[Event "Bunratty Masters 2008"]
[Site "Bunratty IRL"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Williams, Simon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "A90"]
[Annotator "Baburin, Alexander"]
[ICUid "28840"]
1. d4 { Svidler usually plays 1.e4, but against 1.d4 Simon Williams plays
mostly the Dutch, which explains Svidler's choice of the first move - the
Dutch remains a risky opening. } 1... e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5.
Nd2 ({ In case of the more popular } 5. Bd2 { Black can consider } 5... Be7
{ - and the white bishop is somewhat misplaced on d2. }) 5... a5 6. Nf3 b6
{ Black is playing a hybrid of the Dutch and the Bogo-Indian. } 7. a3 Be7 (
{ Perhaps it was better to part with the bishop - after } 7... Bxd2+ {
After } 8. Qxd2 ({ Therefore White should consider } 8. Nxd2 $5 Ra7 9. e4
Bb7 10. f3 ({ or } 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 Qe7+ 12. Qe2 Qxe2+ 13. Kxe2)) 8...
Bb7 { Black is doing OK. This position resembles some lines of the
Nimzo-Indian with 4.Qc2. }) 8. Ne5 Ra7 9. e4 Bb7 10. d5 fxe4 $6 ({ It was
safer to play } 10... O-O) 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O $1 d4 $6 (
13... Bxe5 $2 14. Qh5+ { is very bad for Black. }) (13... O-O $2 14. Bxd5+
Kh8 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 { leaves Black an exchange down. }) ({ Perhaps
the lesser evil was } 13... Nc6) 14. Bxb7 Rxb7 15. Qh5+ $1 { Svidler goes
for the kill. } ({ Computer also gives a curious line } 15. Bg5 $5 O-O 16.
Qxd4) 15... g6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Re1 { The black king has
been stripped of its pawn shield and cannot withstand the forthcoming
assault. White plans to get the bishop to f4 (or h6, if needed) and double
rooks on the e-file. } 18... d5 ({ Black is also doomed after } 18... Nc6
19. Bh6+ Rxh6 20. Qxh6+ Bg7 21. Qh5) 19. Re6 Nd7 20. Bf4 (20. Bf4 Rb8 21.
Rae1 dxc4 22. Bxc7 $1) 1-0
