[Event "69 Campionato Regionale Piemonte"] [Site "Torino"] [Date "2008.04.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Zunino, Davide"] [Black "PITROLA, Carlo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "1986"] [BlackElo "1827"] [PlyCount "49"] [EventDate "2008.04.20"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. a3 a6 11. Qf3 b5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qh3 h6 14. Rad1 Bd6 15. f4 Nh7 16. Ndf3 f5 17. g4 fxg4 18. Nxg4 e5 19. fxe5 Ng5 20. Nxh6+ gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 Rxf3 23. Bh7+ Kf7 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. exd6 1-0 [Event "69 Campionato Regionale Piemonte"] [Site "Torino"] [Date "2008.04.25"] [Round "7"] [White "ZUNINO, Davide"] [Black "SORGI, Paolo"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "1986"] [BlackElo "1921"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2008.04.20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. Qh3 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Re8 13. f4 g6 14. g4 Bf8 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 Bc8 17. Qg2 Bg7 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Ndf3 Rf8 20. Ng5 Ng4 21. Ngxf7 Rxf7 22. Nxf7 Qh4 23. Rf3 cxd4 24. Bxd4 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Bg4 26. Raf1 Bxf3 27. Qxf3 Qe7 28. Ng5 Rd8 29. Qh3 Bc3 30. Rf7 Qxf7 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Qh7+ Bg7 33. Bd4 Rg8 34. Bxg7 Rxg7 35. Qh3 1-0 [Event "Verona 2006"] [Site "Torino"] [Date "2006.01.06"] [Round "5"] [White "Gaion, Giancarlo"] [Black "Zunino, Davide"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "1981"] [BlackElo "1920"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. a3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rad1 a5 15. Qg4 Qc6 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Nb1 c4 18. Ba3 Bb4 19. Qg5 Rd5 20. Bxb4 axb4 21. Qe7 Ba6 22. Rfe1 cxb3 23. cxb3 Re8 24. Qxb4 Bd3 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. Na3 Rxe5 27. Nc4 Bxc4 28. Rxc4 Rd8 29. Rec1 Red5 30. Rd4 f5 31. Qc4 Qf7 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qc7 Qf6 34. b4 f4 35. Qxf4 Qxf4 36. exf4 d4 37. Kf1 d3 38. a5 bxa5 39. bxa5 Rd4 40. Ra1 Rc4 41. Ke1 Rc2 42. a6 e3 43. fxe3 Rxg2 44. Kf1 Rxh2 45. Kg1 Rc2 46. a7 d2 47. a8=Q+ Kf7 48. Qd5+ Kf8 49. Qd6+ 1-0 [Event "Lodi 2007"] [Date "2007.06.13"] [Round "2"] [White "Guidi, Paolo"] [Black "Zunino, Davide"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "1805"] [BlackElo "1933"] [EventDate "2007.06.13"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. O-O Be7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Qh5 Qc7 12. f4 g6 13. Qe2 a6 14. a4 O-O 15. e4 d4 16. Rae1 Nb8 17. f5 Qxe5 18. Nc4 Qc7 19. f6 Bd8 20. e5 h5 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Bc1 1-0 [Event "Bergamo 2007 - Open B"] [Date "2007.07.22"] [Round "6"] [White "Guidi, Paolo"] [Black "Zunino, Davide"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A47"] [WhiteElo "1849"] [BlackElo "1964"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. Nbd2 d5 6. b3 Be7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. f4 Bb7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. Bb2 c4 11. Rc1 cxd3 12. cxd3 Qd8 13. g4 Nfd7 14. f5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Nd7 16. f6 gxf6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ba3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Re8 20. g5 Bg7 21. d4 Ng6 22. h4 e5 23. O-O exd4 24. Qf2 Qd7 25. Qg3 Rxe3 0-1 [Event "Internet chess"] [Site "?"] [Date "?"] [Round "?"] [White "Rudel, David"] [Black "Some French Defense Player, "] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "13 + 13"] [Termination "unterminated"] [PlyCount "75"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 {Okay, so whenever an opponent does this, you have to wonder why he is keeping his Knight back. This guy evidently has a French Defense repertoire that he was hoping I would fall into. There are several interesting options here for Black, such as ...f6 to support ...e5 or a very fast effort at e5 based on ...Qc7,...Bd6,...Nc6. After ...c5, it is unlikely that he is going for a delayed stonewall.} 4. b3 {Strictly speaking, 4.Bd3 is probably more accurate because, as Srikanth has mentioned (I assume with NLMaster Mick's assurance) 4...c4 5.Be2 is good for White. But I didn't want to mess around in that jungle myself.} 4... Nc6 5. Bd3 {I figured I'd rather castle to make less likely I'd have to mess with ...cxd4, exd4 Bb4+.} 5...Qb6 {And now we have a line similar to that found in section 5 of chapter 11 (Zuke 'Em). A general principle of the C-Z is that you should only liquidate the pawn on d4 if you have a very good reason.} 6. O-O {6.Bb2?! just gives Black what he wants after 6...c4. The point here is that the d-pawn is not really in danger yet.} 6...Bd7 {6...cxd4?! 7.exd4 Nxd4? 8.Nxd4 Qxd4?? 9.Bb5+ drops the queen. The text move stops this.} 7. Nc3 {I didn't like 7...dxc5 because, as I said earlier, I don't like to liquidate the d-pawn without good reason. However, since Black is not in a position to retake the Bishop (7...Bxc5?! 8.Nc3 with the idea of Na4), I suppose it would have been fine. I decided instead to play Nc3 now expecting it would let me keep a pawn on d4.} 7...cxd4 8. Na4 Qb4 {I had not even considered this move. 8...Qe7 is really the move here.} 9. Bd2 {I regretted this move right after I played it (I spent all of 15 seconds on it.) 9.a3 is better.} 9...Qd6 10. exd4 b6 {I must say my opponent did a pretty good job of guessing my plans and stopping them! I had intended Nc5 next...though to be honest that idea of mine was pretty poor, and so stopping it was probably not very good. Black is, after all, still three moves away from castling (short) and those light squares of his look covered now, but who knows what will happen later?} 11. Nc3 Nge7 {I cannot conceive what made him find this superior to ...Nf6. Unless he was trying to make up for his ...b6 by giving the c6 square more support? Given that this leaves him still 3 moves away from castling (short), I cannot recommend it.} 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. c4 {If Black wants to keep his King in the center, I'll bring the battle to him! Plus, this finally allows me to meet any future ...Nb4 with ...Bb1. I thought about 13.Qc1, planing Bf4, but didn't want to take the time to calculate whether that would actually leave me swinging at air or not.} 13...a6 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Bb1 dxc4 16. bxc4 a5 {Based on later play, I assume he wanted to have the a6 square for his Knight so he could play Bc6. still, it seems that trying to work toward castling with ...Ng6 would have been far more circumspect. If Black is not afraid for his King, at least ...b5 would have given White a few things to think about. After this move, I was pretty confident I would win a piece due to the weakness of c6.} 17. Ne5 Bc6 18. a3 Na6 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Be4 Qc7 21. Qa4 {I didn't see the clever Bf4, but it's hard to look for better moves when you know you are picking up a piece.} 21...Rc8 22. d5 Bd6 {Desperation. 22...Nc5 immediately is better.} 23. g3 {I should have just played Qxd6+} 23...O-O 24. dxc6 {I thought about both Qxc6 and Nb5, both of which are far better. The first led me with some endgame issues I didn't like and second was the sort of move I feared I would later regret, so I just decided to take my booty now.} 24...Nc5 25. Qc2 g6 {Exchanging pieces while behind is generally poor strategy, but here it would mean keeping an extra pawn.} 26. Nb5 Qd8 27. Nxd6 {I considered 27. Bh6 immediately, but I was getting a little low on time and hoped to simplify.}27... Qxd6 28. Bh6 Rfd8 29. Rfd1 Qe5 {I had calculated 29...Qxd1 30. Rxd1 Qxd1 31.Qxd1 Nxe4 32.Qd4!, though even without this variation giving up a Rook and Bishop for a Queen would, of course, be grand.} 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 31. Re1 {I thought Rd1 would be fine given the mate threat on the back row, but with 2 minutes on my clock, I decided to go with this (admittedly awkward looking) move after I did some calculations to make sure there was no danger due to the pin against the Rook.} 31...Nxe4 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Rxe4 Rc8 34. Rd4 f5 35. Rd6 Kf7 36. Bg5 {What can Black do now?} 26...Rc7 37. Rd7+ Rxd7 38. cxd7 1-0 [Event "Correspondence Game"] [Site "ChessMail"] [Date "January 2008"] [White "DEiler,"] [Black "Rrvijuli, "] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e6 6. a3 {to protect b4} Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2 Re8 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. f4 f6 12. Qh5 f5 13. Nd2 Qe7 (Black is out of my book) 14. Nf3 Qf7 15. Qh3 h6 16. Nh4 Qh5 17. c4 Ne7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rae1 Nf8 21. Be2 Qf7 22. Bc4 Ne7 23. e4 fxe4 24. Rxe4 Nf5 25. Qh3 Nxh4 26. Qh4 Bd7 27. f5 Qg8 28. f6 Qf7 29. Bd3 gxf6 30. Rxf6 1-0 [White "Delaney, Greg"] [Black "Liptak, Lester"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "1633"] [BlackElo "1862"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Ne5 Nd7 9. f4 cxd4 10. exd4 Qb6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Kh1 Ba6 13. Nc3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 f5 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. Ne2 Nf6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Nd5 19. Rf3 Qb5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. g3 Nc7 22. Rfc3 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Qe4 24. Kf2 Nd5 25. Rd3 Nb6 26. Qc2 c5 27. Qd2 cxd4 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Bxd4 Nd5 30. Nc3 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Rd8 32. Qe3 Qd5 33. Rc4 Kf7 34. Bxa7 Qh1 35. Rc1 Qxh2+ 36. Kf3 Qxa2 37. Bc5 Qa8+ 38. Kf2 Qa5 39. b4 Qa2+ 40. Kf3 Bc7 41. Bd4 Qd5+ 42. Ke2 Bb8 43. Bc5 Qa2+ 44. Ke1 Qd5 45. Qc3 Qh1+ 46. Ke2 Qg2+ 47. Ke1 Qe4+ 48. Qe3 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qh5+ 50. Ke1 Qh1+ 51. Ke2 Qd5 52. Ke1 e5 53. Kf2 Qd2+ 54. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 55. Ke3 Rd7 56. b5 exf4+ 57. gxf4 Rc7 58. b6 Rc6 59. Rc4 Ke6 60. Kd4 Bxf4 61. b7 Be5+ 62. Kd3 Kd7 63. Rd4+ Kc7 64. Rb4 Kb8 65. Kc4 Rc7 66. Kd5 Bh2 {and White's flag fell before he could see the winning 67. Ba7+} 0-1 [Date "2008.08.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Franz Bisson"] [Black "David Worl"] [Result "*"] [BlackElo "2350"] [ECO "D05"] [Opening "Colle"] [Time "22:14:08"] [Variation "3...e6 4.Bd3 c5"] [WhiteElo "2350"] [TimeControl "300"] [Termination "unterminated"] [PlyCount "54"] [WhiteType "human"] [BlackType "human"] 1.d4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 c5 {oddly delaying ...Nf6. What does Black have up his sleeve? Perhaps he is trying to get e5 in with ...Qc7, ...Bd6} 4.Bd3 Nf6 {Now Black has reached a normal C-Z position} 5.Nbd2?! {While White can play 0-0 here, normally b3 is played to stop ...c4.