Thursday, July 31, 2008

The 7th RANK

W: Junior SOL CRUZ
B: Earl CABUGAO
LSGH PRADA-PAYA Selection Round 8
Mandaluyong City

1 e4 c5 2 Nc3 d6 3 Nf3 Nc6 CHESS FUNDAMENTALS, “Bring out N's before bringing out B's.”

This position appeared in Ghaem Maghami vs Mark Paragua in Asian Championship, Cebu 2007 which ended with an early draw.

4 b3
RYBKA's top 3 recommendations are 4 Bc4, 4 Bb5 and 4 d4.

4 ... Bd7 5 Bb2 Nf6
6 Qe2?
THE CHESS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK, “It is not good to play the Q out into the game at the beginning, because she can be attacked by inferior pieces, and is compelled to retire with the loss of many moves.”

6 … Bg4 7 O-O-O
MASTERING THE CHESS OPENINGS, “One of the most important guidelines in chess is to protect your K from harm.”

7 … Nd4 8 Qd3 e6 9 h3 Bh5 10 g4
MANUAL OF CHESS, “The more space you dominate, the less space for the opponent in which to move his pieces about, the more restricted the number of moves with which he may threaten you or guard himself against your threats.”

10 … Bg6 11 NxN c5xN 12 Qxd4 Be7 13 g5 Nd7 14 Nb5? e5 15 Qc3? a6??
















16 Nc7+
MANUAL OF CHESS, "Search for the combination which brings home your advantage.”

16 … Kf8 17 NxR QxR 18 f4 Bxe4 19 Rg1 Bd8 20 fxe5
THE COMPLETE CHESS PLAYER, "Pawn exchanges result in attacking lines."

20 ... dxe5 21 Bc4
THINK LIKE A GRANDMASTER, "When weak pawns stand on open lines, then the lines facilitate the concentration of piece pressure on these weaknesses."

21 ... Bb6 22 Rgf1 Bg6 23 Ba3+ Bc5 24 BxB NxB
25 Qxe5 Nd7? 26 Qd6+ Ke8
















27 Rde1+
BEST LESSONS OF A CHESS COACH, "To strengthen an attack, bring in a new piece, preferably with a check."

27 ... Kd8 28 Qe7+ MY SYSTEM, "The ideal which lies at the root of every operation in a file is the ultimate penetration by way of this file into the enemy's game, that is to say to our 7th or 8th rank."
 28 ... Kc7 29 Bxf7 BxB 30 RxB Rd8 31 Rxg7 Qa7 32 Re6? Qg1+ 33 Re1 Qd4 34 c3 Qd3 35 Re3 Qf1+ 36 Re1 Qd3 37 Qe3 Qf5 38 Qe4? Qxh3 39 Qc4+ Kb8 40 Qf4+ Ka8??? 41 Qf2? h5 42 Qe3 Qg4 43 Qd4 QxQ 44 PxQ Ka7 45 Rde7 Nb6 47 Rxb7+ Ka8 48 Ra7+ Kb8 49 Rab7+ Kc8 50 Rgc7# [1-0].

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