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Chess Life Online 2009 April Onischuk on Mexican Endgames
Chess Life Online 2009 April Onischuk on Mexican Endgames | Onischuk on Mexican Endgames |
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| April 21, 2009 | |
GM Alexander Onischuk
Position after 40...Bd6
"The idea is to stop ...h5, if I play 41.f5 first, he takes and 41...h5 and it is not so easy to win. After 41.Bh6, 41.. Kd4 is too slow, I play f5 anyway. " (For example, if 41... Kd4 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Kc3 44. Bg7+ Kc2 45. f6 Kb1 46. a4 Ka2 47. axb5 axb5 48. f7 Kxb3 49. f8=Q Bxf8 50. Bxf8 and White's bishop is the right color.) 3075 In his fourth round game against GM Manuel Hoyos, Onischuk tried the Dutch Opening, "which I played when I was young and brave :)" The position turned into a drawish endgame anyway, but according to Onischuk, Hoyos began to make a series of detrimental mistakes. 
Position after 26...Bxb3
"He played Kf2 in the positive above, allowing me to play d5. Instead he should have played e4 and I cannot break through, and of course, e4, when he sacrificed a pawn, was a final mistake." 3074 See Onischuk's February 09 Chess Life Online article, "Onischuk on Scorching Moscow", and read the press release about the top participants in the U.S. Championship. |