rnbqkbnrpppppppp32PPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR [Event "Open"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2009.03.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"] [Black "Grandelius, Nils"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [WhiteElo "2550"] [BlackElo "2464"] [Annotator "Oleksienko Mikhaylo"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2009.03.24"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ISL"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2009.03.30"] The game was played in the fifth round of Reykjavik Open. My opponent was young and talented. That's why the battle was very exciting!36P15. 12.15p 45N16. 1.16n 25B35. 6.14n 60.RK. 21.14n The Berlin defence was not a surprise because my opponent plays it regularly. But I have "my" variation there, which is rarely used on grandmaster level. Even though black faces some difficulties there. And this game is not an exception!35P15. 19n16. 28P6. $519.5n 32P15. 25.9n Black has some other options like 7...d6, 7...Ne5 and even 7..Nd6, but on my opinion they are too dangerous.35N9. 18.16n 35Q23. 11.15p 35.7Q $5The idea o f this move is to prevent Black from developing his pieces. The f5 square is taken from light-squared bishop and 7... Be7 will be followed by 8. Qg310.7p 24P7. 3.35q Now Black has to develop his queen before moving the bishops or castling44B13. 5.6b 37P15. 4.rk. 51N5. Now White pieces take their natural places. Black has pair of bishops but his position is not so pleasant. Light-squared bishop cannot take the f5 square and White has the idea to push his pawns in the center starting an unpleasant attack.13.7p Computer suggests31q7. 29P7. 4r. but even after an easy move47P7. $5 White keeps his scary pawns. It is psychologically hard to play such position!42Q. more accurate was45N5. 31q7. and now42Q. with the idea to take on e5 with the knight. Also there is a positional threat a5-a631q7. better was21.6p 45N5. 23q15. 28N16. 19q3. $116P7. 18.7p $116P7. $1 White accomplish the positional idea of capturing the c5 square. After the pawn exchange black will have a lot of weaknesses on the queenside (pawns a7, c6 and c5 square)21.6p 28P8. 5.55r 56.4R 22q8. 26B17. In this position my opponent realising that his position is strategically bad tries to make the position unclear and it helps white to achieve a beautiful victory2.44b 53R7. .4r $2computer suggests to hold the position as follows12.13b 26Q15. 9.6p 45N5. .3r 35N9. 22.7q 8Q17. 30.q 42P7. 22q8. but even here after20P7. 20b26. 18N16. White keeps the well-known advantage of knight over bishop in the position with isolated pawn because there is no22.34q $653.7R 49q7. $218.16N $1and Black is not able to protect his bishop12B13. $15.47r 42.4Q 51r1. 2Q44. $1also wins45Q1. 15.7p 9P6. but the variation in the game is much more beautiful!6.6k 20P7. $112k. 2.8Q 12.8k 11.1Q 13q8. 13P6. And Black's rook cannot stop insolent white pawns. A picture-like positions!51.7r 53K8. 13k7. 9P6.