Sunday, April 18, 2010

R6 Docena vs Sol Cruz

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R6 16-Under G/25
W: Docena, Jesca
B: Sol Cruz, Rhal Jr.
Scotch Game C47

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 d4 exd4 4 Nxd4


4... Nf6
This targets the e-pawn, and so forces some sort of concession. Understanding the Chess Openings

The alternative 4... Bc5 is the Classical Variation.
a) Timman vs Karpov 1988

b) Kasparov vs Short in World Championship 1993
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070683
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070672
c) Polgar vs Xie in World Championship 1996
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1110697
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1110698

Malaniuk has experimented with reasonable results with 4... Bb4+ 5 c3 (5 Nc3 would be met by 5... Qh4) 5... Be7. 101 Chess Opening Surprises

4... Bb4+ 5 c3 Bc5 is also popular at top level - Black provokes c3 to prevent the White N from developing naturally on this square, without having to resort to ... Qf6. Understanding the Chess Openings 

5 Nc3 - Four Knights Variation

[5 Nxc6]
a) Kasparov vs Karpov in World Championship 1990
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067287
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1067288
b) Kasparov vs Anand in World Championship 1995
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1018636
c) Radjabov vs Kasparov in Linares 2004

5... Bb4 6 Nxc6 bxc6 7 Bd3


7... Bxc3
The main line is 7... d5 8 exd5 cxd5 9 O-O O-O 10 Bg5 as played by Steinitz vs Zukertort in the first World Championship Match in 1886.
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1132647

8 bxc3 O-O 9 O-O d5 10 Bg5 dxe4 11 Bxf6 Qxf6 12 Bxe4 Qxc3 13 Rb1 Be6 14 Rb7 Rfc8 [14... Rfb8] 15 Qd3 Qxd3
A Q trade not only ends the prospect of middlegame shocks such as enemy counterattacks, it considerably increases the ways of converting an edge in the endgame. Turning Advantage into Victory 

16 cxd3 Bxa2 17 Ra1 Bd5
If you are one or two pawns ahead, exchange pieces but not pawns. Basic Chess Endings

18 Bxd5 cxd5 19 Rbxa7 Rxa7
Do not let enemy pieces remain in your territory. Best Lessons of a Chess Coach
 
20 Rxa7

20... Kf8
Advance the K to the center of the board or towards the passed pawn, or pawns that are susceptible to being attacked. Chess Fundamentals

21 Kf1 Ke7 22 Ke2 Ke6 23 Ke3 Kd6 24 Kd4 c5 25 Kc3 Rc7 26 Rxc7?? Kxc7 27 d4? cxd4+ -+ 28 Kxd4 Kd6 29 f4 f6 30 f5 g6 31 g4 g5 32 h3 h6 33 Kd3 Ke5 34 Ke3 d4 35 Kd3 Kd5 36 Ke2 Ke4 37 Kd2 d3 38 Ke1 Ke3 39 Kd1 d2 40 Kc2 Ke2

Result: 0-1

Posted by rjsolcruz at 7:58 AM
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10 comments:

  1. rjsolcruzJun 5, 2010, 8:44:00 AM

    This was Rhal's first win against a titled youngster. Jesca a former RP 8-Under Champion who has played in the ASEAN Age Group in Vietnam among others.

    And this was actually Rhal's second game with her. The first was a loss in last year's Shell Active NCR Leg at SM Mall of Asia.

    This means a lot in terms of Rhal's progress. His training with the masters: GMs Eugene Torre and Bong Villamayor, IM Cardoso, NMs Bagamasbad, Vasquez, Gatus, Maga, Carag, Bernardino, Merano, Castellano, and Agagon are bearing fruits.

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  2. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:29:00 PM

    [Event "Tata Steel"]
    [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
    [Date "2011.01.15"]
    [White "Ian Nepomniachtchi"]
    [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2733"]
    [BlackElo "2784"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bf4 g6 11. h4 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. h5 Rae8 14. Re1 Ba6 15. Qe4 Qc5 16. Bg3 Bxc4 17. hxg6 fxg6 18. Na4 Nxa4 19. Qxc4+ Kh8 20. Rh4 d5 21. Qc2 Qxc2+ 22. Kxc2 Nc5 23. f3 g5 24. Rg4 Rf5 25. Bd3 Nxd3 26. Kxd3 h5 27. Rh1 h4 28. f4 Kg8 29. Bh2 c5 30. b3 Kf7 31. Rxg5 Rxg5 32. fxg5 Kg6 33. Bf4 Rh8 34. e6 Re8 35. Re1 Kf5 36. Bxc7 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

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  3. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:31:00 PM

