Dusan Stojic vs IM Mashafizul 0-1, Round 2, Doeberl Cup 2009

Below is the Doeberl Cup 2009 , 2nd round game between Mashafizul and Aussie - Dusan Stojic. The game was a heavy theoretical game where both player follow the theory at least till move 20. White play an exchange sacrifice where black have extra piece but white have 4 extra pawns! However after Mas capture the dangerous white's pawn on g7, the game looks more comfortable to black and in the end, Mas won the game quite easily .

Stojic,Dusan - Mas,Hafizulhelmi [B96]
O2C Doeberl Cup Premier Canberra (Round 2), 09.04.2009

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Nbd7 8.Qf3 Qc7 9.0–0–0 b5 10.e5 Bb7 11.Qh3 dxe5 12.Nxe6

Nothing new. This sacrifice is still theory 12...fxe6 13.Qxe6+ Be7 14.Bxb5 axb5 15.Nxb5


This too...15...Qc6 16.Nd6+ Kd8 17.fxe5 Kc7 18.Qxe7 Rxa2 19.exf6 Ra1+ 20.Kd2

Rxd1+ Fritz Opening book give 20...Qd5+ 21.Kc3 Qa5+ 22.Kd3 Qd5+ 23.Kc3 Qa5+ 24.Kd3 Qd5+ 25.Kc3 21.Rxd1 Qxd6+ 22.Qxd6+ Kxd6 23.fxg7 Rg8

24.g3 Maybe white should try to hold his dangereous looking g7 pawn with 24.Bh6!? 24...Rxg7 After the g7 pawn was captured, black have no serious problems because white extra pawns is not that dangerous 25.Bf4+ Kc5 26.Be3+ Kb5 27.b3 Ne5 28.Kc3 Ng4 29.Bg1 Re7 30.Rd6 Bc6 31.Rd4 Nf6 32.Rb4+ Ka5 33.Rb8 Bb7 34.Kb2 Ne4 35.c4 Kb4 36.Be3 Nd6 37.Bd2+ Kc5 38.Rd8? White should have just move his bishop from being pin with 38.Bf4 38...Re2 39.Kc1 Ne4 Mas can't be greedy with 39...Rxh2? because 40.b4+ Kc6 41.b5+ Kc5 (41...Kc7 42.Ba5# checkmate) 42.Be3+ Kxc4 43.Rxd6 40.Rd7 41.Rd3 Rxh2 42.Bf4 Kb4 0–1