Mystery game #20: Black sailing along, up 3 pawns, then --- POW: Rxf7!!

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  • Mystery game #20: Black sailing along, up 3 pawns, then --- POW: Rxf7!!

    Here is the text of an interesting game. Your task, should you choose to accept it, is to discuss the game's aspects, such as variations, key junctures, player strengths, setting, era, time controls, etc.

    1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 e6 6.Nbd2 h6 7.c3 Nbd7 8.Nd4 Bh7 9.e4 Nc5 10.Qe2 Be7 11.N2b3 N6d7 12.f4 O-O 13.f5 e5 14.Nc2 dxe4 15.d4 Nxb3 16.axb3 exd4 17.Nxd4 Nf6 18.b4 Re8 19.g4 c5 20.bxc5 Bxc5 21.Rd1 Qe7 22.Kh1 Qe5 23.Be3 Nd5 24.Nc6 bxc6 25.Bxc5 Nxc3 26.bxc3 Qxc5 27.Rd7 Qxc3 28.Qa2 Qf6 29.Bf1 g6 30.Rxf7 Qxa1 31.Qxa1 Kxf7 32.Bc4+ Ke7 33.Qe5+ Kd7 34.Be6+ Rxe6 35.fxe6+ Ke7 36.Qc7+ Kxe6 37.Qxc6+ Ke5 38.Qxa8 Kf4 39.Qxa7 Bg8 40.Qb8+ Ke3 41.Qxg8 Kd2 42.Qxg6, 1-0.

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    Victor Krayushkin (2117) -- Mavros Whissell (1960), Canadian Open, Kapuskasing 2004 (9). Played 2004-07-17. Time controls 40/120, SD/60. Reti / King's Indian Attack, A07.
    This is another game for which the score sheet confused me when doing the database for the event on site at the time. I only had Victor's score sheet, it is in script Russian notation, the letters are large, and overlap into the space for adjacent moves! His 'e' and 'c' are virtually identical, as are his 'b' and 'f'. Actually, his handwriting is very attractive! I spent some time on it, struggled, and put it away, then got back to it recently. However, we have it now!
    This striking game follows an original path in the Reti / King's Indian Attack. Black is seemingly doing well in the middle game, being up three pawns, but the next few moves, highlighted by White's fine combination, show very starkly Black's lack of piece coordination and lagging development. Black needed to get his QR into play. The move 30.Rxf7!! leads to Black giving up his Queen for two rooks; I am not sure if there was a better try to defend. White's Queen takes over the game and wipes out all of Black's material. Victor and his son Nikita, of Granby, Quebec, both played successfully in the event; and Nikita was a challenger in the B10 CYCC, which took place at Kap., just before. Nikita got his rating over 2300 a few years ago; neither Victor nor Nikita have been active in CFC chess in recent years. Mavros has long been one of the Sudbury region's best players; he is now rated over 2000.

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