Friday, October 24, 2008

R4: CENTER FILE
















W: Junior SOL CRUZ
B: Ryan VASQUEZ
Dizon Cup, Grade School Group Round 4
Bacolod City

1 e4 e6 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 Nc3
COMMON SENSE IN CHESS, "Bring your N's out before developing your B's, especially the QB."

3 ... d5 4 e5 Ne4 5 d4

THE COMPLETE CHESS PLAYER, "The time to secure the advantage of a powerful pawn center is in the opening."

5 ... NxN 6 b2xN Na6 7 g3 f6 8 Bg2
CHESS FUNDAMENTALS, "Placed on the long diagonal, the B is posted for its maximum potential control of the central squares as well as eyeing the opposite wing of the enemy's camp."

8 ... f6xe5 9 Nxe5 Bd6












10 O-O
PORTABLE CHESS COACH, "Look for threats, especially checks."

RYBKA gives 10 Qh5+ as winning, with a position evaluation of +4.02.

LEARN FROM YOUR CHESS MISTAKES, "Sometimes, we are almost programmed to adopt standard set-ups and to make automatic recaptures."

10 ... BxN 11 d4xB Nc5 12 Be3
LOGICAL CHESS, "This B's stand is aggressive, especially against K-side castling."

12 ... Na4 13 Bd4? c5 14 Be3 NxP 15 Qd2 d4 16 Rad1?













16 ...
NxR 17 RxN Rf8? 18 c3 PxP??? 19 QxQ+

THE TEN MOST COMMON CHESS MISTAKES, "Skill, in fact, might be defined as the ability to exploit the other guy's mistake."

19 ... Kf7 20 QxR+

MY SYSTEM, "Simplification is desirable if we have superiority in material."

21 ... KxQ 21 BxP+


[1-0; by time forfeit]

1 comment:

  1. After 3 rounds, 9 players have a perfect 3-0 record that includes Gio Mejia, also of LSGH. And Junior is in the second pack with 2 others w/ 2.5 points. The rest of the LSGH delegation are in the 25-player third group with 2 points; D3, Earl, Julian, Mat & Niq.

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