1986-01-01 - Goldberg, J 0-1 Burgess, Graham
Graham Burgess faces the dreaded Four Pawns Attack against his King's Indian. At first White has an advantage, but then things go wrong and he is swept away by Graham's Queen and Knights when they get in all the holes.
[Event "NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPS"] [Site "?"] [Date "1986.01.01"] [Round "16"] [White "Goldberg, J"] [Black "Burgess, Graham"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A68"] [Annotator "Mordue,Tyson"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "1986.??.??"] {Original notes based on comments by Graham Burgess (GKB) in BCT issue 56, April 1986.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. cxd5 Bg4 10. O-O Nbd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 c4 {Not a common move with only 18 appearances on the database, but Black won half of them!} 13. Be3 Qa5 14. g4 Rac8 $6 {"The position is equal according to Nunn." GKB. Brown-Nunn, Lloyds Bank Open, London 1980, continued 14...Ne8 15 Kg2 Nc5 16 Bxc5 Qxc5 17 Qe2 Nf6 18 Rac1 Rfe8 19 g5 Nd7 20 Na4 Qa5 21 Qxc4 b5 22 Qc7 Qd2+ 23 Kg3 Ne5! and White's unconvincing play has put him in trouble, 0-1 in 30 moves.} 15. g5 Ne8 {According to Deep Rybka White is better by +0.56.} 16. Bg4 f5 $5 {Interesting but 16...Rd8 may be better despite the loss of tempo.} 17. gxf6 Nexf6 18. Be6+ {And now it's up to 1.16! However, that's just numbers. There is practical play first. Remember, White has a very draughty King.} Kh8 19. Bd4 $6 {Deep Rybka analyses 19.e5 dxe5 20.fxe5 Nxe5 - there's nothing else but saccing the Exchange - 21.Bxc8 Rxc8 and now 22.Qd4! Nh5 23.Qxa7 Qxa7 24. Bxa7 with a material plus for White although Black still has play. Perhaps 14.. .Rac8 isn't best. Obviously the text is Goldberg's attempt to strengthen the line by defending e5 another time, but I don't think this Goldberg Variation will strike the right note!} Rcd8 20. e5 Nh5 21. exd6 Nc5 22. d7 $2 {White could try to take advantage of Black's offside Knight with 22 f5! The weakening of Black's King position should be significant with the Black Queen on the other side of the board and White controlling g8. Now Black gets to take control of f4 and his Knights become very active.} Nd3 23. Bxg7+ Kxg7 24. Ne4 Rxf4 $2 {"Better 24...Qb6+ 25 Kh2 Rxf4." GKB. Deep Rybka agrees but the points are missing from Graham's comment. 25 Kh2 is best met by 25...Qxb2+ while after 25 Kh1 Qd4! and 26 Qe2 is no good because of 26...Qxe4+ and 27... Ng3+ forking.} 25. Rxf4 Nhxf4 26. Qg4 $2 {"27 Qf3." GKB. Neither the text nor the suggestion are analysed by Deep Rybka. However, the best it can do is 26. Qd2 Qb6+ 27.Kh2 Nxe6 28.dxe6 Qxe6 with +1 to Black. If 29.Qc3+ Qe5+ is a winning ending. Alternatively the suggested 26.Qf3 runs into 26...Qb6+ 27.Kh1 Qxb2 28.Rf1 Qe5 and the engine rates Black as +2 exactly.} Qb6+ 27. Kh1 Qe3 $1 {And now the evaluation is +2.94 to Black. The text is the dream penetration by Black in the Four Pawns Attack. d3 and e3 are the two principal squares weakened by the advancing Pawns so getting into one of them completely for free must be good. White can't move the attacked Knight because of ...28... Nf2+, he can't defend it with the Queen because of 28...Qxe4 as in an earlier note so that just leaves one unconvincing move.} 28. Bf5 Rxd7 $1 {And bang goes the whole point of White's position. After 29 Bxd7 Qxe4+ 30 Kg1 Ne5 White's Queen loses touch with the Bishop. White tries one last swindle but it's easily swatted aside.} 29. Bxg6 Ne5 30. Qg5 Qxh3+ {31 Kg1 Nf3+ is calamitous.} 0-1
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