BAGO BANTAY

W: Edgar MAILO
B: Rhal SOL CRUZ

1 d4 d5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 e3 Nf6
COMMON SENSE IN CHESS, :Bring your N's out before developing the B's, especially the QB."

4 a3 e6 5 b3 g6 6 Bb2 Bg7 7 Bd3 b6 8 Nd2 Bb7
LOGICAL CHESS, "Develop pieces with a view to controlling the center, either by ocupying it or bearing down on it from a distance, as fianchettoed B's do."

9 O-O O-O
THE 10 MOST COMMON CHESS MISTAKES, "Nothing is more important than safeguarding your K by castling early, within the first dozen moves if possible."

10 Rc1 Qe7 11 Re1 Rad8 12 h3 Rfe8













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."

13 c4 Qd7 14 c5 Ne7 15 Ne5 Qc8 16 c6 Ba6 17 Bb1 Rd6 18 b4 Bb5 19 a4 Bxc6 20 b5 Bb7 21 g4 Nd7 22 f4 NxN 23 PxN Rd7 24 Rf1 Rf8 25 Ba3 Qd8 26 Nf3 Re8













Time forfeit. [1-0]