Asian Youth Chess Championship
Olongapo City, Philippines
14-Under R3 Standard G/90
White: Raul Sol Cruz Jr [Philippines]
Black: Tegshee Purevdorj [Mongolia]
French Defense C01
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 - Exchange Variation
This variation is Rhal's "re cibo quo" to the French and has billed 2W-3L a priori; Javier (0-1) in NBS 2010, Minguez (0-1) in PACE 2010, Clarito (1-0, 1-0) and Forcado (0-1) in MERALCO 2011.
3... exd5 4.Bd3
Another opening that a lot of club players consider boring but which Kasparov used to beat Korchnoi and Bareev. Not much theory needed for this one and certainly not a drawing line if one of the players wants to fight. After 3... exd5 it's worth considering 4 Qf3 or 4 Nc3 if you want something different. Openings for Club Player at ChessCafe.com
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1001649 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1003434
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094306
Or:
4.Nf3 Nf6: Kasparov vs Korchnoi in Tilburg 1991
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070560
4.Nf3 Bg4: Kasparov vs Short in Tilburg 1991
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070562
4.Nf3 Bd6: Shirov vs Gurevich in Eurotel 2002
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1250524
4... Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Ne2
a) Maroczy vs Spielmann
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094401
b) Tal vs Korchnoi
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1081036
c) Blatny vs Karpov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069093
6... h6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.h3
Unnecessary pawn advances often help the attack by weakening squares and opening lines. Better Chess for Average Players
9... Re8 10.Nf3 Ne4
Centralizing a N is a small strategic victory in itself. Secrets of Positional Chess
11.Re1 Qf6
12.Bxe4?
[12.Ng3]
One of the most frequent and most dangerous forms of attack is the pin. The Game of Chess
12... dxe4 13.Nd2?? [13 Nh2 Qg6 14 Nf4] 13...Qg6 [13... Bxh3!!] 14.Kh1 e3
15.fxe3? [15.Ng1 exd2 16 Rxe8+] 15... Rxe3 16.Ng1 Qg3 17.Ndf3 Rxe1 18.Qxe1 Qxe1 19.Nxe1 Bf5 20.Nef3 Re8 21.Bd2 Bg3 22.Be1
Exchanging off key attacking pieces is a common defensive idea. 50 Essential Chess Lessons
22... Bxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxe1 24.Nxe1 Bb1
25.a3 [25 a4 Na5 26 b4 Nc4 27 Ne2] 25... Na5 26.Ne2 [26 a4] 26... Nc4 27.b3 Nxa3 28.c4 Nc2 29.Nxc2 [29 Nf3] 29... Bxc2 30.Nc1 a6 31.Kg1 g5 32.Kf2 f5 33.g3 h5 34.Kf3 [34 Ke3] 34... Kf7
35.h4? [35 Ke3] 35... Kg6 -+ 36.hxg5 Kxg5 37.d5 b6 38.Kg2? [38 Ke3] 38... h4 39.gxh4+ Kxh4 40.Kf3 Kg5 41.Kg3?? f4+ 42.Kf2 Kg4 43.Kg2 f3+ 44.Kf2 Kf4 45.Kf1 Kg3 46.Kg1 f2+ 47.Kf1 Kf3 48.d6 cxd6 49.c5 bxc5 50.b4 cxb4 51.Ne2 Ke3 Result: 0-1
Olongapo City, Philippines
14-Under R3 Standard G/90
White: Raul Sol Cruz Jr [Philippines]
Black: Tegshee Purevdorj [Mongolia]
French Defense C01
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 - Exchange Variation
This variation is Rhal's "re cibo quo" to the French and has billed 2W-3L a priori; Javier (0-1) in NBS 2010, Minguez (0-1) in PACE 2010, Clarito (1-0, 1-0) and Forcado (0-1) in MERALCO 2011.
3... exd5 4.Bd3
Another opening that a lot of club players consider boring but which Kasparov used to beat Korchnoi and Bareev. Not much theory needed for this one and certainly not a drawing line if one of the players wants to fight. After 3... exd5 it's worth considering 4 Qf3 or 4 Nc3 if you want something different. Openings for Club Player at ChessCafe.com
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1001649 http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1003434
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094306
Or:
4.Nf3 Nf6: Kasparov vs Korchnoi in Tilburg 1991
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070560
4.Nf3 Bg4: Kasparov vs Short in Tilburg 1991
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1070562
4.Nf3 Bd6: Shirov vs Gurevich in Eurotel 2002
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1250524
4... Nc6 5.c3 Bd6 6.Ne2
a) Maroczy vs Spielmann
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1094401
b) Tal vs Korchnoi
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1081036
c) Blatny vs Karpov
http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1069093
6... h6 7.O-O Nf6 8.Nd2 O-O 9.h3
Unnecessary pawn advances often help the attack by weakening squares and opening lines. Better Chess for Average Players
9... Re8 10.Nf3 Ne4
Centralizing a N is a small strategic victory in itself. Secrets of Positional Chess
11.Re1 Qf6
12.Bxe4?