} Nc6?! 6.a3?! {this stops ...Nb4, but White would be doing better just playing c3 or b3, depending on which Colle he prefers.} c4 7.Be2 b5 8.b3 c3? {Black should just develop with ...Bd6 and allow White to exchange.} 9.Nb1 b4! {Black must play Qa5 to hold equality. Now Black has to put too much effort into holding the pawns.} 10.axb4 Ne4? {"over-ambitious" is too nice a term for this.} 11.Bb5 {More to the point would be b5! followed by Ne5-Nd3....or Ne5 so that after Nxe5 dxe5, White can play Qd4. White would like to make some space. However, this move threatens Ne5} Bd7 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne5 Bd7?! {Black needed to play Bb4 here, hinting at attacking options and provoking Na3. this finesse would have made his position a little more tenable.} 14.Qf3 Qf6? {Simply ...Nf6 would have been far better than this.} 15.Qxf6 Nxf6 {Either recapture is fine here. The Knight could be harried away from e4 anyway.} 16.Ba3 Be7 17.f3 O-O 18.Nxc3 Rac8 19.Kd2 Rc7 20.Na4 Rb8? {Bxa4 had to be played here.} 21.Nc5 Bb5 22.c4 dxc4 {Just as good as anything else given the threat of Na6} 23.bxc4 Be8 {Bxc4 is actually better ...but it doesn't really matter.} 24.Na6 Rcb7 25.Nxb8 Rxb8 26.Rhb1 a6 27.b5! axb5 [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2008.10.14"] [Round "1"] [White "robwillmann"] [Black "Henkjoh"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1822"] [BlackElo "1200"] [TimeControl "1 in 3 days"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 a6 4. Bd3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 b5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 c5 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rf3 d4 14. Rh3 g6 15. Ne4 dxe3 16. Qh5 gxh5 17. Rg3+ 1-0 [Event "50th GK tournament"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10400148"] [Date "2008.10.14"] [Round "-"] [White "soldner"] [Black "flyfisher"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1568"] [BlackElo "1554"] [TimeControl "1/172800"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2?! {Bb2 was needed to stop ...e5} e5 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Bg4 10. Bb2 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Qxd5 b6 14. Nc4 Nf6 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Rad1 Qc8 17. Ne5 Qe6 18. Nc6 Bd6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd5 Kh8 21. Nd4 Qc8 22. Qxf6+ 1-0 [Event "Challenge from lsu_envoy"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10341910"] [Date "2008.10.16"] [Round "-"] [White "soldner"] [Black "lsu_envoy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1528"] [BlackElo "1338"] [TimeControl "1/604800"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. b3 Bb7 6. Bb2 a6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. O-O d6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Rb1 h6 11. e4 O-O 12. Nc4 d5 13. Nce5 dxe4 14. Bxe4 c6 15. Ba3 Re8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rac8 19. Bb7 Rc7 20. Bxa6 Ra7 21. Bb5 Rxa2 22. d5 Qd6 23. dxe6 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxd7 Qe7 26. Bb5 Ra7 27. Qd3 h5 28. Ba4 Qb4 29. Qd8+ Bf8 30. Ne5 Qc3 31. Nd7 Qg7 32. Nf6+ Kh8 33. Qxb6 Ra8 34. Re1 Rc8 35. c4 Bc5 36. Qxc5 Qxf6 37. Qxc8+ Kg7 38. Qc6 Qc3 39. Qe4 f5 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Kf6 42. f4 g5 43. g3 h4 44. c5 Kg6 45. c6 hxg3 46. hxg3 Kh5 47. c7 Kg4 48. c8=Q gxf4 49. Qxf5+ Kf3 50. Qxf4# 1-0 [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=10332906"] [Date "2008.10.01"] [Round "-"] [White "soldner"] [Black "yasur"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1528"] [BlackElo "1527"] [TimeControl "1/432000"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 {After this clever waiting move, White needs to react by playing c4 soon.} 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. Nbd2 e5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. b3 Ngxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. f4 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qh3 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qf1 Qxf1+ 14. Kxf1 O-O-O 15. h3 Bd7 16. Bb2 f6 17. Rc1 Bb4 18. Ke2 Rde8 19. Bd4 a6 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 b6 22. Rcc1 f5 23. Nf3 c5 24. b4 d4 25. Nxd4 Kb7 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Rxc5 Rec8 28. Rb1+ Ka8 29. Ra5 Ka7 30. Nxf5 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Bc6+ 32. e4 g6 33. Nd4 Rc3 34. Nxc6+ Rxc6 35. Rd5 h5 36. e5 Re8 37. Rd7+ Ka8 38. Rbb7 Rc3 39. Rba7+ Kb8 40. Rxa6 Kc8 41. Rdd6 1-0 [Event "Jessica Wilder Memorial"] [Site "ASU Polytechnic Campus"] [Date "2008.09.20"] [White "Zubler, Ray"] [Black "Romero Jr., Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1013"] [BlackElo "748"] [TimeControl "60"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. Bd3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. b3 d6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Nd2 Nbd7 8. c4 e5 9. O-O e4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bxb7 Rb8 13. Bc6 d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb4 17. Be4 f5 18. Bb1 Nd5 19. e4 fxe4 20. Qxe4 c5 21. Bd3 Rb4 22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Bxd5 Rxd4? 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Rad1 Qf6 26. Rd2 Bc3 27. Re2 Qd4 28. Qxd4 cxd4 29. Rd1 Rf5 30. Bc4 Ra5 31. b4 Ra4 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Rb8 a5 34. a3 Rxa3 35. b5 Ra4 36. b6? Rxc4 37. Rb7+ Kh6 38. Rc7? Rb4 39. b7 a4 40. f4 a3 41. g4 a2?? 42. g5+ Kh5 Rh7# 1-0 [Event "Botwinnik Intern 08/09"] [Site "Zoetermeer, NED"] [Date "2008.09.11"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Middelkoop, Arno"] [Black "Kirana, Nancy"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1663"] [BlackElo "1714"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 {Note that the game has transposed to a line found in Zuke Em on page 119. The suggestion there is to play a3 immediately. The White player has offered his own annotations for this game in the forum.} 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8. Bxc3 Rb8 9. g3 Nf6 10. Bg2 Be4 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Qd7 13. Ne5 Qf5 14. Rac1 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qe4+ 16. Kg1 Qxe2 17. Re1 Qh5 18. f3 Rfe8 19. Re3 Qh6?! 20. Rce1 g6!? 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Nxe8 24. Qb8 Qe3+ 25. Kg2 Qe2+ 26. Kh3 Qf1+! 27. Kh4 Qe2!? 28. Kh3 Kg7! 29. Qd8 Qf1+ 30. Kh4 Qxf3 31. Qg5 Nd6 32. Qe5+ Qf6+ 33. Qxf6+ Kxf6 34. Kg4 Nb5 35. Ba5 h5+ 36. Kf4 Nxd4 37. Bc3 c5 38. b4 Ke6 39. Bb2 Nc6 40. bxc5 Nb4 41. Ke3 Nxa2 42. Kd4 Nb4 43. Kc3 Nc6 44. Kb3 Ne5 45. Ka4 Nf3 46. Kb5 d4 47. Kc4 c6 0-1 [Event "World Open 2008"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Bisson, Franz"] [Black "Hall, William J."] [Result "1/2 - 1/2"] [WhiteElo "1401"] [BlackElo "1529"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 {Now that Black has been nice enough exchange on d4, this move is not so great. White would rather keep open the option of Bf4.} e6 7. c3 {Since White should be looking to play c4 at some point soon...this move seems sub-optimal.} a6 8. 0�0 Nbd7 9. Re1 Bd6 10. Qc2 Bh5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Ndf3 h6 13. Bd2 Ng4? {This move allows White to get h3 in "for free," which allows him to actually get some use out of his B/d3-Q/c2 battery.} 14. c4? {14.h3 Ngxe5 (14...Ngf6? 15.g4) 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.g4 Bxg4 17.hxg4} dxc4 15. Qxc4 Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Nxe5 is better.} 17. dxe5 Qxc4 18. Bxc4 Bg6 19. Rac1 {Bb4! would have been excellent here!} 0�0 20. f4 Rfc8 21. Be3 b5 {Nc5, threatening Nd3 would have almost gotten Black back to equality.} 22. Bb3 Kf8 23. a4 Ke8 24. h3 h5 25. Red1 Rab8 26. Rd6 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nb6 28. a5 Nc4 29. Rxa6 Rd8 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rd6 Rxd6 32. exd6 Kd7 33. a6 Kxd6 34. a7 Be4 35. Kf2 f5 36. g3 Kc5 37. Bd2 Kd4 38. Bc3+ Kd3 39. Bxg7 Kd2 40. Bf6 Kd3 41. Be5 Bd5 {White should still be able to win this game.} ��� [Event "World Open 2008"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Bisson, Franz"] [Black "Zoleta, Florencio"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1531"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8. O-O c6 9. Rd1 Bd6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. f4 O-O 12. a4 Nd5 13. Bd2 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rbe8 15. Rac1 f6 16. e4 fxe5 17. exf5 Nb6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 19. fxe5 Be7 20. d5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Bd4 Qd7 23. e6 Qd6 24. Bc5 Qf4 25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Rf1 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 Qe4 28. Rce1 Rxf5! 29. Qg3 Rxf1 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. Qf2 Qxe6 32. Qxa7 Qd7 33. Qf2 Kg8 34. Kg1 d4 35. Rd1 d3 36. Qd2 Qd4+ 37. Qf2 Qb4 38. Qd2 Qd4+ 39. Qf2 Qe4 40. Qd2 Qd4+ 41. Qf2 Qd7 42. Qd2 Re2! 43. Qxd3 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Rxd1 45. Qc4+ Kh8 46. Qb4 Qd4 47. Qxd4 Rxd4 48. a5 Rd2+ 0-1 [Event "World Open 2008"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Bisson, Franz"] [Black "Caicedo, Luis"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1575"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Qa5 11. Qb3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14. Rfc1 Nc6 15. Rab1 Na5 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. d5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Bb4 Bf6 20. f4 Bd4+ 21. Kf1 Be3 22. Rd1 Bxf4 23. Bxe7 Bxh2 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. d6 Bd7 26. Rxb7 Ke8 27. Bc4 Rd8 28. Rxa7 h5 29. a4 g5 30. a5 h4 31. a6 Bf4 32. Rb7 Be3 33. a7 g4 34. Rd5 h3 35. Re5+ Kf8 36. Rb8 1-0 [Event "World Open 2008"] [Round "1.7"] [White "Bisson, Franz"] [Black "Piper, August"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1400"] [BlackElo "1505"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 g6 5. c4 cxd4 6. exd4 dxc4 7. Bxc4 e6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Ne5 a6 11. a4 Qc7 12. Qb3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. d5 exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qf6 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rab1 Bg7 20. Bxb7 Bxb7 21. Rxb7 Rfb8 22. Rfb1 Be5 23. g3 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Bxb8 26. Kf1 Kf8 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Kd3 Kd7 29. Kc4 Kc6 30. f4 f5 31. Bd4 Bd6 32. Be5 Ba3 33. Bd4 Bd6 34. Be5 Ba3 35. Bd4 Bf8 36. Bf6 Bc5 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. Kxd4 a5 39. Kc4 Kb6 40. Kd5 Kb7 41. Kc5 Ka6 42. Kc6 h6 43. h3 g5 44. Kd5 Kb6 45. Kd4 