After I discovered that GM Ziaur played nearly all openings against e4. (he even once played 1...b6 and get away with it) I stop studying chess and continued reading Wayne Rooney:My story so far.
Before
Arrive at DATCC at about 7.40 pm. There are usual face all around, Siraj, Hamid, Samsudin Sabri, Aziz, Saprin, Farouqi and ofcourse GM Rahman together with his wife and son. Haq and Roslina are also here, busy playing chess with GM's son. Razali Ng6 came about five minute late due to office meeting that he attended earlier on.
Table order
- Ilham
- Samsudin
- Saprin
- Aziz
- Farouqi
The Game
W: Nor Ilhamuddin
B:GM Ziaur Rahman
1. e4 g6
Modern Defence. I expect Sicilian 2...e6, Nc6 or perhaps French. 2 things that immediately cross my mind is Mok Tze Meng (white) once beat GM Rahman in this defence and Andrew (black) once thrashed me in this setup.
2. d4 Bg7
3.Nc3 c6
4.f4 Qb6
5.Nf3 d5
A sharp line in which black sacrifice a pawn for active play.
6.ed5
6. e5 is better (GM Rahman said after the game)
6. ... Bg4
7.Be2 Nf6
8.0-0 cd5
9.Ne5 Be2
10.Qe2
Sacrificing a pawn that black could be taken with a check. Anyway, the d4 pawn is taboo 10. ...Qd4 11. Be3 Qb4 12. Nb5 with lots of initiative for white.
10. ... 0-0
11.Qd3 Nc6
12.Nc6 Qc6
13.f5 Rac8
14.fg6 hg6
15.Bg5 Rfe8
16.Rae1 Qd7
17.Re2 Nh7
18.Bf4 a6
19.Be5 Nf6
20.Ref2
Here Aqie whispered that the team rely on me to deliver the point.
20. ... b5
21.a3 Rc4
22.Nd1 Rf8
23.Re2 Nh5
24.Bg7 Ng7
25.Ne3 Rc6
Around here it is one to one match for us and GM duly take a seat in front of me.
26.Rf4 Nh5
27.Rh4 Nf6
28.c3 Re6
29.Nf5?
Mamak trick. Hoping for 29. ... gf5? 30.Qf5! with force mate in 14. The 'reverse gear' 29.Nf1 is necessary here. I am now got about 30 seconds left.
29. ... Re2
30.Nh6 Kg7
31.Qe2 Rh8
32.Qe3 Qf6
33.Qd2 Ne4
34.Qe3 Qf6 ??
35.g3 ??
Returning the favour. 35.Rf4! is winning for white which i saw only when i have already touch my g pawn.
35. ... Ng5
36.Kg2 Rh6
37.Rh6 Kh6
38. h4
I no longer recording the move. The game entered a queen ending with a plus pawn for black. I tried to open up the game (and hoping for perpetual check) but to no avail. later i lost on time in a losing position though black still needs to play very carefully to avoid the perpetual check.
After
We lost 0-5
Last but not least, thanks to Siraj for the invitation, GM Rahman for kind analysis after the game, to my team mate plus Mr Razali ofcourse.
Ilham,
ReplyDeletethe 1 that got away.. good game, anyway!
X payah lah baca kisah rooney baik baca Sam Walton bio.Rooney tu bertaraf club player jer.
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