...but Richard elects to take a route
that's little played in CC.
4...
dxc6
5.d3
Bd6
6.0–0
0–0
7.Bg5N
Now we're out of the ICCF database.
7...
Bg4
8.h3
Bh5
9.g4
Bg6
10.Nbd2
h6
11.Bh4
b5
12.Re1
Qe7
13.d4
13.Nf1 is a thematic alternative.
13...
h5
14.c3
hxg4
15.hxg4
c5
16.Nxe5!
Bxe5
17.dxe5
Qxe5
18.f3
White now has a significant edge.
18...c4
19.Nf1 Rad8
20.Qe2 Qe6
20...Rd3 is superficially appealing,
but after 21.Rad1 Rfd8 22.Rxd3
cxd3 23.Qd2 a6 24.Re3 Qe6 25.e5
White is in control.
21.f4!
The most energetic continuation.
21...
Qc6
22.f5
Bh7
23.a4
a6
24.e5
Rde8
25.axb5
axb5
26.Bxf6
gxf6
Not many supported Black pawns
now.
27.Qg2±
Offering the queen exchange may
seem passive, but Richard's plan is to
engineer a pawn majority for White
while the Black bishop is confined.
27...
Qc5+
28.Qf2
Rxe5
29.Qxc5
Rxc5
30.Ng3
b4
31.Ra6
Rd8
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32.Ne4
33.Rc6
34.Re2
Rb5
Kg7
34...
Bxf5?!
Looks desperate and probably is, but
Black's isolated pawn structure can't
be defended.
35.gxf5+–
White is clearly winning now.
35...
bxc3
36.bxc3
Rxf5
37.Rxc7
Rd1+
38.Kg2
Rf4
39.Kg3
Rff1
40.Rg2
Kf8
41.Rc8+
Ke7
42.Re2
Rde1
43.Rxe1
Rxe1
44.Rxc4
After the exchanges, it's all just
technique.
44...
Ke6
45.Kf2
Rc1
46.Rc5
Rh1
47.Ng3
Rh4
48.Kf3
Kd6
49.Rh5
Rc4
50.Ne4+
Ke6
51.Kf4
Ke7
52.Ra5
Ke6
53.Ra6+
Ke7
54.Kf5
1–0
And now some action from recent
Friendly International matches. The
first game has some interesting
tactical moments.
White: Mackintosh, Iain (2416)
Black: Kerr, Stephen (2466)
Scotland v Australia, 2016
QGD [D30]
[Notes by Iain Mackintosh]
1.d4
d5
20
2.c4
e6
3.Nf3
c5
4.cxd5
exd5
5.Bg5
Be7
6.Bxe7
Nxe7
7.dxc5
0–0
8.e3
Qa5+
9.Nc3
Qxc5
10.Be2
Nbc6
11.0–0
Be6
12.Rc1
Qb4
13.Qc2N
13.Qd2 was Carlos Martín Sánchez
(2390) v Milen Petrov (2326), ICCF
WS/MN/086, 2012, 1–0 after 41
moves.
13...
d4
14.a3!?
Playing for complications.
14...
Qc5
15.exd4
Nxd4
16.Nxd4
Qxd4
17.Rfd1
Qb6
18.Na4
Qb3
Black's 7th queen move in the last
11!]
19.Qe4
Rae8
20.Nc5
Qxb2
21.Nxe6
fxe6
22.Qxe6+
Kh8
Avoiding the trap...
22...Rf7?? 23.Rc8! Rxc8 (23...g6
prolongs things by a few moves.)
24.Qxc8+ Nxc8 25.Rd8+ Rf8
26.Bc4+ Kh8 27.Rxf8#
23.Rb1
Qc2
24.Qc4
Qf5
25.f4
Rc8
26.Qd4
Nc6
27.Qf2
b6
28.Rbc1
h6
29.Bd3
Qxf4
The 11th and final move for Black's
travel-weary queen.
30.Qxf4
Rxf4
31.Bb5
Rf6
32.Rd3
a6
Breaking the pin is worth a pawn.
33.Bxa6
Rcf8
Spring 2016