Kc6 46. h4 gxh4 47. gxh4 h5 48. Ke5 Kc5 49. Kxf5 Kb4 50. Ke5 Kxa4 51. f5 Kb4 52. f6 a4 53. f7 a3 54. f8=Q+ Kb3 55. Qb8+ Kc2 56. Qb4 a2 57. Qa3 Kb1 58. Kf5 a1=Q 59. Qxa1+ Kxa1 60. Kg5 Kb2 61. Kxh5 Kc3 62. Kg5 Kd4 63. h5 Ke4 64. h6 1-0 [Event "Team match"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/"] [Date "2008.12.05"] [Round "-"] [White "soldner"] [Black "yodean"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1701"] [BlackElo "1637"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. Nh4 Bg4 4. h3 Bd7 5. e3 e5 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ne5 Be6 8. Be2 Bd6 9. O-O Qf6 10. f4 Ne7 11. c4 c6 12. Qb3 b6 13. Nc3 Bxe5 14. fxe5 Qg6 15. Bd2 Bxh3 16. Rf2 Be6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bc4 Ne7 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Raf1 Nd7 21. Qc2 O-O-O 22. Nxe4 Kc7 23. Rc1 Nb8 24. Rf3 h5 25. Rg3 Qh6 26. Nd6 Rxd6 27. exd6+ Kxd6 28. Bb4+ Kd7 29. Bxe7 Kxe7 30. Qa4 a6 31. Qb4+ Kd7 32. Qxb6 Rc8 33. Qa7+ Kd8 34. d5 g5 35. dxc6 1-0 [Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"] [Site "www.ChessWorld.net "] [Date "2009.2.9"] [Round "NA"] [White "tumshie"] [Black "BoardFlak"] [Result "1-0"] [Termination "Black resigned"] [WhiteElo "1710"] [BlackElo "1979"] [Mode "ICS"] [DateLastMove "2009.3.3"] [ECO "D05"] [Board "5715530"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bb2 Bd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 a6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rac1 Re8 13. Ne5 Qe7 14. b4 b5 15. f4 Rc7 16. Rf3 Bc8 17. Rcf1 Bb7 18. Rh3 h6 19. Ndf3 Nh7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Ngxf7 Bxe5 23. Nxh6+ gxh6 24. fxe5 Qh7 25. Rf6 Rg7 26. Rfxh6 1-0 [Event "Online"] [White "W., John"] [Black "N., N."] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 a6 11. a3 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Qb6 14. b5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Rh4 f5 21. Qh7+ Kf7 22. c4 Ng4 23. Qxg7+ Ke8 24. Ba3 Kd8 25. Qe7# 1-0 [Event "Dumbartonshire and District Chess League, Phones Chess Club v Dalmuir B"] [Site "Phones Chess Club"] [Date "2008.01.14"] [White "Doherty, Terry"] [Black "Patterson, Colin"] [WhiteElo "1303"] [BlackElo "1549"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.Nbd2 d5 6.b3 c5 7.Bb2 Nc6 8.O-O Rc8 9.Ne5 Bd6 10.f4 O-O 11.a3 Nd7 12.Ndf3 f6 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Nd4 Qe7 16.b4. Bd6 17.Qg4 f5 18.Nxc6 Rxc6 19.Qe2 Nf6 20.c4 Rd8 21.Rac1 a5 22.Bxf6 Qxf6 23.b5 Rc7 24.a4 dxc4 25.Bxc4 Bc5 26.Kh1 Rcd7 27.Qa2 Kf7 28.Qb1 Bxe3 29.Rce1 Rd4 30.Qb3 Bxf4 31.Rxe6 Qg5 32.Rd6+ {T.D. The move I chickened out of, but ought to have played, was 32.Rg6+ leading to a forced mate or the loss of Black's queen! If 32...Kxg6 then 33.Bf7+ leaves Black only two legal moves. After 33...Kf6, 34.Qe6 is checkmate and if 33... Kh6 then, following 34.Qh3+ Black can only delay mate with 34....Qh4 or ...Qh5- either move allows QxQ - Checkmate!! Any other move to get Black out of check allows White to exchange his Rook for Black's Queen with what should be a decisive advantage. And it would have looked so impressive to the few people watching too! ;)} 32... Kf8 33.Rxd8+ Rxd8 34.Qf3 Be5 35.g4 f4 36.Qb7 Qe7 37.Qxb6 Rc8 38.Qe6 Qxe6 39.Bxe6 Rd8 40.Rc1 Ke7 41.Bb3 g5 42.Rb1 Rd2 43.Re1 Kf6 44.b6 Rb2 45.Bc4 Rxb6 46.Bb5 Rd6 47.Rc1 h6 48.Rc6 Rxc6 49.Bxc6 Bc3 50.Kg2 Ke5 51.Kf3 Bb4 52.Bb5 Kd4 53.h3 {and Black reluctantly conceded that the game was drawn.} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Glasgow Chess League, Division 2- Dalmuir B v Phones CC] [Site "Dalmuir"] [Date "2008.01.28"] [White "Doherty, Terry"] [Black "Patterson, Colin"] [WhiteElo "1303"] [BlackElo "1549"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 d5 5.e3 O-O 6.Nbd2 Nbd7 7.c4 c6 8.Rc1 Qa5 9.a3 Ne4 10.b4 Qd8 11.Nxe4 dxe4 12.Nd2 f5 13.f3 exf3 14.Nxf3 Nf6 15.Bd3 Kh8 16.0-0 Be6 17.Ne5 Nd7 18.Nf3 Nf6 19.Ng5 Qd7 20.Nf3 Ng4 21.Qe2 Rad8 22.h3 Nf6 23.Ng5 h6 24.Nxe6 Qxe6 25.Rf3 Nh5 26.Rcf1 Qd6 27.d5 cxd5 28.Bxg7+ Nxg7 29.cxd5 Qxd5 30.e4 Qd4+ 31.Kh1 e6 32.Qd2 Kh7 33.Qc2 Rc8 34.Qb1 Rc3 35.Rd1 Qb6 36.exf5 exf5 37.g4 Qc6 38.Rdf1 fxg4 39.Bxg6+ Kh8 40.Be4 Rfxf3 41.Bxc6 Rxh3+ 42.Kg1 Rcg3+ 43.Bg2 Kg8 44.Qg6 Rh5 45.Rf7 Rg5 46.Rxg7+ 1-0 [Event "Southern Nev. Qualifier"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Thurber, M."] [Black "Nez, Adrian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1875"] [BlackElo "1650"] [Annotator "Thurber, M"] [PlyCount "35"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Ne5 b6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. f4 Rac8 12. Qf3 Rfd8 13. g4 c4 14. bxc4 dxc4 15.Nexc4 Nxd4 16. Qh3 Qc6 17. Bxd4 Bxf4 18. Bxf6 1-0 [Event "National Open 2009"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Thurber, M."] [Black "Ramachandran, Jayakirshnan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1870"] [BlackElo "1816"] [Annotator "Thurber, M"] [PlyCount "109"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Nbd7 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 b6 8. Ne5 Bb7 9. f4 c5 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. Qf3 c4 12. bxc4 dxc4 13. Qxb7 cxd3 14. Nec4 Qe7 15. cxd3 Nd5 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Nc4 Qc6 18. Qxc6 Rxc6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Na3 a6 21. Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Ke2 N7b6 23. Kd2 Na4 24. Rab1 Nb4 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Ba1 Nxa2 27. Nc2 Rb6 28. Na3 Rc6 29. Nc2 Kf8 30. Rb3 b4 31. Nxb4 Rb6 32. Ra3 Nxb4 33. Rxa4 g6 34. Bc3 Nd5 35. g3 Ke7 36. e4 Nf6 37. Kc2 h5 38. h3 Ne8 39. Bb4+ Kd7 40. Bc5 Rc6 41. Kc3 Nc7 42. Kc4 f5 43. d5 exd5+ 44. exd5 Rf6 45. d6 Ne6 46. Rxa6 h4 47. Bf2 hxg3 48. Bxg3 Rf8 49. Kd5 Nd8 50. Ra7+ Kc8 51. Bh4 Kb8 52. Rd7 Nb7 53. Be7 Rc8 54. Rxb7+ Kxb7 55. d7 1-0 [Event "Hawick Chess Congress 2005"] [Date "25/6/06"] [White "Doherty, Terry"] [Black "N.,N."] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 Be7 6.b3 O-O 7.Bb2 Re8 8.Nbd2 d5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.f4 c5 11.Ndf3 Nxe5 12.fxe5 Nd7 13.Nd2 cxd4 14.exd4 f6 15.Qh5 g6 16.Bxg6 hxg6 17.Qxg6+ Kh8 18.Rf3 fxe5 19.Qh6+ Kg8 20.Rg3+ Bg5 21. Rxg5+ 1-0 [Event "July Quad"] [Site "Santa Monica Bay Chess Club"] [Date "2009"] [Round "1"] [White "Bangalore, S."] [Black "de La Torre, D."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1880"] [BlackElo "1685"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 {S.B. Yay! It is now either C-Z or Queen's Indian} 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 Be7 6.b3 0-0 7.Bb2 d5 {S.B. Phew! Not that Classical Queens Indian!} 8.Ne5 c5 {S.B. Now I am back in the book! In fact in Zuke'Em book.} 9.Qe2 Nbd7 10.f4 Rc8 11.Nd2 cxd4 12.exd4 Ne8 {S.B.What should I do? I remember reading about this in The Moment Of Zuke - the game changing moment when the knight retreats. Am I in the Kite formation? Looks like one. But I do not have another knight on f3. Shouldn't the knight be f3 for the kite formation? Both f7 and h7 are poorly defended. Wait a minute. f7 is defended by Rook. So only h7 is poorly defended. Am I in kite formation? In kite formation the Rook is on f8. But all sorts of sacrifices work. Of course I am not in Kite Formation!! There is no pawn on c5 that I can exchange my d pawn with and open the diagonals. So, there is no double bishop sacrifice. OK, so that Kite chapter does not apply here. What else? Classic bishop sacrifice? Let me calculate. 1.Bxh7+ Kxh7 2.Qh5+ Kg8 3 What? Do I have a good third move that threatens checkmate on the next one? I don't see any. So, if I do something like 3.Rg3, I am giving Black two moves to make his situation better. He can even gain a tempo with g6 on my queen, so I have to think as if he has played g6 already. Then in two moves, he can play ...Bg7 and Nf6 ... He is attacking the f6 square five times ... so I don't think I have Bxh7+ .... I will play a simple developing move 1.Rf3 and worry about 1.Bxh7+ later during analysis.} 13.Rf3 g6 14.Rh3 Ng7 15.Rf1 Re8 16.Ndf3 Nf8 {S.B. I want to play Ng5, attacking the f7 pawn. I can win the pawn. But, he can win my knight with a simple fork f6 - forking my e5 knight and g5 knight. So, my 1.Ng5 idea will not work. Can I still play and take the pawn on h7 after he plays 1...f6? Then, the variation I am thinking is 1.Ng5 f6 2.Nxh7 Nxh7 3.Bxg6 - my other knight is hanging while I am attacking the h7 knight .... Wait a minute, Can I play 2.Nf7 attacking the queen, and then play 3Nh6+ and place my knight to safety? Then the king will have to move to h8. Then, I can safely move my e5 knight. Where to move it? I can even sack on g6 square and create a few discovery threats. OR, go to g4 and tfrom there ... I don't like g4, is there any other place? Oh yeah, I have the f7 square ... In fact king is on h8, so Nf7 will be a check. That is a good position. I have my knights very close to the king. So, I am looking at the variation: 1.Ng5 f6 2.Nf7 Qc7 3.Nh6+ Kh8 4.Nf7+ ...# Checkmate!!! Wow! I have a checkmate! So, I like Ng5. He cannot play f6. Does he have any other good moves? He can take on g5 and I will get the half-open f file for my f1-Rook. That is good. Anything else? Nothing directly deals with the threat of the checkmate. I think. Enough. Lets hope he falls into the trap and the game is over quickly.} 17.Ng5 Bxg5 18.fxg5 Rc7 {S.B. Surprise! He had THAT move? Did I miss it? I was thinking he will play Qxg5 when I can play Nxf7 - Queen moves, 2.Nh6+ - King moves and 3.Rf7. But now, I do not have that. What can I do? Right now I am attacking the f7 pawn twice - with my knight and my rook. I can attack it more times.... I see an idea. I will play 1.Ng4 threatening 2.Nf6+, forking the e8-Rook, so he will have to play 1...Re7. Then I can play 2.Ba3, forcing the Rook to move. Wherever he moves, there will be a fork. OK, I am winning an exchange!} 19.Ng4 Nf5 {S.B. This does not address the fork at all. I can win the exchange.} 20.Nf6+ Kg7 {S.B. Now I can put my Queen on a great square.} 21.Qe5 1-0 [Event "World Open"] [Date "2009"] [White "Schwartz, M"] [Black "N.N."] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2035"] [BlackElo "2094"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O Qc7 7.c4 Be7 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Nbd2 Rd8 11.Rc1 dxc4 12.bxc4?! {With the Queen already on c7 and the Rook already on c1, 12.Nxc4 is better, planning on Nce5 soon. Normally White does not like giving Black the d5 square for a Knight, but here 12...Nd4 13.a3 is fine because White has plenty of play on both sides of the board.} 12... b6 13.Qe2 {Since White wants to push d5, 13.Ne4 should be considered. However, White finds a nice way of getting d5 in anyway!} Bb7 14.Bb1 Na5? {This was Black's last chance to get ...Qf4 in} 15.Rfe1 Nc6? {Black was going to have a tough time of it no matter what, but this overlooks a key White resource.