rnbqkbnrpppppppp32PPPPPPPPRNBQKBNR [Event "Romanian team champ."] [Site "Eforie Nord"] [Date "2008.09.05"] [Round "5"] [White "Ionescu, Constantin"] [Black "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A65"] [WhiteElo "2428"] [BlackElo "2588"] [Annotator "Oleksienko, Mikhailo"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2008.09.01"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ROM"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2008.11.05"] This game was played in Romanian team championship. Our team had not a very strong opponent so I could play less careful :-)35P15. 6.14n 34P15. 12.7p 42N14. 10.15p Benoni is my favourite opening since the time I was a little boy. It is nice to play it when opponent is playing for win, you get then an interesting game in which anyone can win. On the other hand, when white wants draw in this case you get a slightly worse position with no chances to play for win. Fortunately, my opponent was playing with white in a team championship so he had to play for win27P7. 20.6p 27P6. 11.7p 36P15. 14.7p 45P7. 5.8b 30B27. 4.rk. 51Q7. 15.7p A small theoretical trick! It is not so good for white to take the pawn because black will receive a strong compensation with dark-squared bishop. On the other hand if white doesn't take the pawn then black puts his pawn on h5 which curiously enough is good because later he will use the h7 square for the knight!30.13B 23B6. 21.14n $136N5. 3.35q 46P7. 23q15. 23Q27. 14.8b 19N16. 1.9n and black pieces are active enough to compensate for the pawn23.7p 43B17. White chooses not a very popular variation. Much common is52N9. placing the knight either on f4 or on c14r. 52N9. placing th e bishop in front of the knight looks more than logical but this plan has a small flaw - black can either exchange this bishop (which is advantageous despite the pawn structure) or put the knight on e5 with extra tempo!1.9n 41P7. 8.7p 32P15. 11.16n 24P7. $6Inaccuracy! White shouldn't have given up the bishop. After the exchange his pawn structure becomes weak and unstable.43.6B $5Rescuing the bishop! In my opinion the main idea of white's 13th move is to protect the c4-square. But even in this position black is ok. After the text move black is already better.28.14n $143Q7. .r 60.RK. 9.15p 17P6.. 1.15r 40R15. Black played b7-b5 now it is turn of the f-pawn11n9. The e5-square was waiting for another knight to come there! Another flaw of white's plan is that black has more space formaneuvering42.14N White is trying to place the knight on c4 because it has nothing to do on c313.15p Computer suggests17.15r $551N5. 44.6B 3.13q $162.K 16.7p and black has serious advantage. Bishop on g7 is a monster!16.7p Concentrating the pieces on the queen's side. But I was in the mood for playing on the other part of the board. Not always you get a chance to attack the king inBenoni!51N5. 11.16n 43.6Q 17.15r 42N9. White tries to hold the e4 square but he weakens another important one!3.17q 58R2. 29.7p $1Black locks the center and now he can easily attack the king44.8B 22.7p 42.5N White's only plan is to play b3-b4 distracting black from his plan.1r31. Computer suggests25r7. $1 this way in some continuations the rook will be protected57R. 30.7p 33P7. Here I had to do a lot of thinking and find the final combination (the game in fact ended here!). By the way, computer cannot find thiscombination!26.6p $1The machine suggests31.7p 26P6. 1.55r 50.6Q 39.7p black has really strong attack but I had to play what I saw!33N14. 38.6p 45N5. 28.16n 45P8. white could try40.4R 2.35b 41R3. 21.q 18N14. 1.39r 41R15. but two bishops and a-pawn should decide the result of the game2.44b 62.K 1.31r $333R23. 2r1. $1 white cannot hold the 1st rank and g2-square at the same time33.R 50.Q doesn't help21.q 53.6B 2.55r $340.7R 47.6b 62K. 45b8. 61K. 58.r $1 this move I had to see from the beginning because nothing else is winning!2.31r Now it is all over34Q15. 21.8q 46B6. 37.8p 46P8. 30.15q 34.17Q 14.20b