Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Endgame For Experts
Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Endgame For Experts
Rustam Kasimdzhanov - Endgame For Experts
E32
[ 44.a2 e3-+ ]
Golod,Vitali
2576 44...xa3+ 45.b4
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2672
[ 45.b2 b4 46.h6+ d5
Mainz Ordix op 13th rapid (7) 20.08.2006
47.h2-+ ]
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
45...c2+ 46.xb5 a3 47.h6+ d5
48.e7 b8+ 49.a4 a2 50.d6+
E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4... c4
0-0
[ 50...c4 51.c6+ d3 52.f6 d4
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 b4 4.c2
53.xd4 xd4 54.d6+ c5 55.d1
0-0 5.a3 xc3+ 6.xc3 b6 7.g5
b1 56.c1+ b6 57.xb1+ axb1
b7 8.f3 h6 9.h4 d5 10.e3 bd7
58.a3 c5 59.a4 a2# ]
11.cxd5 xd5 12.xd8 xc3 13.h4 0-1
d5 14.f2 c5 15.e2 f5 last book
move 16.0-0-0 ac8 17.dxc5
[ 17.b1!?= ]
C68
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2652
17...xc5 18.b1 fd8 19.g1 e5
Adams,Michael
2731
20.c1 c3+ 21.bxc3 xd1 22.c4+
FIDE-Wch k.o. (7.4)
10.07.2004
d5 23.xd1 xc4 24.g3 e8
[Ftacnik,L]
25.h4 g5 26.hxg5 hxg5 27.c2 f7
28.d6
1.e4 e5 2.f3 c6 3.b5 a6 4.xc6
[ 28.h1!? ]
dxc6 5.0-0 g4 6.h3 h5 7.d3 f6
28...f1 29.d2 e4
8.e3 xf3 9.xf3 xf3 10.gxf3 d6
[ 29...e6 30.b3 a4 31.e1-+ ]
11.d2 e7 12.fb1 f5 The position
30.f4
is not drawish, since white has better
[ 30.d5!? ]
bishop and some chances for play on
30...d3+ 31.b2 g4 32.h4 c8
the queenside.
33.a2
[ 12...c5 13.f1 a5 ( 13...g6
[ 33.a1!? ]
14.c4 f6 15.e2 e7 16.g1 f7
33...a5-+ 34.g3
17.a4 b6 18.g3 f8 19.f4 exf4
[ 34.d1-+ ]
20.xf4 e6 21.e3 b5 22.a5
34...a4+ 35.a1 b5
1-0 Zhang Zhong-Iuldachev,S/Jodhpur
[ 35...xc3?! 36.xc3 xc3
2003/ (51) ) 14.a4 c6 15.c3 f6
37.b2 ]
16.e2 b6 17.g1 f7 18.c4
36.h2 c4 37.d2
ad8 19.g2 h4 20.ag1 g5 21.d1
[ 37.c1 xc3 38.h1 a4-+ ]
- De la Villa Garcia,J-Delchev,A/La
37...e6 38.d8
Roda 2004/ (30) ]
[ 38.c1 xc3 39.c2 b4-+ ]
[ 12...d7 13.b4 g6 14.f1 f8
38...xa2 39.xa2 xc3+ 40.b3
15.c3 e6 16.e2 hf8 17.d4 f5
[ 40.b2 d5 41.xa5 xe3
18.d5 cxd5 19.exd5 d8 20.g1 f7
42.a2-+ ]
21.c4 b5 22.a5 1-0 Kobalija,M40...a4+ 41.b2 d5 42.g5 xe3
Kazhgaleyev,M/playchess.com INT
43.h2 c4+ 44.c3
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20.d7 g5 21.xg5 xe2 22.xb7
xa4 23.d6 f6 24.h4 e5 25.f5
1-0 Fishbein,A-Byrne,R/New York
1985/ (49) ]
15...c4 16.e2 d5 17.xd5 xd5
18.ad1 e4!N Black has no opening
problems after this logical move.