    [Event "Tata Steel"]
    [Date "2011.01.15"]
    [White "Magnus Carlsen"]
    [Black "Levon Aronian"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2814"]
    [BlackElo "2805"]
    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Ba6 9.Nd2 g6 10.b3 Bg7 11.Bb2 Nb4 12.O-O-O Nxa2+ 13.Kb1 Nb4 14.Ne4 O-O 15.Qf3 Rfe8 16.Nf6+ Bxf6 17.exf6 Qc5 18.h4 d5 19.Qf4 dxc4 20.bxc4 Rab8 21.Qh6 Qf8 22.Qxf8+ Kxf8 23.h5 Bc8 24.hxg6 fxg6 25.Rxh7 Bf5+ 26.Ka1 Nc2+ 27.Ka2 Nb4+ 28.Ka1 1/2-1/2

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  4. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:31:00 PM

    [Event "Tata Steel"]
    [Date "2011.01.20"]
    [White "Alexey Shirov"]
    [Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2735"]
    [BlackElo "2791"]
    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nc3 Bb7 10.Bd2 g6 11.Ne4 O-O-O 12.a4 Ba6 13.Qe3 Qxe5 14.Bc3 Bb4 15.Bxb4 Rhe8 16.f3 d5 17.a5 Nxc4 18.Qxa7 Qxb2 19.Qxa6+ Kd7 20.Rd1 Qxb4+ 21.Kf2 Rxe4 22.fxe4 Qc5+ 23.Ke1 Qb4+ 24.Kf2 Qc5+ 25.Ke1 Nb2 26.exd5 Qc3+ 27.Rd2 Qc1+ 28.Ke2 Re8+ 29.Kf3 Qxd2 30.Qxc6+ Kd8 31.Qf6+ Re7 32.Kg4 Nd1 33.Qh8+ Kd7 34.Bb5+ c6 35.Bxc6+ Kc7 36.d6+ Qxd6 37.Rxd1 Qxd1+ 38.Bf3 h5+ 39.Kg3 Qe1+ 40.Kh3 Qe6+ 41.Kh4 g5+ 42.Kxg5 Qg6+ 43.Kf4 f6 0-1

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  5. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:31:00 PM

    [Event "Tata Steel (Group B)"]
    [Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
    [EventDate "2011.01.14"]
    [Round "2"]
    [White "Wesley So"]
    [Black "Gabriel Sargissian"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2673"]
    [BlackElo "2667"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 d6 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 dxe5 13. O-O Qc5 14. Be3 Ne4 15. Qf3 Qxe3+ 16. Qxe3 Bc5 17. Qxc5 Nxc5 18. fxe5 O-O 19. Nd2 Rfe8 20. Nf3 Ne6 21. Bd3 Bb7 22. Be4 Nc5 23. Bc2 Ne6 24. Be4 Nc5 25. Bc2 Ne6 26. Be4 1/2-1/2

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  6. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:32:00 PM

    [Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring Tournament"]
    [Date "2010.10.20"]
    [White "Magnus Carlsen"]
    [Black "Etienne Bacrot"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2826"]
    [BlackElo "2716"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 a5 10. a4 Nd4 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 13. O-O-O d6 14. Qc2 Bd7 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rhe1 Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re2 Qg7 21. Bxe6 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Rd3 Kh8 24. Rg3 Qh7 25. Qd2 Bc5 26. Ne4 Be7 27. Rh3 Kg7 28. Qd7 Kf7 29. Ng5+ fxg5 30. Rf3+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Rf7 Bd6 33. Rxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qf7+ Kh8 35. g3 Ra6 36. Kb1 Bb4 37. f4 gxf4 38. gxf4 1-0

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  7. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:32:00 PM

    [Event "Chess Olympiad"]
    [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
    [Date "2010.09.28"]
    [White "Magnus Carlsen"]
    [Black "Sarunas Sulskis"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2826"]
    [BlackElo "2544"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 Qb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. Qe4 f5 13. Qxf5 Qd4 14. cxd5 Bxf1 15. Bc3 Bb4 16. Kxf1 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Qxc3 18. Rd1 Rhf8 19. Qe4 Rde8 20. e6 Kb8 21. Rd3 Qc2 22. Qb4+ Ka8 23. Rd2 Qf5 24. dxc6 Rb8 25. Qc3 Qe4 26. Rg1 dxe6 27. Re2 Qg4 28. Qe3 Qh3+ 29. Rg2 Rbd8 30. Re1 Rd6 31. Qc3 Qg4 32. f4 Rfd8 33. Rge2 Rd3 34. Qb4 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 Qxc6 36. Rxe6 R3d6 37. Rxd6 cxd6 38. Qe4 d5 39. Qxh7 Qc3 40. Re2 d4 41. Qe4+ Kb8 42. Qe5+ Ka8 43. Kf2 Qc8 44. Qe4+ Kb8 45. Rc2 Qh3 46. Qe5+ Ka8 47. Kg1 Qh7 48. Qc7 Rh8 49. Qc6+ Kb8 50. Qb5+ Ka8 51. Qd5+ Kb8 52. f5 Qh5 53. Qe5+ Ka8 54. Qe4+ Kb8 55. Qf4+ Ka8 56. g4 Qh4 57. Qxd4 Qe1+ 58. Kg2 Re8 59. Qf2 1-0

