(1) Airapetian,C (2068) - Khmelnitsky,I (2479) [B01]
2002 US Championship Seattle (1), 05.01.2002
[Fritz 7 (30s)]

B01: Scandinavian Defence

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Nxd5 4.c4 Nb6 5.Nc3 c6 6.Bf4
[6.Be3 g6 7.h3 Bg7 8.Nf3 N8d7 9.Qb3 e5 10.Bg5 f6 11.Be3 Qe7 12.Be2 exd4 13.Bxd4 Nc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.0-0 0-0 16.Rfe1 f5 17.Bf1 Bf6 18.Rad1 g5 19.Qc2 Kg7 20.Nd2 Rd8 Torre,E-Vasquez,A/Manila 1991/EXT 97/1-0 (40); 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.h3 Bh5 8.b3 e6 9.Bb2 Bxf3 10.Qxf3 Qxd4 11.Rd1 Qe5+ 12.Be2 Bd6 13.Na4 Bb4+ 14.Bc3 Bxc3+ 15.Nxc3 N8d7 16.0-0 0-0 17.Rfe1 Qf6 18.Ne4 Qxf3 19.Bxf3 Ne5 20.Be2 Rfd8 Mueller,F-Weiland,T/Frankfurt 2000/EXT 2001/0-1 (66)]

6...Be6 7.b3 Na6N
[7...f6 8.Be2 Bf7 9.Nf3 e6 10.0-0 Be7 11.Re1 g5 12.Be3 N8d7 13.d5 cxd5 14.cxd5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Nd4 0-0 17.Bg4 Ne5 18.Be6 Qd6 19.Bxf7+ Rxf7 20.Nf5 Qd7 21.Nh6+ Kg7 22.Nxf7 Nxf7 23.Bd4 Bb4 24.Qf3 Bxe1 25.Qxf6+ Kf8 26.Qg7+ 1-0 Juutistenaho,A-Peltomaa,E/Kankaanpaa 1991/EXT 2000 (26)]

8.Be2 Nc7 9.h3 Bf5 10.g4 Bc8 11.Nf3 h5 12.gxh5 Rxh5 13.Ng5 Rh4 14.Be5 Bf5 15.Bd3 e6
[‹15...Rxd4 16.Qf3 (16.Bxd4?! Qxd4 17.Nce4 Bxe4 18.Bxe4 Qe5=/+ ) 16...e6 17.Bxf5 Qxg5 18.Bxd4 exf5 19.h4 Qe7+ 20.Ne2+/- ]

16.Bxf5 Qxg5 17.Bxc7
[17.Bd3!? 0-0-0 18.Qd2 Qxd2+ 19.Kxd2-/+ ]

17...Qxf5
[17...exf5?! 18.Kf1=/+ ]

18.Qe2??
[>=18.a3-/+ ]

18...Bb4-+ 19.Kf1 Bxc3 20.Rd1 Bxd4
[‹20...Rxh3 21.Kg2 Rh6 22.Rxh6 gxh6 23.Qf3 Qxf3+ 24.Kxf3-+ ]

21.Kg2 c5
[21...Qg6+ 22.Kf1-+ ]

22.f3
[22.Qf3 Qxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Nd7-+ ]

22...e5 23.b4
[23.Rxd4 Rxd4 24.Bxe5 Qg5+ 25.Bg3+ Kf8 26.f4-+ ]

23...Qg5+ 24.Kh2 Rxh3+! 25.Kxh3 Kd7
A double attack [25...Kd7 26.Rxd4+ cxd4 27.Bb8 Rxb8 28.f4 Rh8+ 29.Qh5 Rxh5# ] 0-1