} 16.d5! exd5 17.Bxf6! gxf6 {Taking with the Bishop does not save White either: 17...Bxf6 18.cxd5 Rxd5?? 19.Qe8+!} 18.Qd3 Kf8 19.Qxh7 1-0 [Date "2009.09.15"] [White "tedk81"] [Black "asdf123"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1214"] [BlackElo "1240"] [ECO "D05"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game"] [TimeControl "120+12"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Nbd2 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bb2 c5 9.Ne5 cxd4 10.exd4 Nbd7 11.f4 h6 12.Rf3 Nb8 13.g4 Nc6 14.Nxc6 Bxc6 15.Rg3 Bd6 16.Qf3 Qc7 17.Rf1 a5 18.g5 hxg5 19.Rxg5 a4 20.Rxg7+ Kxg7 21.Qg3+ Kh8 22.Qh4+ Kg8 23.Qg5+ Kh8 24.Qxf6+ Kg8 25.Qg5+ Kh8 26.Qh6+ 1-0 [Date "2009.09.14"] [White "abcott"] [Black "saanaa8688"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 c5 2.e3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Bd3 b6 5.O-O Bb7 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 cxd4 9.exd4 O-O 10.Ne5 Nb4 11.Be2 d6 12.Nef3 d5 13.a3 Nc6 14.Ne5 Ne4 15.f4 f5 16.Ndf3 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bd6 18.g4 Bxe5 19.dxe5 fxg4 20.Bxg4 Qd7 21.Bd4 Rac8 22.c3 Nxc3 23.Qd3 Ne4 24.Qh3 Rce8 25.Rac1 Ba6 26.Rfe1 Rxf4 27.Be3 Rff8 28.Rc2 d4 29.Rd1 d3 30.Bc1 Qf7 31.Rc6 Qf2+ 32.Kh1 Nc5 33.Rc7 Bb7+ 34.Rxb7 Nxb7 35.Be3 Qc2 36.Rc1 Qxb3 37.Rc7 d2 38.Rxg7+ Kxg7 39.Bh6+ Kh8 40.Qxb3 1-0 [Date "2009.08.27"] [White "carld"] [Black "N.N."] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.O-O d5 6.b3 Be7 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Nbd2 Bd7 9.Ne5 Rc8 10.a3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.f4 Qc7 13.g4 h6 14.g5 hxg5 15.fxg5 Ne4? 16.Nxe4 dxe4 17.Bxe4? Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nxe5 19.Rc1 Bc6 20.Bxc6 Nxc6 21.g6 fxg6 22.Qg4 Qe7 23.Rfe1 Qc5+ 24.Kh1 e5 25.Qxg6 Rf2 26.Qe6+ Kh8? 27.Qxc8+ Kh7 28.Rxe5 {Black lost on time} 1-0 [Event "Team match"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=12199139"] [Date "2009.08.15"] [Round "-"] [White "mjw2529ch"] [Black "rj1000101"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1661"] [BlackElo "1688"] [TimeControl "1/259200"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1.d4 g6 2.Nf3 Bg7 3.e3 Nf6 4.Bd3 O-O 5.Nbd2 d6 6.O-O c5 7.b3 Nc6 8.Bb2 Bg4 9.Re1 cxd4 10.exd4 Nd5 11.h3 Be6 12.Qe2 Nf4 13.Qe4 Bh6 14.Red1 Bf5 15.Qe1 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Nxd3 17.Qe4 Nxb2 18.Rab1 Nxd1 0-1 [Event "Online Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2009.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "soldner"] [Black "pinkfairy"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1531"] [BlackElo "1255"] [TimeControl "1 in 7 days"] [Termination "soldner won by resignation"] 1.d4 f5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nbd2 g6 4.b3 Bg7 5.Bb2 d6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bc4+ Kh8 8.Ng5 d5 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.Ne6 1-0 [Event "9. Nordhaeuser Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.07.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Kuntze, Andreas"] [Black "Wolf, Fritjof"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "2098"] [BlackElo "1929"] [PlyCount "31"] [EventDate "2009.07.??"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.Nbd2 d5 6.O-O Nbd7 7.b3 c5 8.Bb2 Bd6 9.Ne5 O-O 10.f4 Qc7 11.Nxd7 Qxd7 (11... Nxd7 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qh5+ Kg8 15.Bxg7 Bxe3+ 16.Kh1 f6 17.Rf3 Bxf4 18.Raf1 Kxg7 19.Rxf4 f5 20.Qg5+ Kf7 21.Nf3 Rh8 22.Nd4 Rag8 23.Rxf5+ exf5 24.Qxf5+ Nf6 25.Qxf6+ Ke8 26.Re1+ Kd7 27.Re7+ Kc8 28.Rxc7+ Kxc7 29.Nb5+ Kd7 30.Qf7+ Kc8 31.Qc7# {1-0 Nodirjanova,N (2115)-Beddar,K/38th Olympiad w, Dresden GER 2008}) 12.dxc5 Bxc5 13.Bxf6 Bxe3+ 14.Kh1 Bxd2 (14... gxf6 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg7 17.Qg4+ Kh8 18.Rf3) 15.Bxh7+ Kh8 (15... Kxh7 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qg5 g6 18.Qh6) 16.Qh5 1-0 [Event "Torquay British CC (u140)"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.08.01"] [Round "?"] [White "abcott"] [Black "Guy Who Lost to abcott"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo ""] [BlackElo ""] [Annotator ",John"] [PlyCount "107"] [TimeControl "240+2"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nbd2 cxd4 5. exd4 Nf6 6.Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. c3 Qc7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Ne5 Ne7 12. f4 Ng6 13. Ndf3 Bd7 14. Ng5 Rf8 15. Bd2 a6 16. Qf3 Bb5 17. Bc2 Ne7 18. Qh3 h6 19. Ngf3 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Rxe4 Bc6 22. Re2 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rac8 25. Rf1 Ng6 26. Qg4 Qc4 27. b3 Qc7 28. Ref2 Qe7 29. g3 Rcd8 30. Bc1 Rc8 31. Bb2 b5 32. h4 Nh8 33. h5 Qg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. Ba3 Rxc3 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Rf3 Rc2 38. R1f2 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 Kg8 40. Rd2 Kh7 41. g4 g6 42. hxg6+ Kxg6 43. d5 exd5 44. Rxd5 Re1 45. Rf6+ Kg7 46. Rxa6 Ng6 47. Kf2 Re4 48. Kf3 Rf4+ 49. Kg3 Re4 50. Ra5 Re3+ 51. Kf2 Re4 52. Raxb5 Nf4 53. Rd7 Re2+ 54. Kg3 1-0 [Event "Blitz"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=12289606"] [Date "2009.08.23"] [Round "-"] [White "rj1000101"] [Black "oz-bear"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1671"] [BlackElo "1399"] [TimeControl "1/172800"] [Mode "ICS"] [Termination "normal"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a6 8. Ne5 Bxe5 9. dxe5 Nfd7 10. f4 c5 11. Rf3 b5 12. Rg3 c4 13. Qg4 g5 14. Nd2 cxd3 15. Nf3 dxc2 16. fxg5 h5 17. Qxh5 Qb6 18. g6 Qxe3+ 19. Kh1 f5 20. Qh7# 1-0 [Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"] [Site "www.ChessWorld.net "] [Date "2009.7.8"] [Round "NA"] [White "tumshie"] [Black "Friseal"] [Result "1-0"] [Termination "Black resigned"] [WhiteElo "1765"] [BlackElo "1957"] [Mode "ICS"] [DateLastMove "2009.7.29"] [Board "6115118"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nbd2 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bd3 Qb6 7.Bb2 Bd7 8.O-O Be7 9.Ne5 cxd4 10.Nxc6 dxe3 11.Bd4 exf2+ 12.Rxf2 Qxc6 13.c4 Ng4?? (oops!) 14.Qxg4 O-O-O 15.Rc1 Kb8 16.Rxf7 e5 17.Bxe5+ Ka8 18.Bf5 Bxf5 19.Qxf5 Rhf8 20.Rc3 Rxf7 21.Qxf7 Bc5+ 22.Kh1 Rf8 23.Qxg7 Bb4 24.cxd5 Qb5 25.Rf3 Rc8 26.Nc4 Qxd5 27.h3 Rg8 28.Qf7 Rd8 29.Qxd5 Rxd5 30.Bd6 Rd1+ 31.Kh2 Bxd6+ 32.Nxd6 Kb8 33.Rf7 Rxd6 34.Rxh7 1-0 [Event "www.ChessWorld.net server game"] [Site "www.ChessWorld.net "] [Date "2009.7.8"] [Round "NA"] [White "Friseal"] [Black "tumshie"] [Result "0-1"] [Termination "White resigned"] [WhiteElo "1840"] [BlackElo "1798"] [Mode "ICS"] [DateLastMove "2009.7.15"] [Board "6115111"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Nbd2 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bd3 g6 7.Bb2 cxd4 8.exd4 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Rac1 a6 12.a3 Ng4 13.h3 Nf6 14.Rfe1 Re8 15.b4 b5 16.Nb3 Nh5 17.Nc5 Nf4 18.Qd1 e5 19.dxe5 Nxe5 20.Nxe5 Bxe5 21.Bxe5 Rxe5 22.Qf3 Bxh3 23.Rxe5 Qxe5 24.gxh3 Qg5+ 25.Qg3 Nxh3+ 0-1 [Event "Veteran's Day Open"] [Date "November 14, 2009"] [White "Ogden, Robert"] [Black "omitted"] [WhiteElo "898"] [BlackElo "1765"] [Result "Drawn"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 c5 4.Bd3 d5 5.b3 cxd4 6.exd4 Nc6 7.a3 Bd6 8.Bb2 O-O 9.O-O Qb6 {Black seems to be playing in the style of the French without the pawn on e4. I was perfectly happy to have Black's Queen stuck on the Queenside for a while} 10.Re1 Bd7 11.Nbd2 Ne7 12.c4 Bf4 {This move threw me off. I believe this is the first time I've seen Bf4 at this stage of the Zukertort. My instinctive feeling was that it was unsound, but I had trouble seeing how to capitalize. I knew that in my normal progression of pawn pushing, the Bishop would be pushed back in due time, so I decided to let it sit for the moment.} 13.Ne5 Bc6 14.h3 Rac8 15.g3 Bh6 {The computer likes it, but it seemed to me during the game that this made the Bishop a bit of a liability after f4 with threats of a pawn storm on the f and g files. I was expecting Black to take on d2 and be done with it.} 16.f4 g6 17.Ndf3 Nh5 {Forces my King onto a bad diagonal regardless of which one is chosen. I figured I'd be able to push the pawn and secure this diagonal soon enough.} 18.Kf2 Bg7 19.c5 Qc7 20.Qd2 a6 21.a4 Bh6 22.b4 f6 23.Nxc6 Nxc6 24.Rxe6 g5 25.b5 gxf4 26.g4 Nd8 27.Rd6 Ng3 28.b6 Qg7 29.Nh4 Nf7 {For some reason I totally overlooked the Knight on g3 and blundered because of it} 30.Nf5 Nxf5 31.Bxf5 Nxd6 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.Kf3 Rce8 34.Re1 f5 35.Bxd5 {I'd already blown the position but by that time my opponent had only 1:30 remaining and he accepted the draw offer without hesitation} 1/2-1/2 [Event "Team 45 45 League"] [Site "Internet Chess Club"] [Year "2008"] [White "Colonel Flagg"] [Black "Omitted"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1536"] [BlackElo "1379"] [Opening "Queen's pawn game, Rubinstein (Colle-Zukertort) variation"] [ECO "D05"] [Time "12:00:23"] [TimeControl "2700+45"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 d5 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.a3 Qc7 8.Nbd2 cxd4 9.exd4 0-0 10.0-0 Re8 11.Re1 e5 {The black d-pawn loses the support of the e-pawn and will become a weakness as the game goes on.} 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 14.Bxe5 Rxe5 15.Rxe5 Qxe5 {The black d-pawn is now isolated and white is about to make a challenge for the e-file.} 16.Qe1 Qc7 17.Nf3 h6 18.Qe5 Qxe5 19.Nxe5 Be6 20.Nf3 {with the idea of a blockade of the black d-pawn with Nd4.} 20...Rd8 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.Re1 a6 23.f3 Re8 {Black inviting another exchange and the Rooks will be gone.} 24.Rxe8+ Bxe8 25.Bf5 {Looking to go after the a&b-pawns.} 25...Bd7 26.Bxd7 {The white Knight dominates from the center of the board.} 26...Nxd7 27.Kf2 {Time to get the King into the game.} 27...g6 28.g4 Ne5 29.Ke3 Nc6? {Black invites another exchange, but it loses the game for him.} 30.Nxc6 bxc6 31.Kd4 f5 32.gxf5 gxf5 33.Kc5 Kf7 34.Kxc6 Ke6 35.f4 {Futher forcing the black King out of the action.} 25...h5 36.b4 [Event "Team match"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/"] [Date "2009.12.15"] [White "rj1000101"] [Black "dilu"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1678"] [BlackElo "1623"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 c6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Qe7 9. Ne5 h6 10. f4 c5 11. Qf3 b6 12. c4 Bb7 13. Qg3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Kh8 16. a3 Rg8 17. Qh4 dxc4 18. Ndxc4 Be4 19. Nxd6! Bxc2 20. Nexf7+? {20. Ndxf7+ gets a ! as it keeps the K out of g6} Kh7 21. Ng5+ Kg6 22. Bxc5 bxc5 23. Ndf7 hxg5 24. Ne5+ Kf5 25. Qxg5+ Ke4 26. Qg6+ 1-0 {26. ..Kd5 27. Rad1 Bxd1 28. Red1++ is forced} [Event "Let's Play!"