C02: French: Advance Variation

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. h4 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nf5 9. g4 Nfe7N 10. Nc3 a6 11. a3?! Here 11. h5 was probably better ie 11. ... h6 12 Bf4 Rc8 13. Rc1 11... b5 12. b4? Nc8 13. Bd3 Nb6 14. Be3 Rc8 Now we see why 12. b4 was given a question mark. The c3 knight has no cover. 15. Ne2 Nc4 16. Ng3? a5? My oppenent like me missed 16. ...Nxa3 winning as 17. Rxa3 is met with Bxb4+. a5 is still good but not as good as Nxa3. 17. Ng5 h6 18. Nxf7? Ok here is my first major mistake but white is very short of good moves. 18. Bxc4 is probabably the best but after 18. ...dxc4 19. N5e4 axb4 20. Nh5 b3 21. Qf3 Qa5 white still looks to be losing. 18... Kxf7 19. Qf3+ Kg8 20. g5 Nxe3 21. fxe3 hxg5 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. hxg5 axb4 24. Nh5? Trying to make something of the attack but what else? g6, Ne2? 24... bxa3 25. Nf6+?? Still refusing to believe I dont have an attack just hastens the victory for black. The rest I'm not to sure you want to watch. 25... gxf6 26. gxf6 Qb4+ 27. Kf2 Qd2+ 28. Be2 Rh2+ 29. Kg3 Qxe2 If 29. ...Rxe2 30. Qg4+ Kf7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. f7+ Kg7 33. Qg5+ Kh7 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Rf6+ Kh5 36. Qg4# 30. f7+ Kh7 31. Qxe2 Rxe2 32. Rh1+ Kg7 33. Kf3 Rb2 34. Rag1+ Kxf7 35. Rh7+ Ke8 36. Rg8 Ne7 0-1 [Vojtech]

D30: Queen's Gambit Declined: Systems without Nc3

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nc3 Be7 8... Bxf3 9. exf3 Nxd4 10. f4= 9. Bg5 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxd4 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxd5 Re8 14. e3 Nc6 15. Qc2 Rc8 15... Rb8 16. Rfd1+/- 16. a3 16. Rad1 c4+/- 16... b5!? 16... Be5!?+/= is worthy of consideration 17. Nxf6++/- Qxf6 18. Qxc5 Re5 19. Qc3 Ne7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Qb3 Rec5 22. Rd2 Ng6 23. Rfd1 Ne5 24. Rd6 Qf5 25. Rd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Kh7 27. Rd2 Nf3+ 27... Rc1+ 28. Rd1 Nd3 29. Bf3 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Nxb2 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Bxd5= 28. Bxf3+/= Qxf3 29. Qd3+ g6 30. Rd1 Rc7 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. Rxd5 Rb7 33. b4 Kg7 34. Kg2 Kf6 35. h4 h5 36. f4 Rb6 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Rc5 a6 38... f5 39. Re5+ Kf6 40. Rd5+/- 39. g4+- hxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rd6 41. e4 White prepares the advance h5 41... f6 42. e5 fxe5+/- 43. Rxe5+ Kf6 44. Rc5 Re6 45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Rxh5 Kg7 47. Re5 Rd6 48. Kf3 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rc6 50. Rc5 Re6+ 51. Kd4 Rd6+ 52. Rd5 Rc6 53. f5 Rc4+ 54. Kd3 Rc6 55. Ke4 Rb6? 55... >= Rc4+!? 56. Rd4 Rc6+/- 56. Rc5+- Rd6 57. Rc8 Rb6 58. Kd5 Kxf5 59. Rc6 Rb8 60. Rxa6 Kf4 61. Ra5 Ke3 62. Kc5 Kd3 63. Rxb5 Rc8+ 64. Kd6 Rc3 65. Rd5+ Ke4 66. Ra5 Rb3 67. b5 Kd4 68. Ra4+ Kc3 69. Kc6 Kb2 I resigned my opponent replyed which would have likely been Rb4 and if I were to try Kxa3 Rxb3+ Kxb3 and the b pawn queens. 1-0 [Vojtech]

B25: Closed Sicilian: 3 g3, lines without early Be3

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d3 c5 6. e4 d6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. Be3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qc1N This a very strange move order to get to a Closed Sicilian Qd2 would have been book. 12... b4 13. Ne2 Bd7 14. Bh6 Qc8 15. Kh2 e5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh4 Nh5 18. g4 Bxg4 19. hxg4 Qxg4 20. Nf3 Nd4 21. Nexd4 cxd4?? Here I should have played Nf4 threating mate on g2 and blocking out the queen getting to 21... Nf4 22. Qg5 Qc8 23. Rac1 Nf4 24. Nxd4 Nxg2? 24. ... h6 or f6 was called for here. I should haven seen that the g pawn was pinned before I played Nxg2. 25. Nf5+ Kh8 26. Qf6+ 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. Qg7# 1-0 [Vojtech]

