Cap D'Agde: Radjabov - Karjakin
The final in Cap D'Agde had an exciting finish when 16 year old Karjakin faced 19 year old Radjabov in two rapid games. The first game ended in a draw when Karjakin was unable to break through Radjabov's Sveshnikov. In the second game Radjabov treated Karjakin to a poisoned pawn Najdorf. I was following the game on Playchess and at first thought that Radjabov had been lucky as the engines indicated that black was better. Closer analysis revealed however that black was fighting for a draw at best.
(13) Radjabov,T (2729) - Karjakin,Sergey (2672) [B97]
KO Cap d'Agde FRA (3.2), 02.11.2006
Analysis with Rybka 2.1o 32-bit
B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Bh4 Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qb2 15.Qe3 Bc5 16.Be2 Nc6 17.c3 Qa3 18.0-0 0-0 19.Nf6+ Diagram
19...Nxf6-+ 20.Bxf6! [20.exf6 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 g6 23.Qe3 Kh7-+ is better for black]
20...Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 as we will see later this will at best lead to a draw. However black can not afford to play for a win with eg
[21...Bd7?! Diagram
22.Rff4!! Rfc8 23.Rg4 g5 24.Rxg5+ hxg5 25.Qxg5+ Kf8 26.Qg7+ Ke8 27.Qg8+ Bf8 Diagram
28.Bh5!+- ]
22.Qxd4 Diagram
22...gxf6?? the critical mistake
[black has to be satisfied with a draw eg 22...Re8 23.Qg4 (23.Rf3 gxf6 24.Rg3+ Kh7 25.exf6 Qc1+ 26.Bf1 Kh8= ) 23...Qf8 24.Bd3 Bd7 25.Rf3= ;
or 22...Kh7 23.Bd3+ g6 24.h4 b6! (24...h5 25.g4 hxg4 26.Qxg4+- ) 25.Qxb6 Bd7 26.h5 Rac8 27.Qa7 Qc5+ 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Be7 Rxc3 30.Bxf8 Rxd3 31.Rxf7+ Kg8 32.hxg6 Be8 33.Rf6 Bxg6 34.Rxg6+ Kxf8= ]
23.exf6+/- Qa5 24.h4 Diagram
24...Kh7?
[24...e5? looses to 25.Qe3! Rd8 26.Qh6x +-
but more tenacious was 24...Rd8! 25.Qg4+ Kf8 26.Qg7+ Ke8 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Rd1+ Kc6 29.Rxd8+/- ]
25.Bd3+ Qf5?
[although the position is lost better was 25...Kh8 26.Qe4 Qf5+/- 27.Qb4 Rg8 28.Bxf5 exf5+- ]
26.Re1 [26.Rf3! ]
26...Rg8 27.Kh2 [27.Qd6! ]
27...a5 [27...Kg6!? 28.Re3! e5 29.Bxf5+ Bxf5 30.Rxe5 Rad8 31.h5+ Kh7+- ]
28.g4 Qxd3 [28...Qg6 29.Re5! ]
29.Qxd3+ Kh8 30.Re5 Rxg4 31.Rh5 Rg6 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qe7 1-0
(13) Radjabov,T (2729) - Karjakin,Sergey (2672) [B97]
KO Cap d'Agde FRA (3.2), 02.11.2006
Analysis with Rybka 2.1o 32-bit
B97: Sicilian Najdorf: Poisoned Pawn
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2 9.Rb1 Qa3 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nfd7 12.Ne4 h6 13.Bh4 Qxa2 14.Rd1 Qb2 15.Qe3 Bc5 16.Be2 Nc6 17.c3 Qa3 18.0-0 0-0 19.Nf6+ Diagram
19...Nxf6-+ 20.Bxf6! [20.exf6 Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 22.Qxd4 g6 23.Qe3 Kh7-+ is better for black]
20...Nxd4 21.Rxd4 Bxd4 as we will see later this will at best lead to a draw. However black can not afford to play for a win with eg
[21...Bd7?! Diagram
22.Rff4!! Rfc8 23.Rg4 g5 24.Rxg5+ hxg5 25.Qxg5+ Kf8 26.Qg7+ Ke8 27.Qg8+ Bf8 Diagram
28.Bh5!+- ]
22.Qxd4 Diagram
22...gxf6?? the critical mistake
[black has to be satisfied with a draw eg 22...Re8 23.Qg4 (23.Rf3 gxf6 24.Rg3+ Kh7 25.exf6 Qc1+ 26.Bf1 Kh8= ) 23...Qf8 24.Bd3 Bd7 25.Rf3= ;
or 22...Kh7 23.Bd3+ g6 24.h4 b6! (24...h5 25.g4 hxg4 26.Qxg4+- ) 25.Qxb6 Bd7 26.h5 Rac8 27.Qa7 Qc5+ 28.Qxc5 Rxc5 29.Be7 Rxc3 30.Bxf8 Rxd3 31.Rxf7+ Kg8 32.hxg6 Be8 33.Rf6 Bxg6 34.Rxg6+ Kxf8= ]
23.exf6+/- Qa5 24.h4 Diagram
24...Kh7?
[24...e5? looses to 25.Qe3! Rd8 26.Qh6x +-
but more tenacious was 24...Rd8! 25.Qg4+ Kf8 26.Qg7+ Ke8 27.Qg8+ Kd7 28.Rd1+ Kc6 29.Rxd8+/- ]
25.Bd3+ Qf5?
[although the position is lost better was 25...Kh8 26.Qe4 Qf5+/- 27.Qb4 Rg8 28.Bxf5 exf5+- ]
26.Re1 [26.Rf3! ]
26...Rg8 27.Kh2 [27.Qd6! ]
27...a5 [27...Kg6!? 28.Re3! e5 29.Bxf5+ Bxf5 30.Rxe5 Rad8 31.h5+ Kh7+- ]
28.g4 Qxd3 [28...Qg6 29.Re5! ]
29.Qxd3+ Kh8 30.Re5 Rxg4 31.Rh5 Rg6 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qe7 1-0
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