Monday, May 16, 2011

R1 Hasani of Iran

Asian Youth Chess Championship
Olongapo City, Philippines
R1 U14 G/90
White: Raul Sol Cruz Jr [Philippines]
Black: Bardia Hasani [Iran]
Sicilian Alapin B50


1 e4 c5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 c3 Nf6 4 d3
The main line is 4 e5: 
a) Short in World Championship KO
b) Ponomariov in Elista Olympiad
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1345144

Three Pawns Gambit  
http://www.chesscafe.com/text/horizons67.pdf


4... g6 5 Be2 Bg7 6 O-O O-O 7 h3 Qc7 8 Be3 b6 9 Nbd2 d5 10 Qc2 
You must try to react to a pin as soon as possible, or even try to avoid being pinned. Yusupov in Build Up Your Chess


10... Ba6 11 Rfe1 Rac8


12 d4??
Before making the exchange which will open a file, it is always wise to ask what advantage this will give us. If none, then it is better to put off the exchange until further preparations have been made. Euwe and Kramer in The Middlegame


12... Bxe2 13 Rxe2 cxd4 14 Nxd4 Nxd4 15 Bxd4 e5 16 Be3 d4 17 Bg5 dxc3


18 bxc3?
Do not exchange automatically, for there are positions in which exchanges cause your material superiority to lose its effect. Euwe in Judgment and Planning in Chess


18... Qxc3 19 Qxc3
We also exchanged to avoid being forced to retreat or make a tempo-wasting defensive move. Nimzovich in My System


19... Rxc3 20 Nb3 
[20 Nf1 - Ne3 - Nd5]
Improving the position of your pieces is one of the most important positional operations. Yusupov in Build Up Your Chess


20... Rd8 21 f3 Rd7 22 Rd2
If you are one or two pawns behind, exchange pawns but not pieces. Fine in Basic Chess Endings


22... Rxd2 23 Bxd2 Rc2




24 Rc1
Counterplay is the best way of fighting against your opponent's initiative and attack. Suetin in Soviet Chess Strategy


24... Rxc1
If 24... Rxa2 25 Rc8+ Bf8 26 Bg5 Nd7 27 Rd8 and Black is attacking.


25 Bxc1 Bf8 26 Be3 
[26 Kf2]
Advance the K to the center of the board or towards the passed pawns, or pawns that are susceptible to being attacked. Capablanca in Chess Fundamentals


26... Nd7 27 Kf2 Nc5 28 Nxc5
[28 Ke2 Na4 29 Kd3 Nb2+ 30 Kc2 Nc4 31 Bg5]


28... Bxc5 29 Bxc5 bxc5 30 Ke2 Kf8 31 Kd3 Ke7 32 Kc4 Kd6
 


33 a4 g5 34 g3 h5 35 h4 gxh4 36 gxh4 Kc6 37 Kc3 Kb6 38 Kc4 Ka5 39 Kxc5 Kxa4 40 Kd5 Kb5 41 Kxe5 a5 42 Kf6 a4 43 Kxf7 a3 44 e5 a2 45 e6 a1=Q 46 e7 Qa2+ 47 Kf8 Qa3 48 f4 Qd6

Result: 0-1


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