La Partida Del Día

GM Surya Ganguly

En el Torneo en Edmonton, ví un interesante jugador, el GM hindú Ganguly. Todo iba bien hasta el round 7, con un puntaje de 7/7 !! Pero en el round 8, se enfrentó al GM americano Samuel Shankland,  frenando su gran record. Terminó segundo en la general con 8/9. Veamos sus dos últimas  partidas. 

[Event "11th Edmonton International"] [Site "Edmonton"] [Date "2016.06.26"] [Round "8.2"] [White "Shankland, Samuel L"] [Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D35"] [WhiteElo "2646"] [BlackElo "2654"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "United States"] [BlackTeam "India"] [WhiteTeamCountry "USA"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] [WhiteClock "0:27:44"] [BlackClock "0:22:34"] {D35: Gambito de Dama Rehusado} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 $5 {[%csl Yb1] Previniendo un jaque en (b4). Una vieja idea por parte de Polugaevsky y que ha vuelto a ser popular en los jugadores de elite...} Be7 (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3 c5 12. O-O Be7 {Svidler,P (2769)-Bacrot,E (2725) Thessaloniki GRE 2013}) 8. Bc4 $146 ( 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 (9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Nc6 11. e5 Bd7 12. Qe2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rab8 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bh6 Rfc8 16. Ng5 Be8 17. f4 Qd8 18. Nf3 Nxd4 19. Bg5 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxg5 21. fxg5 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Rc3 23. Rfd1 Qxe5 {Kirsch,G-Schifferdecker,W (2350) Bad Mondorf 1974 0-1 (32)}) 9... Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 (10... b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bd3 bxc5 14. Qe2 Qc7 15. Nd2 c4 16. Bc2 e5 17. Rfd1 Bc8 18. Nf1 Be6 19. Ng3 Rfb8 20. Nf5 Bf8 21. Qg4 Kh8 22. Qg3 f6 23. f4 Nc6 24. Nh4 Rxb1 25. Bxb1 {Jochens,A (2274)-Levin,F (2503) Dortmund GER 2015 0-1 (40)}) 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e5 16. Be3 Bc8 17. h3 Rd8 18. Rf1 Bd7 19. Nd2 Bd6 20. Qh5 f6 21. Bd1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Rb4 Be8 24. Qh4 b5 25. Bh5 g6 26. Bg4 Kg7 27. Rfb1 a6 28. R1b2 Ra7 29. Be2 Qe7 30. a4 Nb7 { Polugaevsky,L-Petrosian,T Soviet Union 1970 1/2-1/2 (41)}) (8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. a4 O-O 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bd3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. O-O Bd7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. e5 Nd5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Bxb4 cxb4 18. d5 Bc5 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Ng5+ Kh6 21. Qg4 exd5 22. Qh4+ Kg6 23. Qh7+ Kxg5 24. Qxg7+ Kh5 25. g4+ Bxg4 26. Qh7+ Kg5 27. h4+ Kf4 28. Qh6+ {1-0 (28) Wojtaszek,R (2716)-Naiditsch,A (2706) Trzcianka POL 2014}) 8... O-O 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Nf4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Qa4 b5 18. Rxb5 Ba6 19. Rfb1 (19. h3 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 a6 $14) 19... Bxb5 20. Qxb5 h6 21. h3 a6 