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Monday, April 13, 2015

Ivanov vs. Carter -- Burlington Open



Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov(r) was kind enough to sit with me and help to enter this round 2 game with Vermont's own National Master David Carter. Anyone attending tournaments in New England surely knows these excellent chess players for their over the board skills and friendliness.  This is an interesting game. Note the pawn "structure" in the final position. Most unusual. Analysis by Houdini3.

[Event "Burlington VT Open"]
[Site "<Unknown>"]
[Date "2015.4.12"]
[Round ""]
[White "Alexander Ivanov"]
[Black "David E. Carter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C88"]
[Annotator ""]
[Source ""]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.a4 b4
8.O-O d6 9.a5 O-O 10.Re1 Bg4 11.Be3 Nb8 12.Nbd2 c5 13.h3 Bd7
14.Nc4 Nc6 15.Nfd2 Ra7 16.c3 Qc7 17.f4 Kh8 {?!} $14
( 17...Be6 {!?} 18.fxe5 dxe5 19.Qe2 h6 20.Kh1 Rb8 21.Bd1 Rab7
22.Rf1 Rd8 23.Ba4 Na7 24.cxb4 Rxb4 25.b3 Nh7 26.Rac1 Rb7 27.Nb6 $10)
18.Nf3 Be6 19.fxe5 dxe5 20.cxb4 Bxc4 21.Bxc4 Nxb4 22.Bd2 Ne8
23.Bc3 Bf6 24.Qe2 Qe7 25.Qf2 {?!} $14( 25.Bxb4 {!?} cxb4 26.d4
Nd6 27.Bd3 g6 28.Rec1 Bg7 29.dxe5 Bxe5 30.Rc6 Rfa8 31.Qd2 b3
32.Ra3 Nb7 33.Nxe5 Qxe5 34.Qc3 Qxc3 $14) Nc6 26.Rf1 Nc7 27.Nh2
Ne6 {?} $16( {'better is'} 27...Nb5 {'better is'} 28.Kh1 Nbd4
29.Bd5 Rc7 30.Bxd4 Nxd4 31.Nf3 Nc6 32.Bxc6 Rxc6 33.Ra3 Rb8 34.Qc2
Rcc8 35.Nd2 Rb5 36.Nc4 Rcb8 37.Qf2 $10) 28.Ng4 Nf4 29.Kh2 {?!} $16
( 29.Nxf6 {!?} gxf6 30.Bd2 Nd4 31.Kh2 Rg8 32.Bxf4 exf4 33.Qxf4
Rg6 34.Rf2 Nc6 35.Qe3 Ra8 36.Bd5 Rc8 37.Kh1 Ne5 38.g4 Rcg8 $18)
Bg5 {?!} $16( 29...Nh5 {!?} 30.g3 Rd8 31.Qf3 Nd4 32.Bxd4 cxd4
33.Nh6 Nxg3 34.Nxf7+ Qxf7 35.Bxf7 Nxf1+ 36.Rxf1 Rxf7 37.Qf5 Re8
38.Rf2 Rc7 39.b4 $16) 30.g3 Ng6 31.h4 h5 32.hxg5 hxg4 33.Qf5
Qd7 34.Qxg6 fxg6 35.Rxf8+ Kh7 36.Bg8+ Kh8 37.Be6+ Kh7 38.Bxd7
Rxd7 39.Kg2 $20 1-0

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