'Anton Smirnov scores 2nd IM Norm in Indonesia'

Mon, 2013-10-28 12:10 -- IM Max Illingworth

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.17"]
[Round "11.31"]
[White "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Black "Purnama, T."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2382"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

{Apologies for the delay in getting this post up! Some articles for other
chess websites plus the heat put me out of commission for a bit, but I'm alive
and kicking now! In this week's blog post we're going to see how to obtain an
International Master norm, using the example of 12-year old FM Anton Smirnov
who recently scored his second IM norm at the very strong Indonesian Open! He
also picked up 30.5 rating points - very nicely done, indeed! My main game for
this article is Anton's last round game, where he had to beat one of the local
IMs to attain the norm. Let's see how he did it!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 (5. c4 {used to be Anton's antidote to the Kan (and also
mine!) but in this tournament he showed some extra breadth in his repertoire.
With 5.Bd3 White keeps the option of playing either c4 or Nc3, depending on
Black's response.}) 5... Qc7 (5... b5 6. a4 $1 b4 7. O-O {is another point
behind 5.Bd3 - White can now develop with Nd2/Re1 without having wasted time
with Nc3-b1.}) 6. O-O Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4 Be7 (8... g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 {is the
alternative, developing the bishop more actively and leaving the d6-pawn to
fend for itself!}) 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Kh1 {This prophylaxis wasn't necessary;
White could have gone for it with} (10. f4 {as White always has Be3 to stop a
pin down the g1-a7 diagonal.}) 10... b6 (10... Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. f4 {is a
decent enough structure; White has more space and if} e5 13. f5 {will see
White getting a strong kingside attack with a later g4-g5.}) (10... Nbd7 11. f4
b6 {transposes to the game.}) 11. f4 Nbd7 {In this structure it is very
important for Black to prevent White from playing e5.} 12. Bd2 {Likewise,
White develops his bishop to d2 rather than e3 so that his queen can support
an e5 break.} Rd8 {This move is hard to explain.} (12... Bb7 {was the obvious
continuation, connecting the rooks. Otherwise why play ...b6?}) 13. Rac1 {
Placing the rook on the same file as the opponent's queen is usually a good
idea, but I would have gone for} (13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Nf3 {to prepare the e5
break. The reason this break is effective is because it frees the d3-bishop
(which points menacingly towards Black's king) and if Black exchanges on e5,
fxe5 opens lines for both the d2-bishop and the f1-rook. Not bad for one move!}
) 13... Bb7 14. Rf3 {This rook lift suggests that White is a bit indecisive -
his other rook should be on the kingside if he wishes to attack there!} (14. b4
{would the logical follow-up, preparing to play on the queenside, say with Nb3
and eventually c5.}) (14. f5 $1 Nc5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bb1 {is even better
though, as White threatens b4 followed by Nxe6 and there's no way you want to
play} a5 {giving White's knight a lovely outpost on b5!}) 14... Bf8 (14... Rac8
{was also possible, completing development.}) 15. Rh3 Rac8 16. Rf1 $1 {I like
this move, not just because of its strength but also because it shows a
certain maturity - White realises that his rook on c1 doesn't help him attack
on the kingside and therefore improves its position.} (16. f5 Re8 17. fxe6 fxe6
18. Rf1 {was also possible but I would be quite happy as Black with a nice e5
outpost for the knight.}) 16... Re8 {Black also accepts that his rook was not
so well placed on d8!} (16... Nc5 17. Bc2 g6 {was a better defence, blocking
the c2-bishop's diagonal and preparing ...Bg7.}) 17. b3 $6 {At the critical
moment White hesitates, giving Black time to consolidate - if he calculates
well!} (17. e5 $1 {was rather strong here, the point being} dxe5 18. fxe5 Qxe5
(18... Nxe5 19. Bxh7+ $1 Nxh7 20. Qh5 f6 21. Qxh7+ Kf7 22. Bg5 $1 {with the
threat of Rxf6 gives White a winning attack.}) 19. Rxf6 $1 {and with Bxh7
being a huge threat, Black must find} Bxg2+ $1 {to survive, but} 20. Qxg2 (20.