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2009.12.14"] [White "Fromper"] [Black "Opponent"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1877"] [BlackElo "1711"] [TimeControl "1 in 5 days"] [Termination "Fromper won by resignation"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.Ne5 Nb4 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Be2 Bd6 11.f4 a6 {The first non-book move. I saw this as a wasted tempo and took advantage of it to improve my position, a move up from the book line.} 12.a3 Nc6 13.Bd3 {Perhaps I should have traded on c6 first, but I was trying to set up the mating attack, not just settle for a better position.} Qc7 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bxf6 {When you can open up the opponent's pawns in front of his castled king this way, and all his pieces are on the other side of the board, go for it!} gxf6 16.Bxh7+ {Probably the easiest piece sacrifice I've ever played. I barely had to think about this one.} Kxh7 17.Qh5+ Kg7 18.Qg4+ {Pushing the king back to the h file. Otherwise, he could have moved his rook and given his king the f8 square as an escape hatch. Also, the queen on g4 blocks the bishop on c8 from attacking h3 if black plays e5.} Kh7 19.Rf3 Bxf4 20.Rh3+ {I almost took the bishop with exf4, allowing the spite check with Qa7+ or Qb6+, since I don't see a followup for black after Kh1, but this just felt safer.} Bh6 21.Qh5 1-0 [Site "Florida, USA"] [Date "2009.12.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Fromper"] [Black "Club Champion"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "1697"] [BlackElo "1992"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 { At this point, I gave up waiting for him to play d5, so I could try to transpose to normal Colle lines. } 6. c4 O-O 7. b3 { This seemed like the best way to develop my queen's bishop. } d5 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Ne5 { I later thought that maybe Rac1 first would have been better. This whole sequence ended up being moderately predictable and pointless. } Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. f4 dxc4 13. Nxc4 { I didn't like this spot for my knight, but I wanted to keep my bishop where it was, and I didn't want to create an isolated pawn by taking with the b pawn. } g6 14. Ba3 { When in doubt, trade off your bad bishop. This also helps me reposition my knight. } Bxa3 15. Nxa3 Qe7 16. Nb5 Nc5 17. Be2 { I was looking for an excuse to challenge his bishop on the long diagonal, so this actually helps me. } a6 18. Nd4 Rad8 19. Bf3 { I already traded off my bad bishop. Time to trade off his good one. } Bxf3 20. Qxf3 { Unpinning the knight. } Rd5 21. Rac1 Qd7 22. Rc3 a5 23. Rfc1 Ra8 24. a3 Na6 { This whole sequence was designed to attack the c7 pawn, but it was predictable and easily prevented. I just didn't have any better ideas. } 25. Qe2 { Aiming for Nb5, but Rc6 would have been better. Even that wouldn't have worked, though, as Nb8 easily chases the rook away. } c5 26. Nf3 Qb7 27. Nd2 Nc7 28. Ne4 Ne8 { Again, my maneuvering leads to nothing. } 29. Rd3 Rad8 30. Rxd5 Qxd5 31. Qc2 h5 32. Nc3 Qd3 33. Qxd3 Rxd3 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke2 Rd7 36. Na4 { By this point, I was running low on time, and my play got a little silly. I should have seen that this wouldn't lead to anything. } Rb7 37. Rd1 Ke7 38. Rd3 f5 39. Kd2 { I was looking to maneuver my king up to attack his queen side pawns, but I didn't realize until two moves later that if I put my king on c4, then b5 wins my knight. So this was a waste of a couple of moves. I should have taken the f pawn en pessant and sent my king over to that side of the board. } Nc7 40. Kc3 Nd5+ 41. Kd2 Kd7 42. Nc3 Kc6 43. a4 { Don't even ask what I was thinking there. I honestly don't know. I was down to less than 5 minutes (in a 90 minute game), and my moves were getting silly. } Rd7 44. e4 { Blunder. It's amazing I still managed to draw this game. } Nxf4 45. Rxd7 Kxd7 { At this point, I was no longer writing down moves, so the rest is from memory, and might not be 100% accurate. } 46. g3 Nh3 47. Ke3 Ng5 48. exf5 gxf5 49. Kf4 Nf7 50. Nd1 Kc6 51. Ne3 { I was proud of coming up with this knight maneuver to blockade his pawns so quickly. Given how much I suck at blitz, this was a good play. } b5 52. h3 { Not taking the bait. } c4 53. axb5+ Kc5 { I have no idea why he didn't take that pawn, but it worked for me, because it allowed my next two moves. } 54. b6 Kxb6 55. Nxc4+ Kb5 { In post game analysis, there was a win for white around here somewhere based on Nd6+, but I think I have the move order wrong of the moves I'm doing from memory, because now it doesn't work. } 56. g4 fxg4 57. hxg4 hxg4 58. Kxg4 Nxe5+ 59. Nxe5 Kc5 60. Nc4 Kb5 61. Nxa5 Kxa5 62. Kf4 Kb4 63. Ke5 1/2-1/2 { As I said, I don't remember all the moves off the top of my head - those last 20 moves for both sides are from memory, as I didn't have time to write them down during the game. So there was a reason black thought he might trick me into a win with Nxe5 when he played it, but I didn't fall for it. Now I just can't remember the exact move order that led to it, or why Nd6+ for me would have won (I think the king side pawns on the f, g, and h file were already traded at that point). } [Event "DSGA Interne"] [Site "SGA"] [Date "2004.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Arjan Tissink"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A40"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "2030"] [Annotator "Ton van Bladel"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2004.03.09"] 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. b3 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Nh6 $6 6. Be2 $1 O-O 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 d6 9. c4 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. Rc1 a5 12. a3 Re8 13. Bc3 $14 Nf5 14. h3 (14. d5 Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ne5 16. Re1 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bxc3 18. Rxc3 b5 19. Bg4 bxc4 20. Bxf5 gxf5) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 e5 16. d5 Ncd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bd3 {R} 19... Qh4 20. Qg4 Qd8 21. Qd1 f5 22. Rc2 Qg5 23. Qd2 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Re5 25. Rb1 Rce8 26. Kf1 Bf6 27. b4 Bd8 28. c5 Kf8 {R} 29. Bc4 $2 (29. Bb5 $14 R8e7 30. cxd6 Rf7 31. Rxd4 Bb6 32. Rd3 $18) 29... axb4 30. axb4 dxc5 31. bxc5 Ba5 32. Re2 d3 33. Rxe5 Rxe5 34. c6 $2 (34. f4 Re3 35. Kf2 Re2+ 36. Kf3 Rc2 37. Bxd3 Rxc5 38. d6 Rd5 39. Bc4 Rxd6 40. Rxb7) 34... bxc6 35. dxc6 d2 36. Be2 Ke7 37. Rb7+ Kd6 38. Rxh7 d1=Q+ {0-1.} 0-1 [Event "DSGA Interne"] [Site "SGA"] [Date "2004.10.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Ton Schuit"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1560"] [BlackElo "1810"] [Annotator "Ton van Bladel"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2004.03.09"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 (2... Bf5) 3. Bd3 c6 { I was prepared for Black showing more guts, but ala......} 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c4 { a tempo} 5... e6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. e4 $1 { Using momentum.The battle was is White earlier on e4 than Black on e5? White wins this first blow.} 10... dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 f5 $2 { Making e6 very weak but also starts to weaken the kingside} 13. Bc2 { I became a little satisfied with my position here.} 13... Qf6 14. Qd3 Rad8 { This is a critical situation. Black has already centralized his rooks, White cannot wait any longer and play very active or Black will cross the border from initiative to attack, pushing his e-pawn.} 15. h3 {to drive Bg4 away from defending f5 and so preventing the advantage e6-e5 and provoking a further weakening of the kingside!} 15... Bxf3 16. Qxf3 g6 {Indeed Black can only find one way to continue: advancing e6-e5. But to do so a further weakening of the kingside, especially on the dark squares is not favourable for his position.} ( 16... g5) 17. Rab1 { Announcing a counter threat over the long darksquared diagonal} 17... Qh4 18. c5 $1 {opening a second front on the queenside, aiming also to open a new diagonal a2-g8} 18... Bc7 19. b4 Nf6 20. Rfe1 Re7 {Black's strategy is clear putting his knight on the strong square d5, and doubling rooks on the e-file with still the continuation of e6-e5 in mind. The White strategy is also clear with a safer kingposition, the bishop-pair and a second front attack he will strike when the iron is hot!} 21. a4 $1 Nd5 22. b5 Rde8 23. Bb3 Kf8 24. b6 $6 { Hans van Doorn looked at the board. "How could you play such a loosing move?"} 24... axb6 25. cxb6 Bxb6 26. Ba3 {"That's why Hans!" A possible passed pawn, far away from the Black king, with a lot of chances after several forced continuations and 20 more minutes for me on the ticking clock and only 5 left for Schuit.} 26... Bxd4 27. Bxe7+ Rxe7 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qf4 Be5 31. Qb4 Bd6 32. Qxb7 Qe5 33. a5 $1 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Qh1+ 35. Ke2 Qxg2 36. Rb3 $3 Qe4+ (36... Bc5 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. Qf4+) 37. Re3 Qc2+ { Missing the draw under time pression} (37... Qc4+ 38. Kf3 f4 39. Qd7 fxe3 40. Qxd6+ Ke8 41. Qb8+ Kd7 42. Qb7+ Kd6 43. Qb8+ Kc5 44. Qb6+ Kd6 45. Qb8+ Ke6 $11) 38. Kf1 Qc4+ 39. Kg2 Qc5 40. a6 d4 41. a7 $1 1-0 [Event "DSGA5 - Ons Genoegen2"] [Site "?"] [Date "2004.11.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Ary Rijke "] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "1515"] [BlackElo "1646"] [Annotator "Ton van Bladel"] [PlyCount "35"] [EventDate "2004.06.06"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2001.11.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Bb2 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nd7 $2 $146 9. a3 (9. Re1) 9... Bf6 10. c4 cxd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. Rc1 Nb6 (12... e5 13. cxd5 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nf3 Nb6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Bxd4 Nxd5 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Rfd1 $14) 13. Ne5 $14 Ne7 14. c5 Nd7 15. f4 Nc6 16. Bxh7+ $16 {BOINKKKKK!!! } 16... Kf8 (16... Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Qxf7+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Bh4 (19... Ndxe5 20. fxe5 (20. Rh3+ Bh4 21. fxe5) 20... Qe7 21. Rh3+ Bh4 22. Qxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxh4+ $16) 20. Ng6+ Kh7 21. Nxh4 Qxh4 22. Rh3 $18) 17. Qh5 Re7 (17... g6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Nxg6+ Kf7 20. Ne5+ (20. Qh7+ Bg7 21. Ne5+ Ndxe5 22. fxe5+ Ke7 23. Qxg7#) 20... Ke7 (20... Kf8 21. Qf7#) ( 20... Kg7 21. Qf7+ Kh8 (21... Kh6 22. Qg6#) 22. Ng6#) (20... Kg8 21. Qf7+ Kh8 22. Ng6#) 21. Qf7#) (17... Ndxe5 18. fxe5 Be7 (18... g6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Rxf6+ Ke7 (20... Kg7 21. Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Rf7 $18) 21. Qh7#) 19. Qxf7#) 18. Bg6 (18. Bg6 Ke8 (18... Ncxe5 19. Qh8#) 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7#) 1-0 [Event "SGA6 Oud Zuylen5"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.01.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Jacques van Dam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2008.12.05"] [Source "Ton van Bladel"] [SourceDate "2006.01.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nc6 3. a3 Nf6 4. Bd3 e6 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 a5 8. Bb2 b6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 $4 10. dxe5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nd2 Bb7 14. Qf3 Qe7 15. c4 c6 16. Qh3 g6 17. f4 Bc8 18. Qh6 Qf6 19. Nf3 Qg7 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Ne5 c5 22. cxd5 exd5 23. e4 Be6 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 Bc8 26. f6+ Kh8 27. Nc6 Be6 28. Ne7 Rad8 29. Rf4 d4 30. Rh4 1-0 [Event "Interne SGA"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.12.18"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Willem Hamels"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A40"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2009.11.05"] 1. d4 g6 2. b3 Bg7 3. Bb2 d6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. b4 c5 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. a3 Qc7 14. Qc2 a6 15. Ng5 Rad8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Ngxf3 e5 18. e4 Re6 $2 19. Nb1 Nh5 $2 20. Nc3 Ndf6 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. cxd5 $1 Ree8 23. bxc5 Bh6 24. d6 $1 Qc6 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Re8 28. cxb6 $1 Qxb6 29. d7 Rxe5 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. d8=Q 31... Rxe4 32. Qxb6 1-0 [Event "SGA 8 - NSV 2"] [Site "Bonn GER"] [Date "2008.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Arjen Anema"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [Annotator "Ton van Bladel"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "2008.10.14"] [Source "Ton van Bladel"] [SourceDate "2006.01.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 a6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nbd2 cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. a3 O-O 11. Ne5 Rc8 12. f4 g6 13. Rc1 Nh5 14. Nxd7 Qxd7 15. Be2 Ng7 16. b4 $2 Nf5 17. Rf3 Ncxd4 18. Rc3 Rxc3 19. Bxc3 Nxe2+ 20. Qxe2 d4 21. Bb2 Rc8 22. Qd3 Bf6 $2 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. c4 Qc7 25. g3 e5 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. Kf2 Ne3 28. c5 Nf5 29. g4 Bg7 30. Nd6 $1 Nxd6 31. cxd6 Qd7 32. Rxc8+ Qxc8 33. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 34. Qxd4 Qd7 35. h3 h6 36. Ke3 Kh7 37. Qf6 1-0 [Event "rated standard match"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2009.12.30"] [Round "?"] [White "TheStainer"] [Black "JoeHolmok"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1615P"] [BlackElo "1598"] [ECO "D46"] [Opening "Semi-Slav"] [Variation "Bogoljubow, 7.O-O"] [TimeControl Game in 30] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. c4 c6 7. Bd2 Be7 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bd3 Nbd5 12. a3 Qc7 13. O-O O-O-O 14. Rfc1 Rdf8 15. b4 Kb8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. b5 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. e4 Qb6 20.exd5 Nd7 21. Qf5 Qf6 22. Qxf6 Nxf6 23. Rxc5 1-0 [Event "Blitz"] [White "BD"] [Black "N.N."] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Be7 5. Nbd2 b6 6. b3 Bb7 7. Bb2 c5 8. O-O Nc6 9. a3 a6 {I should have been wary at this point, but was just mindlessly playing plans I had read about today.} 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f4 {Still blithely doing what I wanted while ignoring threats and plans of opponent, obviously not a good way to play.} b5 12. Rf3 c4 13. bxc4 bxc4 14. Ndxc4 dxc4 {OK, I guess I need to think about how to handle a6/b5 when black plays them.} [Event "Wageningen 4- De Toren 5"] [Site "Wageningen"] [Date "2010.01.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Stallinga Hein"] [Black "Matser-Niels"] [ELO white: 1645] [ELO Black: 1746] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] 1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bd3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nf6 7. Bb2 Bd6 8. Nbd2 O-O 9. a3 {Time for 0-0} Re8 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Ndf3 Ne4 12. Qe2 Qa5+ 13. Kf1 f5 14. Rg1 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bd7 16. c4 Ne7 17. b4 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Nd4 Ng6 20. Nb3 Rc8 21. g3 Rf8 22. f4 b6 23. Kg2 Qe8 24. cxd5 exd5 25. Nd4 h5 26. Ba6 Rxc1 27. Rxc1 h4 28. Rc7 Ba4 29. Bb5 Bxb5 30. Qxb5 Nxf4+ 31. gxf4 Qg6+ 32. Kf3?? {mate in five!} Qg1 33. Qe2? Qh1+? {g5} 34. Ke3 Qg1+ 35. Kd3 Nf2+ 36.Kc2 Ne4 37. e6 Re8 38. Nxf5 1-0 [Event "BZL 2009/10"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Katzer, Michael"] [Black "Fietsch, Roland"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "1744"] [BlackElo "1810"] [PlyCount "85"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 Bb4 11. c3 Bxc3 12. Rc1 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qd8 14. Qc2 g6 15. O-O Nxe5 16. fxe5 Ng4 17. Qd2 Qh4 18. h3 Nh6 19. Rf4 Qg3 20. Rcf1 Nf5 21. R1f3 Qg5 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. g4 g5 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Kh8 27. Rf6 Kg7 28. Qf5 Rh8 29. Qxg5+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Qg7 Qf8 32. Bb5+ Kd8 33. Rxf7 Qxg7+ 34. Rxg7 a6 35. Bd7 b6 36. e6 Ra7 37. Bc1 h6 38. Bf4 b5 39. Be5 h5 40. Bd6 Rb7 41. Kf2 Re8 42. Bxe8 Rxg7 43. Bxh5 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2010.03.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Schroeder"] [Black "rvwon"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1938"] [BlackElo "1477"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 {This move order (delaying Nf6) is very common, I often encounter it in internet games. Black keeps the option of transposing into a stonewall with 3.-f5 or 4.-f5.} 3. e3 c5 4. b3 Nf6 5. Bd3 b6 6. O-O Ba6 ({ If Black delays Ba6 for one move} 6... Be7 7. Bb2 Ba6 $6 { White has the promising continuation} 8. dxc5 bxc5 9. c4 dxc4 10. bxc4 $14 { as explained in Zuke EM (chapter 11.5)}) 7. Bb2 ({ This automatic move is not bad, but probably more precise is} 7. Nc3 $1 Bxd3 ( 7... Bd6 8. Nb5 $1) (7... Be7 8. Ne5) 8. Qxd3 Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 $40 { (see Zuke Em chapter 11.5)}) 7... Bxd3 8. Qxd3 Be7 9. Ne5 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 ({ I found two games in the database where Black retreated the Nf6 (instead of Nb8-d7 in this game) to d7: a)} 10... Qc8 11. f4 Nfd7 12. f5 $6 exf5 13. Rxf5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nc6 15. a3 Qe6 16. Nf3 b5 $5 (16... Rad8 $15) 17. Rf4 $2 (17. Rh5 h6 18. Qxb5 $6 Qg6 19. Rh3 (19. Rc1 Rab8 20. Qa4 Qxh5 21. Qxc6 Qg4 $17) 19... Qxc2 20. Qxc6 Qxb2 21. Re1 Qxb3 22. Rg3 Qb6 $15) 17... g5 $1 $17 { Kagan,N (2300)-Vancini,E (2225)/Caorle 1988/}) ({b)} 10... Nfd7 11. Nxd7 (11. f4) 11... Nxd7 12. c4 cxd4 13. Bxd4 dxc4 14. Nxc4 {was played in Wildschut, G-Kindt,M (Netherlands 1994). Here Black could have equalised with} b5 15. Nd2 e5 16. Bc3 b4 17. Bb2 Nc5 $11) 11. f4 Nbd7 12. Rf3 g6 13. Rh3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nh5 15. Rf1 cxd4 16. exd4 Rfc8 $6 ({ This rook is needed on f8 for the protection of f7. Better therefore is} 16... Rac8) 17. c3 $6 ({Better is} 17. c4 Ng7 18. Rhf3 $14 { forcing the rook back to f8}) 17... Bg5 $2 ({ This mistake allows a nice tactical blow. After the better} 17... Ng7 { White's advantage is very small.}) 18. Rxh5 $1 gxh5 (18... Bxd2 $2 19. Qxd2 gxh5 20. Qg5+ Kh8 (20... Kf8 21. Ba3+ Ke8 22. Qg8+ Kd7 23. Rxf7+ $18) 21. Qf6+ Kg8 22. Rf3 $18) 19. Qg3 Qe7 $2 ({The losing move. After} 19... f6 20. h4 Qg7 21. hxg5 $16 {Black can still fight.}) 20. h4 $18 h6 21. Rf6 Kh7 22. hxg5 Rg8 23. Rxh6+ Kg7 24. Qf4 Kf8 25. Rh7 Ke8 26. Nf3 a5 27. Ba3 Qd7 28. g6 1-0 [Event "St. Ingbert Open"] [Date "2000.07.23"] [Round "2"] [White "Joel H"] [Black "IM Pirrot"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "2449"] [PlyCount "33"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. b3 d5 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Qc7 8. 0-0 b6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Ne4 11. a3 Bb7 12. b4 f6 13. f3 Ng5 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Bxf6 Bg7 16. Bb5+ Kf8 17. Bxg7+ Qxg7 18. Nd2 Rg8 19. g3 e5 20. Qe1 Rc8 21. Bd3 Rc6 22. Bf5 Nf7 23. Rc1 h5 24. c4 Rf6 25. Bh3 h4 26. g4 Ng5 27. Bg2 h3? 28. Qxe5! Bc8 {28...hxg2? 29.Qb8+ Kf7 30.Dxb7+ Kg6 31.Dxg7+ Kxg7 32.Kxg2+-} 29. Bh1 Bxg4 30. Qb8+?? {30.fxg4!! Nf7 (30...Nf3+ 31.Bxf3 Qe7 32.Qxe7++-; 30...Rxf1+ 31.Rxf1+ Nf7 32.Qd6++-) 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qc7+ Kf8 33. Qc8+ Nd8 34. Qxd8+ Kf7 35.Bxd5++-} 30... Ke7 31. Qc7+ Bd7 32. Rce1+ Ne6+ 33. Qg3 Rg6 0-1 [Event "Landesliga"] [Site "Hamburg"] [Date "2010.04.10"] [Round "8.7"] [White "Schroeder, Christoph"] [Black "Kielhorn, Sebastian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2207"] [BlackElo "1957"] [Annotator "Schroeder"] [PlyCount "113"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] [EventType "team"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "GER"] [SourceDate "2008.01.09"] [WhiteTeam "SK Johanneum Eppendorf"] [BlackTeam "SK Marmstorf"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. h3 Bh5 5. g4 Bg6 6. Ne5 Ne4 $5 {Surprisingly, this move has never been played (according to my database). But it seems logical to block the diagonal b1-h7, and is perhaps not worse than the alternatives.} 7. h4 f6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bd3 $6 ({ This is an inaccuracy that allows Black to equalize. Better is} 9. Qd3 $1 { (threatening Qb5+ and thus preventing the game move f6-f5)} Qd7 (9... Kf7 10. Nd2 $16) 10. f3 Ng3 11. Qxg6+ Kd8 12. Rh3 Nxf1 13. Kxf1 { when White is a solid pawn up.}) 9... f5 $1 10. f3 Nd6 $11 {Black has reached a firm defensive position, White has no real attacking prospects.} 11. Kf2 e6 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 $5 ({Preparing h4-h5 and fighting for the control of the h-file. The disadvantage, of course, is weakening e4. The alternative was} 13. b3 $11) 13... Qe7 14. h5 gxh5 15. Rxh5 Rxh5 16. Qxh5+ Qf7 17. Qh3 O-O-O 18. Nd2 Kb8 ({Black can also fight for the h-file by} 18... g6 19. b3 Bg7 20. Bb2 Rh8 $11) 19. b3 Ne4+ 20. Bxe4 (20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Be2 g6 $11) 20... fxe4 21. Bb2 Bd6 22. Ke2 Qe7 23. Rh1 Nf8 24. Qg4 Ba3 25. Ba1 ({ An interesting alternative leading to a very unclear position is} 25. Bxa3 $5 Qxa3 26. f5 $13) 25... Qd6 26. Kd1 (26. Rh8 Qa6+ 27. Kd1 Qa5 { threatening Bb4 gives Black enough counterplay on the queenside.