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23.Ng5 Re7 (diagram)

balance.
35...Qb6 36.Rf7 (diagram)

17...Bxg3! 18.Qe2 e3!
19.fxe6 cxd4 20.Rf5 Bf2+
21.Rxf2 exf2+ 22.Qxf2 Qc6
23.Qg3 Ba6 24.Bxd4 Bxc4
25.bxc4 Rxe6 26.Rf1 Qxc4
27.c3 Qc6 28.Rb1 Rae8
29.Bxa7?! Re5 30.h4 Ra5
0–1

24.Nxh7! Nxh7 25.Qxg6+
Rg7 26.Qe6+ Kf8 27.Rh5
Nd7 28.Bc4 Ndf6 29.Rf5
Qc7 30.Rxf6+ Nxf6
31.Qxf6+ Ke8 32.Rh1 Re7
33.Be6 1–0

FM Andy Lee plays a nice
Kingside attack in the
following game.

In this game from round 3,
Jerome Sun traps his
opponent’s rook.

White: FM Andy Lee (2361)
Black: NM Stearman (2200)
A45 Trompowsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4
g6 4.f3 Nf6 5.e4 Bg7 6.Nc3
d6 7.Qd2 0–0 8.0–0–0
With opposite side castling,
whoever gets their attack
rolling quickest usually wins.
Here White should have an
easy time opening lines while
Black doesn't have as many
easy targets.
8...Nbd7 9.h4 c6N 10.Kb1
Qa5 11.Bh6 b5 12.h5 b4
13.Nce2 Nb6 14.Nc1 Be6
15.Nb3 Bxb3 16.cxb3 e5
17.Bxg7 Kxg7 18.dxe5 dxe5
19.hxg6 fxg6 20.Qh6+ Kg8
21.Rc1 Rad8 22.Nh3 Rf7

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White: NM S. Banik (2210)
Black: Jerome Sun (2167)
B92 Sicilian Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4
4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6
6.Be2 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.0–0
0–0 9.Kh1 Be6 10.f4 exf4
11.Bxf4 Nc6 12.Qe1 Ne5
13.Rd1 Qc7 14.Nd4 Ng6
15.Bg5 Nd7N 16.Bxe7 Nxe7
17.Qh4 Ne5 18.Nf5 Bxf5
19.exf5 f6 20.Bf3 Nxf3
21.Rxf3 Rad8 22.Qe4 Nc6
23.Nd5 Qf7 24.Rh3 Rfe8
25.Qh4 h6 26.Rg3 Kh7
27.Rg6 Qf8 28.Rg3 Ne7
29.Qe4 Nxd5 30.Qxd5 Qe7
31.h3 Qe5 32.Rc3 Qe2
33.Rc7 Re5 34.Qd2 Qb5
35.c4?

36...Kg8!
The rook is trapped.
37.c5 Qc6! 38.Rxf6 gxf6
39.Qxh6 Qe8 40.Rd3 Rxf5
41.h4 Qh5 42.Rg3+ Kf7
43.Rg7+ Kf8! 0–1
In this 5th round game,
Michael Wang steadily
improves his position until he
can find a breakthrough.
White: NM Aigner (2247)
Black: NM M. Wang (2231)
A45 Trompowsky Attack

1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 g6 3.Bxf6
exf6 4.e3 d6 5.Bd3 f5
6.Ne2
An agressive alternative is
6.h4

35.Qd4 should hold the

6...Bg7 7.0–0 Nd7 8.c4
Nf6 9.Nbc3 0–0 10.Qc2
Re8 11.b4N Qe7 12.b5 c6
13.a4 Ne4 14.Bxe4 fxe4
15.a5 Be6 16.Qa4 f5
17.Rab1 Rac8 18.bxc6
bxc6 19.a6 Rc7 20.Nf4 Bf7
21.Rfc1 g5 22.Nfe2 f4

CalChess Journal

Summer 2014