1.e4 c5 2.Nf3
Nc6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 d6 5.Nc3
g6 6.Be3 Bg7
7.Be2 Nf6 This
position is deemed to be equal - only 47% White in 3495 games.
8.f3 With
the Bishop on e2 White does not normally play this move, he plays the Classical system for White involving
f4 and castling.
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[8.f4 O-O 9.Nb3 Classical
Dragon
9...Be6 10.O-O
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(10.g4 d5 11.f5
Bc8 12.exd5 Nb4
13.Bf3 (13.d6
Qxd6 (13...exd6 ? 14.g5 'with
the idea' f6) 14.Bc5 (14.Qxd6
exd6 15.O-O-O gxf5 =) 14...Qf4 ! (14...Qxd1+ ? 15.Rxd1 ! Nc6 (15...Nxc2+
16.Kd2) 16.g5 'with
the idea' f6) 15.Rf1 ! Qxh2
16.Bxb4 = Nxg4 ! 17.Bxg4
Qg3+ 18.Rf2 (18.Kd2 ? Bh6+ ) 18...Qg1+
19.Rf1 Qg3+ 20.Rf2
Qg1+ 1/2-1/2, Alekhine Alexander A - Botvinnik
Mikhail M 2630 , Nottingham 1936) (13.fxg6 hxg6
14.Bf3 Nxg4 15.Bxg4
Bxg4 16.Qxg4 Nxc2+
17.Ke2 Nxa1 18.Rxa1
Bxc3 19.bxc3 Qxd5 ) 13...gxf5
14.a3 fxg4 15.Bg2
Na6 16.Qd3 e6 (16...Nd7
17.O-O-O Ne5
18.Qe2 Qc7
19.Bd4 Ng6
20.Bxg7 Qf4+
21.Kb1 Kxg7
22.h3 h5 23.Rd4
Qe5 24.Qd2
gxh3 25.Bxh3
Bxh3 26.Rxh3
Rad8 27.Re4
Qf5 28.Qg2
Qd7 29.Nd4
Rh8 30.Rxe7
Qg4 31.Rg3
Qxd4 32.Rxg6+
Kf8 33.Rxb7
Nc5 34.Rb4
Qe5 35.Qf2
Qe7 36.d6
Qe5 37.Rf6
Rh7 38.Rf5
Qxd6 39.Rxc5
Re8 1-0, Yakovich Yuri (RUS) 2440 - Lerner
Konstantin Z (UKR) 2550, Kuibyshev (Russia) 1986) (16...Qc7
17.O-O-O Nh5 =) 17.O-O-O Nxd5
18.h3 g3 19.Rhg1
Qd6 20.Bxd5
exd5 21.Nxd5
Kh8 22.Bf4
Qg6 23.Qd2
Bxh3 24.Rxg3
Bg4 25.Rh1
Rfe8 26.Ne3
Qe4 27.Qh2
Be6 28.Rxg7
Kxg7 29.Qh6+
Kg8 30.Rg1+
Qg6 31.Rxg6+
fxg6 32.Nd4
Rad8 33.Be5
Rd7 34.Nxe6
Rxe6 35.Ng4
Rf7 36.Qg5
Rf1+ 37.Kd2
h5 38.Qd8+ 1-0,
Fischer Robert J 2780 - Reshevsky Samuel H 2430 , New York 1961 Match) |
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10...Rc8 is only 35% White in 327
games.] |
8...O-O 9.Qd2 White
has switched to a Yugoslav attack set up, though his Bishop is normally on c4 instead of e2.
9...a6 I
might have got the move order slightly wrong as I am playing these moves from memory, and I was watching
4 other games at the same time. Black may have played Bd7 first.
