NM Nelson Villanueva

 











HERNANDEZ CUP
Simul Play
MERALCO, Pasig City

1 e4 c6 
The c6 move creates a set-up known as the CARO-KANN DEFENSE, named after Caro of Berlin and Kann of Vienna. 

2 Nf3 d5 3 Nc3 dxe4 4 Nxe4
MANUAL OF CHESS, "Get the knights into action before both bishops are developed."

This is the TWO KNIGHTS ATTACK (ECO B10). It is popular among World Champions such as Lasker, Smyslov, Tal, Petrosian, Fischer and Karpov. However, Fischer, who played in the MERALCO-sponsored the Beat Bobby Fischer Series in the 1960's, believed in it the most as evidenced by his games vs: Addison in USA 1957, Cardoso in Portoroz IZT 1958, Portisch and Barcza in Stockholm IZT 1962, and Panov in Skopje 1967.

4 ... Bf5 5 Ng3 Bg6 6 Be2 Nf6 7 O-O
THE CHESS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK, "It is mostly advisable to castle the K early in the game, and to do so on the K's side, because he is less subject to an attack, and better able to repel one on that side than the other."

Castling is like a man building a house who dug deeply and laid the foundation on rock; when flood arose, the river burst against the house but could not shake it, because it had been well built.

7 ... e6 8 d4
THE IDEAS BEHIND THE CHESS OPENINGS, "Always try to maintain at least one pawn in the center."


8 ... Be7 9 Bg5
LOGICAL CHESS, "In the opening, a B is best placed for attack when it controls a diagonal passing through the center or when it pins a hostile N and renders it immobile."


9 ... O-O 10 c3 Nbd7 11 Ne5 Nxe5 12 dxe5 Nd7 13 Bxe7 Qxe7 14 Qd6 Qxd6 15 exd6











15 ... Rfd8 16 Rad1 Nb6 17 b3
RYBKA, "17 c4!? must definitely be considered."


17 ... Nc8 18 Bd3 Rxd6 19 Bxg6 hxg6 20 Rxd6 Nxd6 21 Rd1
MASTERING THE CHESS OPENINGS, "R's like to have open files, preferably ones that extend vertically as far as possible into the enemy camp."

21 ... Nb5 22 c4 Nc7?? 23 Rd7
LOGICAL CHESS, "The posting of a R on the 7th rank, in the middle game or the ending, is a tremendous positional advantage."


23 ... Rc8 24 Ne4! Ne8











25 Ng5??
RYBKA, "25 Rxb7 +-"


25 ... b5 26 Nxf7 bxc4 27 bxc4 Rb8 28 h3

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Rhal's active pieces and better pawn structure prompted NM Villanueva to offer a draw which he quickly accepted. This is his first draw against a titled player!

RYBKA evaluates this position as winning for W; +1.64.

There are two players who won their games; Danny Degollado, 2006 E-Day Simul Winner vs now-GM Wesley So, and Jonas Santiago, 2008 Aguila Memorial Cup Champion. Two other junior players drew their games; Justin Lim and Earl Cabugao.

PAYA CHESS CUP

PAYA R3 : XAVIER

John BACUYAG vs Rhal SOL CRUZ, JR.
Xavier vs La Salle
PAYA Chess Team Championship
Nov 16, 2008

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bc4 Nf6
This is known in opening theory as the TWO KNIGHTS DEFENSE. And from MODERN CHESS OPENINGS, "One of the oldest of openings, it dates back to 1580, when it was subjected to analysis by Polerio."

4 d3 Be7 5 O-O O-O
This series of moves were played by the Super-GMs (ELO 2600+) such as Yudasin vs Dreev in Lvov 1990, Yudasin vs Ivanchuk in Riga 1991, and Kramnik vs Kasparov in Novgorod 1995.

6 Nc3
The usual move here is 6 Bb3 as played by Kramnik et al including Filipino IM Adrian Pacis which was capped a a Q-sacrifice!