}) 26... Qa6 27. Qe2 Qxe2+ ({Keeping the queens on board also leads to an even position.} 27... Qa5 $144) 28. Kxe2 Ng6 29. Rh7 Rg8 30. Nf1 Bf8 31. c4 c6 32. Kf2 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Nxh8 34. Kg3 Ng6 ({Blocking the kingside by} 34... g6 { immediately should also be ok.}) 35. Kg4 Ne7 36. Bc3 Nf5 37. Kh5 Kc8 $2 ({ The losing move, allowing the intrusion of the white king. Black could still draw by} 37... Ne7 38. Bb4 g6+ 39. Kg4 Kc7 40. Bxe7 Bxe7 41. c5 b6 42. b4 a5 43. a3 axb4 (43... Kb7 $2 44. Nh2 Ka6 45. Kh4 Kb5 $2 46. Ng4 $16) 44. axb4 Bf8 45. Nh2 Bg7 46. Kg3 b5 47. Ng4 Kd8 $11) 38. Kg6 Kd7 39. Kf7 Bd6 $2 ({This makes the task easy for White. Black could set up a much more stubborn resistence by } 39... Ba3 {but with correct play White is winning:} 40. c5 Bc1 41. g6 $1 b6 42. cxb6 axb6 43. a4 c5 44. dxc5 bxc5 45. Bxg7 d4 46. a5 $18 Kc6 (46... dxe3 47. Bc3 $18) 47. a6 dxe3 48. Bc3 Bb2 49. Be1 Kb6 50. Kxe6 Nd4+ 51. Kd5 Nc2 52. Kxe4 $18) 40. c5 $18 Bc7 41. Be1 b6 42. b4 {Black has no defence against the threat of Bf2 followed by Ng3, winning the g7 pawn. In view of this, Black tried a desperate piece sacrifice, which can not save the game, either.} Nxe3 43. Nxe3 Bxf4 44. Ng4 Bxg5 45. Kxg7 bxc5 46. bxc5 Bf4 47. Kf6 e3 48. Ne5+ Kc7 49. Kxe6 Kb7 50. Kf5 Bh2 51. Ng4 Bg1 52. Kf4 e2 53. Nf2 Bh2+ 54. Ke3 Kc7 55. Kxe2 Bd6 56. cxd6+ Kxd6 57. Bb4+ 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2010.03.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Schroeder"] [Black "shakeitupinhere"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1890"] [BlackElo "1909"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 ({This immediately clears the situation in the center. But keeping the tension with} 8. b3 {is the most common move and the one recommended in Zuke Em.}) 8... exd5 9. Ne5 Nc6 $5 {In this position 9.-c5, 9.-Nbd7, 9.-Bd6 have been played nearly exclusively. The game move 9.-Nc6!? (played before c5) looks a bit strange, but Black has the idea of playing Nb4 followed by c7-c5.} 10. f4 Nb4 11. Bb1 c5 12. Rf3 Ne4 13. Rh3 g6 14. Qf3 $5 ({On the natural looking} 14. a3 { Black can equalize with} Nxc3 (14... Nc6 $6 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. Nxc5 Bc8 17. f5 $1 Nc4 {would allow the interesting piece sacrifice} 18. Ne6 $1 fxe6 19. fxg6 { with a strong attack}) 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Ng4 f5 { (otherwise White can push f4-f5)} 17. Ne5 $11) 14... f6 15. Ng4 $6 ({ I should have sacrificed the knight:} 15. Nxg6 $1 hxg6 16. a3 Na6 17. Nxe4 ({ another idea worth investigating ist} 17. Rh6 $40) 17... dxe4 18. Qg4 { and Black has to find some very precise defensive moves in order not to lose:} Kg7 (18... Rf7 $6 19. Rh6 (19. f5 g5 20. Ba2 Bd5 21. Qh5 Rg7 $8 22. Qh8+ Kf7 23. Qh5+ {perpetual}) 19... Qd5 20. f5 Bf8 21. Qxg6+ (21. Rxg6+ Rg7 22. Ba2 c4 23. Qh4 $13) 21... Bg7 22. Ba2 c4 23. Bd2 { with two pawns for the piece and a continuing attack.}) 19. f5 g5 $8 (19... Qe8 $2 20. fxg6 Qxg6 21. Qd7 $18) 20. Qh5 (20. Rh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg7 $11) 20... Rg8 $8 21. Ba2 Bd5 $8 22. Qg6+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ {with a perpetual}) 15... f5 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Nc6 18. Be3 $2 ({ A mistake that allows Black to get a strong counterattack. Better is} 18. Ne2 $15) 18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 f4 $1 $17 { Suddenly all White pieces on the kingside look rather stupid.} 20. Bxf4 { Still the best choice in a difficult position.} Ng5 21. Bxg5 $2 ({ The losing move.} 21. Qe3 Nxh3+ 22. gxh3 Bh4 $17 {was nessecary.}) 21... Rxf3 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rxf3 {Material balance here would be ok, if not ...} Qb4 $19 {This double attack on d4 and b2 makes the white position crumble.} 24. a3 Qxd4+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Ba2 Qxe5 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. h3 d4 30. Nd1 Qg3 31. Rf2 Qd3 32. Bf7+ Kd8 0-1 [Event "Schachkongress"] [Site "Neustadt"] [Date "2010.03.28"] [Round "4"] [White "Joel H"] [Black "NN"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D05g"] 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3? {Automatischer Zug :( An automatic Move :( } 4... Nf6 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. a3 Rc8 10. Ne5 Bd6 11. f4 Qb6 12. Nxd7 {Über die weiteren Züge habe ich nicht groß nachgedacht. Mir fiel spontan das doppelte Läuferopfer ein und die Stellung sah aus als gäbe es das Opfer her. Dieser Zug lotst den Sf6 von der langen Diagonale I did not think much about my next moves. I noticed spontaneous the double bishop sacrifice here, and the position looked like it should work. This move leads the Nf6 away from the long diagonal a1-h8. } 12... Nxd7 13. dxc5 {Mit Tempo wird noch ein Stein aus der langen Diagonale geräumt. Another stone is taken with pace from the long diagonal a1-h8. } 13... Bxc5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 { 14...Kh8 15.Qh5! ( 15.Bxg7+!? If Black does not take on h7, this move was my idea. 15...Kxg7 16.Qg4+ Kh8 17.Qh4 Bxe3+ 18.Kh1 Ne7 19.Bd3+ = 15...Rfd8 16.Bg6+ Kg8 17.Bxf7+ Kf8 18.Bxe6 Bxe3+ 19.Kh1 g6 20.Qh7 Nde5 21.fxe5+ Ke8 22.Qf7# } 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7?? {Das ist Matt in 6! Mate in 6. ( 16...f5! ( 16...f6?! 17.Bh6 Bxe3+ 18.Kh1 Ne7 19.Rf3 Bf2 20.Rf1 Rf7 21.R1xf2 Nf5 22.Qg6+ Rg7 ( 22...Ng7 23.c4 Qd4 += ) 23.Bxg7 +- ) 17.Rf3 Nf6 18.Bxf6 ( 18.Qg6!? Dieses Manöver funktioniert in dieser Variante nicht mehr. This maneuver does not work in this variant. 18...Ne7 19.Qg5 Nh7 20.Qh6 e5 21.Rg3 Qxh6 22.Bxh6+ Kf7 23.Bxf8 Nxf8 -/+ ) 18...Rxf6 19.Rh3! 19...Bxe3+ 20.Kh1 Kf8 21.Qh8+ Ke7 22.Qxc8 Bxd2 23.c4 dxc4 24.Rh7+ Rf7 25.Rxf7+ Kxf7 26.Qd7+ Ne7 27.Qxd2 Qxb3 ~ } 17. Qg5+ Kh8 18. Rf3 Nf6 19. Qxf6+ Kh7 20. Rh3+ 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2010.04.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Schroeder"] [Black "Deegii_2010"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D05"] [WhiteElo "1814"] [BlackElo "1682"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O cxd4 {By exchanging on d4 that early (before developing the Bf8), Black rules out all White's plans based on dxc5 (Phoenix attack).} 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bb2 O-O 9. Ne5 $6 ({This is probably premature. I should have better followed the line proposed in Zuke Em, chapter 5.2, which goes} 9. a3 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Re1 Rc8 (11... Qc7 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Qh5 $1) 12. Re3 $5 Ng4 13. Re2 {followed by g2-g3 and Qd1-f1-h3}) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Re1 (11. f4 { was possible, but Black has several ways to equality, e.g.:} f6 12. Nd2 fxe5 13. fxe5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1 Rxf1+ 15. Bxf1 Nc5 $11) ({ Here - with the black queen still on d8 -} 11. Qh5 $6 { is not a good idea due to} g6 12. Qh6 $2 Bg5 $17) 11... Nc5 12. Bf1 a6 (12... f5 {restricts White's possibilities on the kingside, when the position is probably already slightly better for Black.}) 13. Nd2 b5 14. Nf3 Ne4 15. Nd4 Qb6 16. f3 Nc5 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Rfd8 20. Qf4 h6 21. Rcd1 b4 22. h4 Nd7 23. Kh2 Bc5 24. Rd2 Nf8 25. h5 Be7 26. Qg4 Qc7 27. f4 Nd7 $2 { Allowing the knight sac on e6 ...} 28. g3 $2 ({ ... but i didn't dare to play it.} 28. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kf8 { Here I didn't see a good follow-up, but the White attack is overwhelming:} 30. Bd3 Bh4 (30... Nc5 31. Qf5+ Ke8 32. e6 Bf6 33. Bxf6 gxf6 34. e7 $18) 31. Qf5+ Ke7 (31... Kg8 $2 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Qh8+ Kf7 34. Bg6+ Ke6 35. f5+ Ke7 36. Qxg7#) 32. Qg4 g5 33. g3 $18) 28... Nc5 29. Bg2 Ne4 30. Bxe4 $2 ({ After missing my great chance at move 28, I somehow lost the thread.} 30. Rde2 $15 {was necessary, when Black is only slightly better.}) 30... dxe4 $17 { It becomes now clear that the black bishop on b7 cannot be closed out of the game anymore. At some point Black will free him with enormous effect by e4-e3.} 31. Red1 Kh8 32. f5 $2 {Trying to create complications, but this is just bad and leads me from a worse to a completely lost position.} Qxe5 $19 33. fxe6 fxe6 (33... e3 34. Re2 Rc5 $19) 34. Qxe6 Bf6 $6 (34... Qxh5+ 35. Qh3 Rc5 $19) 35. Qxe5 Bxe5 {Material is still even, but Black's strong central passed pawn, the bishop pair and the clumsy placement of the white pieces guarantee him an easy win.} 36. Kh3 Bf6 37. Ba1 Rc5 38. g4 Rcd5 39. c4 bxc3 40. Bxc3 e3 41. Re2 Bxd4 42. Bxd4 Rxd4 43. Rxd4 Rxd4 44. Rxe3 Kg8 45. Kg3 Kf7 46. a3 Rd7 47. b4 Kf6 48. Kf4 Bc6 49. Rc3 Bb5 50. Rc8 Rd4+ 51. Ke3 Rd3+ 52. Ke4 Rxa3 53. Rf8+ Ke7 54. Rb8 Rb3 55. Rb7+ Kf8 56. Ke5 Rxb4 57. g5 hxg5 58. Kf5 Bd3+ 0-1 [Event "BI-2009-F-00002"] [Site "Lechenicher SchachServer"] [Date "2010.05.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Schroeder, Christoph"] [Black "Zolendowski, Cesary"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [WhiteElo "2105"] [BlackElo "2172"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2010.02.17"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. O-O ({ It might be more precise to delay castling:} 6. Bb2 $1 Be7 ({or} 6... Bd6) 7. dxc5 {transposing to the Phoenix attack, also in case of the "Classical" Be7. Black does not have the manouvre Nf6-d7xc5 because his pawn on g7 is hanging. This move order was proposed by David Rudel in the thread "A dagger at the heart of the classical variation?".}) 6... Be7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2 ({ After Black has castled, White cannot force a Phoenix attack any more:} 8. dxc5 Nd7 $1 {followed by Nxc5 with a good game for Black.}) 8... b6 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. f4 ({White has no time for} 10. a3 $6 {because of} cxd4 $1 11. exd4 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nd7 13. b4 (13. f4 $6 Nc5 14. Nf3 Nxd3 15. cxd3 d4 $3) 13... Qc7 14. Re1 a5 $15 {Black has achieved an advantage on the queenside, and the typical White attacking scheme} 15. Re3 axb4 16. Bxh7+ $2 {does not work:} Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg8 18. Rh3 f6 $19 {White has no perpetual.}) 10... Nb4 11. Rf3 $5 ({ A proposal from "Zuke Em" as an improvement over} 11. Be2 {. The bishop retreat has been played far more often, but gives up control over e4, and Black's results are excellent.}) 11... Nxd3 12. cxd3 c4 $1 ({ This is much stronger than the knight moves} 12... Nd7) ({and} 12... Ne8 $6 { , discussed in "Zuke Em".}) 13. dxc4 $1 $146 ({Planning to sacrifice the exchange next move. The only predecessor game Donnert - Mojzis (Czech championship Havirov 1971) went} 13. Rh3 $6 cxd3 $15 { and Black was slightly better.}) 13... dxc4 14. bxc4 ({Otherwise Black's strong Bb7 and the control of the white squares would have been unpleasant, e. g.