1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. d5 Nd4! 7. Bxc4?!

“Black also has good play after 7. Bxd4 exd4 8. Qxd4 Bb4+ 9. Nc3 O-O, but it would have been more prudent to get rid of the d4-knight at once anyway.”

7... Bc5 8. Bf2 c6 9. dxc6

“Black has acquired a lead in development and thus must try to seize the initiative. His next move serves exactly this purpose:”

9... Qb6! 10. Qd2 O-O 11. Nc3 Nxc6 12. Bd5?

12. Rd1.

12... Nb4 13. Rd1 Nfxd5 14. Bxc5 Qxc5 15. Nxd5 Nc2+ 16. Kf1 Be6! 17. Qc3? Qxc3 18. bxc3 Bxd5

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Annotator(s): Alexander Baburin, Sunday Independent, April 8, 2001, p. 26 (excerpted here).

Source(s): TWIC 335.

Event information: Tournament report.