QUEEN's GAMBIT DECLINED
W: GM Eugene TORRE
B: Rhal SOL CRUZ, Jr.
Event: Training Game
Site: Old Vine Grille, Eastwood City
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Nbd7 5 Bg5 Be7 6 e3 O-O 7 Qc2 b6 8 cxd5 Nxd5 9 Nxd5 exd5 10 Bxe7 Qxe7 11 Qxc7 Re8 12 Be2 Nf6 13 Qxe7 Rxe7 14 Rc1 Bb7 15 Ne5 Ne4 16 Bd3 f6 17 Nf3 f5 18 Ne5 Rf8 19 g3 g5 20 f4 g4 21 Bxe4 dxe4 22 Kd2 Rc8 23 Rxc8+ Bxc8 24 Nc6 Rc7 25 Rc1 Kg7 26 Rc3 Be6 27 Nd8 Rxc3 28 Nxe6+ Kf7 29 Kxc3 Kxe6 30 Kc4 Kd6 31 d5 a6 32 Kd4 b5 33 a4 h6 34 a5 b4 35 b3 h5 36 Kc4 Kd7 37 Kxb4 Kd6 38 Kc4 Kd7 39 Kc5
Result: 1-0
On 6... O-O,
GM Eugene, "Better is 6... h6 before castling because once you have castled and played 7... h6, White can respond with 8 h4."
On 8... Nxd5
GM Bong, "This loses a pawn. Clearly, exd5 is essential. You have to anticipate your opponent's intentions, otherwise you will make mistakes that are hard to recover. Don't make automatic moves especially if you have "move choices." Remember what I told you before in our first session that in chess the choices are many, but in most cases there is only one correct move."
W: GM Eugene TORRE
B: Rhal SOL CRUZ, Jr.
Event: Training Game
Site: Old Vine Grille, Eastwood City
1 d4 d5 2 c4 e6 3 Nc3 Nf6 4 Nf3 Nbd7 5 Bg5 Be7 6 e3 O-O 7 Qc2 b6 8 cxd5 Nxd5 9 Nxd5 exd5 10 Bxe7 Qxe7 11 Qxc7 Re8 12 Be2 Nf6 13 Qxe7 Rxe7 14 Rc1 Bb7 15 Ne5 Ne4 16 Bd3 f6 17 Nf3 f5 18 Ne5 Rf8 19 g3 g5 20 f4 g4 21 Bxe4 dxe4 22 Kd2 Rc8 23 Rxc8+ Bxc8 24 Nc6 Rc7 25 Rc1 Kg7 26 Rc3 Be6 27 Nd8 Rxc3 28 Nxe6+ Kf7 29 Kxc3 Kxe6 30 Kc4 Kd6 31 d5 a6 32 Kd4 b5 33 a4 h6 34 a5 b4 35 b3 h5 36 Kc4 Kd7 37 Kxb4 Kd6 38 Kc4 Kd7 39 Kc5
Result: 1-0
On 6... O-O,
GM Eugene, "Better is 6... h6 before castling because once you have castled and played 7... h6, White can respond with 8 h4."
On 8... Nxd5
GM Bong, "This loses a pawn. Clearly, exd5 is essential. You have to anticipate your opponent's intentions, otherwise you will make mistakes that are hard to recover. Don't make automatic moves especially if you have "move choices." Remember what I told you before in our first session that in chess the choices are many, but in most cases there is only one correct move."
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ReplyDelete18... Rf8 is a good move and so as 19 g5.
ReplyDeleteGM Torre, "Muntik pang ma-draw kung nag-play ako ng 33 b4 which is a normal answer to ...b5."
