DEGOLLADO vs SOL CRUZ

W: Danny DEGOLLADO
B: Rhal SOL CRUZ
MERALCO vs Lores Match
Pasig City
Time Control: 15'-15'

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6 4 Nc3 Bb4
FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME - ITALIAN VARIATION.

5 d3 O-O
MASTERING THE CHESS OPENINGS, "One of the most important guidelines in chess is to protect your K from harm."

6 a3 BxNc3+ 7 bxBc3 d6 8 h3 b6 9 Be3 h6
THE ART OF CHESS, "Refrain from pushing any RP merely to prevent B attacking N or pinning, as it is called."

10 Qd2 Bb7
LOGICAL CHESS, "In the opening, a B is best placed for attack when it controls a diagonal passing through the center or when it pins a hostile N and renders it immobile."

11 Bxh6 gxBh6 12 Qxh6













W sacrifices a piece for a stormy attack.

12 ... Qe7??
According to RYBKA, better is 12 ... Nh7, and Black has a slight advantage.

13 Ng5 Rad8??
RYBKA gives 13 ... d5 14 Bxd5 Nd8 15 BxBb7 NxBb7

14 Qg6+ Kh8 15 Nxf7+ Rxf7 16 Bxf7 Rf8 17 Qh6+ Nh7 18 Bg6 Rg8 19 BxNh7 QxBh7 20 QxQh7 KxQh7













Time is down to the last 5 minutes, thus Rhal stopped recording the moves. and according to Koyang Danny, he opened the f-file for his R's, managed to post his R to the 7th rank where Rhal blundered his N. 
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