Leviste Chess Festival
R6 High School Division G/25
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
W: Rhal Sol Cruz
B: Kenneth Reyes
Result: 1/2-1/2
Related Games:
Kuzubov vs Vakhlamov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1638237
Hua vs Hoyos
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1515305
Xu vs Shahade
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1515444
Antonio vs Fernandez
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1401751
Wang vs Bersamina
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1582571
R6 High School Division G/25
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City
W: Rhal Sol Cruz
B: Kenneth Reyes
Result: 1/2-1/2
Related Games:
Kuzubov vs Vakhlamov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1638237
Hua vs Hoyos
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1515305
Xu vs Shahade
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1515444
Antonio vs Fernandez
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1401751
Wang vs Bersamina
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1582571
The move 2... g6 is a rare continuation (2,000 games) but has the making of the famous Dragon Variation. The most popular move is 2... d6 with more than 40,000 games accoring to chessgames.com db.
ReplyDeleteIn this rare line, the move 7 Be2 has the lowest winning record for White at 20%. The stronget continuations are:
ReplyDelete7 Nbd2 with 67%
Kuzubov vs Vakhlamov in Chigorin Meml 2010
Meier vs Duman in European Ch 2006
and
7 Bb5+ with 63%
Gopal vs Gurevich in Sants 2011
Kaidanov vs PerelsHteyn in Spice Cup 2008
Hua vs Leon Hoyos in Mindsports 2008
Adams vs Sorensen in Dresden Olympiad
Rhal's choice of 8. Be3 has been played only once, in Wang Chen vs Paulo Bersamina in Asian Continental 2010 (1-0).
ReplyDeleteOften played is 8. Nc3 with 19 games at chessgames.com db. Fabiano Caruana played this move vs Karen in 2002 (1-0).