GAME 025 - Didier Dominguez

Davies,Edward - Dominguez,Didier
Portsmouth Congress Major 2008 Feb (1), 15.02.2008

1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 [2...Nf6 3.d3 c6 4.Bg5?! I had real difficulty remembering how to counter this c6 d5 plan of black's and couldn't work it out over the board. I quickly read the Bishop's Opening book of Gary Lane's in the summer about six months ago. a) 4.Nf3 the usual move 4...d5 (4...Be7 5.0–0 d6 6.a3 (6.c3 0–0 7.Bb3 Qc7 8.Re1 Nbd7 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.Bc2 Ne6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 Ruy Lopez style manouvrings by white 13.h3 g6 14.d4 Bg7 15.Be3 Bd7 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Rad1 Bc8 18.Qc1 c5 0–1 eventually; Areshchenko 2660 - Mamedyarov 2699; 6.a4 0–0 7.Re1 Nbd7 8.Nc3 Nc5 9.d4 exd4 10.Nxd4 a5 11.Bf4 Ng4 12.Be2 Nf6 13.Bf3 Re8 14.Qd2 g6 15.h3 Nfd7 16.Rad1 Bf8 17.g4 Qb6 18.Bg2 Ne5 19.b3 Qb4 20.Nde2 f6 21.Be3 h5 22.f4 Nxg4 23.hxg4 Bxg4 24.Qc1 f5 25.Rd4 Qb6 26.Qd2 Qc7 27.Bf2 Re6 28.Rc4 Rae8 ... 0–1 eventually; Kharlov 2593 - Topalov 2737; 6.Bb3 Nbd7 7.c3 Nf8 8.Re1 Ng6 9.Nbd2 0–0 10.d4 h6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Ng3 Bf8 13.h3 Qc7 14.Be3 b6 15.Bc2 Ba6 16.b3 Rad8 17.Qb1 Bb7 18.a4 ... draw eventually; Fedorov 2575 - Kramnik 2772) 6...0–0 7.Ba2 Nbd7 8.Re1 b5 9.Nbd2 Nc5 10.h3 a5 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Bb1 ... drawn after a long game; Bruzon 2667 - Volokitin 2662) 5.Bb3 Bd6 (5...Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Nbxd2 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 0–0 10.0–0 Qa5 11.c3) 6.Nc3 (6.exd5 Nxd5 7.0–0 0–0 8.h3 (8.Re1 Nd7 (8...Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.g4 Bg6 11.Nxe5 Bxe5 12.Rxe5 Nd7 13.Re1 Qh4 14.Qf3 Rae8 15.Rf1 h5 16.Nc3 Nxc3 17.bxc3 Kh7 18.gxh5 Qxh5 19.Qxh5+ Bxh5 20.Ba3 Rh8 21.Rfe1 Ne5 22.Kg2 Nf3 23.Re3 Nh4+ 24.Kf1 Nf3 25.Bd6 g5 26.d4 Kg6 27.c4 Nxd4 28.c5 Bf3 29.Ke1 Nf5 30.Rxe8 Rxe8+ 31.Kd2 Re2+ ... 0–1; Alekseev 2639 - Shirov 2720) 9.Nbd2 Bc7 10.Ne4 h6 11.Bd2 Kh8 12.Ng3 a5 13.a3 f5 14.Qc1 f4 15.Ne4 ...draw after 72 moves; Kobalia 2639 - Motylev 2642) 8...Bf5 9.Bg5 f6 10.c4 fxg5 11.cxd5 Kh8 12.Nh2 Nd7 13.Nc3 Nc5 14.Bc2 cxd5 15.Nxd5 Rc8 16.Ng4 Bb8 17.Nge3 Bg6 18.Rc1 Qd6 draw; Alekseev 2679 - Sakaev 2633) 6...dxe4 7.Ng5 0–0 8.Ncxe4 Nxe4 9.Nxe4 a5 10.Qh5 Bb4+ 11.Kf1 Be7 12.a4 Nd7 13.h4 Nc5 14.Nxc5 Bxc5 15.Qxe5 Bd4 16.Qg5 Qb6 17.Be3 ... 