IVAN of Malibay

Junior vs Ivan
Malibay Outreach Match
MERALCO, Pasig City
September 6, 2008

1 d4 d5 2 c4 e5 3 e3 Nc6 4 Nc3 Bb4 5 Nge2
Manual of Chess, “Get the knights into action before both bishops are developed.”

5 … Be6 6 a3 BxN 7 NxB
Chess Player’s Handbook, “It is desirable therefore generally to exchange your Queen’s Bishop or Queen’s Knight for the adversary’s King’s Bishop.”

7 … PxP???













8 d5!
Turning Advantage Into Victory in Chess, "Forks, pins, threats of various kinds, these are the bricks and mortar of technique."

8 ... BxP 9 NxB
Training for Tournament Player, “When converting an advantage, a moment is sure to come when one has to cease gradually improving one’s position and proceed to take firm action.”

With a one-piece advantage, perhaps the best move is to simplify or exchange major pieces by QxB.

9 … Ne7 10 BxP Na5
Portable Chess Coach, "The simplest form of positional weakness is a piece that is hanging."

11 Qc2???
The dark knight is hanging and the best way of exploiting such weakness is by 11 Qa4+, followed by 12 NxN.

11 … NxB 12 QxN QxN 13 QxQ NxQ 14 O-O O-O-O
Mastering the Chess Openings, “One of the most important guidelines in chess is to protect your king from harm.”

15 e4?
Modern Art of Attack, “The attacker should strive to open at least one file for proper use of the heavy pieces against the King.”

Thus, 15 b4 is more appropriate in this situation and the bishop could via b2.

15 … Nf6 16 Bg5 Rd6 17 BxN?
Chess Fundamentals, “For all general purposes, the bishop and knight have to be considered as of the same value, though most masters regard the bishop slightly favorably compared to a knight.”

17 … RxB 18 Rad1 h5 19 b4 g5 20 a4 h4 21 a5 h3 22 g3! Rc6 23 b5 Rc5













24 b6???
Tarrasch Formula: The rook’s proper place is behind the passed pawn, whether it be his own or an enemy.

Thus, 24 Rb1 is necessary.

24 … RxP 25 PxP KxP
Black’s pair of connected passed pawns will win the game.

26 Rc1+ Kb8 27 Rfd1 Ra2 28 Rd5 f6 29 Rcd1 g4 30 R1d2? Ra1+ 31 Rd1 RxR 32 RxR a5 33 Rd6 Rf8 34 Kf1 Ka7 35 Ke2 f5 36 PxP RxP 37 Ke3 Rf3+ 38 Ke4??? RxP 39 KxP RxP 40 Kf4 Rb2 41 KxP h2 42 Rh6 a4 43 Kf3 … [0-1].