Kxg2 Qxe2+) 20... Nxf6 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Ng5 $1 {still gives White a promising
attack.}) 17... Qb8 $6 {Black misses his chance to consolidate his position.} (
17... g6 $1 {was the first move that came to mind when I looked at this
position with a student, when if Black can play ...Bg7 his king will be safe
and he can prepare a central counterattack with a likely ...e5. Now you can
see why Black often plays ...g6 on move 8! I think Black rejected this because
of} 18. e5 {but this fails to} dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 $1 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Rxf6 Bg7
22. Rf1 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rcd8 {and Black regains the piece thanks to the d-file
pin. If} 24. Be3 e5 {is the followup.}) 18. Bb1 {Possibly as a result of
nerves, White again hesitates. Luckily his position is still quite promising.}
(18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxf6 {is the same as in the previous note, only
with the extra move b3 which helps White greatly as the c4-pawn is now well
guarded.}) 18... e5 $6 {Black finally sees the threat of e5 but this is not
the way to meet it!} (18... g6 19. e5 dxe5 20. fxe5 {no longer works for Black
as there's no bishop on d3 to take!}) (18... h6 {was the best defence, but I
still really like White's position after} 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. f5 e5 21. Nc2 {and
White keeps a nice grip on the position. If Black mixes it up with} b5 {White
can settle for} 22. Ne3 bxc4 23. Nxc4 {with a very comfortable positional edge.
}) 19. fxe5 Rxe5 (19... dxe5 20. Nf5 {followed by Nd5 was also bad for Black.
The problem is that he has no dynamism in his position when he commits his
central pawns.}) 20. Bf4 {Good, but} (20. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 21. cxd5 {was even
better: if} Nxd5 {,} 22. exd5 $1 Rxe2 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Bg6+ Kg8 25. Bxf7# {is
mate.}) 20... Ree8 21. Bg5 $1 {White threatens a big sack on f6, which should
be winning as Black will have no defenders around his king then} Rc5 22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. Rg3 $6 (23. Rxf6 $1 gxf6 24. Nd5 {gives White a completely winning
attack with Qh5, Nf5, Qg4 and Nxf6 being some of the immediate threats.} Bxd5 (
24... Rxd5 25. cxd5 {is just hopeless. If} Bxd5 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Qf5 {again.})
25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rxh7+ (26. e5 {is slower but also forces mate.}) 26... Kxh7
27. e5+ Kh8 28. Qf5 {and Black cannot prevent Qh7 mate in a few moves.}) 23...
Qd8 (23... Nd7 {at least keeps the game going by avoiding Rxf6, but} 24. Qf2
Ne5 25. Na4 {is still much better for White. Here I'd be tempted to sack the
exchange with} g6 {but it's not enough after} 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Nf5 {.}) 24.
Qf3 (24. Qf2 $1 {was a much better square, to prevent the ...b5 resource Black
obtains in the game. If} Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Bxe4 {.}) 24...
Kh8 25. Nd5 b5 $1 {This works only because of the line-up of the b7-bishop and
the f3-queen.} 26. Rh3 $6 (26. Bd3 bxc4 27. bxc4 {keeps control and a clear
advantage. The poor c5-rook remains well and truly out of the game!}) 26... Re5
(26... bxc4 27. bxc4 Re5 {was more accurate. Note that} 28. Nxf6 Qxf6 29. Qxf6
gxf6 {only helps Black as his king is no longer in danger of getting mated!})
27. Qd1 (27. Nf5 bxc4 {leaves White without a killer blow on the kingside.}) (
27. Qf2 $1 {was again best, but this isn't such an easy move to play when
you've just put the queen on f3!}) 27... Nxe4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qd3 Bxd5 $2 {
This is simply a blunder.} (29... Rh4 30. Rhf3 f6 31. Ne6 Qa8 32. Nxc5 dxc5 {
is still better for White, but at least an immediate calamity has been averted.