[Site "Manila (Philippines)"][Date "1991"]
[White "Adrian Pacis"]
[Black "Rogelio Barcenilla"]
[ECO "C55"]
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.Bb3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5
Nxd5 8.h3 Bf6 9.Nbd2 g6 10.Ne4 Bg7 11.Re1 Kh8 12.Bd2 b6 13.Nc3
Nxc3 14.Bxc3 Qd6 15.Ng5 Nd8 16.Qf3 Bb7 17.Qg3 f6 18.Ne4 Qc6
19.d4 f5 20.d5 Qd7 21.Ng5 e4 22.Rad1 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qg7 24.Qh4
Bc8 25.f3 exf3 26.Nxf3 Nf7 27.Re7 g5 28.Qh5 g4 29.Ne5 gxh3
30.Rd2 Qxe5 31.Rxe5 Nxe5 32.Re2 Ng6 33.Qh6 Bd7 34.Qe3 Kg7
35.Qd4+ Kh6 36.gxh3 f4 37.Kf2 Rae8 38.Bc4 Rxe2+ 39.Bxe2 Bxh3
40.a4 Bf5 41.Qc4 Rd8 42.Bf3 Rd7 43.Qa6 Bxc2 44.Qxa7 Bd3 45.Qa8
Kg5 46.Qe8 Bf5 47.c4 h5 48.c5 bxc5 49.a5 Rd6 50.Qb8 Ne5
51.Qxc7 Nd3+ 52.Kf1 Rd7 53.Qb8 c4 54.a6 c3 55.Qc8 Nb4 56.Qxc3
Nxa6 57.Qh8 Bg6 58.Qe5+ Kh6 59.d6 Rf7 60.Qb5 Nc7 61.Qc4 Ne8
62.Qxf7 Bxf7 63.d7 Nf6 64.d8=Q Kg5 65.Qa5+ Kg6 66.Qe5 Bc4+
67.Kg2 Bd3 68.Qxf4 Bf5 69.Kg3 Bg4 70.Be4+ Kf7 71.Kh4 1-0

6 ... a6 7 Bg5 b5 8 Bb3 Nd4?
Junior was the first to commit a mistake. This leaves the e5 pawn en prise. And the knight move violates CHESS FUNDAMENTALS, "Before development has been completed, no piece should be moved more than once, unless it is essential in order to obtain a material advantage or to secure freedom of action."

9 Nxd4? exd4 10 Ne2 c5 11 e5! Ng5 12 Bxe7 Qxe7 13 Bd5 Rb8 14 Nf4 Nxe5 15 Re1 Qg5 16 g3 Bb7 17 Bxb7 Rxb7 18 Nh3 Qf6 19 Qh5?

D1
19 ... Nf3+ 20 Kf1 Nxe1 21 Rxe1
Junior's simple tactical threat gives him a quality advantage.

21 ... Rbb8 22 Re4 Rfe8
BETTER CHESS

23 Rh4 h6 24 Rg4

D2
24 ... Re6?
MY SYSTEM, "Simplification is desirable if we have superiority in material." I think this can be done by forcing exchanges though 24 ... Re5 or 24 ... Qf3.

25 Ng5??? hxg5!
THE TEN MOST COMMON CHESS MISTAKES, "You can't win unless your opponent errs; and you can't lose unless you err. Skill, in fact, might be defined as the ability to exploit the other guy's mistake."

26 Rxg5 g6? 27 Qh6 Qg7! 28 Qh4 Rbe8! 29 Kg2 f6?
The logical plan is to exchange pieces by either 29 ... Qh7 or 27 ... Re5.

30 Rc5 g5?

31 Qh5 Qh7! 32 Qg4 d6 33 Rf5 Qb7+!

D

Laying out a neat mating net; if 34 Kg1 Re1

34 Kh3! R8e7 35 Rf3 Rh7+ 36 Kg2

D

36 ... Rh6???


37 h4? Qg7???


38 Qxe6+! Kh7 39 Rf5 gxh4 40 Rf3

D

40 ... h3+


41 Kh2 Rh4

D1

Junior offers a R.


42 Rxf6! Rh6 43 Qf5+ Rg6??? 44 Rf7 [1-0]

LSGH PAYA CHESS TEAM

R2: R & B MATE

PAYA
Xavier School, San Juan City
R2 Bd 2 Midget Division
W: ANDAMAN, Collegio de San Agustin
B: Rhal SOL CRUZ, JR., LSGH

1 e3 e5 2 Nc3 Nf6
CHESS FUNDAMENTALS, "Bring out N's before bringing out B's."

