White: Rhal Sol Cruz
Black: IM Oliver Barbosa
Caro-Kann Defense
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 - Exchange Variation
A nice simple line used by Bobby Fischer, Bent Larsen and Eduard Rozentalis; you don't need to know many variations, just play through a few nice games. The pawn structure is the same as in a Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation so it's quite good to play this with White if you play QGD with Black; just one kind of position to understand.
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3... cxd5 4 Bd3 Nc6 5 c3 Qc7 6 Nf3 Bg4 7 Be3
This is a passive move and just made the valuable B function as a big pawn. 7 Bg5 is better.
7... e6 8 Nbd2 Bd6 9 O-O?
With the IM's B and Q alignment plus the pin on the Q, castling loses a pawn.
9... Nge7
But the IM gives Rhal a chance and heads on to the middlegame; 9... Bxh2+.
10 Qc2 h6 11 h3 Bf5
12 b3
[12 Rac1]
12... O-O
Either 12... Nb4 or 12... Bxd3 gives Black the advantage.
13 Nh4??
[13 Qb1 or 13 a3]
13... Bxd3
The IM is simply playing along, 13... Nb4 wins.
14 Qxd3 Rac8 15 c4 dxc4 16 bxc4 Rfd8 17 Nhf3 Nf5 18 Nb3
[18 Qe4]
18... Nb4 -+
Finally, IM Barbosa steps on the gas.
19 Qd2 Qxc4 20 Rac1 Qb5 21 Rxc8 Rxc8 22 Rc1 Rd8 23 Nc5 Nd5 24 Qe1 Bxc5 25 Rxc5 Qa4 0-1
Black: IM Oliver Barbosa
Caro-Kann Defense
1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3 exd5 - Exchange Variation
A nice simple line used by Bobby Fischer, Bent Larsen and Eduard Rozentalis; you don't need to know many variations, just play through a few nice games. The pawn structure is the same as in a Queen's Gambit Declined Exchange Variation so it's quite good to play this with White if you play QGD with Black; just one kind of position to understand.
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3... cxd5 4 Bd3 Nc6 5 c3 Qc7 6 Nf3 Bg4 7 Be3
This is a passive move and just made the valuable B function as a big pawn. 7 Bg5 is better.
7... e6 8 Nbd2 Bd6 9 O-O?
With the IM's B and Q alignment plus the pin on the Q, castling loses a pawn.
9... Nge7
But the IM gives Rhal a chance and heads on to the middlegame; 9... Bxh2+.
10 Qc2 h6 11 h3 Bf5
12 b3
[12 Rac1]
12... O-O
Either 12... Nb4 or 12... Bxd3 gives Black the advantage.
13 Nh4??
[13 Qb1 or 13 a3]
13... Bxd3
The IM is simply playing along, 13... Nb4 wins.
14 Qxd3 Rac8 15 c4 dxc4 16 bxc4 Rfd8 17 Nhf3 Nf5 18 Nb3
[18 Qe4]
18... Nb4 -+
Finally, IM Barbosa steps on the gas.
19 Qd2 Qxc4 20 Rac1 Qb5 21 Rxc8 Rxc8 22 Rc1 Rd8 23 Nc5 Nd5 24 Qe1 Bxc5 25 Rxc5 Qa4 0-1
[Event "Baku Open"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Baku AZE"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[White "Evgeny Romanov"]
[Black "Alexey Dreev"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. Na3 Bf5 11. Bf1 Rab8 12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nd3 Rbd8 14. Bf4 Qb6 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. axb3 f6 17. b4 e5 18. Be3 exd4 19. cxd4 Nd6 20. b5 Bxd3 21. Bxd3 Na5 22. Nc2 Nac4 23. Rxa7 Nxb2 24. Bf1 Nbc4 25. Nb4 f5 26. Nxd5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 f4 28. Nc7 fxe3 29. Ne6 Rde8 30. Nxf8 e2 31. Ne6 Rxe6 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Rxe2 Bxd4+ 34. Kh2 Be5+ 35. Kh1 Nf5 36. Rf2 Kg7 37. g4 Ne3 38. Rd8 Re7 39. Rd3 Bc7 40. Re2 Bf4 41. Bg2 Rc7 42. Re1 Nc4 43. Red1 Nb6 44. h4 Rc5 45. Rf1 g5 46. hxg5 Bxg5 47. Rf5 Rc1+ 48. Kh2 h6 49. Bxb7 Rc2+ 50. Kg3 Be7 51. Bc6 Nc4 52. Rd7 Re2 53. Bd5 Nd6 54. Kf3 1-0
[Event "36th Olympiad"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Calvia ESP"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[White "Jean-Marc Degraeve"]
[Black "Tamaz Gelashvili"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 g6 7. Ne2 Bf5 8. Bxf5 gxf5 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Nf3 Rg8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Ne4 14. O-O e6 15. f3 Nd6 16. b3 Rc8 17. Re1 Bh6 18. c4 dxc4 19. d5 Nb5 20. a4 Nc7 21. bxc4 exd5 22. Nf4 Kf8 23. cxd5 Bg7 24. Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Rc1 Qd6 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Re5 Kg8 28. Rce1 h6 29. Rxf5 Ne8 30. Rfe5 Nf6 31. Qxa7 Qb4 32. Qe3 Rd6 33. Re7 Qxa4 34. Rxb7 Qc2 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Rc1 Nxd5 37. Rxc2 Nxe3 38. Rcc8 Rg5 39. Rh8+ Kg7 40. Rbg8+ Kf6 41. Rxh6+ Ke7 42. Rxg5 1-0