bc1 {here too Solak seems correct}) 15. Rc2 Qb6 (15... Qa1+
16. Bc1 (16. Rc1 Qb2 17. Rc2 {transposes}) 16... Nc5 17. Qa5 b6 18. Qa3 e6 19.
O-O Nxe4 20. Qb3 {[%cal Yc1e3,Yf1a1]} Nc5 21. Qb4) 16. Be3 (16. O-O $5 $44)
16... Nc5 $5 {this seems stronger than Solak's main line of 16...Qd8} (16...
Qd8 17. f4 Nb6 18. Qb3 Ned7 19. e5 $16 {is a fair evaluation}) 17. Bxc5 Qxc5
18. O-O e6 19. Rb1 {Solak gives this as +/-, but is this the case?} Rb8 (19...
Qa3 {may also work, i.e.} 20. Rxb7 (20. f4 Nd7 21. Rxb7 Rb8 22. Rxa7 Bc5+ $1 (
22... Qxa4 23. Nxa4) 23. Kg2 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 e5 $5) 20... Bc5 $5 (20... Qxa4 $6
21. Nxa4 exf5 22. f4 Nd7 23. Rxc6 $18) 21. Qxa3 (21. Kg2 g5 $1 {[%csl Yf4]} 22.
fxe6 O-O 23. exf7+ Kg7 $13) 21... Bxa3 22. f4 Nd7 23. Na4 (23. fxe6 fxe6 24.
Nb5 cxb5 25. Bxb5 O-O 26. Bxd7 (26. Rxd7 $6 Rxf4 $15) 26... Rxf4 27. Bxe6+ Kh8
28. e5 $14) 23... Nb6 24. Nxb6 (24. Rxc6 Nxa4 25. Bb5 O-O 26. Bxa4 exf5 $11)
24... axb6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Rxb6) 20. Nb5 Nf3+ 21. Bxf3 (21. Kf1 Nxh2+ 22. Kg2
Qe5 $13) 21... cxb5 22. Rxb5 (22. Qxb5+ Qxb5 23. Rxb5 a6 24. Rb6 exf5 25. exf5
Be7 26. Rc7 Kd8 27. Rcxb7 Rxb7 28. Rxb7 Rf8 $1 29. Ra7 (29. Bc6 Bc5) 29... Bc5)
(22. Rxc5 bxa4 23. Ra5 Bd6 $11) 22... Qa3 23. Qxa3 (23. Rc4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Bd6 {
and Black has good chances to hang on}) 23... Bxa3 24. fxe6 (24. Rc3 Be7) (24.
Ra5 Bb4 (24... Be7)) 24... fxe6 25. Bg4 a6 26. Rb6 (26. Rb3 Bd6 27. Bxe6 Ke7
$14) 26... Rf8 27. Rxe6+ Be7 $14 {and perhaps play continues} 28. e5 Rf7 29.
Kg2 Kf8 {when it would appear that Black has very good chances to draw.} *