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Judit Polgar (born july 23, 1976) is without any doubt the strongest women chess player in history. She is able to play validly against best men chess players in the world and is ranked number sixteen in the October 2006 FIDE rating with an ELO rating of 2710.
We choose, as an illustration of the Judit's style, a blitz game played against Viswanathan Anand during the World Blitz Championship 2006.
Anand, Viswanathan (2779) - Polgar, Judit (2710)
This displacement, early in the game, of the black e-pawn from e7 to e6, in the Narjdorf Defense, expresses usually, but not always, the passage to the Scheveningen variation; a particularly flexible and complex formation.
DIAG 1
:
With an unusual move order, we finally reach the very classical line: 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 e6 6.Be2 a6 7.0-0 Qc7 8.f4 Nc6 9.Kh1 Be7 10.a4 - (B85) Scheveningen, classical, Maroczy System - and then: 10...0-0 11.Be3.
DIAG 2
:
This B85-Totally Pure Opening (see in the "New Chess Theory" Lecture:
NCT V - "Opening new understanding") is a secondary line
rather frequently played today. A recent example is given by the
short draw: 11...Nxd4 12.Qxd4 e5 13.Qd2 exf4 14.Bxf4 Be6 15.Rfd1
Rad8 16.h3 Rfe8 17.a5 Qc8 18.Qe3 d5 19.e5 ½-½ (Kindermann,
Stefan (2546) - Stanec, Nikolaus (2566) (B85) AUT-ch Gmunden, 2005).
After the prophylaxis move 11.Kh1, the most important variations are:
The usual continuation is: 12...e5 (Thematic move) 13.Qd3 exf4 14.Bxf4 (14.Rxf4!?) Be6 15.Qg3 +/= (Vouldis, Angelos (2539) - Sokolov, Andrei (2583) ½-½ (B85) GRE CupT Athens, 2004). Anyway the Judit's choice is courageous, because this line led, until now, essentially to White successes!
DIAG 3
:
First of all, 13.Rad1 is the most usual continuation; now, instead of the Break move 14.e5!? may be considered: 14.Rad1 Bb7 15.f5 Rae8 16.Bg4!? Nf6 (Ne5) 17.Be2 e5 =/unclear. In addition, let us notice that, after 14...dxe5, if White chooses 15.Qd2?! Black takes the advantage with the move series: 15...Bb7! 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.Rad1 Rad8 18.Qe2 exf4 19.Bxf4 Bf6 20.Ne4! Bxb2 =/+.
DIAG 4
:
In such a position, like it is usual in the Sicilian Defense, Black's configuration is a little squeezed. For an accurate estimation of this feature, we propose you to calculate here White and Black "Radiation rates" (at this subject, see again if you want:
NCT VII - "Control and Domination I"
and
NCT VIII - "Control and Domination II" ).
The cartography of this position (DIAG 4) is the following:
In this conditions we have the numerical values:
Of this values we immediately deduce the "Radiation rates":
WRR = 100 x 34
/ (64 - 5) % =
58 % Thus White domination is unquestionable!
Obviously, loses a piece: 17...Qxe5?? 18.Qxe5 Nxe5 19.Bxc5 bxc5 20.Rxe5 +-. Let us notice equally that, after 20.Qg3, the tempting alternative suite: 20...Bd4!? 21.Bf4 Bxc3 22.bxc3 Kh8 23.Bc1 Nc5 24.Ba3 Rfd8 25.a5! Rd7 26.Qf2! =/unclear does not grant to Black a significant advantage.
DIAG 5
:
In view to give a quantitative estimate of the evolution of the position, we propose you to calculate again White and Black "Radiation rates". The cartography of this position (DIAG 5) is the following:
In this conditions we have the numerical values:
Of this values we immediately deduce the "Radiation rates":
WRR = 100 x 29
/ (64 - 5) % =
49 % Thus, in a dynamic perspective, Black radiation (i.e. spatial domination) is significatively increasing!
The end of this blitz game is rich and fascinating, but unfortunately rather inaccurate:
DIAG 6
:
DIAG 7
:
The crucial present phase deserves to be examined with attention. First of all, instead of 24.Ree1? White may try to resist by playing: 24.Rf4 Rfe8 25.Rxe8+ Rxe8 26.Bd2 h5 27.Rf1 -/+. The Anand's mistake 24.Ree1? is clearly refuted by: 24...Bf2! 25.Rd1 Rbe8 26.Bg5 Rf5 27.Rd5 Ree5 28.Rxe5 Rxe5 29.Bh4 g5 30.Nd1 Bc5! -+. In addition we establish now the new cartography (corresponding to the DIAG: 7), which is very curious to observe !... In particular an easy calculation shows here that White and Black have exactly the same "Radiation rate": 50 %!
DIAG 8
:
White obtains a strict equality after: 25.Rxe8! Rxe8 26.Bf4 Bf2 27.Nd1 Re2 28.Nxf2 Nxf2+ 29.Kg1 Ne4 30.Rc1 =.
DIAG 9
:
Better was: 27.c4 Re5 28.Nf4 Bxg3 29.b3 Bf2 30.Bb2 =/+. And this time, after this ultimate Anand's imprecision, Judit has the last word.
The continuation may be like this: 28.Bxg5 Re5 29.Ne7+ Kf7 30.Bh4 Rh5 31.Nc6 Ke8 32.Rxf2 Nxf2+ 33.Kg1 Ng4 -+.
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