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Simultaneous exhibition with Tunç Hamarat at the Vienna Stadioncenter
Tunç Hamarat (~2400) vs. Sebastian Falbesoner (~1500)
Annotated by: thestack (1628)
Chess opening: Queen's gambit declined (D30)
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Today another great simultaneous exhibition organized by 'Der Schachfreund' Ferdinand Peitl (see www.derschachfreund.at) took place in the Vienna Stadion Center. Simul-giver was Tunç Hamarat, a Turkish correspondence chess expert that became ICCF (International Correspondence Chess Federation) World Champion in 2004. To be honest I haven't ever heard of read this name before till today, but there's a wikipedia article about him, so he seems to be quite famous, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tun%C3%A7_Hamarat - I also recommend to google for some interviews with him, he seems to be a very interesting person, e.g. he argues that he only needs four hours of sleep per night and that computers can't really help in correspondence chess (I strongly disagree in this point - with the appearance of more and more strong chess engines like Rybka or Stockfish that have estimated ELO ratings above 3000 by now, correspondence chess is simply a joke and a battle between computers, not between humans any more. It's even more shocking that in many correspondence chess clubs the help of computers is officially allowed!). This time the play was without clocks; as usual in simultaneous exhibitions, a participant's move would only be done as soon as the master is in front of the board and can see it. Before we start, the obligatory warning: All those annotations are done by an amateur and could be inexact or simply wrong, feel free to comment!
1. d4
This time my opponent opened with the d-pawn, which frequently leads to closed games.

 
1... d5
I am not really familiar yet with the hypermodern defences that occur when playing the Indian Defence 1... Nf6, so I choose to simply control the center by maintaining symmetry. It's quite interesting that only 25% of the games (according to the GameKnot 'World' database) in this opening are won by Black! White wins in 39% of all archived games and the other 34% are drawn.

 
2. c4
Offering the popular Queen's Gambit.

 
2... e6
I seldom accept gambits that I haven't studied before, so I decline with the 'Orthodox Defence' of the QGD. Accepting (2... dxc4) is not considered to be risky and the 'gambit' isn't even a true material sacrifice at all, because Black won't retain his pawn for long anyway, but nevertheless I prefer to decline.
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3. cxd5 exd5
After this pawn exchange, the statistical White win, Black win and draw chances are totally equal in the GameKnot 'World' database (33% each).
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4. Nc3 Nf6
Just simple development moves for both sides. I'm planning to castle kingside.

 
5. Nf3 Bb4
First I wanted to play the passive 5... Be7, but then I thought, why not pin his knight? Of course, you have to be careful about White's potential queen check on a4.
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6. Bd2
Okay, the pin didn't last long.
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6... O-O 7. e3
That white-squared bishop wants to get developed.

 
7... Bg4
Let's try it on the other knight ;-) The reason I played this was because I didn't want his knight to have control over e5.

 
8. Be2
... and another pin destroyed. Somehow I feel that my bishop 'ha-knight-you-are-pinned' moves are unsound and I should have placed them on other squares. On the other hand, I can't see anything bad in it - it's just a feeling. Any comments or alternative development suggestions on that?
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8... Nbd7
8... Nc6 came to my mind first but I thought advancing the c-pawn sooner or later - be it one step for creating a strong pawnchain on the queenside or two steps for opening up the center - could be useful, so I'd head for b6.
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9. O-O Nb6
Protecting my center pawn once more and fancying the outpost on c4...

 
10. b3
... which he avoids immediately. However, this move enables my bishop to go to a3 which will be very useful later :)
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10... Re8
As all of the minor pieces have been developed, I was without plan. But I thought possessing the e-file can't be wrong.

 
11. Rc1
Ah, he is interested in the c-file. Time to strengthen my queenside...

 
11... c6
... with a strong pawn-chain! This way he can't take advantage of the c-file. Also takes away the b5 square from his knight.

 
12. h3
Forcing my bishop to make a difficult decision. Take it (the knight) or leave it?

 
12... Bf5
Leave it! Bxf3 was *very* tempting at first because it avoids his knight to go the fine center square e5 by simply killing it. But keeping the pair of bishops and thus not throwing away the minor imbalances was eventually more important to me, so I possessed the b1-h7 diagonal.
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13. Ne5
'No surprises' by Radiohead came into my mind when the opponent made this move.

 

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