10.g4
Bd7 11.h4
b5
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[11...h5 !? may be best. This has scored
50%
12.gxh5 Nxh5
13.O-O-O Rc8
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(13...Qa5 !?) |
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14.Nxc6 Rxc6
15.f4 Qa5
16.Bxh5 Qxh5
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(16...Rxc3 ! 17.Bd4
Bxd4 18.Qxd4
Rc5 19.Be2
Qxa2 ) |
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17.Nd5 Re8
18.Rde1 Be6
19.f5 Bxd5
20.exd5 Rc4
21.fxg6 Rec8
22.gxf7+ Kxf7
23.c3 Bf6
24.Ref1 Rxh4
25.Rxh4 Qxh4
26.Bg5 Qc4
27.Qf2 Rf8
28.Bxf6 Ke8
29.Qe1 Rf7
30.b3 Qd3
31.Rf2 Qg3
32.Bd4 Rxf2
33.Qxf2 Qg5+
34.Qe3 Qxd5
35.Bf6 Qh1+
36.Kb2 Qh2+
37.Ka3 Qh7
38.Bg5 Qf7
39.Qb6 Qf3
40.Qc7 1-0, Melchers Damian (GER) - Horstmann
Michael (GER) 2191, Germany 2003] |
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12.O-O-O
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[12.Nxc6 Bxc6
13.Bh6 b4
14.Nd1 Qb6
15.Bxg7 Kxg7
16.h5 Rac8
17.hxg6 fxg6
18.Qh6+ Kf7
19.g5 Nd7
20.Qxh7+ Ke8
21.Qxg6+ Kd8
22.Qg7 Bb5
23.Rc1 Bxe2
24.Kxe2 Qb5+
25.Kf2 Qc5+
26.Kg2 Kc7
27.Nf2 Rg8
28.Qh6 Rh8
29.c3 Kb7
30.cxb4 Qxb4
31.Qe6 Qb5
32.Qd5+ Qxd5
33.exd5 Rcg8
34.Rxh8 Rxh8
35.f4 Nc5
36.b4 Nd7
37.Nd3 Rg8
38.Re1 Rg7
39.Nf2 Nb6
40.Rd1 Nc4
41.Kf3 Kb6
42.Ne4 Kb5
43.Rf1 Ka4
44.Nc3+ 1-0, Hidegh Gabor (HUN) 2146
- Hidegh Eszter (HUN) 2135, Sarospatak (Hungary) 1998] |
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[12.h5 Rc8
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(12...b4 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.exd5
Nxd4 15.Bxd4
Bxd4 16.Qxd4
a5 17.hxg6
fxg6 18.Bd3
e5 19.dxe6
Qe7 20.Bxg6
Qxe6+ 21.Be4
Rf7 22.O-O-O 1-0,
Pires Jorge Remedio - Baptista Ana Filipa (POR) 2030, Lisbon (Portugal) 2001) |
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13.Nxc6 Bxc6
14.Bh6 b4
15.Nd5 Bxd5
16.exd5 Qa5
17.Bxg7 Kxg7
18.hxg6 fxg6
19.Qh6+ Kg8
20.Bd3 b3+
21.c3 Rf7
22.Bxg6 Rg7
23.Bf5 Rb8
24.g5 Nxd5
25.g6 Nf6
26.Be6+ Kh8
27.f4 bxa2
28.Rxa2 Qc5
29.f5 a5 30.Qc1
Qe5+ 31.Kd1
Ng4 32.Qd2
Qe4 33.Re1
Qf3+ 34.Qe2
Nf2+ 35.Kd2
Qf4+ 36.Kc2
hxg6 37.fxg6
Rxg6 38.Bb3
Qf5+ 39.Kc1
Rxb3 40.Rf1
Rg2 0-1, Tietjen Daniela (GER) 2010 -
Fuchs Antje (GER) 2104, Germany 1991] |
12...Qa5 ?! dubious
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[12...Rc8 13.Kb1
b4 14.Nd5
a5 15.h5 Ne8
16.hxg6 fxg6
17.Nxc6 Bxc6
18.Bh6 Bxd5
19.Qxd5+ Kh8
20.Bxg7+ Kxg7
21.e5 Qc7
22.Qd2 Rh8
23.exd6 Nxd6
24.f4 a4 25.f5
Nf7 26.fxg6
hxg6 27.Rxh8
Nxh8 28.Qd4+
Kg8 29.Rc1
Qc5 30.Qxc5
Rxc5 31.c3
bxc3 32.Rxc3
Re5 33.Bd1
Re4 34.Ra3
Rd4 35.Kc1
Rc4+ 36.Kd2
Rd4+ 37.Kc2
Nf7 38.Kc3
Rxd1 39.Rxa4
Rc1+ 40.Kd2
Rc7 41.Rd4
Ne5 42.Ke3
Nc4+ 0-1, Solanas Gracia Lara (ESP) -
Gonzalez Berruga Ana Isabel (ESP) 1959, Oropesa (Spain) 2001] |
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[12...h5 13.gxh5
Nxh5 14.Rdg1
Rb8 15.Nxc6
Bxc6 16.Bh6
b4 17.Nd5
a5 18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.Qg5
Bxd5 20.exd5
Rh8 21.Bd3
Qe8 22.f4
a4 23.Re1
Rb7 24.f5
b3 25.axb3
axb3 26.fxg6
f6 27.Qg4
bxc2 28.Qd4
Qa8 29.Bxc2
Rc8 30.Kb1
Qa5 31.Re3
Ra8 32.b3
Qa2+ 33.Kc1
Rc7 34.Rh2
Rac8 35.Qb2
Qa7 36.Re1
Qc5 37.Rhe2
Qa7 38.Kb1
Nf4 39.Rh2
Qa5 40.Rg1
Qxd5 41.h5
Nxh5 42.Rgh1
Rxc2 43.Qxc2
Rxc2 44.Kxc2
