Sunday, June 24, 2012

R8 Sol Cruz vs Ochoa

Posted by rjsolcruz at 1:00 PM
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10 comments:

  1. rjsolcruzJul 27, 2012, 10:20:00 PM

    Although 6. c3 is good, a counter-attack with 6.Nb5 is better.

    The development of the N, with 7 Nd2, for the sake of development is a big mistake at a cost of a precious pawn.

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  2. rjsolcruzAug 26, 2012, 4:48:00 PM

    If you play the Scotch, you must know this line vs 4... Qh4.

    [Event "Sudak UKR"]
    [Site "It"]
    [Date "2002.08.07"]
    [EventDate "2002.08.02"]
    [Round "7"]
    [Result "1-0"]
    [White "Sergey Karjakin"]
    [Black "V Malinin"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2523"]
    [BlackElo "2434"]
    [PlyCount "39"]

    1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Bxc3 8. Nf5 Qxe4 9. Bd3 Qg4 10. f3 Qa4 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Nxg7 Kxg7 13. Bh6+ Kxh6 14. Qd2+ Kh5 15. g4+ Nxg4 16. fxg4+ Qxg4+ 17. Kh1 d6 18. Rf6 Qg5 19. Be2+ Bg4 20. Bxg4+ 1-0

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    1. rjsolcruzAug 26, 2012, 11:09:00 PM

      This is the link with playable diagram:
      http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1253303

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    2. rjsolcruzAug 26, 2012, 11:20:00 PM

      Another win by White by GM Timman:
      http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1493128

      [Event "President's Cup"]
      [Site "Baku AZE"]
      [Date "2008.05.14"]
      [EventDate "2008.05.12"]
      [Round "3"]
      [Result "1-0"]
      [White "Jan Timman"]
      [Black "Samir Davidov"]
      [ECO "C45"]
      [WhiteElo "2565"]
      [BlackElo "2304"]
      [PlyCount "45"]

      1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Be2 Qxe4 7. Ndb5 Qxg2 8. Bf3 Qh3 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 Ne5 11. Be2 Ne7 12. Qd4 Qg2 13. Rf1 N7c6 14. Qh4+ f6 15. Be3 Nf3+ 16. Bxf3 Qxf3 17. Qg3 Qxg3 18. hxg3 Re8 19. O-O-O Bxc3 20. bxc3 b5 21. Rfe1 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Bb7 23. Rde1 1-0

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    3. rjsolcruzAug 26, 2012, 11:24:00 PM

      A win for White by former World Champion, with a N sacrifice:

      http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1348688

      [Event "Namangan zt"]
      [Site "Namangan"]
      [Date "2000.??.??"]
      [White "Rustam Kasimdzhanov"]
      [Black "Evgeny Vladimirov"]
      [ECO "C45"]

      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Qh4 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Bxc3 8.Nf5 Qxe4 9.Bd3 Qg4 10.f3 Qa4 11.bxc3 Kf8 12.Qe1 Ne8 13.Qg3 d6 14.Nxg7 Rg8 15.Bh6 Rxg7 16.Rae1 Ne5 17.f4 Nxd3 18.cxd3 Bf5 19.h3 Qb5 20.Rxe8+ Kxe8 21.Qxg7 Bxd3 22.Re1+ Kd7 23.Qxf7+ Kc6 24.Kh2 Bc4 25.Qxh7 Bxa2 26.Re7 Rc8 27.Qe4+ Kb6 28.f5 Bd5 29.Qd4+ Kc6 30.f6 Rg8 31.Bg7 Qf1 32.Qg4 Kb6 33.h4 a5 34.h5 c5 35.h6 Qd3 36.f7 Bxf7 37.Rxf7 Re8 38.Qd7 Qe4 39.Qxd6+ Kb5 40.Qd7+ Ka6 41.Qf5 Qh4+ 42.Qh3 Qe4 43.h7 a4 44.h8=Q 1-0

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    4. rjsolcruzAug 26, 2012, 11:27:00 PM

      A precious win by Nakamura, with a N sacrifice:

      http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1000336

      [Event "World Open Friday Action Open"]
      [Site "Philadelphia"]
      [Date "2000.06.30"]
      [EventDate "2000.??.??"]
      [Round "3"]
      [Result "1-0"]
      [White "Hikaru Nakamura"]
      [Black "Angelo De Palma"]
      [ECO "C45"]
      [WhiteElo "2330"]
      [BlackElo "1855"]
      [PlyCount "59"]