ReplyDelete[Event "WCh"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D62"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Qb4+ 13. Qd2 Ne5 14. Be2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bd7 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. b3 Kf8 18. f4 Nc6 19. Bb5 Ke7 20.Bxc6 bxc6 21. Rc5 a5 22. Rhc1 Kd6 23. R1c3 Ra6 24. Nb5+ Ke7 25. Nd4 Kd6 26. e4 dxe4 27. Ke3 Rb8 28. Nf5+ Bxf5 29. Rxf5 f6 30. Rc4 Rb5 31. Rd4+ Ke6 32. Rxb5 cxb5 33.Rxe4+ Kf7 34. Rd4 Rc6 35. Rd7+ Kg6 36. Kd2 Rc5 37. Ra7 b4 38. g4 h5 39. h3 h4 40. f5+ Kh6 41. Ra8 Kh7 42. Ke3 Rc3+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "WCh (10)"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D62"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4.Bg5 Nbd7 5. e3 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Bd3 g6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Rc1 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Bf5 15. Qd4 Be4 16. O-O Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qg5+ 18. Kh1 Qf5 19. Kg2 Qg5+ 20. Kh1 Qf5
1/2-1/2
[Event "WCH"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Habana"]
[Date "1921.01.11"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
1.d4 {Notes by J. R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c5 8.Rd1 Qa5 9.Bd3 h6 10.Bh4 cxd4 11.exd4 dxc4 12.Bxc4 Nb6 13.Bb3 Bd7 14.O-O {The development is now complete. White has a lone d Pawn, but, on
the otherhand, Black is somewhat hampered in the manoeuvering
of his pieces.} Rac8 15.Ne5 Bb5 {With this move and the following, Black brings about an exchange of pieces, which leaves him with a free game.} 16.Rfe1 Nbd5 17.Bxd5 Nxd5 18.Bxe7 Nxe7 19.Qb3 Bc6 {Not Ba6 because of Nd7, followed by
Nc5.} 20.Nxc6 bxc6 21.Re5 Qb6 22.Qc2 Rfd8 23.Ne2 {Probably
White's first mistake. He wants to take a good defensive position, but he should instead have counter-attacked with Na4 and Rc5.} Rd5 24.Rxd5 cxd5 {Black has now the open file and his left side Pawn position is very solid, while White has a weak d-Pawn. The apparently weak Black a Pawn is not actually weak because White has no way to attack it.} 25.Qd2 Nf5 26.b3 {In order to free the Queen from the defense of the b-Pawn and also to prevent Rc4 at any stage.} h5 { In order to prevent g4 at a later stage. Also to make a demonstration on the king’s side, prepatory to further operations on the other side.}
27.h3 {Weak, but White wants to be ready to play g4.} h4 {To tie up White's King side. Later on it will be seen that White is compelled to play g4 and thus further weaken his game.} 28.Qd3 Rc6 29.Kf1 g6 30.Qb1 Qb4 31.Kg1 {This was White's sealed move. It was not the best move, but it is doubtful if White has any good system of defense.} a5 32.Qb2 a4 {Now Black exchanges the pawn and leaves White with a weak, isolated
b-Pawn, which will fall sooner or later.} 33.Qd2 Qxd2 34.Rxd2 axb3 35.axb3 Rb6 {In order to force Rd3 and thus prevent the White rook from supporting his b-Pawn by Rb2 later on. It means practically tying up the White rook to the defense of his two weak pawns. } 36.Rd3 Ra6 37.g4 hxg3 38.fxg3 Ra2 39.Nc3 Rc2 40.Nd1 {The alternative Na4, was not any better. White’s
game is doomed. } Ne7 41.Nc3 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Nc6 43.Nd1 Rb1 {Not Nb4 because of 44. Rd2 Rb1 45. Nb2 Rxb2 46.Rxb2 Nd3+ 47.Ke2 Nxb2 48.Kd2, and Black could not win. } 44.Ke2 {Not a mistake,but played deliberately. White had no way to protect his b-Pawn.} Rxb3 45.Ke3 Rb4 46.Nc3 Ne7 47.Ne2 Nf5+ 48.Kf2 g5 49.g4 Nd6 50.Ng1 Ne4+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Kg2 Rb2+ 53.Kf1 Rf2+