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  8. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:33:00 PM

    [Event "world Ch"]
    [Site "New York/Lyon"]
    [Date "1990.01.17"]
    [Round "16"]
    [White "Garry Kasparov"]
    [Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.c4 Nb6 9.Nd2 Qe6 10.b3 a5 11.Bb2 Bb4 12.a3 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 d5 14.cxd5 cxd5 15.Rc1 O-O 16.Rxc7 Qg6 17.f3 Bf5 18.g4 Bb1 19.Bb5 Rac8 20.Rxc8 Rxc8 21.O-O h5 22.h3 hxg4 23.hxg4 Bc2 24.Qd4 Qe6 25.Rf2 Rc7 26.Rh2 Nd7 27.b4 axb4 28.axb4 Nf8 29.Bf1 Bb3 30.Bd3 Bc4 31.Bf5 Qe7 32.Qd2 Rc6 33.Bd4 Ra6 34.Bb1 Ra3 35.Rh3 Rb3 36.Bc2 Qxb4 37.Qf2 Ng6 38.e6 Rb1+ 39.Bxb1 Qxb1+ 40.Kh2 fxe6 41.Qb2 Qxb2+ 42.Bxb2 Nf4 43.Rh4 Nd3 44.Bc3 e5 45.Kg3 d4 46.Bd2 Bd5 47.Rh5 Kf7 48.Ba5 Ke6 49.Rh8 Nb2 50.Re8+ Kd6 51.Bb4+ Kc6 52.Rc8+ Kd7 53.Rc5 Ke6 54.Rc7 g6 55.Re7+ Kf6 56.Rd7 Ba2 57.Ra7 Bc4 58.Ba5 Bd3 59.f4 exf4 60.Kxf4 Bc2 61.Ra6+ Kf7 62.Ke5 Nd3+ 63.Kxd4 Nf2 64.g5 Bf5 65.Bd2 Ke7 66.Kd5 Ne4 67.Ra7+ Ke8 68.Be3 Nc3+ 69.Ke5 Kd8 70.Bb6+ Ke8 71.Rc7 Ne4 72.Be3 Ng3 73.Bf4 Nh5 74.Ra7 Kf8 75.Bh2 Ng7 76.Bg1 Nh5 77.Bc5+ Kg8 78.Kd6 Kf8 79.Bd4 Bg4 80.Be5 Bf5 81.Rh7 Kg8 82.Rc7 Kf8 83.Kc6 Kg8 84.Re7 Kf8 85.Bd6 Kg8 86.Re8+ Kf7 87.Re7+ Kg8 88.Be5 Kf8 89.Ra7 Bg4 90.Kd6 Bh3 91.Ra3 Bg4 92.Re3 Bf5 93.Kc7 Kf7 94.Kd8 Bg4 95.Bb2 Be6 96.Bc3 Bf5 97.Re7+ Kf8 98.Be5 Bd3 99.Ra7 Be4 100.Rc7 Bb1 101.Bd6+ Kg8 102.Ke7 1-0

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  9. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:33:00 PM

    [Event "Sarajevo (Bosnia & Herzegovina)"]
    [Date "1999.??.??"]
    [White "Garry Kasparov"]
    [Black "Michael Adams"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bd4 c5 17. Bxc5 Nc3 18. Bxc4 Qxe5+ 19. Be3 Ne4 20. O-O Bxc4 21. bxc4 O-O 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. f3 Nd6 24. Bf2 Qf5 25. c5 Nb5 26. Qb4 Qd3 27. Red1 a5 28. Qa4 Qe2 29. Re1 Qd3 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31. Rd1 1-0

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  10. AnonymousJun 27, 2011, 9:34:00 PM

    [Event "Wijk aan Zee Corus A"]
    [Site "NED"]
    [Date "2000.01.25"]
    [White "Garry Kasparov"]
    [Black "Jan Timman"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2851"]
    [BlackElo "2655"]
    [PlyCount "71"]
    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Be2 Nd5 16. Bxc4 g5 17. Qd4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nf4 19. Qxe6+ Nxe6 20. O-O-O Ke7 21. Rhe1 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Re4 Rd5 24. Kc2 c5 25. Ra4 Nd4+ 26. Bxd4 cxd4 27. Rxa7 Kd7 28. Kd3 Rxe5 29. Ra4 c5 30. b4 Ke6 31. Ra6+ Kf5 32. b5 Rd5 33. Rc6 c4+ 34. Kxc4 d3 35. Kxd5 d2 36. g4+ 1-0

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