      1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. Nf3 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qh4 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ndb5 Kd8 7. Be2 a6 8. Nd4 Nge7 9. O-O d6 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Nf4 13. Bxf6+ gxf6 14. Kh1 Rg8 15. g3 Bh3 16. Rg1 Ne6 17. Bf1 Bg4 18. h3 Bh5 19. Be2 Bg6 20. Bd3 Ke7 21. Nh4 Bc5 22. Rf1 Ng5 23. f4 Nxh3 24. Kg2 Nxf4+ 25. Rxf4 Bd4 26. c3 Be5 27. Rg4 Bh5 28. Nf5+ Kd7 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Qxh5 1-0

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  3. rjsolcruzSep 8, 2012, 4:46:00 PM

    This is from the so-called Olympic Moments,

    [Event "Chess Olympiad"]
    [Site "Istanbul TUR"]
    [Date "2012.09.01"]
    [EventDate "2012.08.28"]
    [Round "5.13"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [White "Throstur Thorhallsson"]
    [Black "Eugenio Torre"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2426"]
    [BlackElo "2469"]
    [PlyCount "67"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 b6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc2 Qg6 10. Bxc5 bxc5 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. b3 d6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. f4 Bxc4 15. f5 Qf6 16. Ndxc4 Qxc3 17. f6 gxf6 18. Qg4+ Kh8 19. Rac1 Qd4 20. Rcd1 f5 21. Qh4 Qg7 22. Nxf5 Nxf5 23. Rxf5 Rg8 24. g3 Rbe8 25. Ne3 Nd4 26. Rf2 Qg5 27. Qxg5 Rxg5 28. Rxf7 Rxe4 29. Ng2 Ne6 30. Re7 Rg7 31. Re8+ Rg8 32. Re7 Rg7 33. Re8+ Rg8 34. Re7 1/2-1/2

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  4. rjsolcruzSep 10, 2012, 7:23:00 PM

    LATEST GAMES FR ISTANBUL OLYMPIAD:

    [Event "Chess Olympiad"]
    [Site "Istanbul TUR"]
    [Date "2012.09.05"]
    [EventDate "2012.08.28"]
    [Round "8.10"]
    [Result "0-1"]
    [White "Arturs Neiksans"]
    [Black "Ivan Sokolov"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2537"]
    [BlackElo "2696"]
    [PlyCount "74"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 a5 7. a3 Be7 8. Nc3 a4 9. Nc1 Nf6 10. Bb5 O-O 11. N1e2 Bc5 12. O-O Re8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 d6 15. Kh1 g5 16. Bg3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. Nc3 Rd4 19. Qh5 Qf6 20. f4 gxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. Nd5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Qg6 24. Qxg6+ fxg6 25. Nxc7 Rb8 26. Bc4+ d5 27. Bxd5+ Kh8 28. Be4 Ne5 29. Rd1 Bg4 30. Rd5 Bb6 31. Nb5 Nc4 32. Bxg6 Rf8 33. Bd3 Nxb2 34. h3 Nxd3 35. cxd3 Rf5 36. Nc3 Rf1+ 37. Kh2 Bc7+ 0-1

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  5. rjsolcruzSep 10, 2012, 7:26:00 PM

    [Event "Chess Olympiad"]
    [Site "Istanbul TUR"]
    [Date "2012.09.06"]
    [EventDate "2012.08.28"]
    [Round "9.14"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [White "Sune Berg Hansen"]
    [Black "Vladimir Georgiev"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2577"]
    [BlackElo "2566"]
    [PlyCount "64"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Be3 Re8 9. f3 d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7 12. Qd2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Be2 b5 17. Rhe1 Qh6 18. g3 Nb6 19. f4 Rad8 20. e5 c5 21. Qf2 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. h4 Qg6 25. Qf4 f6 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Bd3 Qf7 28. a3 Bg4 29. Rf1 Bh3 30. Rd1 Bg4 31. Rf1 Bh3 32. Rd1 Bg4 1/2-1/2

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  6. rjsolcruzSep 10, 2012, 7:28:00 PM

    [Event "Chess Olympiad"]
    [Site "Istanbul TUR"]
    [Date "2012.09.05"]
    [EventDate "2012.08.28"]
    [Round "8.7"]
    [Result "1/2-1/2"]
    [White "Lazaro Bruzon"]
    [Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
    [ECO "C45"]
    [WhiteElo "2711"]
    [BlackElo "2714"]
    [PlyCount "61"]

    1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. Bg5 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Re8 11. f3 h6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 d5 14. O-O-O c6 15. Qc5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. exd5 Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8 20. Bd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Ke2 Kf8 23. b4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ra1 Re5+ 26. Kd2 Rd5+ 27. Ke3 Re5+ 28. Kd3 Rd5+ 29. Ke3 Re5+ 30. Kd3 Rd5+ 31. Ke4 1/2-1/2

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