Sarkar-Lenderman Game

By Roger E. Pedersen

The Sunday Grand Prix chess tournaments at Chess Mates have attracted such top chess talent as Super GM/resident teacher Leonid Yudasin, GM Michael Rohde, GM Mark Paragua, GM Alex Lenderman, GM Alex Stripunsky, IM Justin Sarkar, IM Jay Bonin, FM Victor Shen and numerous other masters.
 

In a recent event, IM Sarkar scored this victory over GM Lenderman en route to a first-place finish:
 

Sarkar 2428 - Lenderman 2628
Chess Mates' G/45 Grand Prix, 11/21/2010

D17 Queen's Gambit
Slav Defense
Krause Attack

1.d4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.a4 Bf5 6.Ne5 e6 7.f3 Bb4 8.Nxc4

8...c5 9.dxc5 Qxd1+ 10.Kxd1 Bxc5 11.Nb5 Na6 12.Nbd6+ Ke7 13.Nxb7 Bb4 14.e4

14...Nxe4 15.fxe4 Bxe4 16.Ncd6 Bxd6 17.Bxa6 Bb4 18.Bf4 Rac8 19.Rf1 f6 20.Bd2 Bxd2 21.Kxd2 Rc2+ 22.Ke3

22...Bxg2? 23.Rac1 {+-} Rhc8 24.Rxc2 Rxc2 25.Rf2 Rxf2 26.Kxf2 Bd5 27.b4 e5 28.Na5 f5

29.Bb7 Ke6 30.Bxd5+ Kxd5 31.b5 Kc5 32.Nc6 a6 33.Nxe5 axb5 34.axb5 Kxb5 35.Ke3 Kc5 36.Kf4 g6 37.Nd7+ Kd4 38.Nf8 {Black resigned after further play.} 1-0