[Event "Durban op"] [Site "Durban"] [Date "2014.09.23"] [Round "6"] [White "Gupta, Abhijeet"] [Black "Noritsyn, Nikolay"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E11"] [WhiteElo "2642"] [BlackElo "2449"] [Annotator "Llewellyn, Alan"] [PlyCount "85"] [EventDate "2014.09.20"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "RSA"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2014.10.17"] {Abhijeet Gupta is one of the many rising stars of Indian chess and Nikolay Noritsyn was left saying 'the indiuns are coming' like he was in an old western film, after this game. Seriously the names of Vishy Anand and Penteala Harikrishna have long since raised the flag for Indian chess and Abhijeet shows he is up there with the best.} 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nd2 {this opening is a relation to the more common Nimzo-Indian where in that the Knight is on c3 and the Black Kings Knight is on f6 a move later when Bb4 is played. This variation is known as a Bogo-Indian Defence.} d5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nc6 { forced or Black loses the Bishop on b4.} 6. a3 Bxd2+ 7. Bxd2 Ne4 8. Bf4 O-O 9. Rd1 Ne7 10. e3 Ng6 11. Bg3 Bd7 12. Qa5 $146 {a novely- move 9 Rd1 diverged from around 14 games played into a single game in 1993 and in that only game 12 Qc2 was played which looks more natural to me but this also looks playable.} b6 13. Qa6 c5 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Bd3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 c4 17. Bc2 Re8 $6 (17... Bg4 $15 {the Queen is out of play but position is appart from that fairly even so Black has the initiative.}) 18. Ne5 $1 Bc8 (18... Nxe5 $6 19. dxe5 Rxe5 $4 { Black has to watch the h7 square.} 20. Bxh7+ Kf8 21. Be4 $1 Ke7 22. Bxd5 $18) 19. Qa4 Nf8 $6 $14 20. b3 f6 $6 21. Nc6 $1 Qd6 (21... Bd7 22. bxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4+ Kh8 24. Nxd8 $18) 22. bxc4 Be6 ({the following line needs a public warning announcement.} 22... Bd7 $2 23. cxd5 Qxd5 24. Bb3 Bxc6 25. Bxd5+ Bxd5 $18) 23. cxd5 $1 Bxd5 24. Bb3 Rac8 25. Rc1 Bxb3 26. Qxb3+ Ne6 {Nikolay is down a pawn but far from out of the game.} 27. d5 $1 Nd4 $2 (27... Nc5 28. Qd1 g6 $16) 28. Qd3 Nxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Qxh7+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. dxc6 Qxa3 $2 { The wrong pawn syndrome.} 33. O-O $1 {Castling move 33!!!!!!!!!!!} Qc3 $6 ( 33... Rc8 34. Qg6 Rxc6 35. Qxg7+ Ke8 $16) 34. Qg4 $1 Kf7 35. Qd7+ Re7 36. Rd1 $3 {I am very impressed at how Abhijeet handles this endgame. If 36...Rxd7 then 37.cxd7 wins outright as the pawn cannot be stopped from going to d8=Q.} Qc2 $4 {now Nikolay is threatening 37...Rxd7 when 38.cd meets with the accident 38...Qxd1+ winning for Black.} (36... Qc4 $142 $18) 37. Qd5+ $1 Kg6 38. g4 $1 Re5 39. Qd7 Kh7 40. Rd5 Qc1+ 41. Kh2 Qc3 42. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Kh3 { Still only a pawn down Nikolay decides to bow out of the game here- mainly because the extra pawn is a monster pawn, ready with a coronation in the wings. } 1-0