Xavier Inter-Scholastic Championship
R4 Grade School Division
San Juan City
W: Pangilinan, Stephen
B: Sol Cruz, Rhal
Hungarian Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4
GM Villamayor is recommending the main line 4... d6 which was played by World Champions Smyslov and Petrosian.
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5.Nxd4 Nxd4
Avoid trades that increase the activity of your opponent's pieces.
Weeramantry & Eusebi in Best Lessons of a Chess Coach
[5... Nf6]
Bird-Mieses in Hastings 1895
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6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be3 Be6 9.f3 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Qb6+ 14.Kh1
14... Qxb2?
[14... Rad8 or 16... Rfd8]
In the beginning of the game, ignore the search for combinations, abstain from violent moves, aim for small advantages, accumulate them, and only after having attained these ends search for the combination.
Steinitz Theory
15.Rb1 Qxc2 16.Rxb7
16... Rae8
[16... d5 a) 17.Qd4, b) 17.exd5, c) 17.Qxc6]
17.Rxa7
[17... Nh5 18.Bc1 - slight advantage for Black - Rybka]
Result: 1-0
Rhal lost in the end game.
R4 Grade School Division
San Juan City
W: Pangilinan, Stephen
B: Sol Cruz, Rhal
Hungarian Defense
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Be7 4.d4 exd4
GM Villamayor is recommending the main line 4... d6 which was played by World Champions Smyslov and Petrosian.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1119752
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1126725
5.Nxd4 Nxd4
Avoid trades that increase the activity of your opponent's pieces.
Weeramantry & Eusebi in Best Lessons of a Chess Coach
[5... Nf6]
Bird-Mieses in Hastings 1895
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6.Qxd4 Nf6 7.Nc3 d6 8.Be3 Be6 9.f3 O-O 10.O-O c6 11.Rad1 Qc7 12.Bf4 Bxc4 13.Qxc4 Qb6+ 14.Kh1
[14... Rad8 or 16... Rfd8]
In the beginning of the game, ignore the search for combinations, abstain from violent moves, aim for small advantages, accumulate them, and only after having attained these ends search for the combination.
Steinitz Theory
15.Rb1 Qxc2 16.Rxb7
[16... d5 a) 17.Qd4, b) 17.exd5, c) 17.Qxc6]
17.Rxa7
[17... Nh5 18.Bc1 - slight advantage for Black - Rybka]
Result: 1-0
Rhal lost in the end game.
Pangilinan won the tournament and Rhal finished 2nd place with 5 wins in 6 games, a career best!
ReplyDelete[5 Nxd4 d6 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 O-O O-O 8 h3 Nxd4 9 Qxd4 c6 10 a4 (slight +) in Spassky vs Hort, Reykjavic 1977]
ReplyDelete[5 Nxd4 d6 6 Nc3 Nf6 7 O-O O-O 8 Nc3 c6 9 O-O Nbd7 10 Rb1 Re8 = in Mestel vs Smyslov, Las Palmas 1982]