[12.Ng3]
One of the most frequent and most dangerous forms of attack is the pin. The Game of Chess
12... dxe4 13.Nd2?? [13 Nh2 Qg6 14 Nf4] 13...Qg6 [13... Bxh3!!] 14.Kh1 e3
15.fxe3? [15.Ng1 exd2 16 Rxe8+] 15... Rxe3 16.Ng1 Qg3 17.Ndf3 Rxe1 18.Qxe1 Qxe1 19.Nxe1 Bf5 20.Nef3 Re8 21.Bd2 Bg3 22.Be1
Exchanging off key attacking pieces is a common defensive idea. 50 Essential Chess Lessons
22... Bxe1 23.Rxe1 Rxe1 24.Nxe1 Bb1
25.a3 [25 a4 Na5 26 b4 Nc4 27 Ne2] 25... Na5 26.Ne2 [26 a4] 26... Nc4 27.b3 Nxa3 28.c4 Nc2 29.Nxc2 [29 Nf3] 29... Bxc2 30.Nc1 a6 31.Kg1 g5 32.Kf2 f5 33.g3 h5 34.Kf3 [34 Ke3] 34... Kf7
35.h4? [35 Ke3] 35... Kg6 -+ 36.hxg5 Kxg5 37.d5 b6 38.Kg2? [38 Ke3] 38... h4 39.gxh4+ Kxh4 40.Kf3 Kg5 41.Kg3?? f4+ 42.Kf2 Kg4 43.Kg2 f3+ 44.Kf2 Kf4 45.Kf1 Kg3 46.Kg1 f2+ 47.Kf1 Kf3 48.d6 cxd6 49.c5 bxc5 50.b4 cxb4 51.Ne2 Ke3 Result: 0-1
[Event "Match"]
ReplyDelete[Site "London"]
[Date "1858.07.19"]
[Round "10"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Paul Morphy"]
[Black "Johann Jacob Loewenthal"]
[ECO "C01"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 Bd6 6.O-O O-O 7.Nc3 c6 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nbd7 12.Bf5 Qc7 13.Rae1 Rae8 14.Re3 Bf4 15.Re2 Rxe2 16.Nxe2 Bd6 17.Bxd7 Nxd7 18.Ng3 Re8 19.Nf5 Nf8 20.Bg3 Bxg3 21.fxg3 Re4 22.c3 Nh7 23.h4
h5 24.c4 Nf6 25.Nxg7 Ng4 26.Nxh5 Rxd4 27.Nf6+ Nxf6 28.Qxf6 Rxc4 29.Rf5 Rg4 30.Re5 Qc8 31.Re7 Qf8 32.Qe5 Qg7 33.Re8+ Kh7 34.Qh5+ 1-0
After the Asian Youth, focus now shifts to the annual Shell series where time control is 25-25. And upon the advice of Tony Yu, I arranged a training session for Rhal with Nars Gumila, recent winner of the ASKALs Cup, and they focused on the French Defense Exchange Variation.
ReplyDeleteRhal now carries a 2W-4L vs the French.
[Event "URS"][Date "1955.??.??"]
ReplyDelete[White "Mikhail Tal"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nbd2 Qd7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Bf5 11. Nf1 Rae8 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Bd2 Nd8 15. Qc2 c6 16. Kf1 f6 17. Nh4 f5 18. Re2 Ng6 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rae1 Ne6 21. Nd1 Qf7 22. Qc1 b6 23. b4 g5 24. Kg1 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. g3 Qf3 27. Rxe6 Bxg3 28. Rxe8 Bxf2+ 29. Nxf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 1/2-1/2
[Event "Austria, Staatsliga, Wien"]
ReplyDelete[Date "1993.??.??"]