3 d4 exd4
MY SYSTEM, "A center pawn should always be taken if this can be done without too great danger."

4 exd4 d5
THE IDEAS BEHIND THE CHESS OPENINGS, "Always try to maintain at least one pawn in the center."

5 Bg5 Be7
LOGICAL CHESS, "Black develops the B where it is best placed for defense - close to home."6 Nf3 Bg4
THE GAME OF CHESS, "The ideal to be aimed at is attack with development or defense with development."

7 BxN












7 ... BxN?
RYBKA rates this move as favorable for W, with a +1.38 value. It recommends 7 ... BxB for equality.
8 g2xB? BEST LESSONS OF A CHESS COACH, "The more pawn islands there are, the weaker the pawn structure."
8 ... BxB 9 Qe2+ Qe7 10 QxQ+ BxQ
TURNING ADVANTAGE INTO VICTORY, "A Q trade not only ends the prospect of middle game shocks, such as enemy counter-attacks, it considerably increases the ways of converting an edge in the end game."
11 O-O-O Nc6? 12 Nxd5 O-O-O
TEACH YOURSELF BETTER CHESS, "When you castle, you do not only get your King away from the wide open spaces of the board; you also put your rook in touch with those same wide open space."
13 Re1?? RxN
THE 10 MOST COMMON CHESS MISTAKES, "Skill, in fact, might be defined as the ability to exploit the other guy's mistake."
14 Bg2? Rxd4 BEST LESSONS OF A CHESS COACH, "Place your R's where they will be most active."


15 f4 Bh4 16 Bxc6 bxc6 17 Re2 Rxf4 18 Rf1 Bg5 19 Kb1 Rd8 20 b3 Bf6
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."
21 a4 c5 22 a5 Bc3 23 a6 Rd6













24 Re3 Bd4 25 Rd3 Rxa6! 26 Re1?? Ra1#
This was Rhal's FIRST OFFICIAL WIN for LA SALLE. And what a win it was; a R & B mate on the 26th move!

LSGH SIMUL: NM BAGAMASBAD

W; Rhal SOL CRUZ
B: NM Efren BAGAMASBAD

NM Gerry Cabellon

MERALCO Chess Club SIMUL
W: Rhal SOL CRUZ, Jr.
B: NM Gerry CABELLON
MERALCO, Pasig City

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 Nc3
MODERN CHESS OPENINGS, "W's usual response is 3 d4 when B has two main options: maintaining the e5 strong point or giving up the center with 3... exd4."

3... Nf6 4 g3 Be7 5 Bg2 O-O 6 O-O
WINNING CHESS OPENINGS, "The purpose of the opening is to get a safe King and an equal middle game."

6 ... Bg4 7 d3 Nc6
This is the FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME - GLEK VARIATION, on account of 4 g3, by transposition; Mamedyarov vs Harikrishna in World Juniors 2003, Ni vs Vladimirov in World Chess Cup 2004, and Glek vs Grischuk in Ordix 2004.

8 Bg5 h6 9 Bxf6 Bxf6 10 Nd5 g6 11 Nxf6 Qxf6 12 c3 Qe7 13 Qd2 Kg7 14 Rfe1 Rae8 15 d4 f5 16 exf5 gxf5


17 dxe5 (0.35)
But a better move is Nh4 (0.63).

17... dxe5 18 h3 Bxf3 19 Bxf3 e4 20 Bg2 Ne5


21 Qd4 (-0.40)
The equalizer is Qe3 (-0.07).

21... c5 22 Qe3 Nd3
BEST LESSONS OF A CHESS COACH, "Putting a piece on an outpost square is an end in itself."

23 Re2 Qg5 24 Qxg5 hxg5 25 Rd1 c4 26 b3 b5













27 Re3 Red8 28 f3 (-1.17)
The best is bxc4 (-0.16).

28... f4 29 Rxe4 fxg3


30 Re7+ (-0.56)
Better is Rg4 (-0.09).

30... Kf6 31 Rxa7 (-1.33) Nf4 32 Rad7 Rxd7 33 Rxd7 cxb3 34 axb3 Ra8 35 Rd1 Ra2 36 Bf1 g2 37 Bxb5 Nxh3+ 38 Kh2 g1=Q+ 39 Kxh3 Rh2# [0-1]