'Paignton' Round 3
Chigorin Defence
1.Nf3 Nc6 2.d4 d5 3.c4 e5?!
The main move is very much 3...Bg4, but the text has been played by Keres, Tartakower and several modern GMs.
4.Nxe5!?
The more popular 4.dxe5 d4 transposes to a main line of the Albin, but the text may be slightly better.
4...Nxe5 5.dxe5 d4 6.e3 Bb4+ 7.Bd2 dxe3 8.Qa4+
Not 8.Bxb4?? exf2+ 9.Ke2 Bg4+.
8...Bd7 9.Qxb4 exd2+ 10.Nxd2 Ne7 11.0-0-0!?
This may be new. 11.Be2 was played in the three games to reach this position in ChessBase's 2019 Mega database.
11...Nc6 12.Qa3 Qg5 13.g3!?
White threatens to hang on to the e pawn, and at the same time opens the long light-square diagonal for his bishop.
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13...0-0-0?!
Clearly Black cannot capture with the knight, and I rejected 13...Qxe5 because of 14.Nf3 followed by 15.Re1. But this is not to be feared, as Black can play, among other moves, 14...Qe7, meeting 15.Re1 with 15...Be6. After 16.Qxe7+ Kxe7 17.Ng5, White is slightly better, but the game is still well within the drawing margin.
14.f4 Qh5?
Better was 14...Qg6, which gives Black more of a chance of taking advantage of White's somewhat exposed king, eg Komodo10 gives the sharp line 15.Bd3 Bf5 16.Bxf5+ Qxf5 17.Nf3 g5!? 18.Nxg5 Nxe5 19.Qxa7 Nd3+ 20.Rxd3 Qxd3 21.Qa8+ Kd7 22.Qxb7 Qxc4+ 23.Kb1 Rb8 24.Qg2, with an unclear but roughly equal position.
15.Bg2 Kb8
White has caught up in development and remains a pawn to the good (1-0, 35 moves)
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