2013 Championship

Monday, October 26, 2009

The Knight on the Left

Our own DerLinksspringer was ahead early and pressed his advantage against Winchester's backrow1720 to get the club a win in the Battle for the Bluegrass. For those who don't speak German, Darren opened with 1.Nc3. Black's 3 ... Bb4 got him into trouble and the rest was history. Fritz analyzes below:

[Date "2009.09.30"]
[White "DerLinksspringer"]
[Black "backrow1720"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1675"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (30s)"]

{A00: Irregular Openings} 1. Nc3 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {last book move. White threatens to win material: d4xe5}


3 ... Bb4 (3... exd4 $5 {should be considered} 4. Nxd4 Nf6 +/=) 4. dxe5 +/- f6 5. exf6 (5. e4 !? +/-) 5... Nxf6 +/= 6. Qd3 d6 {Controls e5} (6... d5 7. Bg5 d4 8. a3 dxc3 9. axb4 Qxd3 10. exd3 cxb2 11. Rb1 Nxb4 12. c3 =) 7. Bd2 Be6 8. e4 {White has an active position} Qe7 9. O-O-O Bxc3 (9... O-O 10. Bg5 +/-) 10. Bxc3 +/- (10. bxc3 ?! O-O-O (not as good is 10... Bxa2 11. c4 +/-) 11. Nd4 Ne5 = (11... Bxa2 {Black again will not be able to digest the pawn} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qa6+ Kb8 14. Qxa2 +-)) (10. Qxc3 ?! Nxe4 11. Qe3 Nxd2 (not as good is 11... Bxa2 12. Re1 d5 13. Nd4 +-) 12. Qxd2 O-O-O =) 10... Rd8 (10... O-O !? +/-) 11. Ng5 Ne5 ?? {an oversight. But Black was lost anyway.} (better is 11... Bd7 +-) 12. Bxe5 dxe5 13. Qb5+ (better is 13. Qxd8+ !? {might be the shorter path} Qxd8 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nxe6+ Kd7 +-) 13... c6 ? (13... Bd7 14. Qxb7 O-O 15. Qxa7 h6 16. Bc4+ Kh8 +-) 14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Nxe6+ (15. Qxe5 ?! Bc8 16. Qb8 Nd5 +-) 15... Qxe6 16. Qxb7 Re8 (16... Nxe4 {doesn't get the bull off the ice}


17. Bc4 ! {Double attack: a7/d8} Qh6+ 18. Kb1 Nd2+ 19. Ka1 Nxc4 20. Qb8+ Ke7 21. Qxh8 +-) 17. Qb8+ (better is 17. Bc4 ! {makes sure everything is clear} Qc8 18. Qxg7 Nd7 +-) 17... Ke7 18. Qxa7+ Kf8 19. f3 Nd7 20. Qa3+ Kg8 (20... Kf7 {is not much help} 21. b3 Qh6+ 22. Kb1 +-) 21. Qb3 Nc5 (21... Qxb3 {does not help much} 22. cxb3 Kf8 23. Kc2 +-) 22. Bc4 Nxb3+ 23. Bxb3 Qxb3 24. cxb3 ({Instead of} 24. axb3 Re6 +-) 24... Rd8 (24... Kf7 +- {desperation}) 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. a3 Kf7 (26... Ra6 {cannot change what is in store for Black} 27. b4 Kf8 28. Rd7 +-) 27. Rd7+ Kg8 (27... Ke6 {cannot change destiny} 28. Rc7 +-) 28. Kc2 Rb8 29. Kc3 Rb5 (29... Rc8 {does not win a prize} 30. b4 +-) 30. Kc4 Kf8 (30... Rb6 {is not the saving move} 31. b4 Ra6 32. Kc5 +-) 31. b4 Rb8 32. Kc5 (32. a4 !? {makes it even easier for White} Ra8 33. a5 Ra6 +-) 32... Rc8 (32... Ra8 {doesn't change the outcome of the game} 33. Kd6 +-) 33. a4 1-0

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