0–1; Fedorov 2599 - Shirov 2706; b) 4.Qe2 rarely played alternative 1 4...Bc5 (4...d5 5.Bb3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Bd6 7.Nc3 d4 8.Nb1 Nc5 9.0–0 Nxb3 10.axb3 c5 11.h3 b5 12.Nh2 Nd7 13.f4 f6 14.f5 Qe7 15.Nd2 Nb6 16.Ndf3 a5 17.g4 h6 18.Nh4 Rg8 19.Ng6 Qc7 20.Bd2 a4 21.bxa4 bxa4 22.h4 c4 23.g5 hxg5 24.hxg5 Ba6 25.gxf6 gxf6 26.Ng4 Qf7 27.Nh6 Rxg6+ 28.fxg6 Qxg6+ 29.Qg4 Qxg4+ 30.Nxg4 cxd3 31.Rxf6 Kd7 32.cxd3 Bxd3 33.Bb4 Nc4 34.Bxd6 Rg8 35.Bb4 Rxg4+ 36.Kh2 Bc2 37.Raf1 Bxe4 38.Ra6 Ne3 39.Rf7+ Kc8 40.Raa7 Rg2+ 41.Kh3 Rg8 42.Rac7+ Kb8 43.Bd6 Bf5+ 44.Kh2 Nf1+ 45.Kh1 Be4+ 0–1; Movsesian 2645 - Navara 2663) 5.Nc3 0–0 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 Re8 8.Nf3 d6 9.h3 Be6 10.Bxe6 Rxe6 11.g4 Qb6 12.0–0–0 Bd4 13.Qd2 Qa5 14.a3 Bxc3 15.Qxc3 Qxc3 16.bxc3 Nbd7 17.c4 d5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Nxg5 Rd6 20.f4 Nh5 21.fxe5 Nxe5 22.c5 Rd7 23.exd5 Rxd5 24.Ne4 Nf3 25.Bf2 Re8 26.Rhf1 f6 27.Bg1 Nxg1 28.Rxg1 Re7 29.Rde1 Kf8 30.Ref1 b6 31.cxb6 draw; Zvaginsev 2659 - Kosteniuk 2516; c) 4.Bb3 rarely played alternative 2 4...d5 5.Nf3 Bb4+ (5...Bd6 6.exd5 (6.Nc3 Mitkov seems to subsequently have dumped this move for 6.exd5 6...dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 Qe7 9.Ng5 0–0 10.Nxh7 Kxh7 11.Qh5+ Kg8 12.Bg5 Qd7 (12...Qc7 13.Rd1 Nd7 14.Rd3 Nc5 15.Rg3 Be7 16.Bh6 Bf6 17.Qg6 Qa5+ 18.c3 Qd8 19.Bxg7 Nxb3 20.Qh6 Qd2+ 21.Qxd2 Nxd2 22.Bxf6+ Kh7 23.Kxd2 Kh6 and white won; Mitkov 2547 - Gabriel 2564) 6...cxd5 (6...Nxd5 7.0–0 0–0 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Nb6 11.Nd2 N8d7 12.Ne4 Be7 13.Bd2 a5 14.a3 Qc7 15.Rad1 a4 16.Ba2 Rae8 17.Ng3 Nc8 18.Qg4 b5 19.Nf5 g6 20.Nxe7+ Nxe7 21.Bh6 Nf5 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.c3 c5 24.Qe2 Qb6 25.Bb1 Nd6 26.d4 exd4 27.cxd4 c4 28.Qe7 Rd8 29.h4 h5 30.Re3 Nf8 31.Qe5 Ne8 32.Rf3 Nh7 33.d5 Nhf6 34.d6 Ng4 35.Qe7 Nxd6 36.g3 Qb8 37.Bc2 Kh8 38.Rf4 1–0; Mitkov 2552 - Mikhalchishin 2518) 7.0–0 Nc6 8.Bg5 Be6 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qd8 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.Qe1 