NM ALISANGCO

Rhal Sol Cruz vs NM Nico Alisangco
AGUILAR CUP (Simul Match)
MERALCO, Pasig City

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Nc3 Bc5 4 Bb5 d6 5 O-O
THE CHESS PLAYER'S HANDBOOK, "It is mostly advisable to castle the K pretty 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."

5 ... Nf6
This is the FOUR KNIGHTS' GAME SPANISH VARIATION CLASSICAL LINE by transposition.

6 d3 h6 7 Bd2 O-O 8 BxN
MASTERING THE CHESS OPENINGS, "Exchanging your B for a N is reasonable, but do so only to gain some advantage (or if forced to), otherwise you will be surrendering the advantage of the B-pair for no return."

8 ... PxB 9 Qe2 Bg4 10 h3 Bh5 11 Bd3 Bb6 12 Qd2 BxN
MODERN ART OF ATTACK, "The prime aim of any attack against the orthodox castled position must be to provoke a weakness in its structure in order to focus the attack there."

13 PxB Nh5 14 Kh2 BxB 15 QxB Qh4

D15

16 Rg1
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."

16 ... Nf6 17 Rg3 c5 18 Ne2 g5 19 Qd2 Nh5 20 Rg2 Nf4 21 NxN
THE ART OF CHESS, "When you are castled K-side, beware of adverse N posted at his f4/f5. Prevent his entrance there by means of your own N or B, or when he arrives get rid of him in exchange as soon as you can."

21 ... QxN+ 22 QxQ
BEST LESSONS OF A CHESS COACH, "When defending against a strong pressure, try to trade Q's."

22 ... KPXQ 23 h4 f6 24 Rag1 Kg7

D24

25 h5
Rybka

25 Rb8 26 b3 a5 27 a4 Rb4 28 Re1 Re8 29 Re2 Kf7 30 Kh3 Ke6 31 Kg4 Ke5 32 Rg1 Ke6 33 Rg2 Kf7 34 Kf5???
Rybka

34 ... Re5+ 35 Kg4 f5+ 36 Kh3 g4+ [0-1].