Saturday, July 11, 2009

PARA R3: CATOLOS

[W: Des CATOLOS]
[B: Rhal SOL CRUZ]
[PARA GAMES]
[R3 BD5]
[MERALCO, Pasig City]
[July 11, 2009]
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1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 d6
The (Old) Steinitz Defense of the RUY LOPEZ was championed by the first World Champion Wilhelm Steinitz.

4 d4 a6? 

Alekhine vs Capablanca in St. Petersburg 1914 continued with 4... exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nd5 Bf6 12. c3 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3 c5 17. Re2 Re5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qb7 Qxf5 20. Qxc7 Qe6 21. Qxa7 Nd5 22. Kf1 Nf4 23. Rd2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25.Kf1 Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kd1 Qxe1+ 29. Kc2 Qe4+ 30. Kb3 Qc6 31. a4 d5 32. a5 Qb5+ 33. Ka3 Rb8 34. Ka2 h6 35. a6 Qb3+ 0-1



5 BxNc6 bxc6 6 dxe4 Bg4 7 exd6 cxd6 
Developing the B with 7... Bxd6 is better.


8 O-O Bxf3? 
Developing the N with 8... Nf6 is better.


9 Qxf3 +- Nf6 10 Bg5 Be7 11 Nc3 h6 12 Be3 Rb8 13 b3 Nh7? 
Rybka recommends castling at this point.


14 Rad1 +- Bf6 15 Na4 Bg5 16 Bxg5 Nxg5 17 Qf4 O-O 18 Qxd6 Qxd6 19 Rxd6 Rbc8? 20 Nc5 Rfd8 21 Rfd1 Re8 22 f3 f6 23 Nxa6 Nf7 24 Rd7 Ra8?? 25 Nc5? Rxa2 26 c4 Ne5

27 Nd3?? Nxd7 -+

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4 comments:

  1. [Event "St Petersburg"]
    [Date "1914.??.??"]
    [White "Alexander Alekhine"]
    [Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
    [ECO "C62"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3
    Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nf5 Bxf5 9. exf5 O-O 10. Re1 Nd7 11. Nd5 Bf6
    12. c3 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qf3 Rfe8 16. Be3
    c5 17. Re2 Re5 18. Rae1 Rae8 19. Qb7 Qxf5 20. Qxc7 Qe6
    21. Qxa7 Nd5 22. Kf1 Nf4 23. Rd2 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Qg4+ 25. Kf1
    Qh3+ 26. Ke2 Rxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qxe3+ 28. Kd1 Qxe1+ 29. Kc2 Qe4+
    30. Kb3 Qc6 31. a4 d5 32. a5 Qb5+ 33. Ka3 Rb8 34. Ka2 h6
    35. a6 Qb3+ 0-1

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  2. [Event "Chess Olympiad"]
    [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
    [Date "2010.09.27"]
    [EventDate "2010.09.21"]
    [Round "6"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [White "Yehuda Gruenfeld"]
    [Black "Susanto Megaranto"]
    [ECO "C62"]
    [WhiteElo "2464"]
    [BlackElo "2516"]
    [PlyCount "124"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bd7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9. Qf3 O-O 10. b3 c5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. Qxf5 Nd7 13. Nd5 Bf6 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qxf6 Nxf6 16. f3 Nd7 17. Bb2 f6 18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Kf2 Rab8 20. Bc3 Re7 21. f4 Kf7 22. Rad1 Rbe8 23. Kf3 g5 24. g3 Rg8 25. h3 Ke6 26. f5+ Kf7 27. h4 g4+ 28. Kf4 h5 29. a3 Rb8 30. Re2 Rb7 31. Ke3 Re8 32. Ree1 Reb8 33. a4 Re8 34. Kd3 Nb8 35. a5 Nc6 36. Ra1 a6 37. Ra4 Rb5 38. Rb1 Nb4+ 39. Bxb4 cxb4 40. Re1 d5 41. Re3 Re5 42. c4 bxc3 43. Kxc3 dxe4 44. Rc4 Rxf5 45. Rxc7+ Kg6 46. Rc4 Rxa5 47.Rcxe4 Rac5+ 48. Kd3 Rf2 49. Ra4 Rcc2 50. Ke4 Rce2 51. Rxe2 Rxe2+ 52. Kd4 Rg2 53.b4 Rxg3 54. Rxa6 Rb3 55. Kc4 Rb2 56. Ra8 Kf5 57. Ra5+ Ke4 58. Rxh5 g3 59. Rh6 f5 60. h5 g2 61. Rg6 Kf3 62. h6 Rb1 0-1

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  3. [Event "FIDE World Cup"]
    [Site "0:06:15-0:02:11"]
    [Date "2005.11.28"]
    [EventDate "2005.11.27"]
    [Round "1"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Alexey Shirov"]
    [Black "Kirill Kuderinov"]
    [ECO "C62"]
    [WhiteElo "2710"]
    [BlackElo "2432"]
    [PlyCount "55"]

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8.Qf3 c5 9.Nf5 Bxf5 10.exf5 Rb8 11.b3 Be7 12.Bb2 d5 13.O-O-O c6 14.g4 O-O 15.g5 Nd7 16.f6 Bd6 17.h4 Be5 18.Qf5
    Rb7 19.h5 Qa5 20.Rh3 Qb4 21.Nxd5 Bxb2+ 22.Kxb2 cxd5 23.fxg7 Kxg7 24.Rxd5 Qa4 25.Rhd3 Rd8 26. h6+ Kg8 27. Qe5 f6 28. Qe7 1-0

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  4. This is a lucky win for Rhal since White is already 2 pawns up when he blundered.

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