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Luke Boumphrey - Edward H Taylor [C11]
ML/Div2/Atticus III v Wallasey B/Adelphi Hotel, Liverpool 2008
When it comes to analysing a game and 'publishing' it it is a matter of taste as to how many variations one gives the reader. I give this game with bare annotations because both my chess programs and my friends have yet to convincingly demonstrate that the over the board novelty 11.f5 is unsound. I also give it as what I consider to be a fine example of fighting chess between two friendly adversaries. I have been honest in my evaluations. There are many interesting positions to analyse in this game and too many to give so I let the interested reader delve into the game without bias. As for the truth? Who knows except that it was a great tussle and one of many between Atticus and Wallasey.
1. e4 d5 Ed likes the Scandinavian.
2. Nc3 I normally play the Dunst opening (1.Nc3). It is a matter of taste for me here. I have had equally good (and bad!) results playing this and the main line exd5.
2... Nf6 It now turns into an alekhine.
3. e5 Nfd7 4. d4 e6 And now a French.
5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 I quite like this aggressive line agaist the french. It flirts with a poisoned pawn like variation
7... Qb6 8. Qd2 Qxb2
8. Qd2 a6 This is not mentioned in Psakhis's excellent book on the french though it has been played over 100 times according to my database. For instance a win by Ernst with Black.
9. Be2 b5 As I expected Ed starts queenside pawn expansion. The move most often played here is 0-0. But then I thought that black would have been justified in his move order. I wanted to make Ed nervous with his king still in the centre and came up with an interesting yet dubious novelty.
10. f5?!N cxd4! 11. fxe6 dxe3 12. exd7+ Unfortunately on Qd5 black has many tempting options the exchange sac Nde5 or the prosaic Ndb8.
12... Qxd7 Fritz evaluates this and the alternative as equally good.
13. Qxd5
