24.02.2005
PEN OF A WUNDERKIND: 11 years old A.KASHLINSKAYA
Dear editors! I'm a frequent visitor of your website. There are a lot of interesting and useful materials on it. Recently I've taken notice of your new column. It'scalled "Penofawunderkind". You suggested sending games of your young readers, which are analyzed by themselves to this column. I'd like to present to your judging a game that was played by me in the first league of the Woman's Championship of Russia at the end of January 2005. The game was played in the last round. By that moment I already had 4 points out of 8 and a certain plus in rating coefficient. At that I understood that I wouldn't fall into the ten of participants, who would come through to the major league, that's why I decided to play that game to my delight and to show that I also could sometimes play chess quite well. I hope you'll like the game.
Kashlinskaya Alina – Kublashvili Etery ЭтериВ54
1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cd 4.¤d4 ¤f6 5.f3. The last move was prepared by me at home. I knew that my opponent liked to play the Neidorf's variant.
5...a6 6.c4 e6 7.¤c3 Ґe7 8. Ґe3 0-0 9.Ґe2 ¤bd7?!An early move of the knight on the square d7 is considered to be a not very good continuation, because Black losses possibility to chose another plan of development.
10.0-0 Јc7 11.Јd2 b6 12.¦fc1 Ґb7 13.a4!?
This is a rather infrequent plan in favour of White (а2-а4-а5). Apparently, my opponent wasn't ready for it.
13...¦ас8 14.a5 ba 15.¤b3 ¦fd8 16.¤a5 Ґa8
17.¤a2!? The main idea of White's plan is to move the knight onа5 and the pawn – on b4. In the given position I didn't move 17.b4 immediately, as I didn't like the response of Black 17...d5. I'll produce the variants, which I calculated during the game: 18.cd Ґb4 19.¤c6 Ґc6 20.dcЈс6 21.¦a6; 18.edҐb4 19.defe 20.¤b3. I estimated the positions, received after the both variants, in favour of Black.
17...¤b8 18.b4. Here the Black's move d5 doesn't work, because the white knight has left the square с3, and the black queen in case of capture cd will be en prise.
18...Јd7 19.b5. I've decided to create a passed pawn b5. Black can't prevent that.
19...ab 20.cb d5 21.e5 ¤e8.There is an impression that black pieces are arranged for the beginning position in "Fischer" chess. I estimated my position as a far better one.
22.Ґd4. The pawn d5 should be blocked, so that it couldn't go on its moving.
22...f6.My opponent wants to bring her pieces into action.
23.b6.The pawn is irrepressible in its striving to be queened. 23...fe 24.Ґe5 Ґc5
25.¦c5. I designed this sacrifice of exchange when making my 23rd move. The presumption of that was that the bishop was the only active piece of Black. By liquidating it, even if by the sacrifice of exchange, I managed to fix a completely passive position of Black's pieces.
25...¦с5 26.¤b4.White moves up his pieces for a decisive bound forward.
26...¦сс8 27.Јd4
The program "Fritz" estimates this position as an equal one, but I think that Black is in almost complete zugzwang. An exploitation of advantage of White is a matter of technique.
27...h6 28. Ґd3. White proceeds with strengthening of his position. 28...h5 29.h3. Preventive measures. One more window for the king.
29...¤c6.Black tries to make his pieces more active somehow. However by this move my opponent forcedly gives me a material advantage.
30.¤ас6 Ґс6 31.¦а7 Ґb7 32.Ґa6 ¤d6 33.Ґd6 Јd6 34.¦b7
White has two pieces for a rook and a very strong passed pawn.
34...e5 35.Јb2 ўh8 36.¤d3 d4 37.Јb5 Јf6 38.Јe5 ¦с1 39.ўh2 Је5 40.¤е5. Everything is ready for a rush of the white pawn to the promotion square. It's already impossible to prevent this.
40...¦d5 41.¦е7 ¦е3 42.b7.Here Black had to submit to his loss. 1-0.
About me. I'm 11 years old. I'm in the 5th form of the school with advanced studying of German. Ihaveusuallyexcellentandgoodmarks. In addition to chess, I play the piano (I'm in the 5th form of a music school), go in for sport dance in an art school, swim in a swimming-pool, and study French and English. I'm a candidate master in chess, my rating for 01.01.2005 – 2031. I'm a champion of Russia among children under 10 years old and twice a vice-champion of Europe (in classical and rapid chess) among under ten.
Yours respectfully, Alina Kashlinskaya.
