A few games from a Thematic Tournament

[Rookpawn]

My Latest attempt in this line.

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net Tournament number #11"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2009.03.15"]
[Round "?.62"]
[White "RookPawn"]
[Black "Brynjar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 Ng4 11. a3 Qc7 12. h3 Nge5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Be2 a5
15. Rc1 Qe7 16. c4 axb4 17. c5 Bc7 18. axb4 Bd7 19. Ra1 f6 20. Bd4 Rxa1 21.
Qxa1 Qe8 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. Bxf3 Bb5 24. Rc1 Qb8 25. Qa2 Bh2+ 26. Kh1 Be5 27.
Ra1 Bc4 28. Qa4 Qc7 29. Qa5 Qc6 30. Kg1 Bxd4 31. exd4 e5 32. b5 Qd7 33. Qb6
Bxb5 34. dxe5 fxe5 35. Bxd5+ Qxd5 36. Qxb5 g6 37. Rb1 Rf7 38. Qb6 Qd4 39. Rb2
Kg7 40. Qb4 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2



My First game using this line:

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net Tournament number #85"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2007.10.26"]
[Round "?.58"]
[White "RookPawn"]
[Black "ghirgoff"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 e5 11. e4 Be6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. b5 Nce7 14. c4 Nf6 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. c5 Bxc5 21.
Qc2 Bf5 22. Qxc5 Qxc5 23. Rxc5 f6 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. g3 b6 26. Rcc1 Bd3 27. Rfe1
Bxb5 28. Ba3 Rf7 29. Kg2 Rfd7 30. h4 Nc7 31. Bb2 Ne6 32. Nxe5 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Nc5
34. Rg5 Bc6+ 35. Kf1 Bf3 {White resigned} 0-1


My Second forey into this line wasnt as bad.

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net Tournament number #10"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "?.22"]
[White "RookPawn"]
[Black "MerlynTheDruid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. b5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bb2 a6 13. bxa6 bxa6 14. Nf3 Bd6
15. c4 Rb8 16. Rb1 Bb7 17. Qc2 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nd5 20. Kh1 Rb4 21.
Rg1 g6 22. Qc2 Qh4 23. f4 Rfb8 24. Be4 Nf6 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Rxb4 Rxb4 27. Rb1
a5 28. Kg2 Bf8 29. Rxb4 axb4 30. Qb3 Kg7 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2



Black trys Bb6.......

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net Tournament number #10"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "?.18"]
[White "RookPawn"]
[Black "snowshinethedog"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. b5 Ne7 11. c4 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Ng6 14. Rc1 Qe7 15. Qb3
Rfd8 16. Ba3 Bc5 17. Bxc5 Rxc5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Qb4 Re8 20. Ne5 dxc4 21. Ndxc4
Rec8 22. Rfd1 Nd5 23. Qb3 Be8 24. Nd3 R5c7 25. e4 Nf6 26. f3 Nd7 27. g3 Nc5 28.
Nxc5 Qxc5+ 29. Kg2 Qg5 30. Rc3 Qe5 31. Nxe5 {Black resigned} 1-0

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net Tournament number #11"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "?.63"]
[White "RookPawn"]
[Black "girke"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 Ng4 11. h3 Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 a5 14. b5 b6 15.
c4 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. cxd5 Bxd5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. a4 Rd8 {Draw agreed} 1/2-1/2

This is a game I played against the line.

[Event "www.ChessWorld.net Tournament number #10"]
[Site "www.ChessWorld.net "]
[Date "2008.06.17"]
[Round "?.62"]
[White "FirebrandX"]
[Black "RookPawn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bb2 e5 11. e4 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 d4 14. a3 a6 15. Qe2
Bc7 16. Rfd1 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Rac1 Rad8 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. Qf3
Rd7 22. Nc5 Rd4 23. g4 h6 24. h4 Rfd8 25. Kg2 g6 26. Be2 Rxd1 27. Bxd1 Kg7 28.
Bb3 Bd6 29. g5 hxg5 30. hxg5 {Black resigned} 1-0

[Rudel]

By the way, my suggestion in the ...Ng4 line is just to let Black leave his Knight on e5. Force him to take on f3 instead of easing his space issues for free.

The simplest way of getting an advantage is to play h3 immediately and then play Be2. White might be able to get more by playing a3 or Be2 first. The line I'm not particularly sure of right now are situations where Black is allowed to end up with a Bishop on e5 pinning the c-pawn. For example 10...Ng5 11.Be2 Qc7 12.h3 Nh2!? 13.Nxh2 Bxh2+ 14.Kh1 Be5, but can also occur in the more mundane 12...Nge5 13.Nxe5 Bxe5 line.

[MelenG]

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