Thursday, February 04, 2010

GM Joel Benjamin on the Philidor


New Jersey GM Joel Benjamin bids farewell to his Ask GM Joel column at USCF Online with "GM Joel on the Question He Always Wanted," in which he answers the question that I would have most liked to ask him myself this past year: what is his improvement on Stopa - Benjamin, World Open 2009?  A very satisfying answer for fans of the Antoshin Philidor.

4 comments:

Casasnovas Vincent said...

We can see also on same position the game BAJT Indira 2194 vs KRIVEC Jana SLO-Ch 2009
After 16 ... Qb6+ white choose 17.Kc1
Regards

Michael Goeller said...

Thanks for the note. But I have not been able to track down this game in any database. Can you (or someone) please post the PGN?

Vincent Casasnovas said...

Here is the PGN:
[Event "SLO-ch (Women)"]
[Site "Otocec"]
[Date "2009.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bajt, Indira"]
[Black "Krivec, Jana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2194"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.08.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8.
Ndb5 Bb4 9. O-O-O c6 10. Nc7 Nxe4 11. Qd4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qe7 13. Kb2 g5 14. Bg3
Nxg3 15. hxg3 Qxc7 16. Qf6 Qb6+ 17. Kc1 (17. Ka1 {
Cf Getz-Benjamin NY State CC 2009} c5 18. Qxg5+ Qg6 19. Rxd5) 17... c5 {
avantage noir} 18. Qxg5+ Qg6 19. Qh4 $4 (19. Rxd5 $5 f6 20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Bd3 f5
22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Rxc5 Bd7 24. Rb5 Rab8) 19... Be6 {les noirs ont presque gagné}
20. Bd3 f5 21. g4 $6 (21. Rde1 $5 Bd7 22. Re5 c4 23. Be2 b5 24. Bf3 Bc6 25. Re7
h6) 21... Nc6 22. Rde1 Rf7 23. Re3 Kh8 24. Rhe1 (24. Rg3 {ne donne rien} Ne5
25. gxf5 Nxd3+ 26. cxd3 Qxf5) 24... Bd7 25. gxf5 (25. g5 Qg7 26. Kb1 c4 27. Be2
f4 28. Rf3) 25... Bxf5 26. Be2 (26. Bxf5 Rxf5 27. Rh1 Rf7 28. Rg3 Qf6) 26...
Qf6 27. Qh2 $2 (27. Qxf6+ Rxf6 28. Bb5 Kg7 29. R3e2 Raf8 30. f3 Rg6 31. g4 Bc8
32. Re3 Rgf6 33. Rf1 Rf4 34. Be2) 27... d4 28. Rf3 Qg5+ (28... Re8 {supérieur}
29. Qf4 d3 30. Qd2 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 dxe2 32. Qxe2) 29. Kb1 $4 (29. Qf4 Qxg2 30.
Bf1 Qg7 31. Qh4) 29... Qd2 30. Rh1 $4 (30. Rc1) 30... Qxc2+ 31. Ka1 dxc3 {
mat en 4} (31... dxc3 32. Qxh7+ Rxh7 33. Rxh7+ Bxh7 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. a4 Qxa4#)
0-1
Enjoy
Vincent

Michael Goeller said...

Thanks -- I don't have the latest ChessBase.