INDJIC vs PETROV – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 7

Aleksandar Indjic

This game is from round 7 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Aleksandar Indjic with White against Marian Petrov with Black.

This game features a Colle System. To learn more about the Colle System, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Indjic,Aleksandar (2604) - Petrov,Marian (2482)

34th European Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (7), 18.10.2018

1.d4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.Nf3 Qa5 4.e3 d5 [4...g6 5.Bd3 Bg7 6.0–0 d5 7.b4 cxb4 8.cxb4 Qxb4 9.Ne5 Qa5 10.Qb3 Qb6 11.Qa4+ Bd7 12.Nxd7 Nbxd7 0–1 (38) Fernandez,D (2505)-Can,E (2603) Reykjavik 2018] 

5.Nbd2 cxd4 

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6.exd4 A46: 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6: Torre, London and Colle Systems 

6...Bf5N [6...Bg4 7.Bd3 e6 8.0–0 Be7 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Ne5 Bh5 11.Re1 Nc6 12.Ndf3 Bd6 13.h3 1/2–1/2 (13) Berta,T (2190)-Berkes,F (2220) Paks 1997] 

7.Nh4 Bg6 8.Nxg6 White is slightly better. 

8...hxg6 9.Nf3 Nc6 10.Bf4 e6 11.Qb3 Qb6 12.Bd3 Be7 13.h4 Rc8 14.Ke2 Nd7 15.g4 a6 16.g5 Na5 17.Qxb6 Nxb6 18.b3 Nd7 19.Kd2 Bd8 20.Rae1 Bc7 21.Bxc7 Rxc7 

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22.h5! gxh5 23.g6 Threatens to win with gxf7+. 

23...Nf8 24.Ng5ƒ White is in control. 

24...Nc6 [Black should try 24...Nxg6 25.Bxg6 fxg6] 

25.Nxf7± Rxf7 26.gxf7+ Kxf7 27.f4 g6 28.a4 Kf6 29.b4 Ne7 30.c4 [¹30.a5] 

30...dxc4 31.Bxc4 

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31...b5? [31...Rh7± is a better defense.] 

32.axb5+- axb5 33.Bxb5 

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33...Nd5 [¹33...Nf5 34.Kd3 Rh7] 

34.Rb1! Nxf4 35.Bc6 

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35...Ke7? [35...e5 36.Rhe1 g5] 

36.b5 Nd7 37.b6 Rb8 38.b7 Kd6 39.Rhc1 g5 40.Bh1 Nd5 41.Bxd5 

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41...Kxd5 Endgame KRR-KRN 

42.Rc7 Kd6 43.Rc8 h4 44.Ke2 e5 45.dxe5+ Kxe5 46.Rxb8 Nxb8 

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47.Rc1 [¹47.Kf3 Kf5 48.Rd1 Nc6 49.Rd6 Nb8 50.Rd8 Nc6 51.Rf8+ Ke5 52.Rc8]  1–0