Friday, May 20, 2011

R6 De Leon vs Sol Cruz

Asian Youth Chess Championship
Olongapo City, Philippines
R6 U14 Bd13 G/90
White: Luke de Leon
Black: Raul Sol Cruz Jr
Q's Gambit Declined
  
1 Nf3 Nf6 2 d4 d5 3 c4 e6 4 Nc3 Be7 5 Bg5 Nbd7 6 e3 h6 7 Bh4 O-O 8 c5 c6 9 Bd3 b6 10 b4 Bb7 11 O-O




11... Re8
[11... a5]


12 Qc2 Nf8 13 h3 N6d7 14 Bg3 f5 15 Ne5 Nxe5
Do not let enemy pieces remain in your territory. Best Lessons of a Chess Coach


16 Bxe5 Nd7 17 Bg3 Nf6 18 Be2 b5?
[18... Qc8 or 18... Qd7]


19 a4 a6 20 axb5 axb5
[20... cxb5]


21 Qb2 Qd7 22 Rxa8 Rxa8 23 Ra1 Qd8 24 Ra2 Rxa2 25 Qxa2 Qa8


26 Qxa8+ Bxa8 27 f3 Nh5
[27... Bb7]
Before undertaking active operations, improve the position of your badly placed pieces. Best Lessons of a Chess Coach


28 Be5 Bh4 29 e4 Ng3
[29... Be1 30 Na2 Ng3]
Counterplay is the best way of fighting against your opponent's initiative and attack. Soviet Chess Strategy


30 Bd3 fxe4 31 fxe4 dxe4
Be careful about initiating pawn trades that release your opponent's pieces and give him more space. Build Up Your Chess


[31... Kf7]
Advance the K to the center of the board or towards the passed pawns, or pawns that are susceptible to being attacked. Chess Fundamentals


32 Bxg3 Bxg3 33 Bxe4




33... Kf7?
[33... Be1]
Attack this weakness, though not in order to destroy it but to compel the opponent's pieces to go over to the defense, thus depriving them of activity and mobility. Elements of Chess Strategy

34 Kf1 h5? [34... Bf4] 35 Nxb5 cxb5 36 Bxa8

D36

36... Bf4?? [36... Bh4] 37 Ke2 +- Ke7 38 Bc6 Kd8 39 Bxb5 Kc7 40 Kd3 h4 41 Bc4 Kd7 42 b5 Bb8 43 Ke4 Bc7 44 b6 Bb8 45 Bb5+


Result: 1-0


A paramount maxim to remember here is that if each side is left with a B and pawns, and the two Bs are on the opposite colored squares, the game is nearly always drawn, even if one side is a pawn or even two pawns ahead. The Right Way to Play Chess

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