Malaysian Masters: Game 2 (Live)

 

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7.0-0 Bg7 8.a3 Nf6 9.Rb1 0-0 10. b4 Ng4 11. Ne2 11...Nge5 12. Nxe5 dxe5 13. d3 Rfd8 14. Rb3

Visually White looks to have a disadvantage in pawn structure because of the backward d-pawn.

Fritz seems to agree with the assessment giving a –0.35 score (slight advantage to Black).

14. .. e6 (Fritz prefered cxb4 15 axb4 a5)

15 .. Bf8 16. Qb1

16 .. Rac8 17. bxc5 Rc7 18. Qb2 a6 19.Qc3

 

19. .. f5 20. f3 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4 22. Qb2 Bxc5 23. Rb1 b6

24. exf5 gxf5 25. Nf4 Qd6 26. g3

26. … Rg7 27. Kh1 e5 28. Nd5 b5

Time ( 14:46 - 9:00 )

29.Qe2 Re8 30. a4 bxa4

31. Rb6 Bxb6 32. Rxb6 Qd8

33. Rxa6 Rg6 34. Rxa4 h5

35. f4 e4 36. Qxh5 Ree6

37 Ra7 Rh6

38. Qf7+

Black resigns