Evgeny Bareev
Notable Games

Evgeny Bareev

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Notable Games

  • 1986 Bareev, Evgeny vsTimoscenko, Gennadij A 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: Reshevsky Variation 33 moves URS-chT Army Soviet Army team championship, Novosibirsk 1986, against Gennadij Timoshchenko. 21.Nf5 and 24.g4 aim at the king, 26...Nxf5 27.gxf5 opens the g-file, and 29.e5, 31.Bxg7 and 32.f6 break through in 33 moves.
  • 1990.03 Bareev, Evgeny vsKupreichik, Viktor D 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Averbakh Variation 30 moves URS Club Cup 2nd final A Soviet Club Cup, Podolsk 1990, against Viktor Kupreichik in the Averbakh King's Indian. The d-pawn reaches d6, 18.Bxh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 strips the black king, and 28.Ne6, 29.Qf8+ Kh7 30.Ng5 is mate.
  • 1992 Karpov, Anatoly vsBareev, Evgeny 0-1 Slav Defense 57 moves Linares 10th Linares 1992 against the former World Champion Anatoly Karpov, with Black and 3...e5 against the Slav. 21...Nxg2 22.Kxg2 removes the bishop from the king, 25...dxe3 wins a pawn, and 57...Rxf2 ends a 57-move game.
  • 1992 Bareev, Evgeny vsIvanchuk, Vassily 1-0 Queen's Gambit Accepted 39 moves Dortmund Dortmund 1992 against Vassily Ivanchuk. In the Queen's Gambit Accepted, 26.Bxf5 gxf5 breaks up the black kingside, 29.Qxf5 wins a pawn, and 35.h6 and 38.Qxa7 lead to Ivanchuk's resignation after 39.f3.
  • 1994 Topalov, Veselin vsBareev, Evgeny 0-1 French Defense: Classical Variation, Normal Variation 23 moves Linares 12th Linares 1994 against Veselin Topalov, a future FIDE World Champion, in the French. After 15.Bxh7+ Kg7 16.Qe4 Re8 17.Qxe8 Bf5 18.Qxa8, Black has given up both rooks. 18...Qe4+ and 19...Qg2+ drive the white king up the board to c4, and 23...Nb6+ ends it in 23 moves.
  • 1994 Bareev, Evgeny vsKramnik, Vladimir 1-0 Slav Defense 37 moves Novgorod Novgorod 1994 against Vladimir Kramnik, the future World Champion. In the Slav, 12.d5 and 16.Bxd5 open the centre, 28.Qxb7 and 29.Qxa7 take the queenside pawns, and 35.Qd8+, 36.Qc7+ and 37.Qc1+ chase the black king.
  • 1994 Bareev, Evgeny vsKarpov, Anatoly 1-0 Nimzo-Indian Defense: St. Petersburg Variation 54 moves Tilburg Tilburg 1994 against Karpov again. 32.fxe4 Rxd4 33.cxd4 fxg4 leads to a bishop ending in which the white king and d-pawn decide: 42.Kb4, 43.Kxa3, 47.d6 and 54.d7.
  • 1997.12.29 Kramnik, Vladimir vsBareev, Evgeny 0-1 Queen's Gambit Declined: Ragozin Defense 45 moves EU-Cup 13th final European Club Cup, Kazan 1997, against Kramnik, with Black in the Ragozin. 10.Ba6 bxa6 11.Qxc6 doubles Black's a-pawns, but the rook lift 12...Rb6 and 13...Rh6 turns on the white king. 23...exf3, 24...Bxg3 and 26...fxe3 open it up, and 45...Rxd5 ends it.
  • 2000.08.03 Bareev, Evgeny vsPiket, Jeroen 1-0 English Opening: King's English Variation, Reversed Closed Sicilian 40 moves Montecatini Terme Montecatini Terme 2000, where Bareev finished second, against Jeroen Piket. The b-pawn runs to b6 by move 9, 19.Bd6 and 25.Bc7 cramp Black, 24.Nxb7 wins a pawn, and 39.Rxf6 and 40.Re6 finish it.
  • 2001.11.27 Gluzman, Mikhail vsBareev, Evgeny 0-1 Caro-Kann Defense: Classical Variation 27 moves FIDE-Wch k.o. FIDE World Championship, Moscow 2001, round one, game one, against Mikhail Gluzman in the Caro-Kann. The black rooks work on the a-file, and 25...Bc5+ 26.Kh1 Re4 27.Nxe4 Nxe4 gives up the exchange, and the knight on e4 hits the white queen with the king exposed. Gluzman resigns after 27 moves.
  • 2002.01.17 Bareev, Evgeny vsLeko, Peter 1-0 Queen's Indian Defense: Spassky System 41 moves Corus Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2002, the tournament Bareev won with 9/13, against Péter Lékó. 28.Rxc8 Rxc8 29.Nc6 Bxb2 30.Ne7+ Kg7 31.Nxc8 wins a rook with a knight fork, and 39.Qxf7+, 40.Qf8+ and 41.Qe7+ finish it.
  • 2002.07.15 Bareev, Evgeny vsTopalov, Veselin 1-0 King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Aronin-Taimanov Defense 61 moves Candidates sf2 Candidates semi-final, Dortmund 2002, game three, against Topalov in the King's Indian. 14.Ne6 Bxe6 15.dxe6 puts a pawn on e6, 24.bxa6 and 25.Qxb7 open the queenside, and the rook ending that follows lasts until move 61.
  • 2003.01.11 Ponomariov, Ruslan vsBareev, Evgeny 0-1 Caro-Kann Defense 59 moves Corus Corus, Wijk aan Zee 2003, round one, against the FIDE World Champion Ruslan Ponomariov, with Black in the Advance Caro-Kann. 12...Bxd1 wins the exchange, the queens are off by move 14, and by move 58 Black has a rook against the white a-pawn.
  • 2004.04.20 Lastin, Alexander vsBareev, Evgeny 0-1 French Defense: Tarrasch Variation, Chistyakov Defense, Modern Line 31 moves RUS-chT 11th Russian Team Championship, Sochi 2004, against Alexander Lastin in the Tarrasch French. 16...Bxh2 and 18...h4 open the h-file, 22...exf3 wins a piece, and after 25.Rxc6+ Bxc6 26.Bxf7 Nxf2 the rooks decide: 29...Rh2+ and 30...Rxc2 in 31 moves.
  • 2005.12.24 Kramnik, Vladimir vsBareev, Evgeny 0-1 Slav Defense: Chebanenko Variation 46 moves RUS-ch Superfinal Russian Championship Superfinal, Moscow 2005, against Kramnik, then the classical World Champion, with Black in the Slav. 31...Re1+ and 33...Rxb1 trade a pair of rooks, 36...h4 and 40...hxg3 open the white king, and 41...g2+ and 44...Qxa5 finish the game in 46 moves.
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