BATUMI CHESS OLYMPIAD 2018 ROUND 11 – LEKO vs DURAN VEGA

This game is from round 11 of the 2018 Batumi Chess Olympiad. It features Peter Leko with White against Sergio Duran Vega with Black.

Today’s game features a Sicilian.

Leko,Peter (2690) - Duran Vega,Sergio (2401)

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

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.Bxc6 bxc6 5.0–0 Bg7 6.Re1 Nh6 7.c3 0–0 8.h3 B31: Sicilian: 2...Nc6 3 Bb5 g6 

8...f5 9.e5 Nf7 10.d3 The position is equal. 

10...a5 

XABCDEFGHY
8r+lwq-trk+(
7+-+pzpnvlp'
6-+p+-+p+&
5zp-zp-zPp+-%
4-+-+-+-+$
3+-zPP+N+P#
2PzP-+-zPP+"
1tRNvLQtR-mK-!
xabcdefghy

11.Na3N [11.Bf4 e6 12.Qd2 h6 13.h4 Re8 14.c4 d6 15.Nc3 Ra7 1–0 (35) Anand,V (2776) -Dubov,D (2701) Moscow 2018] 

11...Rb8 12.Qe2 Ba6 13.Bf4 e6 14.Qd2 h6 15.h4 Kh7 16.Rad1 Rg8 17.Nc4 Bxc4 18.dxc4 Rb7! 19.Re2 Bf8 20.Qd3 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-wq-vlr+(
7+r+p+n+k'
6-+p+p+-+&
5zp-zp-zPpzp-%
4-+P+-vL-+$
3+-zPQ+N+-#
2PzP-+RzPP+"
1+-+R+-mK-!
xabcdefghy

22.Bc1! g4 23.Ne1 Rg6 24.Bf4ƒ Black is under pressure. 

24...Qh4 [24...Ng5=] 

25.Qg3 [25.g3 seems wilder. 25...Qe7 26.Qe3 Ng5 27.Bxg5 Qxg5 28.Nd3] 

25...Qxg3 26.Bxg3 Rg7 27.Nd3 Ng5 28.Bf4 Kg8 29.Rc2 Ne4 30.Kf1 a4 31.Ke2 Ra7 32.Ke3 Ng5 33.Re2 Nf7 34.Kd2 Rh7 35.Kc2 Nd8 36.Be3 Nb7 37.Red2 Kf7 38.Nf4 

XABCDEFGHY
8-+-+-vl-+(
7trn+p+k+r'
6-+p+p+-+&
5+-zp-zPp+-%
4p+P+-sNp+$
3+-zP-vL-+-#
2PzPKtR-zPP+"
1+-+R+-+-!
xabcdefghy

38...Ke8 [38...d5²] 

39.Ng6  1–0