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This game took place in December 1994. I was 1700 (B-class) and played a Master in the first round. Ranked 53rd of 56 players, I finished with 2.0/5 with one win, two draws against two other Masters, and then two losses against a Master and an Expert. I had White:
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nb5!?
More usual nowadays in the Classical King's Indian Defence (KID) is the Bayonette (13.b4). The move 13.Nb5 was once a favourite of the late GM Tony Miles of England and has been played a few times by GM Viktor Korchnoi. Miles is best known for his win with Black against GM Anatoli Karpov, who at that time was World Champion. In that game, Miles chose to play the most unconventional 1...a6 and 2...b5 against the strongest player in the world, and he won! Miles has been known world wide as being a "side line" opening player. The text offers White some interesting chances on the Queen side, which is a common theme in the KID.
With 13.Nb5, White attempts to play 13...a6 14.Na7 forcing the exchange of Knight for the B/c8, thus stalling the attack on White's light squares near his King, most importantly the h3 square. Without Black's light-squared Bishop, White can safely play h2-h3 and not have to worry about Black sacrificing his B/c8 to open up White's King. This Bishop sacrifice on h3 is also a very common theme in the KID.
13...b6 14.b4 a6 15.Nc3 Ng6 16.Nd3 Nf6 17.c5 h5 18.cxd6 cxd6
As is the usual theme in the KID, White tries to attack Black on the Queen side, while Black tries to steamroll White's King on the King side. Many KID's have been decided from one small misstep from either player. Whoever gets the attack going first most often wins.
19.b5! I noticed that Black's b6-pawn will be easy to target with the B/f2 and the two Knights, so I stopped it in it's track to keep it from being saved through pushing. 19...a5 20.Na4 Rb8 21.Rc1 Bd7
So far White has accomplished his goal. Black has been sidetracked from the King-side attack to defend the b6-pawn. However, in order to continue attacking the b6-pawn and defend the b5-pawn, White would need to play Qb3 and Ndb2-c4. But this plan is too slow, so White tries another thematic move, reminiscent of Botvinnik and Petrosian.
22.Rc6!! White trades a Rook for Black's best minor piece, continues to attack the b6-pawn, and threatens to have a protected passed pawn on b6 in case Black decides to take the exchange. He does, and slides into passivity for the remainder of the game. There are a lot of tactics from moves 25-30, but I don't have enough time right now to publish them...
22...Bxc6 23.dxc6 d5 24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Ndb2 Kh8 26.Nc4 Bf6 27.Qc2 Nge7 28.Rd1 Qc7 29.Qe4 Rfd8 30.Bd3
30...Nxc6 31.bxc6 b5 32.Ncb6 Rxb6 33.Nxb6 Nxb6 34.Qg6 Qg7 35.Qxg7+ 1-0
Some day I'll publish the game when I lost to a 16 year old girl just before I earned the Master title. She is now one of Canada's top 10 females, so at least she wasn't a fish
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.Nf3 d6 5.e4 0-0 6.Be2 e5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Ne1 Nd7 10.Be3 f5 11.f3 f4 12.Bf2 g5 13.Nb5!?
More usual nowadays in the Classical King's Indian Defence (KID) is the Bayonette (13.b4). The move 13.Nb5 was once a favourite of the late GM Tony Miles of England and has been played a few times by GM Viktor Korchnoi. Miles is best known for his win with Black against GM Anatoli Karpov, who at that time was World Champion. In that game, Miles chose to play the most unconventional 1...a6 and 2...b5 against the strongest player in the world, and he won! Miles has been known world wide as being a "side line" opening player. The text offers White some interesting chances on the Queen side, which is a common theme in the KID.
With 13.Nb5, White attempts to play 13...a6 14.Na7 forcing the exchange of Knight for the B/c8, thus stalling the attack on White's light squares near his King, most importantly the h3 square. Without Black's light-squared Bishop, White can safely play h2-h3 and not have to worry about Black sacrificing his B/c8 to open up White's King. This Bishop sacrifice on h3 is also a very common theme in the KID.
13...b6 14.b4 a6 15.Nc3 Ng6 16.Nd3 Nf6 17.c5 h5 18.cxd6 cxd6
As is the usual theme in the KID, White tries to attack Black on the Queen side, while Black tries to steamroll White's King on the King side. Many KID's have been decided from one small misstep from either player. Whoever gets the attack going first most often wins.
19.b5! I noticed that Black's b6-pawn will be easy to target with the B/f2 and the two Knights, so I stopped it in it's track to keep it from being saved through pushing. 19...a5 20.Na4 Rb8 21.Rc1 Bd7
So far White has accomplished his goal. Black has been sidetracked from the King-side attack to defend the b6-pawn. However, in order to continue attacking the b6-pawn and defend the b5-pawn, White would need to play Qb3 and Ndb2-c4. But this plan is too slow, so White tries another thematic move, reminiscent of Botvinnik and Petrosian.
22.Rc6!! White trades a Rook for Black's best minor piece, continues to attack the b6-pawn, and threatens to have a protected passed pawn on b6 in case Black decides to take the exchange. He does, and slides into passivity for the remainder of the game. There are a lot of tactics from moves 25-30, but I don't have enough time right now to publish them...
22...Bxc6 23.dxc6 d5 24.exd5 Nxd5 25.Ndb2 Kh8 26.Nc4 Bf6 27.Qc2 Nge7 28.Rd1 Qc7 29.Qe4 Rfd8 30.Bd3
30...Nxc6 31.bxc6 b5 32.Ncb6 Rxb6 33.Nxb6 Nxb6 34.Qg6 Qg7 35.Qxg7+ 1-0
Some day I'll publish the game when I lost to a 16 year old girl just before I earned the Master title. She is now one of Canada's top 10 females, so at least she wasn't a fish
