1. Belakovskaia,A (2350) - Arribas,M (2280) [A80]
Erevan Olympiad (11), 1996
[Anjelina Belakovskaia]
1.d4 f5 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nc3 With the idea 4. e4 3...d5 4. h4 Bg7
5. e3 5. h5?! h6 6. Bf4 g5 5... h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Nf3 Be6 8. Ne5! Bf7
9. g4! Nbd7 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Nxf7 Usually, in a closed position, knights are
better than bishops, but this draws the king out.
11... Kxf7 12. Qd3 e6 13. 0 0 0 a6 14. f3 c5
15. e4!
The logical follow-through to open up the position, and get the bishops into the game.
15...cxd4
15...Nh5!? 16.Be3
16.exd5
Of course not 16.Qxd4 because of 16... 16...Nxe4!
16... e5
Black wisely avoids 16...dxc3 17.dxe6+ Kxe6 18.Qc4+ Ke7 19.Bd6+ Ke8 20.Qe6+ Qe7 21.Qxe7#
17. Qxf5 dxc3
18. Rg1! Nf8
If 18...Qb6!? 19.Qg6+ Ke7 20.Qxg7+ Kd8 (20...Kd6 21.Bxe5+!+-) 21. Qxh8+ Kc7 22. Bxe5+! Nxe5 23. Qg7+ Ned7 24. Qg3+ and the g1 rook is protected, so White can just grab the pawn on c3.
19. d6 Rc8 20. Bxe5 cxb2+ 21. Kb1 Rg8
If 21... Qd7 then 22. Rxg7+ wins.
22. d7 Rc6
22... N8xd7 23. Qg6+ Ke6 24. Bh3+ Kxe5 25. Qf5#
23. Bc4+! Rxc4
If 23...Ne6 then 24.Qg6+ Kf8 25.Bd6+ wins.
24. Bxf6 Qxf6
25. Rxg7+ A cute finish is 25.d8N+!
25... Kxg7 26. Qxf6+
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2. Belakovskaia,A (2350) - Foygel,I (2450) [A56]
New York Open (9), 1996
[Anjelina Belakovskaia]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e5 4. Nc3 d6 5. g3
White are going tp play Bh3 and forcing an exchange. Their strategy is based on the rule: if you have pawns on white squares you don't need the bishop, which runs on the same squares.
5... g6 6.h4!
This anticipates kingside castling for black and prepares an attack.
6...Bg7 7.Bh3 Bxh3 8.Nxh3 Nbd7 9.e4
One more pawn to the white squares + classical blockade of the e5 pawn by Nimtsovich's advice.
9...0 0 10.g4!
White are running for an attack, because their king doesn't have a good place to stay. The question is: "Who will be the first?"
10...h5 11.f3 a6 12.Nf2 b5!
Sacrificing a material for the initiative.
13. Ne2! bxc4 14. Ng3 Rb8 15. Qe2! c3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Nd1 c4!
One more poisoned sacrifice! With the clear idea to open the queen side or move Nd7-c5-d3.
18.gxh5 Nc5
After 18... Nxh5 19. Nxh5 gxh5 20. Rg1 f5 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Qg2 black can't survive.; 18... gxh5 19. Nf5+-
19. h6! Nd3+ 20. Kf1 Nxc1?!
20... Bh8! with the idea 21. h5?! (21. Bg5!?) 21... Nf4!
21. Qe3! Nd3 22. hxg7 Kxg7 23. Nf5+
After 23... gxf5 24. Qg5+ black can't avoid mate. If 23... Kg8 24. Qh6 Ne8 25. Ne7 mate.
1 - 0
3. Thompson,B - Belakovskaia,A [E99]
New York Open (1), 1994
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 0-0 6. Be2 e5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. d5 Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 h5 13. a4 a5 14. Nd3 b6 15. b4 axb4 16. Nxb4 Nf6 17. Nb5 Bd7 18. Nd3 g5 19. Be1 Ne8 20. a5 Rf6 21. axb6 cxb6 22. Bf2 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Rg6 24. Qa3 Nc8 25. Na7 g4 26. Nxc8 g3 27. Nxb6 Qh4 28. hxg3 fxg3 29. Bxg3 Qxg3 30. Rf2 Bh3 31. Ne1 Bh6 32. Bd3 Be3 33. Qa2 Bxg2
0 - 1
4. Heaton,W - Belakovskaia,A [E60]
National Open (4), 1995
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 0-0 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. Nc2 d6 9. Nc3 Be6 10. b3 Qd7 11. Re1
White believe that they have a good centralized position. Black can't play 11...Ne4 because of 12. Nxe4 Bxa1 13. Nxa1 (rook a1 is protected!).
However, I look in the different direction - white king attracts my attention. Check my next three moves to see how quiet black pieces suddenly became wild!
11... Bh3! 12. Bh1 Ng4! 13. Bb2 Qf5!
Massive attack is coming from nowhere.
14. f3
"Hey, what do you want from me?" - asking the white player. "I'll kick all your pieces back, where they just
were."
"Well, may be this is what you wish, but I am not the one who likes to move pieces back!" - would be my reply. My pieces are quite powerful and I don't mind to calculate 17(!) moves ahead, to prove it :)
14... Qxc2!
15. Qxc2 Bd4+
16. e3 Nxe3 17. Qf2 Nc2 18. Qxd4 N6xd4 19. Rxe7 Nxa1
20. Nd5
This loses even faster. Main variant of my calculation started with sacrifice 14 ... Qxc2 would be 20.Bxa1 Rfe8 21.Rxe8 Rxe8 22.Ne4! Kf8!! 23.Bxd4 f5 24.Ng5 Re1+ 25.Kf2 Rxh1 26.Nxh3 Rxh2+ 27.Kg1 Rxh3 28.Kg2 Rh5 29.Bxa7 f4! 30.Bb8 Ke7-+
(As I recall, this is the longest variant I ever calculated over the chess board).
20... Nac2 21. g4 Rfe8
0 - 1
5. Belakovskaia,A (2354) - Ritvin,S (2267) [A57]
World Open (9), 1997
[Belakovskaia, A]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. Nc3 axb5 6. e4 b4 7. Nb5 d6 8. Bf4 Nbd7 9. Nf3 Nb6 10. Nfd4!N cxd4 11. Qc2
If I play 11.Rc1 with the idea 11...Qd7 12.Nc7 Kd8 13.Na8 Na8 14.Qd4 Black has strong answer: 11... Nfd5! 12.ed Nd5.
11...Qd7 12.Nc7+ Kd8 13.Nxa8 Nxa8 14.Rc1 Bb7 15.Bd2 e6 16.Bxb4 exd5 17.Ba5+ Ke7
17... Ke8?! 18.a4 and 19.Bb5
18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Nf4 20. f3 d5 21. Bd3 Kf6
Or 21...Qe6 22.Kd1! (of course not 22. Kf1? Nd3 23.Qd3 Ba6 +)
22. 0-0 Bd6 23. Qf2 Be5
23...Nd3 24.Qd4 Ne5 25.f4
24. Qh4+ g5 25. Qh6+ Ng6 26. g3 Nc7 27. f4 gxf4 28. gxf4 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Ne6 30. fxe5+ Kxe5 31. h3!! Qg3 32. Rf5+ Kd6 33. Bb4+ Kd7 34. Bb5+ Kd8 35. Rxf7 Bc6 36. Bxc6
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