}) 30. cxd5 Rh4 31. Rhf3 Rxd5 {Losing instantly, but} (31... f6 32. Ne6 {was
also rather hopeless for Black.}) 32. Rxf7 Be7 33. Qf3 Bf6 34. Qxd5 {Black
resigned. As is often the case with these big games, there were a few mistakes
but overall Anton simply outplayed the IM. The key moment came when Black
didn't get in ...g6/...Bg7- after that he was always struggling to equalise.}
1-0[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.10"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Black "Gopal, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

{Anton was also successful against the GMs he played, scoring 1.5/4 (3 draws
and 1 loss). I've annotated his best draw (on rating) below.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3
d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 ({Previously Anton went for the
English Attack with} 6. f3 {. However the bishop development is a good option
if you like rich positional games.}) 6... e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 {A
flexible waiting move, trying to prevent the freeing advance ...d5 (as the
White rook may then attack the e5-pawn). More often White goes for an f4 break
at some point to put pressure on the e5-pawn.} Be6 10. Bf3 b5 (10... Nbd7 11.
a4 Qc7 {is more common, but then} 12. a5 Rac8 13. Be3 {gives White a nice
clamp on the queenside and chances for an edge.}) (10... Qc7 11. a4 Rc8 $1 {is
more accurate, to prevent White from playing Nd5.}) 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 {Now I slightly prefer White's chances as the b4-pawn is a bit weak, and
playing ...a5 leaves the entire light square complex weak. Also White's bishop
pair could become useful later.} a5 14. Qe2 (14. Be2 {with ideas of Bb5 looks
like the right way to keep an edge.}) 14... Nbd7 15. Bg5 $6 {There is no
justification for White exchanging his dark-squared bishop, so this is
pointless.} Re8 16. Nd2 Rc8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nc4 g6 {White has misplayed the
position with his last few moves and now Black is clearly better as he is
ready to play ...Nd7-c5, ...f5, ...Bf6 and ...e4 while Black's minority attack
has frozen White's queenside pawns.} 19. g3 Nd7 20. b3 f5 21. Bg2 {Prophylaxis
against ...e4, but Black doesn't have to rush with this move. White has no
plan so he can improve his position for as long as he wants.} Nc5 (21... Rc5 {
was perhaps even better. The intention is to surround the d5-pawn with ...Nf6
and ...e4.}) 22. Kh1 Bf6 23. Rg1 h5 24. Rad1 Bg7 25. f3 Kf7 26. g4 $6 {White
gets impatient and lashes out. Objectively, he should have shuffled and tried
to hold.} hxg4 27. fxg4 f4 28. Be4 Rh8 {Now Black has a very strong structure
on the kingside and the easy plan of attacking down the h-file. However Anton
is very tenacious in these awful-looking positions and in the game this
tenacity paid off.} 29. Rg2 Bf6 30. Rf1 Bg5 31. Rf3 Kg7 32. Rg1 Qc7 33. Ra1 Rh4
34. h3 Rch8 35. Kg2 Qd7 (35... Bd8 {followed by a queen move and ...Bc7 is
very logical, so that the bishop takes the place of the queen as the guard of
a5 and d6.}) 36. Rg1 Nxe4 {Black cashes in, but} (36... Bd8 37. Bd3 Bc7 {
should have been played first to improve Black's position as much as possible,
as Black can break through any day of the week. Then} 38. Nd2 Qf7 39. Bc4 Qe7
40. Bd3 Bb6 41. Rh1 Qg5 {makes a breakthrough with ...Rxg4 inevitable.}) 37.
Qxe4 Rxh3 38. Rxh3 Qxg4+ 39. Kf2 Qxh3 40. Nxd6 {This is still winning for
Black, but it's a bit messy and by being more patient Black could have had a
safe and sound win.} Qe3+ $2 {This blunder sees White escape with a somewhat
lucky draw.} (40... Rf8 $1 {with the threat of ...Bh4 and ...f3 was winning.
Black must have been in time trouble to have rejected this continuation. If}
41. Qf3 Bh4+ 42. Ke2 Qd7 43. Nc4 Qf5 {threatens both ...Qxc2 and ...e4, and
the rest is a piece of cake.}) 41. Qxe3 fxe3+ 42. Kf3 $2 (42. Kf1 $1 Rf8+ 43.
Ke1 {was the correct way to maintain equality.}) 42... Rf8+ 43. Kg4 $2 {The
king goes off on a hunting trip without any guards, but it isn't clear what
White is hunting!} (43. Ke4 Rf2 $1 44. Re1 (44. Rxg5 e2 45. Rg1 Rf1) 44... Rxc2
{still gave Black good winning chances though.}) 43... Bd8 $2 {The comedy of
errors continues. Perhaps the organisers should have included an extra half
hour for when the players reached move 40?} (43... Be7 {threatens Rf4, and} 44.