54.Ke1 Ra2 {All these moves have a meaning. The student should
carefully study them.} 55.Kf1 Kg7 56.Re3 Kg6 57.Rd3 f6 58.Re3 Kf7 59.Rd3 Ke7 60.Re3 Kd6 61.Rd3 Rf2+ 62.Ke1 Rg2 63.Kf1 Ra2 64.Re3 e5 {This was my sealed move and unquestionably the best way to win.} 65.Rd3 {If 65.Ne2 Nd2+ 66.Kf2 e4 67.Rc3 Nf3 68.Ke3 Ne1 69.Kf2 Ng2. and White would be helpless. If 65.Nf3 Nd2+ exchanging knights wins.} exd4 66.Rxd4 Kc5 67.Rd1 d4 68.Rc1+ Kd5 {There is nothing left. The Black pawn will advance and White will have to give up his Knight for it. This is the finest win of the match and probably took away from
Dr. Lasker his last real hope of winning or drawing the match.} 0-1
[Event "WCH"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Habana"]
[Date "1921.01.05"]
[Round "4"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Emanuel Lasker"]
[Black "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[ECO "D61"]
1.d4 {Notes by J.R. Capablanca} d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 O-O 6.Nf3 Nbd7 7.Qc2 c6 {c5 is the proper move.} 8.Bd3 {Castles on the Queen's side would have been a much more energetic way of continuing, but probably White did not want to take the risk of exposing himself to a Queen's side attack, having then his King on that side of the board.} dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.O-O Nxc3 12.bxc3 b6 13.Bd3 g6 14.a4 Bb7
15.a5 c5 16.Nd2 { This may not have been White's best move. Yet it is extremely difficult to point out anything better.} e5 {Probably the only move to save the game. It was essential to break up White’s center and to create a weakness
in White's game that would compensate Black for his own
weakness on the Queen's side of the board.} 17.Be4 Bxe4 18.Qxe4 Rae8 19.axb6 axb6 20.Ra7 exd4 21.Qc6 {Qxe7 was slightly better, but Black had, in that case, an adequate defense.} Rd8 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.exd4 {Not 23.Ne4, because of Nb8!} Qf6 24.Qxf6 Nxf6 25.Nf3 Nd5 26.Rb1 f6 27.Kf1 Rf7 28.Rba1
Rdd7 29.Rxd7 Rxd7 30.g3 {There was no reasonable motive to continue such a game, as there was not very much to be done by either player.} 1/2-1/2
[Event "Mindsports"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Beijing CHN"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[EventDate "2008.10.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Wang Hao"]
[Black "Abhijit Kunte"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "59"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 O-O
7. Qc2 a6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. a3 Re8 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rae1 Be6 13. Ne5 N6d7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Nh4 Qd6 18. Qf2 c5 19. Qg3 Be6 20. Nf3 Bf7 21. Nh4 Be6 22. Bf5 cxd4 23. exd4 Qb6 24. Bxe6+ Rxe6 25. Nf5 g6 26. Nxd5
Qxb2 27. Rb1 Qc2 28. Nfe7+ Kh8 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qg8+ 1-0
[Event "US Championships"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Stillwater USA"]
[Date "2007.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Shabalov"]
[Black "Gregory Kaidanov"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. a4 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc6 15. Bf1 Nce4 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. Nc4 Qc5 18. Be5 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Ne4 20. Qd4 f6 21. Qxc5 Bxc5 22. Bd4 b5 23. Nb6 Rad8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Bxb5 Nb3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Re1 Kf7 29. f3 Ke7 30. Na4 Rd2 31. Re2
