IM Krush (2515) – IM Zatonskih (2490) [D15]
21.05.2008 – Blitz playoff 2
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.h3 e6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 c5 9.a4 cxd4 10.exd4 Nb6 11.Bb3 Be7 12.0–0 0–0 13.Bg5 h6 14.Be3 Bd7 15.Ne5 Rc8 16.Qe2 Bc6 17.Rfd1 Nbd5 18.Rac1 Qb6 19.Bc2 Rfe8 20.Bb1 Bb4 21.Qd3 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Bxa4 23.Re1 Qc7 24.c4 Ne7 25.Bf4 Qd8 26.Ng4 Nf5 27.Be5 Nd7 28.Qe2 Nxe5 29.dxe5 Bc6 30.Bxf5 exf5 31.Ne3 Rxe5 32.Red1 Qe7 33.Qb2 Re8 34.Qc2 Qg5 35.Rd2 f4 36.Ng4 h5 37.f3 hxg4 38.hxg4 Qh4 39.Rcd1 Re1+ Black wins 0–1
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Call it a night and finish tomorrow!
I infer that the last game was an “Armageddon game”, in which White gets an extra minute or two on the clock but must win—a draw wins for Black. Players who win the toss for color usually choose Black. I infer that Irina fell on time as the final position is not worse, and after a capture on f7 in place of 33.Re1, is it winning? (K+P endings with the resulting structure should win for White if White has time for the move a5!)
As with a soccer penalty-kick tiebreak, it was spectacle not science. The move 31.Qd5″???????” was like seeing the goalie jump prematurely to the guessed side, and still putting the shot wide on the other side.
Surely, these are not 2500-level-games, are they?