NM Marlon Bernardino

MERALCO Chess Club Simul
Lopez Bldg, Pasig City
W: Junior SOL CRUZ
B: NM Marlon BERNARDINO

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3
World Champion Emanuel Lasker in Manual of Chess, named as one of the best five chess books of all time by The Wall Street Journal, "Get the knights into action before both bishops are developed."

 3 ... Bb4 4 Bc4 Nf6 
FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME - ITALIAN VARIATION, on account of Bc4.

5 Ng5
World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca in Chess Fundamentals, considered to be one of the best primers ever for beginning to intermediate chess players, "Before development has been completed, no piece should be moved more than once, unless it is essential in order to obtain material advantage or secure freedom of action."

5 ... O-O
THE IDEAS BEHIND THE CHESS OPENINGS, 'Castle as soon as possible, preferably on the King's side."

6 BxP RxB 7 NxR KxN

8 b3 d6 9 Bb2
Chess Fundamentals, "Placed on the long diagonal, the bishop is posted for its maximum potential control of the central squares as well as eyeing the opposite wing of the enemy's camp."

9 ... Bg4 10 f3 Bh5 11 Qe2 Kf8 12 O-O-O
World Champion Garry Kasparov in Kasparov Teaches Chess, "Beginners and those with insufficient experience should castle at the earliest opportunity. By remaining in the center, the King may be lured to the very center of the board and then disaster becomes imminent."

12 ... a5 13 g4 Bf7 15 g5
Modern Art of Attack,"Another method of assaulting the orthodox castled position consists of a mass pawn advance."

14 ... BxN 15 PxB
The 10 Most Common Chess Mistakes,"Doubled pawns create a semi-open file to work on, but as a rule they should be avoided."

15 ... Nh5 16 Qb5?

















16 ... QxP+ 17 Rd2? Rb8 18 b4
The Complete Chess Player, "So long as the Pawns in front of the King remain unmoved, it is relatively difficult to work up a convincing attack; but let one of these "lowly" Pawns advance a step, and very often the whole castled position totters on the brink of disaster."

18 ... PxP 19 PxP BxP 20 h4 Qe3 21 Rg1??
Portable Chess Coach, "Losing is not synonymous with failure. On the contrary, losing is a natural part of the process of becoming a stronger player."


Secrets of Practical Chess revealed,"The main factor governing the success of an attack on the enemy King is whether you can bring more attacking pieces to bear on his King position than he can muster for the defense."

This "secret" is similar to the parable in the Gospel of Luke, "Or what king would go and wage war against another king without first sitting down to determine if, with ten thousand troops, he can take someone advancing towards him with twenty thousand troops?"