Gunadarma University backs World Cities Chess c'ships
By Kristianus Liem
JAKARTA (JP): For the umpteenth time Gunadarma University has organized a big chess tournament in Indonesia.
This time it was the sensational World Invitational Cities Chess Championship -- the first such tournament ever.
In the past Gunadarma has sponsored and organized high profile chess events including The Gunadarma Grandmaster Tournament (1993, 1994 and 1996), The Gunadarma IM Tournament (1994 and 1995), The Gunadarma Rating Tournament (1994 and 1995), and The Gunadarma World Microcomputer Chess Championship (1996).
FIDE World Chess Champion Grandmaster Anatoly Karpov wrote the university and said: "I congratulate Gunadarma University, the sponsor and organizer of Gunadarma Invitational World Cities Chess Championship for giving the chess world this new, exciting and innovative tournament".
"The event shows what men of vision and purpose can achieve even today, when there are already many chess events to choose from. In the 1920s, the legendary Capablanca feared that chess would be played out but was proved wrong by developments in chess theory and practice, and today the chess scene is fresh again with new events such as the World Cities, driven by people with the daring to do. Keep it up," Karpov wrote.
The event was good for Indonesian players to practice and develop their skills because many Indonesian players have not had the chance to play against Grandmasters.
After ten rounds, many Indonesians had done well. National Master Junaid Pamungkas from Bontang (East Kalimantan) beat Grandmaster Ian Rogers from Sydney (Australia), National Master Eston Malau from Medan (North Sumatra) beat GM Sergey Zagrebelny from Tashkent (Uzbekistan), and FIDE Master Awam Wahono from Bandung (West Java) beat GM Alexander Shneider from Donetsk (Ukraine).
Here is their game.
White: GM Alexander Schneider
Black: NM Awam Wahono
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3
White wishes to oppose Black's fianchettoed Bishop by fianchettoing his own, which will can then support the possible advance of his pawns to e4 and d5.
4...Ba6
Nimzowitsch's idea. Black refrains from controlling the long light-squared diagonal and immediately attacks the pawn on c4, which is weakened by White's planned development of the Bishop to g2. Black resorts to this variation when he is seeking a complicated game.
5.b3
A quiet but most fundamental continuation. White does not try to refute his opponent's plan immediately but, by supporting the square c4 with a pawn, he reduces the scope of the Bishop on c6.
5...Bb4+
Black tries to exploit the temporary weakening of the square c3.
6.Bd2 Be7
Black has lured the white Bishop on to d2 and weakened White's defense of the square d4.
7.Bg2 c6
Preparing ...d5, with the idea. After exchange on d5, by capturing with the c-pawn, thus avoiding any hanging pawn center.
8.Bc3
The rarely-played 8.Bg5 give White nothing after 8...d5 9.Nbd2 Nbd7 10.0-0 0-0 11.Qc2 c5 12.e4 dxe4 13.Nxe4 Bb7 Black has no opening problems, Ribli-Timman, Bugojno 1984.
8...d5
The tempting thrust 8...Ne4? is refuted by 9.d5! Nxc3 10.Nxc3 Bb4 11.Rc1 exd5 12.cxd5 0-0 13.0-0 Re8 14.Re1 with advantage to White, Nikolic-van der Wiel, Wijk aan Zee 1982.
9.Ne5 Nfd7 10.Nxd7 Nxd7 11.Nd2 f5!
A good move. Black strengthening the centrum, so cannot play e2-e4.
12.0-0 0-0 13.Rc1 Rc8 14.Bb2 b5
After the centrum stable, Black try to get initiative from the queen-side.
15.c5 b4! 16.Nf3 Bf6 17.Qd2 Rb8 18.Ra1 Rb7 19.a3 bxa3 20.Rxa3 Bb5 21.Re1 a6 22.Qc2 Qe7 23.Bf1 g5!
Again Black try to get initiative, now from the king-side.
24.b4 Qg7 25.Qc3 f4 26.gxf4 gxf4+ 27.Kh1 Qh6 28.Qd2 Kh8 29.Bg2 Rg8 30.Rg1 Bd8 31.Bc1 Bc7 32.e3 Nf6 33.exf4 Black sacrifices a pawn to get strong Knight post on e4.
33...Ne4 34.Qe1 Bxf4 35.Bxf4 Qxf4 36.Bh3?
Not an easy move for White because Black threatening to double his Rook on g7.
36...Rxg1+ 37.Kxg1 Rg7+ 38.Kh1
See diagram.
38...Qc1!
Spectacular Queen sacrifice! White resigned here because after 39.Ra2 (of course not 39.Qxc1 because Nxf2# checkmate!) 39...Qc4 40.Rb2 Qd3 41.Bg2 Qa3 42.Rc2 Qb3 43.Rc1 Qb2 44.Kg1 Nxf2 and Black is winning. 0-1.