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IM Maxim Rodshtein Israel Champion 2006-7












(1) Rodshtein,Maxim (2517) - Tseitlin,Mark (2470) [C89]
ISR-ch 2006 Ramat Aviv (5), 17.12.2006
[Maxim Rodshtein]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.Re1 0-0 8.c3 d5 9.exd5 Nxd5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Rxe5 Bb7 I saw this deviation from the main Marshall(11...c6) played by Mark a couple of times in the past 12.d4 Qd7 13.Nd2 c5 14.Nf3 cxd4 15.cxd4 Rad8 [15...Bf6 This move was played by Mark 2 decades ago against Klovans. Black failed to equalize there as well] 16.Bd2 Nb4?! This move looked to me a little strange during the game, and still does 17.Re3 [17.Rxe7 Qxe7 18.Bg5 Qd6 19.Bxd8 Rxd8 ; 17.Ng5!? ] 17...Bd6 [17...Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Nc6 19.Bc3 b4 20.d5 Na5 21.Bxg7 Kxg7 22.Qg3+ Kh6 23.Re5+/- ] 18.Qe2 [18.Bxb4 Bxb4 19.Ng5 Remember this manouvre, because it's typical for the open Spanish positions when the attack starts "from nowhere"] 18...Nd5 19.Ne5 Qf5 [19...Nf4 20.Nxd7 Nxe2+ 21.Rxe2 Rxd7 22.Rae1+/- ] 20.Rf3 Qh5 [20...Qe6 21.Qe4 f6 22.Rh3 With a decisive attack for white 22...fxe5 23.Qxh7+ Kf7 24.dxe5 Bxe5 (24...Be7 25.Rh6 Rh8 26.Rxe6 Rxh7 27.Rxe7+ Kxe7 28.Bg5+ Nf6 29.exf6+ gxf6 30.Re1+ ) 25.Rf3+ Ke7 26.Bb4+ ] 21.Qe4 Rfe8 22.Rf5 Bxe5 [>=22...Qg6 This move was better than the move in the game 23.f3 (23.Re1 Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Rxe5 25.Qxe5+/- And g3) 23...Bxe5 24.Rxe5 Qxe4 25.Rxe4 (25.fxe4 Rxe5 26.dxe5 Nc7 27.Ba5 Rd7+/- ) 25...Ne7 26.Re2 Rxd4 27.Rae1+/- ] 23.Rxe5 f6? [23...Rxe5 24.dxe5+- Two bishops and a pawn up should be enough for a win] 24.Qxd5+ 1-0













(2) Porat,Shi (2442) - Rodshtein,Maxim (2517) [D12]
ISR-ch 2006 Ramat Aviv (7), 20.12.2006
[Maxim Rodshtein]

This was a very decisive game. I faced Shi with the black pieces, when Shi was half point behind me on the clear second place. 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Be4 7.f3 Bg6 8.Qb3 Qc7 9.Bd2 Be7 10.0-0-0 dxc4 [10...a6!? Is very intresting] 11.Bxc4 [11.Qxc4 Is more common in such positions] 11...a5 [11...b5!? 12.Be2 a6 With and idea of the c6-c5 advance. Perhaps after Nbd7 first] 12.Nxg6 hxg6 13.Bd3 b5 [13...Na6!? The idea behind this move is to make white wekean his king's position. I think that this was more reasonable than what played in the game 14.a3 b5 15.Ne4 a4 16.Qc2 b4~~ ] 14.Kb1 Nbd7 15.Qc2 Qb6 16.Rc1 a4 [Of course castle is very dangerous for black, as White can begin a direct attack at the black king 16...0-0?! 17.g4 ] 17.g4 a3 18.b3 g5 This looks like an obligatory move, as g4-g5 is very unpleasent for Black 19.Ne4 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Rc8 21.Bxc6!? A very intresting capture, which I underestimated [To be honest, during the game I was more thinking about the cosequences of some "quite" move like this, as castle doesn't look possible 21.h3 c5 22.dxc5 Rxc5 23.Qd3 b4~~ ] 21...0-0 [21...Kf8?! 22.d5 ] 22.h4!? White plays in a very intresting manner! 22...gxh4 23.g5 Bxg5 24.Qe4 Rfd8! [24...Nf6 25.Qe5 Bxe3 (25...Rxc6 26.Qxg5 Rxc1+ 27.Bxc1 Also doesn't look promising at all for Black) 26.Bxe3 Rxc6 27.Rcg1 Black wouldn't survive here; 24...Nb8 25.Qe5! Bh6 (25...Bf6 26.Qxf6!! ) 26.Be4-> (26.Bxb5 Nc6 27.Qc5 Qxc5 28.dxc5 Nd4 ) ] 25.Qg4 [25.Rhg1! Perhaps this was the best attemp for White, although this move looks strange, as the white rook looks well placed on h1 25...Bf6 26.Bb4|^ ; 25.Rxh4 Nf6 26.Rch1 g6!-+ ] 25...Bf6 26.Be4 Rxc1+ 27.Rxc1 And even here white still has the initiative 27...Qb8?! [27...b4 ; 27...Qd6 ] 28.Bb4 Qh2 29.Bxa3 Ne5 30.Qg1 Qxg1 31.Rxg1 Nd7 32.Bb4 [32.Bd6!+/= ] 32...Nb6 33.Ba5 Rd6 34.Kc2 Nd5 35.Bxd5?!(+) After this move, White already had a tendency to be worse [35.Bd2 It would be much harder to fight for a win here] 35...Rxd5 36.Kd3 Rh5 37.Rh1 Be7 38.Bc7 [38.Be1 ] 38...b4 39.e4 Kf8 40.Bf4?! g5 41.Be5 f6 42.Bh2 Kf7 43.Rc1 [43.d5=/+ White should still hold it] 43...f5 44.Rc7 Ke8 45.d5 fxe4+ [45...g4 Maybe this is winning faster 46.Rc8+ (46.fxg4 fxg4 47.d6 Bf6 ) 46...Bd8 47.dxe6 g3 48.Bg1 h3 49.Bb6 Ke7 50.Bxd8+ Kxe6-+ ] 46.Kxe4 exd5+ 47.Kf5 Rh6 48.Be5 h3 49.Rc2 Kd7 [49...d4! ] 50.Rc7+ Ke8 51.Rc2 Kf7 52.Rd2 Bf6 53.Bxf6 Rxf6+ [53...h2 In some amazing way, we both totally overlooked this move. Perhaps we were too tired already. Fortunately, the position after R:f6+ is also winning] 54.Kxg5 Rg6+ 55.Kf4 Ke6 56.Re2+ Kd6 57.Rh2 Rh6 58.Kg5 Rh8 59.f4 d4 60.Kg6 Ke7 61.Re2+ Kf8 62.Rc2 d3 63.Rc8+ Ke7 64.Rxh8 d2 65.Rh7+ Kd6 66.Rxh3 d1Q 67.Rg3 Qc2+ 68.f5 Ke5 69.Rg5 Qf2 70.Kg7 Qh4 71.Kg6 Qh8 72.Rg4 Qf6+ 73.Kh5 Kxf5 0-1



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