[Event “2008 Spice Cup”]
[Site “Lubbock”]
[Date “2008.09.19”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Akobian, Varuzhan”]
[Black “Perelshteyn, Eugene”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteELO “2610”]
[WhiteTitle “GM”]
[BlackELO “2555”]
[BlackTitle “GM”]
[Source “MonRoi”]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4 Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.a3 Bxc3 8.bxc3 Bd7 9.Qc2 Na5 10.cxd5 exd5 11.Bd3 Re8 12.a4 Nc4 13.O-O Ne4 14.Bxc4 dxc4 15.Ne5 Nd6 16.e4 Be6 17.Bf4 f6 18.Nf3 f5 19.Bxd6 cxd6 20.Rfe1 Qd7 21.Ng5 h6 22.Nxe6 Qxe6 23.e5 d5 24.Reb1 Re7 25.Rb5 Rf8 26.Rab1 Rff7 27.Qe2 f4 28.Qf3 Rd7 29.a5 g5 30.h3 Kg7 31.R1b4 Rfe7 32.Rc5 Rd8 33.Rbb5 Red7 34.Qg4 Qxg4 35.hxg4 Kf7 36.f3 Ke6 37.a6 Rb8 38.Kh2 Ke7 39.Rxd5 Rxd5 40.Rxd5 b5 41.Rc5 Kd7 42.d5 Rb6 43.g3 Rxa6 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.Rxb5 Ra2 46.Kh3 Rf2 47.g5 hxg5 48.Kg4 Re2 49.Rb7 Kc8 50.Re7 a5 51.Kxg5 a4 52.Kxf4 Kb8 53.d6 Rd2 54.Rc7 1-0
Go Var!
15…Nd6 was bad
15…Bf5 was much better, with possible continuation 16. Qe2 Qd5 with a better grip over the light squares. for instance 17. Bb2 Nd6 and so on. 18. f3? Rxe5!
-Jimmie Beatty