breaks through first.
11.g4 exd4 12.Bxd4 Ne5
13.h4 b5 14.Bxe5 dxe5
15.Rdg1!?
15.g5 immediately might have
been better.
15...Rfd8 16.g5 Ne8 17.h5
Nd6! 18.Nd1?
The difficult to find 18.Ka1
was the only move to hold the
balance.
18...Nc4!–+ 19.Qe1
(diagram)
19.Bg4 Qa4! (or 19...Bxg5)
20.b3 Qa3 21.bxc4 Rxd1+!
22.Rxd1 Qb4+ 23.Kc1 Bxg5+
–+
White: D. Legvold (2029)
Black: P. Seitzer (2174)
B50 Sicilian Defense
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6
4.Be2 Nc6 5.d4 cxd4
6.cxd4 d5 7.e5 Ne4 8.Nc3
Bf5 9.0–0N
Previously seen was 9.Qb3
putting pressure on the b and
d pawns.
9...e6 10.Qb3 Rb8 11.Qa4
Be7 12.Be3 0–0³
Black has his pieces on good
squares and a solid grasp on
the e4 square.
13.a3 Nxc3! 14.bxc3
Black has created a nice target
on the c-file.
14...Qa5 15.Qb3 Qc7
16.Nd2 Rfc8 17.g4 Bg6
18.f4?
The text move drops the cpawn. Better was 18.Rfc1.
19...Qxe1 20.Rxe1 Nd2+
0–1
Black wins a piece.
In this game from the fourth
round, Philip Seitzer steadily
increases pressure on the
queenside eventually leading
to the win of material.
18...Na5! 19.Qd1 Qxc3
20.Rf3 Bd3 21.Bxd3 Qxd3
22.Qa4 Qc3 23.Ra2 b5!
24.Qd1 Qc1!
Forcing a queen trade and still
keeping an initiative on the
queenside.
25.Qxc1 Rxc1+ 26.Kg2
Rbc8! 27.Kg3 R1c2 28.Ra1
R8c3 29.Nb1?! Rb3
30.Bd2? (diagram)
30...Rbb2! 31.Rf2
31.Bxa5? Rg2+ 32.Kh3 Rxh2+
33.Kg3 Rbg2#
31...Nb3! 0–1
Black wins the rook on a1.
In the following second round
game from the Reserve
Section, Charles Conti plays a
nice mating combination.
White: C. Conti (1795)
Black: A. Howe (1731)
A44 Old Benoni
1.d4 c5 2.d5 e5 3.e4 Nf6
4.Nc3 d6 5.h3 a6 6.a4 b6N
7.Nf3 Be7 8.Be2 0–0 9.0–
0²
Black is cramped and lagging
in development.
9...Nbd7 10.Be3 Ne8
11.Qd2 Ndf6!? 12.Nh2 Nc7
Another idea was 12...Nxe4
13.Nxe4 f5 14.Ng5 f4 15.Ne6
Bxe6 16.dxe6 fxe3 17.fxe3
Nc7÷
13.Ng4
Trading off a kingside
Page 21
CalChess Journal
Summer 2014