Sasha too strong for Andrean
Sasha too strong for Andrean
Musthofid, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta
Alexandra Kosteniuk doubled her lead over Indonesia's dream team
squad in the Japfa Chess Match after beating Andrean Susilodinata
in the second game at the VOC Cafe and Gallery in North Jakarta
on Tuesday.
The Russian women's grand master also beat her 12-year-old
opponent in the first game the day before.
She will now face 16-year-old Tirta Chandra in two games
beginning on Wednesday before taking on 14-year-old Susanto
Megaranto in the final two games.
Although it was the world runner-up he was up against, to lose
out 2-0 must have upset the Indonesian team, who had been
confident before the contest.
However, Andrean did not look a player with a good
international reputation, especially in the second game where he
was under pressure almost from the start.
Playing Black, he employed a Caro-Kann defense against
Kosteniuk's e4 opening.
The first ten moves consisted of a buildup with both sides
being evenly balanced until Kosteniuk switched her Queen to the
e2 square to provoke Andrean into greedily going after material
advantage.
He took the bait, which resulted in the game promptly swinging
in the Russian's favor.
"It is normally played. I have seen the move before," she said
about her 11th move. "But no one took d4," she said about
Andrean's response.
Andrean must have been shocked by Kosteniuk's Bishop maneuver
on the d-file in the following moves as not only did his Queen
have little room to escape, he was also deprived of the castling
right. The Queen was then gone.
"Andrean must have overlooked the Bishop maneuver. It was a
dismantling move," said Indonesian team coach GM Utut Adianto,
who watched the game in the analyzing room. Eka Putra Wirya, the
chairman of the organizing committee, was also on the scene.
Although she had established a big advantage, Kosteniuk
appeared unable to bring the game to an easy and immediate
conclusion.
"I had a winning position, but then I was not precise myself,"
she said.
With the Queen still on the board and other pieces still
active, Kosteniuk's offensive was massive, forcing Andrean, who
in contrast had his pieces undeveloped, to move his King to and
fro to dodge a mating net.
Andrean tried to hang on but finally crashed out after 54
moves. Both of his remaining two pieces were doomed while
Kosteniuk's h-pawn marched to promotion.
Japfa Chess Match (Day 2)
White: WGM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2469)
Black: Andrean Susilodinata (2244)
Result: 1-0
1.e4-c6 2.d4-d5 3.Nd2-dxe4 4. Nxe4-Bf5 5.Ng3-Bg6 6.Bc4-e6 7.Ne2-
Bd6 8.h4-h6 9.Nf4-Bxf4 10.Bxf4-Nf6 11.Qe2-Qxd4 12.Be5-Qc5 13.O-O-
O-Bxc2 14.Bd6-Bxd1 15.Rxd1-Qa5 16.Bxe6-fxe6 17.Qxe6+-Kd8 18.Bb4+-
Qd5 19.Be7+-Kc7 20.Bd6+-Kb6 21.Qe3-Ka6 22.Rxd5-Nxd5 23.Qa3+Kb6
24.Qc5+-Ka6 25.b4-b6 26.b5+-Ka5 27.Qa3+-Kxb5 28.Qd3+-Ka5 29.Nf5-
b5 30.Qa3+-Kb6 31.Bc5+-Kb7 32.Nd6+-Kc7 33.Nf7-Rg8 34.Qg3+-Kc8
35.Nxh6-Re8 36.Nf7-Re1 37.Kd2-Ra1 38. Nd6+-Kd8 39. Qg5+-Nf6 40.
Qxg7-Rxa2+ 41.Ke3-Nd7 42.Qh8+-Kc7 43.Qxa8+-Nxc5 44.Ne8+-Nxe8
45.Qxe8-Ra3+ 46.Ke2-Ra4 47.Qf7+-Kb6 48.h5-b4 49.h6-b3 50.h7-Re4+
51.Kd2-Rd4+ 52.Kc3-Rd3+ 53.Kc4-Rd8 54.Qe7, 1-0