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Malcolm Pein has looked at some of the games from the new World Junior Champion Dmitry Andreikin.

I played through the games of the new world champion Dmitry Andreikin of Russia and he has a positional style, adept at exploiting the opponent's pawn weaknesses. In this game it is the isolated pawn on d5 and then a7 which fall.

D Andreikin (2650) - P Negi (2615)

49th World Junior Chotowa (9)

Queen's Gambit

1.c4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Be7 5.Nc3 0-0 6.a3 b6 7.cxd5 exd5 8.b4 c5 9.bxc5 bxc5 10.dxc5 Bxc5 11.Be2 Nc6 12.0-0 Bf5 13.Bb2 Rb8 14.Na4 Be7 15.Rc1 Na5 16.Be5 Rc8 17.Rxc8 Bxc8 18.Nc3 Be6 19.Nd4 Qc8?

(Losing a pawn but Black was under pressure If 19...Nc4 20.Bxc4 dxc4 21.Nc6 Qe8 22.Nxe7+ Qxe7 23.Bd6 wins the exchange

or 19...Bxa3 20.Ncb5 Bc5 21.Bc7 wins the knight. Perhaps 19...Nd7 20.Bg3 Nb6)

20.Bxf6! Bxf6 21.Nxe6

Parimarjan Negi

Dmitry Andreikin

Position after 21.Nxe6, winning a pawn.

21...Qxe6

(21...fxe6 22.Nxd5! exd5 23.Qxd5+ Kh8 24.Qxa5)

22.Nxd5 Be5 23.Qd3 Nc6 24.Rd1 Ne7 25.g3 Nxd5 26.Qxd5 Qe7

(Black places his hopes in opposite coloured bishops but he is passive)

27.a4 Bc7 28.Qc6 Rd8 29.Rb1! Rb8

(29...Bb6 30.a5 Bxa5 31.Rb7 Qe8 32.Qxe8+ Rxe8 33.Bc4 Rf8 34.Rxa7 is very unleasant or White can simply play Rb5)

30.Rxb8+ Bxb8 31.Qc8+ Qf8 32.Qb7 a5 33.Qb6 g6 34.Qxa5 Qe7 35.Qd5 Qd6 36.Qxd6 Bxd6 37.a5 f6 38.f4 Kf7 39.a6 Bc5 40.Kf2 Ke7 41.Kf3 Ba7 42.e4 Kd6 43.Bc4 1-0

White continues Bg8 and Bf7 forcing a weakness on f5 and then advances his king to attack Black's pawns

Parimarjan Negi

Dmitry Andreikin

Position after 43.Bc4

Only in one game did Andreikin have to exert himself tactically.

D Andreikin (2650) - K Stupak (2504) Bogo Indian

1.d4 e6 2.c4 Bb4+ 3.Bd2 Bxd2+ 4.Qxd2 Nf6 5.Nc3 d5 6.Nf3 c6

(Black usually castles here followed by Qe7 and Rd8)

7.e3 Nbd7 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Qe7 (If allowed, Black will castle, play e6-e5, exd4 and Nd7-b6 with a solid Queen's Gambit type position. White must strive for the initiative)

10.e4! e5 11.d5 cxd5 12.exd5 Qc5 13.Bb3 0-0 14.0-0 Qd6 15.Rfe1 a6 16.Qe3 Re8 17.Nd2! b5 18.Nce4 Qb8 19.d6

(White's strong passed pawn and superior mobility give him a big advantage)

19...Bb7 20.Rac1 Bxe4 21.Nxe4 Nxe4 22.Qxe4 Qxd6? 23.Red1 Nf6

(23...Qe7 24.Rc7 Rad8 25.Qb7) 24.Bxf7+ 1-0

24.Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.Qb7+ Qe7 26.Rc7 will win, for example Qxc7 27.Qxc7+ Kg8 28.h3 e4 29.Qb6 h6 30.Rd6 and a6 will drop or White will get his rook to the seventh rank.

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