R5: BULLS EYE

W: Junior SOL CRUZ
B: Aldin RAMOS
Grade School, Round 5, Board 3
USLS, Bacolod City

1 e4 e6 2 Nf3
MANUAL OF CHESS, "Get the N's into action before both B's are developed."

2 ... d5 3 e5 Nc6 4 d4
In opening theory, this is the ADVANCED VARIATION of the FRENCH DEFENSE which first occurred in Spielmann vs Nimzovich in New York 1927. The opening is a perfect execution of THE COMPLETE CHESS PLAYER's, "The time to secure the advantage of a powerful pawn center is in the opening."

4 ... g6 5 Nc3 Bg7 6 g3 Ne7 7 Bg2
LOGICAL CHESS, "Develop the pieces with a view to controlling the center, either by occupying it or bearing down on it from a distance, as fianchettoed B's do."

7 ... O-O 8 O-O
MASTERING THE CHESS OPENINGS, "One of the most important guidelines in chess is to protect your K from harm."

8 ... b6 9 Be3
MY SYSTEM, "To have developed one, two, or three pieces does not mean that we are developed. The situation demands that all pieces are developed."

9 ... Nf5 10 Qd2
















15 b4??
White blundered, it does not just lose a pawn but has given Black a winning line through the passed a-pawn. RYBKA recommends 15 dxc5 to maintain equality.

PORTABLE CHESS COACH, "Avoid impulsive behavior and snap judgments. A single hasty move can lose a game you spent hours trying to win."

15 ... cxb4 16 axb4 Nxb4 17 Qd2 Re8 18 Ra1 Re7??

19 ... e6xN 20 QxN Bb7 21 c4
RYBKA recommends 21 Qb3!? (+0.47)

21 ... a5 22 Qc3 dxc4 23 Qxc4 Ba6 24 Qb3 Bb7

MIKHAIL TAL'S BEST GAMES OF CHESS, "The principle that the attacker should strive for open lines, the defender for closed position, may be applied to any position practically without exception."

28 ... f6? 29 Rd1! Qb4













30 QxQ=
RYBKA gives the winning move: 30 Rd8+ (+2.78) which is based on the MANUAL OF CHESS, "Again, as a means of attacking the K, control of the 8th rank where the Q or R's might check the K becomes often the object of combination."

30 ... a5xQ 31 Rd7!MY SYSTEM, "The ideal which lies at the root of every operation in a file is the ultimate penetration by way of this file into the enemy's game, that is, to say to our 7th or 8th rank."

31 ... Re8?? 32 e7!THE COMPLETE CHESS PLAYER, "The goal of endgame procedures is generally the promotion of a passed pawn."
















33 Rd8! +- Kf7 34 RxR+! KxR 35 Bc6+! Kf7 36 e8=Q+A pawn is like a mustard seed, the smallest among all the chess pieces but as the game goes by can become the most powerful piece - a Q.

36 ... Kf6 37 Qe6+ Kg5 38 h4+ Kg4 39 Qc4+ Kh3 40 Bg2# [1-0].
As Neil Young sang, "And the archer split the tree."32 ... f5
RYBKA recommends 25 Rd1 which is consistent with THE CHESS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK, "It is usually good play to get command of an open file, that is to say, a file which is occupied by no other man, by stationing a R at one end of it."













25 Re2?

25 ... Ra6? 26 Rae1 BxN 27 BxB QxP 28 e6!













19 Nxd5
Due to Black's weak move, White is back in the game, with a slight advantage to boot. However, 19 Reb1 is decisive, winning either the N or B. Finding this move is not as difficult as finding Nemo if one would just follow BOTVINNIK'S LAW: One aspect of technique that is overlooked or under appreciated is the attacking of unprotected enemy pieces.














THE RIGHT WAY TO PLAY CHESS, "The R's should be united as soon as possible."


10 ... NxB 11 QxN Ba6 12 Rfe1
CHESS FUNDAMENTALS, "In the opening, R's may have no open files, yet they will usually stand better on the central files since there is the potential of pawn exchanges which open a file."

12 ... Nb4 13 Rac1 c5 14 a3
BEST LESSONS OF A CHESS COACH, "Do not let enemy pieces remain in your territory unchallenged."

14 ... Nc6