BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 11 – ADAMS vs JUMABAYEV

This game is from round 11 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Michael Adams with White against Rinat Jumabayev with Black.

Today’s game features a Ruy Lopez.

Adams,Michael (2712) - Jumabayev,Rinat (2605)

43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Open Batumi (11.1), 05.10.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Be7 6.d3 d6 7.c3 0–0 8.Re1 Re8 9.h3 h6 10.d4 b5 11.Bc2 Bf8 12.Nbd2 Bd7 13.Nf1 C93: Closed Ruy Lopez: Smyslov Variation 

13...a5 [13...g6 14.Ng3 Bg7 15.d5 Ne7 16.b3 c5 17.a4 Nh7 18.Nh2 Rf8 19.Ra2 Qc7 20.Be3 Rab8 21.Qd2 h5 22.axb5 axb5 1/2–1/2 (64) Leko,P (2707)-Kryvoruchko,Y (2710) Berlin 2015] 

14.a4 b4 15.d5 White has an edge. 

15...Nb8 16.cxb4 axb4 

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17.Bd2N [17.Ne3 Na6 18.Nc4 g6 19.Be3 Nh5 20.Qd2 Kh7 1/2–1/2 (41) Lederer,G-Tiemeyer,H Germany 1972] 

17...Na6 18.Ng3 c6 19.dxc6 Bxc6 20.Be3 d5 21.exd5 Bxd5 22.Bb3 e4 23.Nd2ƒ White has good play. 

23...Bb7 24.Rc1 Rc8 25.Rxc8 Bxc8 [25...Qxc8² 26.Nh5 Nd5] 

26.Ndxe4!+- Nxe4 27.Qxd8 Rxd8 28.Nxe4 Bb7 29.Bb6 Rc8 [29...Ra8± was necessary. 30.a5 Nb8] 

30.a5 Nb8 31.Ba4 Na6 32.Kf1 Bc6 33.Bxc6 Rxc6 34.b3 Rc2 35.g4 f6 [¹35...Rb2 36.Re3 Be7] 

36.Rd1 Rb2 37.Rd8 Rxb3 38.Ra8 Ra3 

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39.Nd2 [Not 39.Rxa6 b3+-] 

39...b3 40.Nxb3 White is clearly winning. [Weaker is 40.Rxa6 b2+-] 

40...Rxb3 41.Rxa6 Endgame KRB-KRB 

41...h5 42.gxh5 Rb5 [¹42...f5 43.Ra7 Rb5] 

43.Ra8 Kf7 44.Rc8 Rb1+ [¹44...Bb4 45.a6 Rxb6] 

45.Kg2 Ra1 46.Ra8 Rb1 47.Be3 Rb5 

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48.h6! gxh6 49.a6  1–0