[White "Pavel Blatny"]
[Black "Anatoli Karpov"]
[ECO "C01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bd6 6. Bd3 Nge7 7. O-O Bg4 8. Re1 Qd7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 O-O 11. Bg3 Rae8 12. Nbd2 Nd8 13. Qc2 g6 14. h3 Bf5 15. Nf1 c6 16. Ne3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Bxg3 18. fxg3 Nf7 19. g4 Nc8 20. Nf1 Ncd6 21. Ng3 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Re2 1/2-1/2
[Event "World Championship"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Buenos Aires"]
[Date "1927.01.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Jose Raul Capablanca"]
[Black "Alexander Alekhine"]
[ECO "C01"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nge7 7. O-O Bf5 8. Bxf5 Nxf5 9. Qd3 Qd7 10. Nd1 O-O 11. Ne3 Nxe3 12. Bxe3 Rfe8 13. Nf4 Bd6 14. Rfe1 Nb4 15. Qb3 Qf5 16. Rac1 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Qxf4 18. g3 Qf5 19. Rce2 b6 20. Qb5 h5 21. h4 Re4 22. Bd2 Rxd4 23. Bc3 Rd3 24. Be5 Rd8 25. Bxd6 Rxd6 26. Re5 Qf3 27. Rxh5 Qxh5 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Qxd3+ Qg6 30. Qd1 Re6 31. Ra8 Re5 32. Rxa7 c5 33. Rd7 Qe6 34. Qd3+ g6 35. Rd8 d4 36. a4 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. f3 Re3 39. Qd1 Qe6 40. g4 Re2+ 41. Kh3 Qe3 42. Qh1 Qf4 43. h5 Rf2 0-1
[Event "Tilburg"]
ReplyDelete[Date "1991.??.??"]
[White "Garry Kasparov"]
[Black "Viktor Korchnoi"]
[ECO "C01"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Bd3 c5 6.O-O c4 7.Re1+ Be7 8.Bf1 O-O 9.Bg5 Bg4 10.h3 Bxf3 11.Qxf3 Nc6 12.c3 Qd7 13.Nd2 Rae8 14.b3 b5 15.bxc4 bxc4 16.Rab1 Bd8 17.h4 Rxe1 18.Rxe1 Re8 19.Rb1 h6 20.Bxf6 Bxf6 21.g3 Ne7 22.Qd1 g5 23.hxg5 hxg5 24.Bg2 g4 25.Nf1 Bg5 26.Rb2 Kg7 27.Qb1 Rc8 28.Re2 Rc6 29.Re5 f6 30.Re2 Rb6 31.Qd1 Nf5 32.Re1 Nh6 33.Qe2 Kf7 34.f4 gxf3 35.Qxf3 Rd6 36.Re5 Kg7 37.Rxd5 Rxd5 38.Qxd5 Qa4 39.Qb7+ Kg6 40.Bc6 Qa5 41.Be8+ Kf5 42.Qh7+ Kg4 43.Qe4+ Kh3 44.Bd7+ f5 45.Qg2+ 1-0
[Event "World Cup"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk RUS"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Wesley So"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3 Bh5 9. Nf4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bg5 c6 12. f4 Qb6 13. Na4 Qxd4+ 14. Kh1 Ne4 15. c3 Nf2+ 16. Rxf2 Qxf2 17. cxb4 f6 18. Qg4 fxg5 19. Qe6+ Kh8 20. Nc5 Qxb2 21. Qh3+ Kg8 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Rf1 Qf6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. g3 Re8 26. Nxb7 gxf4 27. Rxf4 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Qe6 29. Qxe6+ Rxe6 30. Nc5 Re7 31. b5 Nd7 32. Nxd7 Rxd7 33. bxc6 Rd6 34. Bb5 Re8 35. Rd4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Ke6 37. Rg4 Ke5 38. Kf3 Rf6+ 39. Ke3 0-1
[Event "European Individual Championship"]
ReplyDelete[Site "Plovdiv BUL"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[White "Viktor Bologan"]
[Black "Alexey Aleksandrov"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd6 6. O-O Nge7 7. c4 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. h3 Nf5 10. Be3 h6 11. Nc3 Re8 12. Re1 a6 13. a3 Rb8 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Ba2 b5 16. Bb1 b4 17. Ne4 Nxe3 18. fxe3 bxa3 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. bxa3 Ne7 21. Qd3 Ng6 22. Ba2 Rb2 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Rf1 Bb5 25. Nh4+ Kg8 26. Qxg6 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rf8 28. Nf5 Rxf5 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qxf5 Rb5 31. Qe6 Rg5 32. Rc1 Kh7 33. Qe4+ Kh8 34. Rc6 Qa8 35. Qc2 Rc5 36. Rxc5 dxc5 37. Qxc5 Kg8 38. d5 Kf7 39. Qc7+ 1-0