NM BAGAMASBAD WORKSHOP

WORKSHOP & SIMUL
W: Junior SOL CRUZ
B: NM Efren BAGAMASBAD
MERALCO, Pasig City

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Nf6
The FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME.

4 Bb5 Bb4
This is the SPANISH VARIATION - SYMMETRICAL LINE as in Kim vs Torre in Asian Individual 2007, Legaspi vs Iuldachev in Malaysian Open 2008 and Nolte vs Friedel in Beijing 2008.

5 O-O
THE CHESS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK, "It is mostly advisable to castle the King pretty early in the game, and to do so on the King's side, because he is less subject to an attack, and better able to repel one on that side than the other."

5 ... BxN 6 BxN NPxB 7 NPxB d6 8 Bb2?
BEST LESSONS OF A CHESS COACH, "A bishop is bad if it is locked inside its own pawn."

8 ... Rb8 9 Rb1 Be6 10 d4? BxP 11 PxP PxP 12 QxQ RxQ 13 Ra1 Bc4 14 Rfd1 RxR 15 RxR Nd7













16 Ba3???
Junior missed a possible winning line via 16 RxN, 17 NxP+, & 18 NxB and going into an ending of B & N vs R.

16 ... f6 17 Nd2 Be6 18 Nb3 BxN 19 PxB Kd8 20 f3 Kc8 21 b4 Nb6 22 Bc1 Nc4 23 Kf2 Rd8 24 RxR KxR 25 Be3 a6 26 Ke2 Kd7 27 Kd3 NxB 28 KxN c5 29 Kd3 PxP 30 PxP Kd6 31 Kc4 c6 32 h3 h5 33 g4 PxP 34 PxP g5 35 Kc3 c5 36 PxP KxP 37 Kc2 Kd4 ... [0-1].










After the workshop, a simul match was played and here is Junior's game against the master, the 6th titled player he has played with after GM Torre, then-IM So, NM Andador, NM Vasquez, and NM Bernardino.