ASEAN Primary School Sport Olympiad
Jakarta, Indonesia
R5 G/90
W: Raul SOL CRUZ, Jr. [Philippines]
B: FIRMANSYAH [Indonesia]
Sicilian Defense B22
1 e4 c5 2 c3
IM Rico Mascarinas, Coach of Singapore Chess Team, recommends the sequence 2 Nf3 and 3 c3. Thus, "a star is born" in Rhal's repertoire.
2... d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4 d4 Nc6 5 Nf3 Bg4
[5... Nf6]
a) Adams vs Tiviakov in New York 1994b) Kramnik vs Polgar in Monaca 1995
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1014532
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1085938
c) Smerdon vs Solomon in Turin Olympiad 2006
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1414485
6 Be2 Nf6
[6... cxd4]
a) Ponomariov vs Babula, Elista Olympiad 1998
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1345141
b) Kobalia vs Maghami in Petrosian Memorial 2004
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1279144
c) Milliet vs Bu in Cap d'Agde 2010
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1599339
7 h3 Bh5 8 O-O e6 9 Na3 Be7 10 Nb5 Rc8
11 Bf4
[11 dxc5 Bxc5 12 Be3 Bxe3 13 Nd6+ Kd7 14 Nxc8, with advantage for Black]
11... O-O 12 dxc5 Qxd1 13 Raxd1 Bxc5 14 Bd6
[14 Nd6]
14... Bxd6 15 Rxd6 a6 16 Nbd4 Nxd4 17 Rxd4 e5
18 Rh4??
[18 Rb4 or 18 Rd6 or Rd2]
An active position for the pieces is one of the most important elements of positional struggle, possibly the decisive one. Play Like a Grandmaster
18... e4 19 Nd4 Bxe2 20 Nxe2 g5 21 Rh6 Kg7 22 Rxf6 Kxf6 23 f4 Rcd8 24 fxg5 Kxg5 25 Nd4 Rd6 26 Rf5+ Kg6 27 Re5 f5 28 Kf2 Rdd8 29 g3 Rde8
30 Rxe8??
[30 Rd5]
30... Rxe8 -+ 31 Ke3 Kg5 32 a4 a5 33 b3 Kf6 34 b4 axb4 35 cxb4
Result: 1-0
13.Raxd1This gives Rhal a slight advantage (+0.38).
Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games, "At least one R should take up a position on an open line, preferably on the d-file or e-file."
Jakarta, Indonesia
R5 G/90
W: Raul SOL CRUZ, Jr. [Philippines]
B: FIRMANSYAH [Indonesia]
Sicilian Defense B22
1 e4 c5 2 c3
IM Rico Mascarinas, Coach of Singapore Chess Team, recommends the sequence 2 Nf3 and 3 c3. Thus, "a star is born" in Rhal's repertoire.
2... d5 3 exd5 Qxd5 4 d4 Nc6 5 Nf3 Bg4
[5... Nf6]
a) Adams vs Tiviakov in New York 1994b) Kramnik vs Polgar in Monaca 1995
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1014532
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1085938
c) Smerdon vs Solomon in Turin Olympiad 2006
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1414485
6 Be2 Nf6
[6... cxd4]
a) Ponomariov vs Babula, Elista Olympiad 1998
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1345141
b) Kobalia vs Maghami in Petrosian Memorial 2004
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1279144
c) Milliet vs Bu in Cap d'Agde 2010
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1599339
7 h3 Bh5 8 O-O e6 9 Na3 Be7 10 Nb5 Rc8
11 Bf4
[11 dxc5 Bxc5 12 Be3 Bxe3 13 Nd6+ Kd7 14 Nxc8, with advantage for Black]
11... O-O 12 dxc5 Qxd1 13 Raxd1 Bxc5 14 Bd6
[14 Nd6]
14... Bxd6 15 Rxd6 a6 16 Nbd4 Nxd4 17 Rxd4 e5
18 Rh4??
[18 Rb4 or 18 Rd6 or Rd2]
An active position for the pieces is one of the most important elements of positional struggle, possibly the decisive one. Play Like a Grandmaster
18... e4 19 Nd4 Bxe2 20 Nxe2 g5 21 Rh6 Kg7 22 Rxf6 Kxf6 23 f4 Rcd8 24 fxg5 Kxg5 25 Nd4 Rd6 26 Rf5+ Kg6 27 Re5 f5 28 Kf2 Rdd8 29 g3 Rde8
30 Rxe8??
[30 Rd5]
30... Rxe8 -+ 31 Ke3 Kg5 32 a4 a5 33 b3 Kf6 34 b4 axb4 35 cxb4
Result: 1-0
13.Raxd1This gives Rhal a slight advantage (+0.38).
Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games, "At least one R should take up a position on an open line, preferably on the d-file or e-file."
This game gave birth to the Sicilian Delayed Alapin courtesy of IM Rico Mascarinas.
ReplyDelete[Event "Elista ol (Men)"]
ReplyDelete[Date "1998.09.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ruslan Ponomariov"]
[Black "Vlastimil Babula"]
[ECO "B22"]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Bg4 6.Be2 cxd4 7.cxd4 e6 8.h3 Bh5 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.d5 exd5 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Qxe2+ Be7 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.O-O Kf8 15.Re1 Bf6 16.Bd2 Qd8 17.Rac1 Ne7 18.Na4 Rb8 19.a3 h5 20.Qf3 h4 21.Nc5 Kg8 22.b4 Rc8 23.Rc2 Ng6 24.Nd3 Qd7 25.Rec1 Kh7 26.b5 Ne7 27.Qh5+ Kg8 28.Qg4 Qxg4 29.hxg4 Kh7 30.bxc6 Rhd8 31.Kf1 g5 32.a4 d4 33.c7 Rd7 34.Ba5 Nd5 35.Rc6 Kg7 36.Nc5 Re7 37.Nb7 Be5 38.Nd6 Bxd6 39.Rxd6 Nb6 40.Rdc6 f6 41.Bb4 Rd7 42.Bd6 Nxa4 43.R1c4 Nb6 44.Rxd4 Kf7 45.f4 gxf4 46.Kf2 Re8 47.Bc5 Rxd4 48.Bxd4 Nc8 49.Rxf6+ Ke7 50.g5 Kd7 51.g6 Kxc7 52.g7 Ne7 53.Rf8 Kd7 54.Bxa7 Rc8 55.Bd4 Ng8 56.Kf3 Ne7 57.Bf6 Ng8 58.Bxh4 1-0
[Event "Cap d'Agde"]
ReplyDelete[Date "2010.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sophie Milliet"]
[Black "Bu Xiangzhi"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2388"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "90"]
1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qa5 9. h3 Bh5 10. d5 exd5 11. Nd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2+ Be7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O Kf8 15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bf4 g6 17. Qg4 Rd8 18. Qg3 Qb4 19. Rab1 Kg7 20. a3 Qb3 21. Bd6 h5 22. Bc5 Qb8 23. Qd3 Nh6 24. b4 Qf4 25. Ne2 Qc4 26. Qxc4 dxc4 27. Rec1 Rhe8 28. Ng3 c3 29. f3 Rd2 30. Ne4 Rxe4 31. fxe4 c2 32. Bxa7 cxb1=Q 33. Rxb1 Ra2 34. Rb3 Be5 35. Bc5 f5 36. exf5 Nxf5 37. b5 cxb5 38. Rxb5 Bd4+ 39. Bxd4+ Nxd4 40. Rb7+ Kf6 41. Ra7 Ne2+ 42. Kf2 Nf4+ 43. Kf3 Nxg2 44. a4 Kg5 45. a5 Kh4 0-1
[Event "Monaco"]
ReplyDelete[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Judit Polgar"]
[ECO "B30"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. cxd4 e6 8. Nc3 Qd6 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. Qc2 a6 12. O-O g6 13. Rad1 Bd7 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bd3 Rac8 17. Qe2 Bf6 18. g3 Ne7 19. Bh6 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Ba4 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Nd5 23. h4 Bc6 24. Bc4 f4 25. g4 Nc7 26. Rd1 b5 27. Bb3 Bb7 28. g5 Bg7 29. Bd2 Nd5 30. Rc1 Qb6 31. Qd3 Rd8 32. h5 gxh5 33. Bc2 Ne7 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Be4 e5 36. Bb4 Re8 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qh7+ Kf8 39. Bxb7 Qxb7 40. Nxe5 Bxe5 41. dxe5 a5 42. e6 1-0