Nc4 Rf4+ 45. Kh3 Bh4 {followed by ...e2 and ...Rf1 is crushing, to say the
least.}) 44. Re1 Rf4+ 45. Kh3 Rd4 46. Rxe3 Rxd5 47. Ne4 {It's not easy for
Black to make use of his extra pawn as the White knight blockades everything
and Black's dark-squared bishop is suddenly rather useless.} Bc7 48. Kg4 Kf7
49. Rh3 Bd8 50. Rh7+ Ke6 51. Rg7 (51. Ra7 {was an input error in the original
game, but it's actually a fractionally better move! According to the engine at
least; in reality it makes no difference.}) 51... Rd4 52. Kf3 Kf5 53. Rf7+ Ke6
54. Rg7 Kf5 55. Rf7+ Ke6 56. Rg7 {and drawn. What a way to start the
tournament!} 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "2.29"]
[White "Torre, E."]
[Black "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,Max"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

{That's all we have time for this week! I'll leave you with the rest of
Anton's games from the Indonesian Open. I can't guarantee that all the moves
are input correctly though! See you next week, hopefully much more promptly!}
1. b3 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 e6 6. Be2 c6 7. Nc3 Bd6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nd4 Bxe2 10. Ncxe2 Ne5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Nf5 Bc7 13. Neg3 Re8 14. O-O g6
15. f4 Ned7 16. Nh6+ Kf8 17. Rf3 Bb6 18. Ba3+ c5 19. h3 Kg7 20. Ng4 d4 21. Bb2
h5 22. Nf2 Rc8 23. e4 h4 24. Nf1 Qe7 25. d3 Bc7 26. Ng4 a6 27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28.
Qf2 Qe7 29. Nd2 Rh8 30. a4 b6 31. b4 Rb8 32. Nc4 f6 33. a5 cxb4 34. axb6 Nxb6
35. Na5 Qd7 36. Bxd4 Na4 37. Nb3 Bb6 38. Bxb6 Rxb6 39. f5 g5 40. e5 Rhb8 41. e6
Qe8 42. Re3 Nc3 43. Qf3 Qe7 44. Ra5 Rd6 45. Rc5 Nb5 46. Qg4 a5 47. Nxa5 Nd4 48.
Qh5 b3 49. Qg6+ Kh8 50. Nc4 b2 51. Nxb2 Rxb2 52. Qh5+ Kg7 53. Qg6+ Kh8 54. Rc8+
Rd8 55. Qh5+ Kg7 56. Qg6+ Kh8 57. Rxd8+ Qxd8 58. Qh5+ Kg7 59. Qf7+ Kh8 60. Qh5+
Kg7 61. Qf7+ Kh8 62. Qh5+ Kg7 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "3.25"]
[White "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Black "Paehtz, E."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 a6 5. Qd2 b5 6. O-O-O Bb7 7. Kb1 Nd7 8. f3
c5 9. Nge2 h6 10. Be3 b4 11. Nd5 e6 12. Ndf4 Qc7 13. Bf2 Ne7 14. d5 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nb6 17. Qe3+ Kd8 18. Nf4 Re8 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Nd3 Qb6 21. Qf4
Re7 22. c4 Bc8 23. g4 g5 24. Qc1 Bd7 25. Be1 Kc7 26. Bd2 f5 27. h3 Rae8 28. Rh2
Nc3+ 29. Bxc3 bxc3 30. b3 a5 31. Rg2 Re3 32. f4 a4 33. Qa3 fxg4 34. hxg4 gxf4
35. Nxf4 axb3 36. axb3 c2+ 37. Kxc2 Rc3+ 38. Kd2 Rxb3 39. Qc1 Qb4+ 0-1[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "4.45"]
[White "Panggabean, H."]
[Black "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2190"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Nc3 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Nd2
Bg6 9. O-O Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf3 Bc7 12. a3 Re8 13. b3 Nf8 14. Bb2 Qd6 15.