22. Qb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Bg5 24. Rc7 (24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. d5 Ne5 $16) 24... Nb4 $14 25. a3 Nd3 26. e5 Rb8 (26... Kh7 27. Rc6 $11) 27. Kh2 (27. Kf1 Rf8 28. Ke2 Nf4+ 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 $16) 27... Kh7 $14 28. Kg3 Rf8 29. Rc6 Bf4+ (29... Bxe3 30. fxe3 Nf2 31. Kh2 $14) 30. Kf3 $14 Ne1+ (30... Bg5+ 31. Ke2 Nf4+ 32. Bxf4 Rxf4 33. Rc4 $14) 31. Ke4 $16 Nxg2 32. d5 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Bg3 $2 {[%csl Rg3]} (33... Bg5 $5 {[%csl Yg5]} 34. d6 Rb8 35. Rxa6 Rb3 $16) 34. d6 $18 Re8 $2 {[%csl Re8]} (34... Rd8 $142 $18) 35. d7 Rd8 36. e6 Bh4 37. Kd5 (37. Rc4 $142 Rb8 38. Rc8 $18) 37... Kg8 (37... Rb8 38. Rc8 Rb5+ 39. Ke4 $18) 38. Rxa6 (38. Rc4 $142 Be7 39. Rc8 $18) 38... Kf8 $16 39. Ra4 (39. a4 $142 Ke7 40. a5 $18) 39... Bf6 $4 {[%csl Rf6]} (39... Bg5 $142 $5 $14) 40. Rc4 $16 Ke7 41. Rc8 Bg5 (41... Bh4 42. a4 Be1 $16) 42. a4 Bxe3 (42... Rxd7+ 43. exd7 Kxd7 $18) 43. a5 h5 44. Kc6 (44. Kc6 Bf2 45. Rxd8 Kxd8 46. e7+ Kxe7 47. Kc7 $18) 1-0 [Event "11th Edmonton International"] [Site "Edmonton"] [Date "2016.06.26"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"] [Black "Shirov, Alexei"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2654"] [BlackElo "2682"] [Annotator "Mosaico Ajedrecístico"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2016.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "India"] [BlackTeam "Latvia"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "LAT"] [WhiteClock "0:27:22"] [BlackClock "0:00:44"] {B33: Siciliana: Variación Pelikan & Sveshnikov} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Rb8 13. a4 bxa4 14. Ncb4 Nxb4 15. cxb4 O-O 16. Rxa4 a5 17. h4 Bh6 18. b5 Bd7 (18... Kh8 19. Be2 Be6 20. b3 g6 21. h5 Kg7 22. O-O Rc8 23. Rc4 Rxc4 24. bxc4 Qc8 {Bok,B (2594)-Yu Yangyi (2736) Doha QAT 2015}) 19. Nc3 d5 20. exd5 e4 $146 (20... Kh8 21. Be2 f5 22. g3 Qb6 23. O-O Rbd8 24. Kg2 Bc8 25. f4 Rfe8 26. fxe5 Rxe5 27. Qd4 Qf6 28. Rc4 Bd7 29. Rf3 Bxb5 30. Nxb5 Rxe2+ 31. Kh3 Rxb2 32. Rc6 Qxd4 33. Nxd4 Rd2 34. Ne6 Re8 35. Rxf5 g6 36. Rf6 Kg8 37. d6 Bg7 38. Nxg7 Kxg7 39. Rf4 Kg8 40. Rc7 Rxd6 41. Rff7 {1/2-1/2 (41) Anand,V (2804)-Grischuk,A (2781) Stavanger NOR 2015}) 21. Be2 f5 22. d6 { [%csl Gd6] vean la fuerza que este peón genera para sus piezas amigas!!} Kh8 23. g3 f4 24. Rxe4 Bf5 25. Re5 Qf6 26. Qd5 fxg3 27. fxg3 Qg6 $2 {[%csl Rg6]} ( 27... g6 $142 28. O-O Bg7 $16) 28. g4 $1 $18 {[%csl Gg4] Forzando a retroceder!!} Bc8 (28... Bxg4 29. Rg1) 29. Ne4 {[%cal Yh4h5] con plan de (h5)} ({Otra interesante alternativa:} 29. Qd4 Bc1 30. h5 Qc2 $18) 29... Bb7 30. h5 ( 30. Qd4 $142 $5 {[%csl Yd4] luce mejor...} Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Bc1 $18) 30... Qxe4 31. Qxe4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rfd8 33. Rd4 Bc1 34. d7 Bxb2 35. Rd5 Rb7 36. O-O g6 $4 { [%csl Rg6]} (36... Ba3 37. Rfd1 h6 $18) 37. h6 Ba3 38. Rf7 a4 39. Re5 Rbb8 40. Bc4 Bf8 {[%cal Rg1g2]} 41. Kg2 (41. g5 Bd6 42. Re6 Bb4 $18) 41... a3 42. Ba2 Bd6 43. Re6 Bf8 44. b6 (44. b6 Bb4 45. b7 $18) 1-0