Rxe2 32. Bxe2 Kd6 33. Kf2 Bc6 34. Nc3 Kc5 35. Ke1 h6 36. Kd1 Bb7 37. Na2 Bd5 38. Nc3 Bb7 39. Bd3 f5 40. Ne2 g5 41. Kc2 Kb4 42. Nc3 Nc5 43. Na2+ Ka4 44. Bc4 g4 45. fxg4 fxg4 46. g3 e5 47. Bd5 Ba6 48. Bc6+ Ka5 49. b4+ Kb6 50. bxc5+ 1-0
[Event "5th Individual European Chess Championship"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Antalya TUR"]
[Date "2004.05.28"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Teimour Radjabov"]
[Black "Mikhail Krasenkow"]
[ECO "D62"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "99"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7
7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Bd3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nf6
12. O-O Bd7 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Ne4 Ned5 15. Qc5 Rfd8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Be2 Ne4 19. f3 Nf6 20. f4 Bc6 21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. a3 c5 23. Bf3 Rac8 24. Kf2 Kf8 25. e4 Ke7 26. Ke3 Ne8 27. Be2 Nd6 28. Rac1 Rd7 29. Rc3 f6 30. Rdc1 Ra8 31. Rb3 Rb7 32. Bf3 Ra4 33. e5 Nf5+ 34. Kf2 Nd4 35. exf6+ gxf6 36. Rd3 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 e5 38. fxe5 fxe5 39. Rb3 Kd6 40. Ke2 Re4+
41. Re3 Rxe3+ 42. Kxe3 Rg7 43. Rd1+ Ke6 44. g3 h5 45. Rd8 h4
46. Kf3 Rf7+ 47. Ke3 Rg7 48. Kf3 Rf7+ 49. Ke3 e4 50. Kxe4 1/2-1/2
[Event "Abudhabi op"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Abudhabi,Emirates"]
[Date "2003.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Ehsan Ghaem Maghami"]
[Black "Sergey Kayumov"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[PlyCount "111"]
1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 Be7 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bg5 O-O 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Qc2
c5 8.dxc5 Nxc5 9.O-O-O Bd7 10.cxd5 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Bxg5 12.Nxg5 Qxg5 13.h4 Qd8 14.Nc3 Rc8 15.Bb5 Qe7 16.Bxd7 Nxd7 17.Kb1 Ne5 18.Qe4 Nc4 19.Qc2 b5 20.Qb3 Qf6 21.Ne4 Qg6 22.Qd3 Ne5 23.Qd4 Nc6 24.h5 Qf5 25.g4 Qf3 26.Qd3 Nb4 27.Qd4 Nc6 28.Qd3 Ne5 29.Qd4 Rc4 30.Qxe5 Rxe4 31.Qxb5 Rxg4 32.h6 gxh6 33.Qd3 Rg6
34.Qc2 Rb8 35.Rh4 Qf6 36.Rhd4 Kg7 37.Qc7 Qf5+ 38.Ka1 Rf8 39.Qc3 Qf6 40.f4 Rg3 41.Qc5 Qg6 42.e4 Rg1 43.f5 Qg4 44.Qc1 Rc8 45.Qb1 Rg3 46.f6+ Kg6 47.e5+ Qf5 48.Re4 Rg2 49.Rf1 Rf2 50.Rxf2 Qxf2 51.Rc4+ Qf5 52.Rxc8 Qxb1+ 53.Kxb1 h5 54.Rg8+ Kh6 55.b4 h4 56.Rg7 1-0
[Event "Singapore International Masters Open"]
ReplyDelete[Date "2005.12.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mark Paragua"]
[Black "Victor Mikhalevski"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "127"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 b6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O c5 11. Rad1 Ne4 12. Bf4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 h6 14. c4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Be2 Bg5 17. Nf5 Bxf4 18. exf4 Ne6 19. cxd5 Nxf4 20. Bf3 Qf6 21. Rfe1 Rad8 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qc7 Ba6 24. Re3 Bb5 25. g3 Nh3+ 26. Kg2
Rd7 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Ng5 29. Bg4 Rd6 30. h4 Nh7 31. Nc8 Rdd8 32. Nxa7 Bc4 33. d6 Nf6 34. Bh3 Ba6 35. Kg1 Bb7 36. d7 Kg8 37. Rb5 Bf3 38. Rd4 Ra8 39. Rb3 Bd5 40. Rxd5 Nxd5 41. Nc6 Nf6 42. a3 g6 43. Rd3 Nxd7 44. Bxd7 Kg7 45. Rb3 Ra4 46. Ne5 Re4 47. Nf3 Rd8 48. Bb5 Rd6 49. a4 Kf6 50. Rc3 g5 51. hxg5+ hxg5 52. Rc7 g4 53. Nh2 Kg6 54. Nf1 f5 55. Ne3 Kg5 56. Rf7 Kg6
57. Rf8 Re5 58. Kg2 Rd2 59. Nc4 Rxb5 60. axb5 Rd5 61. Rb8 Kg5
62. Rxb6 f4 63. gxf4+ Kxf4 64. Rb8 1-0