Laukik Gadgil's Games

Here are the promised games by Laukik. In both, he manages to get a tremendous attack going against the Sicilian. I tend to agree with Mark that in the first game with him, the Knight sac with 13.Nd5!? is probably unsound, but I have not had a chance to look through it closely with Fritz and may reach a different conclusion. Meanwhile, in the game against Greg there is no question that Laukik missed a mate--if only he had not taken Greg's desperation Rook sac with his Knight but had moved 21.Kb1!! there just would be nothing to stop an inevitable ...Qf7#.

[Event "KCC Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ USA"]
[Date "2005.06.16"]
[White "Gadgil, Laukik"]
[Black "Tomkovich, Greg"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Re8 {This is very slow. More common is 8...Nc6 which has the same effect of preventing 9.Bh6 exchanging off the Bishops.} 9. O-O-O Nc6 10. g4 Bd7 11. h4 Rc8 12. h5 Ne5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Bh6 Bh8 15. Qh2 Nc4 16. Bg5 Nxb2 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qxh7 Kf8 19. Qxg6 Rxc3 20. Rh7 { Wow! That's a strong move. How does Black avoid mate?} Rxc2 21. Nxc2 { Ah! White can simply decline the Rook and play 21.Kb1!! and there is nothing that Black can do about mate at f7.} Be6 22. Bb5 Nxd1 23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Qxe8 Kxe8 25. Kxd1 Bxa2 26. Kd2 { White is still a little better, having the exchange for a pawn and a potentially winning passed pawn on the kingside.} a5 27. Rh5 a4 28. Rb5 { White starts to go wrong. It was best to activate his own pawns and keep his Rook on the kingside with f4 and g5.} Bb3 29. Rxb7 Bb2 30. Ke3 Bc1 31. Kd3 d5 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Rb8 Kf7 34. Nd4 a3 35. Rb6 a2 36. Nc2 Bxf3 37. Kd4 Bxg4 38. Ra6 Be6 39. Nb4 { A blunder. White should still hold the draw with best play, though it wil be hard.} a1=Q 40. Rxa1 Bb2 0-1

[Event "KCC Summer Tournament"]
[Site "Kenilworth, NJ USA"]
[Date "2005.06.09"]
[White "Gadgil, Laukik"]
[Black "Kernighan, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. O-O-O a6 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. f3 Qc7 11. Bb3 Na5 12. Rhe1 b5 13. Nd5 Nxb3 14. axb3 exd5 15. exd5 Kf8 16. Bh6 Ng8 17. Rxe7 Nxe7 18. Qg5 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Kg8 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Ne6 fxe6 22. dxe6 Nf5 23. Qh3 Qg5 24. Kb1 Re8 25. exd7 Rxe1 26. Ka2 Kf7 0-1