Sunday, June 17, 2012

R2 Sol Cruz vs Castro

Father's Day Cup
Meralco, Pasig City, Phl
R2 G/25



5 comments:

  1. The position up to Rhal's 5.e5 first appeared in 1883:

    [Event "London Vizayanagaram"]
    [Date "1883.??.??"]
    [White "B W Fisher"]
    [Black "George Alcock MacDonnell"]
    [ECO "B23"]
    1. e4 c5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. e5 f5 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. d3 Be7 9. Ne2 Nh6 10. Bd2 Rb8 11. b3 Nf7 12. c4 Bc8 13. Nc3 Kd7 14. Na4 d4 15. Qc1 Rg8 16. Qa3 Qf8 17. g3 Bb7 18. Ke2 h6 19. h4 Kc8 20. Rag1 g5 21. hxg5 hxg5 22. fxg5 Qg7 23. Bf4 Rh8 24. Nxd4 Nxg5 25. Rxh8+ Qxh8 26. Nf3 Nxf3 27. Kxf3 Qh5+ 28. Kf2 Qh2+ 29. Rg2 Qh1 30. Qc1 Qh8 31. Kg1 Qd8 32. Qe3 Qa5 33. Qf2 Kd7 34. Be3 Qc7 35. Bxc5 Qxe5 36. Bxa7 Rd8 37. Bb6 Ra8 38. Bd4 Qa5 39. Nb6+ Kc7 40. Nxa8+ Bxa8 41. Qe3 c5 42. Be5+ Kd7 43. Re2 Qb6 44. d4 Qc6 45. d5 exd5 46. cxd5 Qg6 47. Bf4 Qh7 48. Qe6+ Kd8 49. Rh2 Qg7 50. Be5 1-0
    http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1580696

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  2. Rhal played 5.e5, but the capture 5.exd5 is also good:

    [Event "DSB-05.Kongress"]
    [Site "Frankfurt"]
    [Date "1887.07.18"]
    [Round "6"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Siegbert Tarrasch"]
    [Black "Louis Paulsen"]
    [ECO "B23"]
    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.d4 Nf6 7.Be3 c4 8.a3 Bd6 9.Be2 O-O 10.O-O a6 11.Ne5 Qb6 12.Qd2 Ne7 13.Bf3 Be6 14.g4 Rad8 15.f5 Bc8 16.Rfd1 Qa5 17.Nxd5 Qb5 18.a4 Qe8 19.Nxf6+ gxf6 20.Nxc4 Qd7 21.Nxd6 Qxd6 22.d5 h5 23.Qg2 Kh7 24.Qh3 Rh8 25.c4 Rdg8 26.Kf2 b6 27.Rd4 Rg7 28.Rg1 Kg8 29.gxh5 Rxg1 30.Kxg1 Nxf5 31.Rg4+ Kf8 32.Bf4 Qc5+ 33.Kh1 Ng7 34.Qg3 Nf5 35.Qg1 Qb4 36.Qc1 Qb3 37.Be4 Qh3 38.Bxf5 Bxf5 39.Bd6+ Ke8 40.Qe1+ Be6 41.Rg2 Rxh5 42.dxe6 fxe6 43.Qe4 Kd7 44.Bf4 1-0
    http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1283325

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  3. The bishop move 5.Bb5 has also been played:

    [Event "Ch URS"]
    [Site "Leningrad (Russia)"]
    [Date "1947.??.??"]
    [Round "16"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Genrikh Kasparian"]
    [Black "David Bronstein"]
    [ECO "B23"]
    1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nf6 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. O-O Be7 9. d3 O-O 10. Qe1 Rb8 11. b3 Qe8 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. Nd1 f5 14. Qa5 Bb7 15. Nb2 Qd8 16. Qc3 Ba6 17. Na4 d4 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Nb2 Nb6 20. Nc4 h6 21. Kh1 Kh7 22. Rae1 Rb7 23. Rg1 Nd5 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. Re5 Rf6 27. Rge1 Rb6 28. Nxd4 Ra6 29. Qc1 Nb4 30. Nxe6 Nxc2 31. Qxc2 Rxa3 32. Qb2 Ra5 33. Nxc5 Bxd3 34. Nxd3 1-0

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  4. Another of 5.Bb5:

    [Event "Tournament"]
    [Site "Parnu (Estonia)"]
    [Date "1947.??.??"]
    [Round "13"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Genrikh Kasparian"]
    [Black "Vladimir Simagin"]
    [ECO "B23"]
    1.Nc3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.f4 e6 4.Nf3 d5 5.Bb5 dxe4 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.Nxe4 Nf6 8.d3 Ba6 9.Qe2 Be7 10.O-O Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Qd5 12.Qa4 Bb5 13.Qa5 c4 14.a4 Bd8 15.Qc3 Ba6 16.Qxg7 Bb6+ 17.d4 O-O-O 18.c3 Bc7 19.Bd2 Bb7 20.Rae1 f5 21.Qe7 Rde8 22.Qc5 Bd6 23.Qxd5 cxd5 24.Ra1 Bc6 25.Ne5 Bxe5 26.dxe5 Rhg8 27.Rf2 Re7 28.Be3 Kb7 29.Bd4 Ka6 30.Bc5 Reg7 31.Bd4 Ka5 32.Ra2 h5 33.Kf1 Rb7 34.Rd2 Rbg7 35.Ra3 h4 36.b4+ cxb3 37.Rxb3 Bxa4 38.Ra2 Rxg2 39.Raa3 R2g4 40.Be3 1-0

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  5. [Event "1st Campomanes Cup Open"]
    [Site "Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila"]
    [Date "2010.08.30"]
    [Round "4"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Paulo Bersamina"]
    [Black "Rafaelito Maninang"]
    [ECO "B23"]
    [WhiteElo "1984"]
    [BlackElo "2261"]

    1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 e6 3.f4 Nc6 4.Nf3 a6 5.d3 d6 6.g3 b5 7.Bg2 Bb7 8.O-O Qc7 9.Be3 Nf6 10.h3 h5 11.Qd2 Be7 12.Rae1 b4 13.Nd1 Nd7 14.Nf2 Bf6 15.Qc1 a5 16.f5 exf5 17.exf5 O-O-O 18.Bf4 Nde5 19.Nxe5 Bxe5 20.Bxe5 Nxe5 21.Bxb7+ Qxb7 22.Ne4 f6 23.Qf4 Qd5 24.b3 Kd7 25.Kh2 Kc6 26.Rd1 Qd4 27.Rde1 Rde8 28.Nd2 Qc3 29.Rc1 d5 30.Nf3 Nxf3+ 31.Rxf3 Re2+ 32.Rf2 Rhe8 33.Kg2 R8e5 34.Kf1 R2e3 35.Kg2 Qb2 36.Rcf1 Re2 37.Rc1 R2e3 38.Rcf1 Qc3 39.Qh4 Re2 40.Qxh5 Qxc2 41.Qh8 Re7 42.Qc8+ Kd6 43.Qd8+ Rd7 44.Qb6+ Ke7 45.Re1 1-0

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