Qe4+ 45.Kc3
Nf4 46.Rh4
Qd3+ 47.Kb2
e5 48.R1h2
Kxg6 49.Ka3
d5 50.Rh8
d4 51.Rg8+
Kf5 52.Ra8
Qc3 53.Rb2
d3 54.Ka2
e4 0-1, Spyropoulos Georgios (GRE) 2052
- Manolaraki Yvonni (GRE) 2052, Greece 2005.07.08] |
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[12...b4 13.Nd5
Nxd5 14.exd5
Nxd4 15.Bxd4
Qa5
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(15...Bxd4 16.Qxd4
a5 17.h5 Qb8
18.hxg6 fxg6
19.Rh6 a4
20.Rdh1 Rf7
21.Rxg6+ 1-0, Divis Martin - Malek Martin,
Czech Republic 2001) |
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16.Bc4 Rfc8
17.Bb3 Ba4
18.Kb1 Bxb3
19.cxb3 Qxd5
20.Bxg7 Qxd2
21.Rxd2 Kxg7
22.Rhd1 Rc7
23.Rf2 e6
24.Rc1 Rac8
25.Rfc2 Rxc2
26.Rxc2 Rxc2
27.Kxc2 Kf6
28.Kd3 Ke5
29.Ke3 f6
30.f4+ Kd5
31.a3 a5 32.Kd3
e5 33.Ke3
e4 34.g5 f5
35.Kd2 Kc5
36.Ke2 Kd4
37.Kf2 e3+
38.Ke1 Kd3
39.Kd1 e2+ 0-1,
Wells Bruce - O'Neill Julie, Norman (USA) 2005.04.30] |
13.Nb3 Qc7
14.h5 b4 ?!
This does not work out too well, but it's difficult for Black as White's attack is well under way , Black's
is well behind. Rac8 may be best.
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[14...Rac8 15.Bh6
Bxh6 16.Qxh6
g5 Giving up a pawn to close the h file
may be the best bet.
17.Qxg5+ Kh8 White
is better, but his attack has slowed.] |
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[14...Be6 15.Bh6
Bxh6 16.Qxh6
Bxb3 17.axb3
e6 18.g5 Ne8
19.f4] |
15.Nd5 Nxd5
16.exd5 Ne5
17.Bh6 Now White has a winning attack.
17...Bb5 ?!
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[17...Rac8 is probably best.
18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.hxg6
fxg6 20.Bxa6
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(20.Qh6+ Kf7
21.Qxh7+ Ke8
22.Nd4 Qa5
23.Kb1)] |
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[17...Bxh6 18.Qxh6
g5 19.Qxg5+
Kh8 20.h6
Ng6 21.Bd3] |
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[17...f5 18.Bxg7
Kxg7 19.hxg6
hxg6 20.gxf5
Bxf5 21.Nd4] |
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18.Bxg7 Kxg7
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[18...Bxe2 19.hxg6
Bxd1 20.Kxd1 wins] |
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19.hxg6 fxg6
20.Nd4 ! Bd7
21.Qh6+ Kf7
22.f4 Nc4
23.Qxh7+ Ke8
24.Qxg6+
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[24.Bxc4 Qxc4
25.Rde1 was the line that I suggested
to Edgar after the game.
25...Kd8
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(25...Rf7 26.Qh8+
Rf8 27.Qg7
Rf7 28.Rh8+ wins) |
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26.Qxe7+ Kc7
27.Ne6+ wins easily.] |
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[24.Qg7 Edgar decided on analysing the
game that this was the strongest move. White has a winning attack.] |
24...Kd8 25.Qg7
Re8 26.g5 ?!
threatening Bh5, but not the best.
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[26.Rh8 ! is a killer. The threat is 27.Rxe8ch
Bxe8 28.Ne6ch
26...Kc8
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(26...Qc8 27.Rxe8+
Bxe8 28.Ne6+
Kd7 29.Qd4 wins
the Knight) |
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27.Rxe8+ Bxe8
28.Ne6 Qd7
29.Bxc4 wins] |
26...Rc8 27.Bh5
Qa5 28.Kb1
Nxb2 Probably the best chance to take
White {who is in time trouble by now
29.O-O O-O
1/2-1/2 |