d4 13.Nb1 Qxe1 14.Rxe1 Nd5 15.Na3 Bxa3 16.bxa3 f6 17.Bd2 0–0–0 18.Kf1 Rhe8 19.Rab1 Rd7 20.Ng1 g5 draw; Mitkov 2563 - Roussel Roozmon 2430) 6.Bd2 Bxd2+ 7.Qxd2 dxe4 8.Nxe5 0–0 9.Nxf7 Rxf7 10.dxe4 Qe7 11.Bxf7+ Kxf7 12.f3 Be6 13.Nc3 Nbd7 14.Qe3 Nb6 15.b3 Qa3 16.0–0 Re8 17.Rad1 Nbd7 18.Rd2 Qc5 19.Qxc5 Nxc5 20.Rfd1 Ke7 21.Rd4 Bc8 22.Ne2 Rf8 23.R4d2 ... draw; Mitkov 2565 - Perez 2385; d) 4.Nc3 even rarer 4...d5 5.Bb3 Bd6 6.Nf3 dxe4 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.dxe4 h6 9.h3 Na6 10.c3 Nc5 11.Bc2 a5 12.Be3 Qe7 13.Qd2 Ne6 14.0–0–0 Bc7 15.g3 Bd7 16.Nh4 g6 17.Bxh6 0–0–0 18.Be3 Nf4 19.gxf4 Qxh4 20.fxe5 Bg4 21.hxg4 Rxd2 22.Rxh4 Rxd1+ 23.Kxd1 Rxh4 24.Bb3 Rxg4 25.Bxf7 Kd8 26.f4 g5 27.fxg5 draw; Vitiugov 2592 - Polak 2510; 4...d5 5.exd5 cxd5 6.Bb3 Bg4 7.f3 Be6 8.Ne2 Be7 9.c3 Nc6 10.Nd2 0–0 11.Bc2 d4 12.c4 Ne8 13.Bxe7 Nxe7 14.Ng3 Nd6 15.Qe2 Rc8 16.Qxe5 Nef5 17.Nxf5 Nxf5 18.Nf1 Qg5 19.Ng3 Bd7 20.0–0 Rfe8 21.Qd5 Bc6 22.Qxf5 1–0; Edward Davies - P. Groth; a lucky escape] 3.d3 Bc5 [3...Nf6 main move] 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.h3?! not a usual move, however one high level example is in my database [5.c3 there were many games contested at a very high level in this line (as a variation of the italian game) 5...a6 (5...d6 6.Bb3 a6 7.0–0 0–0 8.h3 Ba7 9.Nbd2 Be6 10.Re1 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 Rb8 12.Nf1 Qd7 13.Ng3 Rfe8 14.Bd2 h6 15.Rad1 Qe6 16.Be3 Bxe3 17.Rxe3 Qxb3 18.axb3 d5 19.Ree1 Rbd8 20.Kf1 a5 21.Nh2 h5 22.Nf3 g6 23.h4 ... 0–1; Bacrot 2695 - Aronian 2750) 6.Bb3 0–0 (6...Ba7 7.0–0 d6 8.h3 h6 9.Re1 g5 10.Nh2 g4 11.hxg4 Rg8 12.Qf3 Qe7 13.Be3 Bxe3 14.fxe3 Bxg4 15.Nxg4 Nxg4 16.Qh3 Nd8 17.Nd2 Ne6 18.Re2 0–0–0 19.Rf1 Kb8 20.Nf3 h5 21.Qh4 f6 22.Nh2 Rdf8 23.Rf5 Nxh2 24.Qxh2 h4 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.c4 Rh8 27.Ref2 Rh6 28.Qh3 Rg8 29.R5f3 Qe7 30.Kf1 Rg5 31.Ke2 Qg7 32.Qh1 Rhg6 33.Kf1 Rg3 34.Qxh4 Rxg2 35.Rh3 Ka7 36.Rh2 Rg1+ 37.Ke2 Rb1 38.Kf3 Re1 39.Qh3 a5 40.Rfg2 Rf1+ 41.Ke2 Rb1 42.Kf3 Rf1+ 43.Ke2 Rg1 44.Rxg1 Rxg1 45.Kd2 Rb1 46.Kc3 Qg1 47.Qg2 Rc1+ 48.Kb3 Qd1+ 49.Ka3 Qxd3+ 50.b3 Rxc4 51.Rh7 Qc3 0–1; Adams 2734 - Shirov 2699; (Candidates 2007)) 7.0–0 Ba7 8.Re1 d6 9.h3 h6 10.Nbd2 Re8 11.Nf1 Be6 12.Be3 Bxb3 13.Qxb3 Qd7 14.Bxa7 Rxa7 15.Ng3 