Saturday, January 2, 2010

ASEAN Olympiad Champion

Metropolitan Kiddies
Mandaluyong City, Philippines
Round 2
White: San Diego, Marie
Black: Sol Cruz, Rhal
ECO A07

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 Bc5 6.Nbd2 O-O
[6.e4!] with the idea of e3 controlling the dark squares.
GM Villamayor

7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Be6
[Qe7 or Bg4]

9.h3 Qd7 10.Ng5 Rad8 11.Nxe6 Qxe6 12.c3 Rd6
[12.Rd3]
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.
Nimzovich in My System

13.Qc2 Rfd8
You should then endeavor to double your Rs, that is, to place them one before the other on the same file.
Nimzovich in My System

14.a4 a5 15.Kh2 Qd7 16.Nc4 Rd1

17.Bg5 Rxa1 18.Rxa1 Qd3
[18... Qe6]

19.Qxd3 Rxd3 20.f4 exf4
[20... Nh5]

21.Bxf4 Rd7
[21... Bb6]
Do not retreat a developed piece without good reason.
Weeramantry & Eusebi in Best Lessons of a Chess Coach

22.g4 b6 23.Ne3
[23.e5]

23... Ne7 24.Nd5 Ne8
[24... Nfxd5 or Nexd5]
We cannot allow an enemy piece to settle down within our lines, as, for instance, on our third rank.
Znosko-Borovsky in The Middlegame in Chess

25.Re1 Kf8
[25...Nxd5]

26.Rd1


26... Nxd5
[26... c6!]

27.exd5 Bd6 28.Kg3 g5 29.Bxd6+ Nxd6 30.Rd4 Re7 31.Kf2 Re5 32.b4 f5 33.bxa5 bxa5 34.c4 f4
[34... Nb7, fxg4, or Ke7]

35.c5

diag35

35... Ne8
[38... Nf7]

36.d6 +-

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