Nf1 Rad8 16. Rc1 h6 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 e5 20. d5 cxd5 21. cxd5
Bb6 22. Rc4 Nxe4 23. Rcxe4 f6 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. R4xe3 Qxd5 26. Qg4 Ne6 27. g3
Kh8 28. Bxe5 Ng5 29. Bc3 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Qxb3 31. h4 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Qd5 0-1[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "5.22"]
[White "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Black "Salem, AR."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Bc4
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. O-O-O Rb8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 b5 14. h4 Nc4
15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. h5 c3 17. Qxc3 Qb6 18. Qa3 Rfc8 19. c3 Rc4 20. hxg6 fxg6 21.
Nf5 Bxc3 22. Nh6+ Kf8 23. Bxb6 Bb4+ 24. Kb1 Bxa3 25. Bd4 Rxd4 26. Rxd4 Bxb2 27.
Rf4+ Bf6+ 28. Kc1 Kg7 29. Re4 Rb5 30. Ng4 Bg5+ 31. f4 Bf5 32. Rhe1 Bxe4 33.
Rxe4 Rc5+ 34. Kb1 Bf6 35. Ne3 h5 36. Ra4 Rc3 37. Re4 Kf7 38. a4 g5 39. fxg5
Bxg5 40. Nc2 Rd3 41. Rd4 Rg3 42. Ne1 Bf6 43. Rb4 Bc3 44. Rf4+ Ke8 45. Nf3 Rxg2
46. Rf5 Rf2 47. Kc1 Bf6 48. Kd1 h4 49. Ke1 Ra2 50. Rh5 Rxa4 0-1[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "6.42"]
[White "Sinurat, Tumpak"]
[Black "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2249"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nge2 Bg7 6. d3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 b5 11. Qd2 b4 12. Nd1 a5 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 a4 15. Nf2
Qa5 16. Rfb1 Rfc8 17. Qc2 Ne8 18. Bd2 Nc7 19. Rxb8 Rxb8 20. Rb1 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1
Qb5 22. Qc2 h5 23. Bf1 c4 24. d4 d5 25. Bg2 Bc8 26. f5 gxf5 27. exf5 Ne8 28. g4
hxg4 29. hxg4 e5 30. fxe6 Bxe6 31. Nf4 Nf6 32. Bh3 Nh7 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. g5 Nd8
35. Ng4 Qe8 36. g6 Nf8 37. Bg5 Nb7 38. Nf6+ Bxf6 39. Bxf6 Nd6 40. Be5 Ne4 41.
g7 Ng6 42. Qxa4 Qxa4 43. Bxe6+ Kh7 44. g8=Q+ Kh6 45. Bf4+ Nxf4 46. Qf8+ Kh5 47.
Qxf4 Qd1+ 48. Qf1 Qxf1+ 49. Kxf1 Nxc3 50. Ke1 Kg5 51. Kd2 Kf6 52. Bg8 Nxa2 53.
Bxd5 c3+ 54. Kc2 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "7.37"]
[White "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Black "Juswanto, D."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 c6 8. Qe2
Qc7 9. a4 a5 10. Rad1 Re8 11. h3 Nf8 12. Rfe1 h6 13. Bc1 Ne6 14. Bb3 Bf8 15.
Qc4 Re7 16. Qd3 Re8 17. Ne2 b6 18. Ng3 Ba6 19. Bc4 b5 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bxb5
Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxc2 23. Qd3 Rec8 24. Rd2 Qa4 25. b3 Qb4 26. Bb2 Nd7 27. Nf5 Rab8
28. Ra1 Qxb3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3 30. Ba3 Nf6 31. Re2 Nf4 32. Re3 Rxe3 33. fxe3 Nd3
34. dxe5 dxe5 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Rxa5 Nxe4 37. Nxe5 Nxe5 38. Rxe5 Rc5 39. Rxe4
Rxf5 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.15"]
[Round "8.34"]
[White "Irwanto, S."]
[Black "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 e6 7. f3 Bb4 8. Nxc4
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 c5 11. dxc5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bc2 13. Rd2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Bxa4
15. e4 Nbd7 16. Bf2 a5 17. Be2 Bc6 18. O-O a4 19. Rb1 Ra7 20. Ra2 Rfa8 21. Ra3
Ne8 22. Rb2 Kf8 23. h4 Nc7 24. Nb6 Rd8 25. Rd2 Ra5 26. Bg3 Ne8 27. Bf2 Ke7 28.