[ 18...ad8 19.c7 c8 20.xd5
xc7 21.fd1 d8 22.c3 g6 23.g1
g7 24.f2 xd5 25.xd5 d8
26.g3 - Van der Wiel,J-De Boer,G/
Hilversum 1990/ (26) ]
19.d3
[ 19.d7! xc2 20.xb7 xb3
21.xb3 d4 22.e3 xe2 23.xe2
b4 24.e4 a5= ]
19...xd3 20.xd3 ad8 21.fd1
[ 21.e3 d7 22.fe1 fd8 23.c3 g5
24.g3 f5= ]
21...b4! 22.xd8
[ 22.3d2 xc2 23.c1 b4 24.c7
f6 25.xb7 d3 26.g3 fe8 ]
22...xd8 23.xd8+ xd8 24.c3
[ 24.d4 f6 25.e3 xd4 26.xd4
xc2 27.b6 f5 ]
24...d3 25.c1 White is already worse
and will have to play very carefully to
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23...ad8 24.cd1 xd5 25.xd5
e6
[ 25...f8 26.b3 ]
26.d4+- h5 27.h3 c6 28.b3
[ 28.e3 a4 29.a3 c2+- ]
28...e6
[ 28...e3 29.f3+- ]
29.d6
[ 29.e3!? e7+- ]
29...f5 30.d5 e6 31.d6
[ 31.e3!? h7+- ]
31...f5 32.d5
[ 32.a4 e5+- ]
32...xd5 33.xd5 e7 34.g4 hxg4
35.hxg4 f6 36.g5 f7 37.gxf6 xf6
38.g3 e6
[ 38...g5 39.g4 e3 40.f3 ]
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E63
Grabarczyk,Miroslaw
2470
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2650 31.e3 d5 32.c1 f6 33.h4 e6
BL2-West 0405 (4.1)
12.12.2004 34.e2 d6 35.d1 b7 36.f1 b2
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
37.e1 c5 38.g4 h6 39.g5 hxg5
40.hxg5 b4 41.a6??
E63: King's Indian: Fianchetto: Panno
[ 41.g4 ]
Variation with 7...a6
41...b3-+ 42.d6 b1+ 43.e2 a1
1.d4 f6 2.c4 g6 3.g3 g7 4.g2
44.b7??
0-0 5.c3 d6 6.f3 c6 7.0-0 a6
[ 44.c8 ]
8.f4 b8 9.c1 d7 10.d2 b5
44...c4+-+ 45.d2 a2+ 46.e1
11.d5 e4 12.e3 f5 13.h6
c3 47.xc6
[ 13.cxb5 axb5 14.fd1 e6= ]
[ 47.c8 e2+ 48.d1 xf2
13...bxc4 14.xg7 xg7 15.xc4 e6
49.f6-+ ]
16.xc6 xd5 17.xa6 xb2 18.g5
47...e2+ 48.d1 xf2 49.f6 g2
c8 19.a3 b7 20.xe4 fxe4
50.e1 xg5
21.c1 b5 22.f1
[ 50...xg5 51.f2 f5+ 52.g3 xf6
[ 22.xc7?? xe2 23.xe7+ f6-+ ]
53.xe4 d2-+ ]
[ 22.xe4?? xe2 23.b3 xb3-+
0-1
( 23...xe3?! 24.xb5 xe4
25.xd5 )]
22...c6 23.a7 f7 24.c3 b8
25.a8 b7 26.a7 xa7 27.xb2
e5
[ 27...xa2? 28.a1+- ]
28.d1 xa2
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16.e3 f8
[ 16...f5 17.ad1 d4 18.d2 ]
17.fd1 xd1+ 18.xd1 e8 19.xa7
xa7 20.c5 f5 21.g4 e7
22.e1 d6 23.e4+ c7 24.c5 f6
[ 24...e7 25.xc8 xc8 26.g5 ]
25.f4! d4
[ 25...exf4 26.d6 Combination ]
26.xc8 xc8 27.fxe5 fxe5 28.d6+
d7
[ 28...d8 29.xe5 b5 30.c4 ]
Adams,Michael
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Linares 22nd (10)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
C88
2741
2678
05.03.2005
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Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Richter,Michael
Bundesliga 0506 (8.1)
[Ribli]
E09
2670
2407
28.01.2006
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16.e3 c8 17.d2
[ 17.f1 c7 18.d3 a6 19.c2
b8 20.a3 b5 21.d2 c6 22.c3
xc3 23.bxc3 a5 . - Lukov,VDizdar,G/Montpellier 1997/CBM 107/
[Ribli Zoltan] (27) ]
17...c7 18.ac1 Wei besitzt
Raumvorteil im Zentrum, aber Schwarz
hat keine Schwchen. Diese Stellung
erinnert mich ein wenig an die
Franzsische Verteidigung.
