Jeff Goldberg - Marcus Osborne
Surrey v Essex, Sutton, 09.03.2002
Notes by Jeff Goldberg
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d6 4.e4 Bg7 5.Be2 0-0 6.Nf3 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4
Probably White's most uncompromising line against the classical KID and, hey, its fashionable too!
9...c6 10.Ba3 cxd5?! 11.cxd5 a6 12.b5!
Against any other reply Black could play 12...b5, when White's B on a3 is misplaced, so White must make this temporary
pawn sac.
12...axb5 13.Qb3 Bh6N
As far as I can tell this is new. 13...Qb6 was played in Greenfeld-Birnboim, Jerusalem 1966, but after 14.Bxb5 Rd8 15.Nxe5
Black conceded by move 25. As Black cannot defend the b5 pawn anyway 13...Qb6 looks dubious.
With 13....Bh6 Black takes control of some important squares but White's reply begs the question as to whether Black should
have tried 13...Bg4 first.
14.h3 Nh5
14....Ne8 looks solid, but after 15.Bxb5 f5 ( = -Fritz ), comes an unpleasant shock in the thematic 16.Bxe8!! Rxe8 17.Bxd6
Qxd6 18.Nb5 which, I think, wins e.g. 18...Qb6 19.d6+ Nd5 20.Rab1 fxe4 21.Qxd5+ Be6 22.Qxe4 Bxa2 23.Rb4 +-
15.Nxb5 Nf4 16.Rfe1 Ra6 17.Bf1 Rb6 18.Bb4 Qd7
Not a pretty move, but after 18...f5 Blacks position is no oil painting either after 19.exf5 Bxf5 20.Ba5.
19.a4 g5
If 19....f5 then 20.Nxe5!
20.Nd2
The N is going to c4 to attack d6 and also allows the Q to get over to g3 to defend/attack on the K side.
20...Neg6 21.Nc4 Ra6 22.Bxd6 g4 23.Qg3
23.Bxf8 is also very strong.
23...Rxd6
OK, he eliminates the B but now a N will quickly arrive on f5, putting paid to any Black hopes on the K side. The rest,
as they say, is technique.
24.Nbxd6 gxh3 25.Nf5 Bg7 26.Nxg7 hxg2 27.Bxg2 Nxg2 28.Kxg2 Kxg7 29.Nxe5 Qe7 30.Nxg6 hxg6 31.Rac1 Rh8 32.Rc7 Bh3+ 33.Kg1
Qd8 34.Qc3+ Kg8 35.Rc1 Qg5+ 36.Qg3 Qf6 37.e5 Qg7 38.Rc8+! 1-0