C24: Bishop's Opening: 2...Nf6

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. f4 Got my move order wrong 4. Nc3 was what I should have played after 4. ... d6 I then have 5.f4 4... d5 5. exd5 Nxd5N 6. Qh5 O-O 7. fxe5 g6 8. Qf3 Qe2 may have been better as would Qg5 offering queen exchange. 8... Be6 9. Ne2? 9. c3 was needed here. 9... Nc6 10. Qg3 f6 11. Bh6 Rf7?! Re8 I think is better. 12. Nbc3! Nd4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd4 Bxc4 15. e6!? My oppenent admitted this move threw him and It should have as its not rely that good a move. 15... Re7 16. O-O-O Bxe6? 16. ... Bxa2 was better. But my oppenent was scared about this pawn so maybe he was right to take it but I think after Nxe6 white is winning 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. d4 Bd6 Not 16. ... Bxd4 as 17. Qb3 Kf7 18. Rhe1 and somethings got to give in all whites pins 18... Bxd4 19. Qb3 Kf7 (19... Qd7 20. Rxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxe6+) 20. Rhe1 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. Qxb7 Re8 21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Bd2 c5 23. d5 Pushes the and makes a past pawn I was pretty sure I was winning from here on. 23... Re2 24. g3 Rb8 25. Qf3 Be5 Black has the threat of if Qxe2 Bxb2+ with mate in a few moves. 26. b3 Qc7?? Just because I didn't take the rook last move doesn't meen i've forgoten about it . There were 2 ways to defend it even though it has no squares the both rely on the check and discovered Defence ie 26 ... Re8 27. Qxe2? Bb2+ and after 28. Kxb2 Rxe2. 27. Qxe2 1-0 [Vojtech]

B00: Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Inviting a Nimzowitsch defence to the french transpositon without the chance of playing the imediate c5. 3... Bf5 4. h4 Maybe a bit early for an attacking move like h4, but it carries the threat of if 4. ... e6 5. g4 Be4 6. f3 Bg6 7. h5 Bxc2 8. Qxc2 9. Nxd4 where white has a piece for 2 pawns white has propabally over extended himself though and black will likely get good play. 4... h5 5. c3N This seemed a good idea at the time as it stops Nb4 with threat of Nc2+. But it also gives black the chance to get ride of one of my knights and since knights are better in closed positions this might have been a bad thing. 5. Be2 g6 6. Nf3 Qd7 7. c3 Nh6 8. b4 a5 9. b5 Nb8 10. O-O Bg4 11. Re1 e6 12. a4 Nf5 13. g3 c5 14. Bg5 Be7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Bf6 Rg8 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qc7 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. c4 Nd7 21. cxd5 Nxf6 22. d6 O-O-O 23. Qc2 Qb6 24. Nd2 Nd7 25. Nc4 Qa7 26. b6 Qa6 27. Rb1 Rxg3+ 28. Kf1 Rg4 29. Rb5 Rdg8 30. Rd2 Rxh4 31. Rxa5 Rxc4 32. Rxa6 Rxc2 33. Ra8+ Nb8 34. Rxc2 1-0 Hillarp Persson,T-Karpatchev,A/Gausdal Int 1993/TD 93\09 (34) 5. Be3 e6 6. Nd2 Nb4 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 Qa5 9. Bb3 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. c3 Nge7 12. Ne2 Rc8 13. O-O Ng6 14. g3 Qa6 15. Re1 b5 16. Nf3 c4 17. Bc2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qb7 19. Bg5 Nce7 Speckner,R-Dirr,U/BL2-S 8788 1988/BL2/1-0 (50) 5... e6 6. Nd2 Be7 7. Ndf3 f6 8. Qa4 Planning to met fxe5 with Nxe5 winning the outpost 8... Kf8 Breaks the pin but forfits castling. The king is not likely to be safe with a big hole in his kingside pawn cover on g6. 9. b4 Planning to met 9. ... fxe5 with 10. b5 Nb8 11. Nxe5 9... Nb8 10. Ne2 Nh6 11. Nf4 Moves the knight again but to a nice square notice the Black K Q and R all on black squares and both g6 and e6 are only defended bythef5Bishop 11... Qd7 12. Qd1 Maybe could have got away with the queen exchange ... 12. Qxd7 Nxd7 13. Nxh5 wins a pawn. but after 13. ... Nf7 Black looks set to win back the pawn with fxe5 after the h5 knight retreats. I also put serious thought into 12. b5 and it was probably better than what I played. 12... Qe8 13. Bd3 Looking to get rid of the only black piece doing a job 13... Qf7 14. exf6!! Giving black a difficult problem to solve. If 14. ... Bxf6 15. Ng5 is nasty if 14. ... gxf6 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bxh6+ Rxh6 17. Bxf5 leaves black a pawn down and a poor pawn structure. What black choose was probably the worst choice. 14... Qxf6? 15. Nxh5 Qg6 16. Nf4 Qg4? Another mistake I was expecting Qf6 or even Qf7. To which I planned to play h5 and g6 square is pretty much in the bag for one of the knights 17. Be2 Blacks queen is trapped! 17... Nf7 18. Ne5 Rxh4 I was considering 18. ...Bc2 to be best try but this also fails after 19. Qxc2 Qf5 20. Nfg6+ Ke8 21. Bd3 Qh5 22. g4 the queen is trapped again. 19. Rxh4 Black resigned as if now 19. ... Qxh4 20. Ng6+ Bxg6 21. Nxg6+ Kg8 22. Nxh4 wins. or 19. ...Qg5 20 Nxe6+ Bxe6 21. Bxg5 also wins 1-0 [Vojtech]