Last night's game...
Jan. 13th, 2007 12:45 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgp[Date "2007.01.12"]
[White "AlexPGP"]
[Black "Brian"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 {The characteristic setup of the French Defense.} 4.Be3 {A pathetic attempt to enter the Alapin French, which is not such a good idea given the location of the Knight on c3. On the other hand, it does avoid the main book lines.} dxe4 5.f3 Bb4 6.Qd2 c6 7.O-O-O Qa5 8.a3 Bxc3 {Can Black get counterplay by sacrificing the Bishop on a3? LJ friend![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
egofood points out that after 8...Bxa3, 9.Nxe4 Qxd2 10.Rxd2 will leave White with a strong center.} 9.Qxc3 Qxc3 10.bxc3 exf3 11.Nxf3 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nb6? {I think 12...Ng4 is much better here.} 13.Ne5 Nfd5 14.Bd2 f6 15.Nc4 {Threatening to land on d6 with check.} Ke7 16.Rde1 Re8 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 h6 19.c4 Kf7 20.Be2 {No subtlety, here, although eventually, the threat against h5 will be realized.} e5 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Bd4 Ra5 23.Rhf1 {White is far ahead in development.} Be6 24.c5 Nd7 {Now, White can win back the pawn he has been down and put pressure on the Black kingside.} 25.Bh5+ g6 26.Bxg6+ Kxg6 27.Rxe6 Rf8 28.Kb2 Nxc5? {
This allows White to quickly penetrate to the seventh rank with his Rook.} 29.Rexf6+ Rxf6 30.Rxf6+ Kh7 {Pretty much forced, and now White wins the pawn on b7 with the Rook after first removing the defending Knight.} 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rf7+ Kg6 33.Rxb7 Rc4 {I think this is a waste of time, but then again, I also think Black can resign in any event.} 34.h3 h5 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 a5 37.Rb6 a4? {Not good, but at this point, there are no viable alternatives for Black, IMO.} 38.Rb4! Rxb4+ 39.axb4 Kg5 40.Ka3? {Wasting time going after the pawn on a4. An immediate 40.c4 was quicker and safer. I hate K+P vs. K endings.} Kxg4 41.Kxa4 Kf5 42.c4 Ke5 43.b5 cxb5+ 44.cxb5 Kd6 45.Ka5 Kc7 46.Ka6 Kb8 47.Kb6 (0-1)
Is there a drawing resource for Black at the end? I don't think so, but then again, I haven't done exhaustive analysis.
[White "AlexPGP"]
[Black "Brian"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 d5 {The characteristic setup of the French Defense.} 4.Be3 {A pathetic attempt to enter the Alapin French, which is not such a good idea given the location of the Knight on c3. On the other hand, it does avoid the main book lines.} dxe4 5.f3 Bb4 6.Qd2 c6 7.O-O-O Qa5 8.a3 Bxc3 {Can Black get counterplay by sacrificing the Bishop on a3? LJ friend
egofood points out that after 8...Bxa3, 9.Nxe4 Qxd2 10.Rxd2 will leave White with a strong center.} 9.Qxc3 Qxc3 10.bxc3 exf3 11.Nxf3 Nbd7 12.Bd3 Nb6? {I think 12...Ng4 is much better here.} 13.Ne5 Nfd5 14.Bd2 f6 15.Nc4 {Threatening to land on d6 with check.} Ke7 16.Rde1 Re8 17.Ne3 Nxe3 18.Bxe3 h6 19.c4 Kf7 20.Be2 {No subtlety, here, although eventually, the threat against h5 will be realized.} e5 21.dxe5 Rxe5 22.Bd4 Ra5 23.Rhf1 {White is far ahead in development.} Be6 24.c5 Nd7 {Now, White can win back the pawn he has been down and put pressure on the Black kingside.} 25.Bh5+ g6 26.Bxg6+ Kxg6 27.Rxe6 Rf8 28.Kb2 Nxc5? {This allows White to quickly penetrate to the seventh rank with his Rook.} 29.Rexf6+ Rxf6 30.Rxf6+ Kh7 {Pretty much forced, and now White wins the pawn on b7 with the Rook after first removing the defending Knight.} 31.Bxc5 Rxc5 32.Rf7+ Kg6 33.Rxb7 Rc4 {I think this is a waste of time, but then again, I also think Black can resign in any event.} 34.h3 h5 35.g4 hxg4 36.hxg4 a5 37.Rb6 a4? {Not good, but at this point, there are no viable alternatives for Black, IMO.} 38.Rb4! Rxb4+ 39.axb4 Kg5 40.Ka3? {Wasting time going after the pawn on a4. An immediate 40.c4 was quicker and safer. I hate K+P vs. K endings.} Kxg4 41.Kxa4 Kf5 42.c4 Ke5 43.b5 cxb5+ 44.cxb5 Kd6 45.Ka5 Kc7 46.Ka6 Kb8 47.Kb6 (0-1)
Is there a drawing resource for Black at the end? I don't think so, but then again, I haven't done exhaustive analysis.
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Date: 2007-01-13 08:05 am (UTC)12. I think I would have preferred the Bishop on the a2-g7 diagonal at b3 with the King at b2.
28. Black didn't have many good options to choose from here thanks to moves 24-28. (Perhaps Black's 24 merits the ? more than 28.) He should have tried to either get the rook back into play or possibly move the King out of the pin.
47. Black to move and White has the opposition means White wins. Ka8 then Kc7 and bring the pawn forward, Kc8 and Ka7 also queens the pawn.
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Date: 2007-01-14 05:51 pm (UTC)12. I had thought about that, but didn't like the prospects of the Bishop sitting there, staring at the e6-f7 pawns (and if that were to be done from b3, the Bishop would be pretty much out of the game, like the one on c8). On the other hand, this move allows the tactical shot 12...Ng4!, which forces an awkward response to prevent 13...Nf2.
24. Maybe. Yet perhaps Black's 26th is also suspect. Why give back the pawn? Why not 26...Ke7 (27.Bg4 Nf8), with the idea of transferring the King to the queenside?
47. Agreed. There do not seem to be any resources here for Black to craftily gain the opposition.
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