(20) Low,Ying Ming (2001) - Hamperl,Fred (2010) [A45]
50th Southend Open (7), 17.04.2006



1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nc3 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.f4 Bg7 8.Bb5+
Taimanov variation to callenge my Benoni

8...Nfd7 9.a4 0-0 10.Nf3 Na6 11.0-0 Nb4 12.Re1
[12.h3 Bareev played this against Topalov but the game must be the critical continuation 12...a6 13.Bc4 f5 14.Ng5 Nb6 15.Bb3 a5 16.Be3 fxe4 17.Kh1 Nd3 18.Qd2 Re8 19.Rab1 Bf5 20.g4 h6 21.gxf5 hxg5 22.fxg5 gxf5 23.Rxf5 Qd7 24.Rbf1 Re5 25.Rf7 Qxh3+ 26.Qh2 Qxh2+ 27.Kxh2 Rf8 28.Rxf8+ Bxf8 29.Rf6 c4 30.Bd1 Nd7 31.Rg6+ Kh7 32.Re6 N7c5 33.Rf6 Kg8 34.Bh5 Be7 35.Rh6 Kf8 36.Rh8+ Kg7 37.Re8 Bxg5 38.Rxe5 Bxe3 39.Re7+ Kf6 40.Rf7+ Kg5 41.Bd1 Bd4 42.Kg2 Nxb2 43.Nb5 Be5 44.Bc2 Nbd3 45.Kf1 Nb4 46.Bb1 Nxd5 0-1 Bareev,E-Topalov,V/Dortmund 2002/CBM 090]

12...a6 13.Bf1
Topalov must have had an improvement in this line when he played Bareev

13...Re8 14.Be3
This was a new move to me and I didn't think it was too great interfering with the e1 rook's defence of e4

14...Nf6 15.Bf2 Bg4
This ought to have equalised

16.Rc1 Rc8 17.h3 Bxf3 18.Qxf3 Qd7??
I realised after making this move I'd limited the squares for my f6 knight but didn't appreciate the problems after e4-e5 [>=18...Nd7 ]

19.e5! dxe5
[19...Nh5 20.g4+- ]

20.fxe5 Nh5
[20...Nfxd5 21.Rcd1 Rcd8 (21...Rxe5 22.Rxe5 Bxe5 23.Nxd5 Qxa4 24.Ne7++- ) 22.Bc4+- ]

21.g4 Bh6 22.gxh5
[22.Rcd1 I analysed this as best for White luckily my opponent didn't 22...Nf4 ]

22...Bxc1 23.Rxc1 Rxe5
following my mistake I had compensation of the exposed white king

24.hxg6 hxg6
[24...fxg6 I thought this exposed my king too much to the white bishop pair]

25.Rd1 Rf5
I decided I had to go for the king to avoid defeat

26.Qg4 Qd8 27.h4
My opponent was in a bit of time trouble now

27...Qf6
I realised my rook's days were numbered but I had to keep going forward

28.Rd2
[28.Ne4 Qxb2 29.h5+- ; >=28.Bxc5 Nc2 29.Ne4+- ]

28...Rd8 29.Bg2 Rf4 30.Qe2 c4
I thought my knight had to come to d3 to have any hope of saving the game

31.Ne4 Qf5 32.Bg3 Nd3 33.Bxf4 Qxf4
[33...Nxf4 34.Qf3+- ]

34.Qf3?
[>=34.h5 ; >=34.Qg4! Qe3+ (34...Qxg4? 35.Nf6+ Kg7 36.Nxg4+- ) 35.Kh2+- ]

34...Qxh4
now I could see chances of perpetuals on the dark squares

35.Qg3 Qh8
I had to keep my queen to give him any problems [35...Qxg3 36.Nxg3+- ; 35...Qh6 36.Bf1+- ]

36.Qg5 Qd4+ 37.Kf1?
Now I had to go for the mating trap as my opponent was in quite serious time trouble. [37.Kh2+- Rf8 ]

37...Re8 38.Nf6+??
He fell right into my trap [>=38.Re2+/- Kg7 39.d6 b5 40.d7 Rh8 41.Nf6 Qxf6+ 42.Qxf6+ Kxf6 43.Re8+- ]

38...Qxf6+!!
White resigned [38...Qxf6+ 39.Qxf6 (39.Kg1 Qxg5-+ ) 39...Re1# ] 0-1