KISTLER OUTLASTS PRIETO TO WIN 5TH CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP

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[Event “WCC 2014 Championship “]
[White “Prieto, Adolfo”]
[Black “Kistler, David”]


1. d4 c5 2. d5 e5 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bb5+ Nd7 6. a4 Bg7 7. Nge2 Ne7 8.
Ng3 O-O 9. O-O f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Nh5 a6 13. Nxg7 axb5 14. Nh5
Nxh5 15. Qxh5 b4 16. Qh4 Rf7 17. Nb5 Qd7 18. Rfd1 Ra6 19. c3 Ng6 20. Qh6
bxc3 21.
Nxc3 Qe8 22. h4 e4 23. h5

  {White needs to redirect the Black pieces away from the kingside.} (23.
Nb5 {The Knight on b5 attacks the backward “d” pawn.} 23… Qf8 24. Qxf8+
Kxf8 25.
h5 Ne5 26. Bf4 Re7)

 23… Ne5

{…and now the momentum turns to the Black side.}

24. Bf6 Ng4 25. Qg5+ Kf8 26. Bd8 Qe5 27. Qh4 Bd7

 (27… f4 { A better alternative,} 28. Rf1 Bf5 29. h6 {to keep the black
“h” pawn at
bay})

28. a5 Ra8
 (28… f4 {is still better.})

 29. Bg5 h6 30. Bc1 Kg7 31. Ne2 e3
( 31… f4 32. Re1 Raf8 33. Ra3 e3)

32. fxe3 Nxe3 33. Bxe3 Qxe3+ 34. Qf2 f4 35.
Ra4 ??
(With less than 3 minutes left on his clock, White commits a huge blunder.)
 35… Bxa4 0-1
 White resigns the game & match[/pgn]