} 14. Rg3 cxb3 15. axb3 g6 16. Ba3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 $15) 14... Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Rc8 16. e4 {The strong central pawn phalanx gives White enough compensation for the exchange.} Qc7 17. Nd3 Rfd8 18. a4 a5 ({ Otherwise the a-pawn can march on:} 18... Ne8 {allows} 19. a5 Nd6 (19... bxa5 20. c5 $44) 20. axb6 axb6 21. Rc1 $44) 19. e5 ({I was convinced that principially my e- and d-pawns are the ones that have to be pushed. And White should not take too much time doing so:} 19. h3 $6 { A "luftloch" is of course desirable, but it seems too slow:} Bb4 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. g3 (21. d5 exd5 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. exd5 Qc5+ $17) (21. e5 Nd5 22. f5 Nc3 23. Bxc3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 exf5 25. a5 bxa5 26. c5 Qd7 27. Nf3 a4 $17)) (19. Rc1 Qc6 20. Ra1 Bb4 21. Nxb4 axb4 22. a5 bxa5 23. Rxa5 Ra8 24. Rb5 Rdb8 25. d5 exd5 26. exd5 Qc7 27. Rxb8+ Qxb8 $17) (19. f5 $2 {This is the wrong lever:} Bb4 20. Nxb4 axb4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. e5 Nd7 $17 { The opening of the f-file has backfired, Black will make use of it by Rf8.}) 19... Nd7 20. d5 ({Again, other moves are too slow:} 20. Rc1 Qc6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Bc3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. d5 exd5 25. Bxa5 Rd7 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Nc4 $15) 20... exd5 ({Wild and complicated lines could also arise after} 20... Nc5 { , e.g.:} 21. Nf2 (21. d6 $2 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qxd6 $19) 21... exd5 22. cxd5 { , and now it looks very dangerous to sack in the a-pawn:} Nxa4 $6 23. d6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Qc2 25. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 26. Nde4 Nc5 27. Re1 Kh8 28. Qh5 Re8 29. Qd5 Qa4 30. g3 f6 31. Qf5 Qd7 32. Qxf6+ Qg7 33. Qf5 a4 34. Qd5 a3 35. Re2 $13) 21. cxd5 Qc2 22. Ne4 Nc5 23. Nexc5 Bxc5+ 24. Kh1 Qb3 25. d6 Bb4 26. f5 f6 ({It looks log ical to crack up the white pawn chain, albeit this comes along with a weakening of the black king position. How versatile the white resources are, is shown by the following two alternative lines:} 26... Rc2 27. e6 fxe6 (27... Bxd6 28. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 29. Qh5 Rxg2 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Qf6+ Kh5 32. Qf7+ Rg6 33. Qxh7+ Rh6 34. Qf7+ Kh4 35. e7 $1 Qxf7 36. exd8=Q+ $11) 28. Bxg7 $1 Qd5 29. Qg3 Rxg2 30. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Kxg7 32. Nxb4 axb4 33. fxe6 Rxd6 $11 { leads to a drawish rook ending.}) (26... Bc3 27. Ra3 Qc2 28. Bxc3 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Qxc3 30. h3 Qa1+ 31. Kh2 Qxa4 32. e6 Qd4 $8 33. d7 fxe6 34. fxe6 Qd6+ 35. Nf4 a4 $8 (35... g5 $2 36. Qg3 h6 37. h4 Qe5 (37... Qe7 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Nd5 $18) 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Nh5 $1 $18) (35... b5 $2 36. Qe4 Rxd7 37. exd7 Qxd7 38. Qa8+ Kf7 39. Qxa5 $18) 36. Qe4 Rxd7 37. exd7 Qxd7 38. Qc4+ Kh8 39. Qb4 Qe8 40. Qxb6 Qa8 41. Qc7 a3 42. Nh5 Qf8 43. Qa5 $16) 27. exf6 Bxd6 28. Re1 $1 ({ On the immediate} 28. fxg7 {Black has the strong response} Ba3 $1 29. Bxa3 (29. Rxa3 $2 Qxb2 $1 $19) 29... Qxd3 30. f6 Qxf3 31. gxf3 Rd2 32. Re1 Rf2 33. Kg1 Rxf3 34. Bb2 b5 35. axb5 Rb3 $15) 28... Rc2 ({ Black defends actively. Instead, he could go for a queen's exchange:} 28... Bf8 29. Ne5 Qxf3 30. f7+ Kh8 31. Nxf3 {, but here Black cannot get rid of the pawn f7 and is completely tied up. Play can continue} Rd7 32. Re8 Rd1+ 33. Ng1 Rdd8 34. Re4 h6 35. h3 Kh7 36. Re6 $11 {Black is unable to maky any progress.}) 29. Qe4 (29. Qg4 $6 Qf7 30. Qd1 Rxb2 31. Nxb2 Qxf6 32. Qb3+ Kf8 $15) 29... Rd2 ({ Taking immediately on b2 is not a good idea for Black:} 29... Rxb2 $6 30. Nxb2 {and Black has to take the emergency exit} gxf6 ({in view of} 30... Qxb2 $4 31. Qe6+ Kf8 32. f7 $18) 31. Nd3 $14 { and Black's weakened King's position gives White some chances.}) 30. fxg7 Rxb2 31. Nxb2 Qxb2 32. Qh4 Rc8 33. f6 Qc3 34. h3 (34. Rf1 {also forces the draw:} Qc4 (34... Qe5 35. f7+ Kxg7 36. Qg4+ Kh6 37. Qh4+ Kg6 $11) (34... Rc7 35. Re1 Be5 (35... Rc8 36. Rf1 $11) 36. f7+ Kxg7 37. Rf1 Rxf7 38. Qg5+ Kh8 39. Qd8+ Kg7 $11) 35. Qf2 Bf4 (35... h6 36. f7+ Kxg7 37. Qf6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg7 $11) (35... Kf7 36. h3 $11) 36. Re1 Kf7 37. Qh4 (37. h3 Bg5 38. Re7+ Kg6 39. f7 Bxe7 40. f8=Q Rxf8 41. gxf8=Q Bxf8 42. Qxf8 $11) 37... h6 38. h3 Kg6 39. Qg4+ Kxf6 40. g3 h5 41. Qh4+ Kxg7 42. gxf4 $11) 34... Be5 ({ Three other black moves also result in a perpetual:} 34... h6 35. Qf2 Kf7 36. Qa2+ Kxf6 37. Qe6+ Kxg7 38. Qd7+ Kg8 (38... Kh8 39. Re8+ Rxe8 40. Qxe8+ Kh7 41. Qd7+ $11) 39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qd7+ $11) (34... h5 35. f7+ Kxf7 36. Qxh5+ Kxg7 37. Qg4+ $11) (34... b5 35. axb5 (35. Rf1 $11) 35... Bg3 36. f7+ Kxg7 37. Qg5+ Kxf7 38. Rf1+ Ke6 39. Qh6+ Ke7 40. Qxh7+ Kd6 41. Qh6+ Ke7 $11) ({Bad, however, is} 34... Bg3 $2 35. f7+ Kxf7 (35... Kxg7 36. Qg5+ Kxf7 37. Rf1+ Ke6 38. Qh6+ Kd5 39. Rd1+ Kc4 40. Rc1 $14) 36. Qe7+ Kg8 37. Rf1 Bf2 38. Qe6+ Kxg7 39. Rxf2 Qc1+ 40. Kh2 Qc7+ 41. g3 $14 {Material is even, but Black's open King position is a factor that gives White some (at least practical) chances.}) 35. Rf1 ({ White could also head for a drawish rook ending:} 35. f7+ Kxf7 36. Qh5+ Kxg7 37. Qxe5+ Qxe5 38. Rxe5 Rc4 $11) 35... Rc7 ({Returning the piece with} 35... Bxf6 $6 {takes unnecessary risks:} 36. Rxf6 Qa1+ 37. Kh2 Qe5+ 38. Rf4 Rc3 39. Qd8+ Kxg7 40. Qf8+ Kg6 41. Qf7+ Kh6 42. h4 $14 {Black's king position is a problem, although with best play this should be a draw.}) 36. f7+ Rxf7 37. Qd8+ Kxg7 38. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "Interne SGA"] [Site "?"] [Date "2010.05.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Henry van de Bor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A47"] [Annotator "Ton van Bladel"] [PlyCount "?"] [EventDate "2000.10.08"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 Be7 $2 6. O-O Na6 $2 7. a3 c5 8. b3 O-O 9. Bb2 d5 10. c4 Nc7 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxe5 13. fxe5 f5 14. exf6 Bxf6 15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh3 (16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Bg7 18. dxc5 Qe7) 16... Qe7 17. Rf4 (17. Rf2 Bh4 18. Rxf8+ Rxf8 19. Rf1 Rxf1+ 20. Bxf1 dxc4 21. Bxc4 b5) 17... Bc8 18. Qg3 e5 $2 19. dxe5 Bg7 20. Rxf8+ Qxf8 21. Rf1 (21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Ne4 Qe7 23. Rf1 Bd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Bc4) 21... Qe7 22. Nf3 (22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Ne4 Bd7 24. Ng5 h6 25. Bc4 Bc6 26. e4 Qxg5 27. Qxg5 hxg5 28. Bxd5+ Bxd5 29. exd5 Rf8 30. d6 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Kf8) 22... Be6 23. Ng5 Kh8 24. Nxh7 (24. Qh4 h6) 24... Bf5 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Qh3 Kg8 27. Nf6+ Bxf6 28. exf6 Qf7 29. Rxf5 Ne6 30. cxd5 Nf8 31. e4 (31. Rg5+ Qg6) 31... Nh7 32. Qg3+ 1-0 [Event "?"] [Site "Free Internet Chess Server"] [Date "2010.05.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Ton van Bladel"] [Black "Harald Waxon"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2010.??.??"] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. b3 Nc6 6. Bb2 cxd4 7. exd4 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. f4 Nb4 11. Nc3 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Bb4 13. Rf3 b6 14. Rh3 h6 15. g4 Bb7 16. g5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qg3 Qxc2 19. gxh6 g6 20. Nxg6 e3 $4 (20... Kh7 21. Nxf8+ (21. Ne7 {??} 21... Rg8 22. Nxg8 Rxg8) 21... Bxf8 22. Qf2 Rc8 23. Rf1 Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 Bxh6 25. Rg3 Re8 26. h4 Bg7 $16) 21. Ne7+ {Waxon resigns} 1-0 [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2010.04.25"] [White "elev8torguy"] [Black ""] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "675"] [BlackElo "1032"] [TimeControl "2|12"] [Termination "won by checkmate"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 Nf6 6. Bd3 Ng4 7. O-O Nc6 8. b3 Qf6 9. Bb2 e5 10. Rfe1 exd4 11. exd4+ Be6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Re3 Ncxe5 14. dxe5 Qf4 15. g3 Qh6 16. h3 Qxh3 17. Qe2 Qh2+ 18. Kf1 Nxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Bh3+ 20. Ke2 Rae8 21. a4 f6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qf4 fxe5 24. Qh4+ Kg8 25. Rd1 Qxf2+ 26. Kd3 Bf5+ 27. Kc3 Qe3+ 28. Kb4 a5+ 29. Kxa5 Ra8+ 30. Kb5 Qb6 0-1 [Event "FICS rated blitz game"] [Site "FICS"] [Date "2010.04.20"] [Round "?"] [White "JoelH"] [Black "Otavianocr"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1741"] [BlackElo "1755"] [ECO "A47"] [FICSGamesDBGameNo "246468815"] [TimeControl "180+0"] [WhiteClock "0:03:00.000"] [BlackClock "0:03:00.000"] [PlyCount "45"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 b6 3.e3 Bb7 4.Bd3 e6 5.b3 d5 6.Bb2 Bd6 7.Nbd2 O-O 8.O-O c5 9.Ne5 Nc6 10.f4 Rc8 11.a3 Qc7 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.dxc5 Bxc5?! {( 13...d4 14.Qe2 ( 14.e4 bxc5 ) 14...bxc5 15.exd4 cxd4 ) ( 13...Be7 14.cxb6 ) ( 13...Qxc5? 14.Bxf6 Bxf4 15.Qg4 Bxe3+ 16.Kh1 g6 17.Nf3 +- )} 14.Bxf6 Bxe3+ {( 14...gxf6 15.Bxh7+ Kxh7 ( 15...Kh8 16.Qh5 Bxe3+ 17.Kh1 Kg7 ( 17...f5? 18.Bxf5+ Kg7 19.Qg5+ Kh8 20.Qh6+ Kg8 21.Qh7# ) 18.Qg4+ Kh8 19.Rf3 Qc3 20.Bd3 Qxa1+ 21.Nf1 Qxf1+ 22.Bxf1 Bxf4 23.Rh3+ Bh6 24.Rxh6# ) 16.Qh5+ Kg8 17.Qg4+ Kh8 18.Rf3 Bxe3+ 19.Kh1 Qxc2 20.Rh3+ Qh7 21.Rxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh3+ Kg8 23.Qxe3 Rc5 +- )} 15.Kh1 gxf6 +- {( 15...d4 16.Be4 Qd7 ( 16...Qxe4 17.Nxe4 Bxe4 18.Qg4 Bg6 19.Be5 +- ) 17.Qg4 g6 18.Qh4 h5 ( 18...Bxf4 19.Qxh7+!! Kxh7 20.Rxf4 Rc5 21.Rh4+ Rh5 22.Rxh5+ Kg8 23.Rh8# ) 19.Qg5 Bxe4 ( 19...Qd8 20.Bxd8 Rcxd8 21.Bxb7 Bxd2 22.Be4 +- ) 20.Qh6 Bxg2+ 21.Kxg2 Qd5+ 22.Rf3 Qxf3+ 23.Kxf3 Bxf4 24.Qg7# )} 16.Bxh7+ Kxh7 17.Qh5+ Kg7 18.Qg4+ Kh7 {( 18...Kh8 19.Rf3 Qxc2 20.Rh3+ Qh7 21.Rxh7+ Kxh7 22.Qh3+ Kg7 23.Qxe3 +- )} 19.Rf3 Bxf4 20.Rh3+ Bh6 21.Qh5 Rh8 22.Qxh6+ Kg8 23.Rg3# {Black checkmated} 1-0 [Event "ENDGAME STUDY FODDER"] [White "RookPawn"] [Black "bobby fissure"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 e6 4.Bd3 c5 5.b3 Nc6 6.O-O Bd6 7.Bb2 O-O 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.a3 a6 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Qe2 Bb7 12.Rfd1 Rc8 {A key item that I am looking at here is the Nf6. Its only being protected by the Qd8 and g7 pawn.} 13.c4 dxc4 14.bxc4 bxc4 15.Bxc4 Qb6 {Black abandons the Nf6! Its only defender is now, the g7 pawn.} 16.Rab1 Qa7 {The pawn structure around the king can be compromised!} 17.Bxf6 gxf6 {We have a standard pawn structure around blacks king.} 18.Ne4 Be7 19.Rd7 Rb8 20.Rxe7 Nxe7 21.Nxf6+ Kg7 22.Qb2 Rg8 23.Nd7+ Kh6 24.Qf6+ Ng6 25.Nfe5 Rbf8 26.Ng4+ Kh5 27.h4 {Black resigned} 1-0