[ 18.h3 a6 19.ec1 xc1+
20.xc1 c8 21.xc8+ xc8 22.e1
c7 23.f4 b8 24.f2 c6
25.3c2 a6 0-1 Kozul,Z-Dizdar,G/
Sarajevo 1988/CBM 08 (61) ]
Riazantsev,Alexander
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
RUS-chT 13th (5)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
E86
2593
2673
24.04.2006
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f2
[ 30...xc1 31.xc1 e5 32.f5= ]
31.d7 b6 32.d6 e3 33.xe6 a7
34.d6 d7 35.e5 c5 36.e2 xd6
37.xd6 xd6 38.exd6 f7 39.d4
e4
[ 39...g4 40.c2 xh2 41.c3= ]
40.d7
[ 40.c2 xd6 41.c3 e4+
42.b4 e7 ]
40...e7= 41.e6 xd7 42.f8+ e7
43.xh7 d2+ 44.c2 f1 45.g5
-
10
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f7 45.g2 e6 46.f3 f8
[ 46...d3!? ]
47.a6++- d6
[ 47...f7 48.g5+ g7 49.e4+- ]
48.h4
[ 48.xd6?! xd6 49.xd6+ xd6 ]
[ 48.xd6+?! xd6 49.xd6 xd6 ]
48...e7
[ 48...b8 49.xd6+ ( 49.xd6?!
xa6 50.e4 a5 ) 49...xd6
50.xd6 xd6 51.g4+- ]
49.g5+
[ 49.e2!? b4 50.xg6 f7+- ]
49...e6 50.g4
[ 50.xd6?! xd6 51.xd6+ xd6+- ]
[ 50.xd6+?! xd6 51.xd6 xd6+- ]
50...d4 51.f3
[ 51.xd6+ xd6 52.xd6 xd6+- ]
51...d3
[ 51...b8 52.b6 d7 53.xd6+
xd6 54.xd6 xd6+- ]
52.c1
[ 52.d8 d4 53.c7 c4 54.xd6
f6+ 55.g5 xe4+ 56.fxe4 xe4
57.xe5+ d5+- ]
52...b8??
[ 52...f6+ 53.xf6 xf6 ]
Tregubov,Pavel V
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Corsica Masters rap 10th rapid (1.3)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
D37
2556
2670
11
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45...d4 46.d2 d3 47.e1 e5
0-1
E32
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
2672
Ghaem Maghami,Ehsan
2581
Asia Classical 15th (8)
13.12.2006
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
E32: Nimzo-Indian: Classical (4 Qc2): 4...
0-0
1.d4 f6 2.c4 e6 3.c3 b4 4.c2
0-0 5.a3 xc3+ 6.xc3 b6 7.g5
b7 8.f3 h6 9.h4 d5 10.e3 bd7
11.cxd5 xd5 12.xd8 xc3 13.h4
d5 14.f2 Diagram
(Diagram)
f5 15.b5 c6 16.d3 c5 17.e2
ad8
[ 17...ac8 18.b1= ]
18.0-0 e5 19.ad1 e7 20.c3 h8
21.fe1 a6 22.c2 g5
[ 22...fe8!? ]
23.dxc5+- xc5 24.b4 e6 25.b3
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c8 26.a4 b5 27.b6 g7
28.xc8 xc8?