Nc4 Raa8 29. Rb2 Nc7 30. Nd6 Na6 31. Bxa6 Rxa6 32. Nc4 f6 33. Be3 Ne5 34. Nxe5
fxe5 35. c4 Raa8 36. Rd2 Kf6 37. Kf2 Rxd2+ 38. Bxd2 Rd8 39. Bc3 Rd1 40. Ra1 Rd3
41. Rc1 Rd8 42. Ke3 Ra8 43. Ra1 Ra6 44. f4 Kf7 45. Bxe5 h5 46. Ra3 Ra8 47. Bd6
g6 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. Bc7 Rc8 50. Bb6 Ra8 1/2-1/2[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "9.38"]
[White "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Black "Karavade, E."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Ng6 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Rb1 c5
15. Bb3 d6 16. Qe2 Qf6 17. Kh1 Bd7 18. Rbe1 a5 19. Qd3 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. g3
Qg4 22. f3 Qh3 23. Nc4 a4 24. Bc2 Be6 25. e5 Rfd8 26. exd6 cxd6 27. b3 axb3 28.
axb3 d5 29. Ne3 d4 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Bf5 Qh5 32. Bg4 Qg6 33. Qxg6 fxg6 34. Bxe6
dxe3 35. Rxe3 Bf6 36. f4 gxf4 37. Rxf4 Kg7 38. Ra4 Rb7 39. Bc4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2
Rd2+ 41. Kh3 Rc2 42. Ra6 Rxc3 43. Ree6 Bg5 44. Rxg6+ Kh7 45. Bg8+ Kh8 46. Ra8
Rg7 47. Bc4+ Kh7 48. Rd6 Re7 49. Kg4 Bc1 50. h4 h5+ 51. Kh3 Bf4 52. Rd3 Re3 53.
Rd7+ Kg6 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Rf7+ Ke5 56. Re6+ 1-0[/pgn]

[pgn][Event "Indonesia Open 2013"]
[Site "Jakarta INA"]
[Date "2013.10.16"]
[Round "10.25"]
[White "Khusnutdinov, R."]
[Black "Smirnov, Ant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2509"]
[BlackElo "2306"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2013.10.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Ne4 Qd5 7. Ng3 Nf6 8. Be2 e5
9. Nf3 exd4 10. exd4 Bd6 11. Nf1 c3 12. bxc3 Ne4 13. c4 Qe6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. Ne3
Re8 16. Qd3 Bf4 17. Ne5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Ncd7 19. d5 cxd5 20. cxd5 Qb6 21. N3c4 Qh6
22. Nd3 Ba6 23. Nxb4 Bxc4 24. Qxc4 Bd2+ 25. Kf1 Bxb4 26. Qxb4 Na6 27. Qg4 Nac5
28. h4 f6 29. Bc1 Qg6 30. Qxg6 hxg6 31. Be3 Rab8 32. Bb5 a6 33. Bc6 Re4 34. Rc1
Nd3 35. Rd1 N7e5 36. g3 Nb4 37. Bf4 Nbxc6 38. dxc6 Rc8 39. Rd6 Nf7 40. Rd7 Rxc6
41. Kg2 g5 42. hxg5 Nxg5 43. a5 Ne6 44. Be3 Rc2 45. Bb6 Ree2 46. Rf1 Nc5 47.
Ra7 Red2 48. Kf3 Kh7 49. Rc7 Nb3 50. Ra7 Nc5 51. Kg2 Kg6 52. Rc7 Na4 53. Rxc2
Rxc2 54. Be3 Nb2 55. Kf3 Nc4 56. Ra1 Nxe3 57. Kxe3 Rc5 58. Kd4 Rb5 59. Ra3 Kg5
60. f3 Kf5 61. Kc4 g6 62. Kd4 g5 63. Ke3 Ke5 64. Ra4 Rb3+ 65. Kf2 Rb2+ 66. Ke3
Rg2 67. g4 Rb2 68. Ra3 Rb5 69. Ra4 f5 70. gxf5 Kxf5 71. Ra3 Re5+ 1/2-1/2[/pgn]