Ne7 16.d4 Ng6 17.Rad1 Qc6 18.Nh2 Raa8 19.Ng4 Nxg4 20.hxg4 Rad8 21.Nf5 exd4 22.Nxd4 Qc5 23.Qxb7 Rb8 24.Qxa6 Rxb2 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Nxe2 Qg5 27.Qc6 ... draw in 81 moves; Alekseev 2716 - Jakovenko 2710; 5.Nc3 d6 (5...h6 6.Be3 Bxe3 7.fxe3 d6 8.Nd5 Nxd5 9.Bxd5 0–0 10.0–0 Ne7 draw; Andrei Sokolov 2584 - Tkachiev 2682) 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bxf6 Qxf6 8.Nd5 Qd8 9.c3 a6 10.d4 Ba7 (10...exd4 11.cxd4 Ba7 12.h3 0–0 13.0–0 draw; Minasian 2595 - Asrian 2634; yet another grandmaster draw after 5.Nc3) 11.Ne3 (11.dxe5 Nxe5 12.Nxe5 dxe5 13.Qh5 0–0 14.Qxe5 Re8 15.Qf4 Qd6 16.Qxd6 Rxe4+ 17.Ne3 cxd6 18.Bd5 Re5 19.0–0–0 Bxe3+ 20.fxe3 Rxe3 21.Rhf1 Be6 22.Bxb7 Ra7 23.Bd5 a5 24.Bxe6 Rxe6 25.Rd2 a4 26.Kc2 g5 27.Rf5 Kg7 28.Rfd5 Ra6 29.Kd3 f6 30.Kc4 Rb6 31.Ra5 Re4+ 32.Kd3 Rg4 33.Rf2 Kg6 34.h3 Rh4 35.Raf5 Rf4 36.R5xf4 gxf4 37.Ke4 Kg5 38.Rd2 f5+ 39.Kf3 Rc6 40.a3 Rb6 41.h4+ Kxh4 42.Kxf4 d5 43.Rd3 1–0; Short 2687 - Aleksandrov 2659) 11...0–0 12.0–0 Qf6 13.Nd5 Qd8 14.Ne3 Qf6 15.Nd5 draw; Nisipeanu 2687 - Aleksandrov 2659; 5.0–0 0–0 6.Nbd2 a6 7.c3 d6 8.Bb3 b5 9.h3 Bb6 10.Re1 Ne7 11.Nf1 Ng6 12.Ng3 c6 13.d4 Bc7 14.Be3 d5 15.Bg5 Qd6 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Qxe5 18.f4 Qd6 19.e5 Qc5+ 20.Kh1 Ne8 21.Bc2 g6 22.Nh5 Be6 23.f5 gxf5 24.Qd2 Kh8 25.b4 Qb6 26.Nf6 Bd8 27.Be3 Qc7 28.Bc5 Be7 29.Bxe7 Qxe7 30.Qh6 1–0; Nisipeanu 2707 - Moreno 2022; 5.Bb3; 5.Bg5; 5.Be3; 5.Nbd2; 5.Qe2] 5...d6 [5...0–0 6.Bg5 d6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Bb3 h6 9.Bxf6 draw agreed; Borges 2435 - Gonzalez 2421] 6.Nc3 Na5 7.Bb3 Nxb3 8.axb3 a6 9.Qe2 h6 10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Be6 12.0–0–0 Qe7 13.Rhf1 0–0–0 14.Qf2 Kb8 15.Nh4 Qf8 16.Nf5 Ng8 17.g4 Ne7 18.Qg3 f6 19.d4 Rg8 20.d5 Bd7 21.Rd2 Qf7 22.Rdf2 Rdf8 23.Qh4 Qe8 24.Qg3 Bc8 25.Kb1 b5 26.Qf3 Bd7 27.b4 Nc8 28.Qd1 Nb6 29.b3 Qc8 30.Ne7 Qe8 31.Nxg8 Rxg8 32.Qe2 Qc8 33.Kb2 Qb7 34.Ra1 Ka7 35.Nxb5+ Bxb5 36.Qxb5 Kb8 37.Qxa6 Qxa6 38.Rxa6 Kb7 39.Ra5 Rb8 40.c4 Kc8 41.Kc3 Kd7 42.b5 Kc8 43.b4 Kd7 44.Rfa2 Nc8 45.Ra1 Kd8 46.R5a2 Kd7 47.h4 Kd8 48.g5 fxg5 49.hxg5 h5 50.g6 Ne7 51.Rh2 Nxg6 52.Rxh5 Nf8 53.Rg1 g6 54.Rh8 Ke7 55.Rxg6 Nxg6 56.Rxb8 Kd7 57.b6 Ne7 58.b7 Nc6 59.dxc6+ Kxc6 60.b5+ Kc5 61.Rc8 d5 62.Rxc7+ 1–0