[ 28...xc8 29.d6 c6+- ]
29.e4 fxe4 30.c5 exf3 31.xf8 xf8
32.gxf3 e7 33.xe5 g6
[ 33...gf5 34.e6 g8+- ]
34.d6
[ 34.d6 f5 35.xg6+- ]
1-0
Adams,Michael
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
FIDE-Wch k.o. (7.7)
[Psakhis,L]
B51
2731
2652
13.07.2004
12
13
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The ending is absolutely equal but
Kasimdzhanov had a significant
advantage on the clock. 36.c5
[ 36.b5 ]
36...f6 37.fxg6 hxg6 38.e3 b7
39.d4 f7 40.g2 d6 41.c3 e5
42.a5 It seems that this natural move is
innacurate.
[ 42.c6!? ]
42...c4 43.a1 b6
[ 43...xb2? 44.b1 ]
44.b4 d6 45.b1 There was no
necessity to put the rook in a passive
position.
[ 45.f3!? ]
45...e6 46.d2 f5 47.e3 b7
48.c5 the arisen endgame is not safe
for White.
[Better is 48.f3 ]
48...e4 49.d1 c7 50.b6 c6
Murshed,Niaz
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Commonwealth-ch (2)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
A14
2419
2680
21.04.2003
14
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d7 36.f3 d4 37.c2 d1 38.g2
d4 39.e2 g5 40.f3 f1+
41.g2 c1 42.f3
[ 42.d2!? c5 43.a4= ]
42...c3+ 43.g2 h4 44.e7 h5
45.f7
[ 45.d7!? b6 46.d3 c2+
47.f1 ]
45...c2+ 46.f1 f2+ 47.e1 xh3
48.d3
[ 48.e6 g4 ]
48...g4
[ 48...f4 49.d7 e3 50.h7-+ ]
49.e2+ g5 50.h7
[ 50.d7 f4 ]
50...h2-+ 51.b4
[ 51.d2 h4-+ ]
51...h4 52.a4
[ 52.d7 f2+ 53.d2 h3-+ ]
52...f4
[ 52...h3 53.a6-+ ]
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Zhang Pengxiang
Commonwealth-ch (7)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
D15
2680
2557
24.04.2003
15
[ 35...g6!? 36.xh6 d6 ]
36.e1 e8 37.ed1
[ 37.xe8+ xe8 38.b5 d8 ]
37...ed8
[ 37...e5 38.e3= ]
38.b5 f4 39.e3 g6 40.g3 e7
Diagram
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41.g2
[ 41.d6 ec6 ]
41...h5
[ 41...d6 42.e2 ]
42.e2 g6 43.b5 d6 44.e2 dd8
45.f3
[ 45.d6 ec6 ]
45...g7 46.e4 c8
[ 46...d7!? ]
47.d6 a7 48.d7 ac6 49.xc6
xc6 50.d6 d4 51.c4 b7
[ 51...xb3? 52.e5+- ]
52.xb6 f8 53.e1 xb3
[ 53...c7!? 54.c1 e6 ]
54.c6+- g7?
[ 54...bxd7 55.xd7+ xd7+- ]
55.e7 d4
[ 55...bb8 56.e3 xb6 57.xb6+- ]
56.c8 f5
[ 56...xb6 57.xd8 d6+- ]
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Stevic,Hrvoje
BIH-chT Jahorina (1)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
C95
2680
2550
21.06.2003
16
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[ 42...xa1 43.xa1 e2 44.g1= ]
43.xe1 xe1 44.d2 e2 45.f3
xf2?
[ 45...h6 ]
46.c5+- dxc5 47.a8+ g7 48.d6
e4
[ 48...f5 49.d7! xd7+- ]
49.g1 xa8 50.d7
[ 50.d7 c2 51.d8 xf3 52.c7+
g8 53.b8+ g7 54.e5+ g8
55.gxf3 c1+ 56.f2 c2+ 57.e1
c1+ 58.e2 c2+ 59.d3+- ]
1-0
Kasimdzhanov,Rustam
Baklan,Vladimir
Neckar op-A 8th (7)
[Houdini 3 Pro w32 (5s)]
E54
2652
2606
11.04.2004
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38...f8 39.xf8 xf8 40.c3 e6
[ 40...e6 41.b3 c5 42.c2 ]
41.d3 b3 42.xa5 g6 43.hxg6+
xg6 44.g4 xa4 45.xf5+ f7
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