MIDDLEGAMES
KCN Practice Chess Games 2000-2002
Game
1 White (889) – Black (728), National Elementary, Dallas, May 13, 2000.
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1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.exd5 Nxd5 4.Nxd5 Qxd5 5.d4 Nc6 6.Nf3 e5
7.c3 White declines the sacrificed pawn. Black gets the initiative anyway. If 7.dxe5 Qxd1+ 8.Kxd1 Bg4 9.Be2 0–0–0+ 10.Bd2 Bc5 11.Rf1, Black has excellent play for all of his pieces, but White is defending the threats. 7...Bg4 8.c4? White mixes up passive and aggressive moves in the opening, leading him to trouble. He should develop a bishop instead. Bxf3 8...Qe4+ 9.Qe2 Bxf3 10.gxf3 Qxd4 wins a pawn. 9.cxd5 Bxd1 10.dxc6 Ba4 Black carefully retreats his bishop to keep material equality. 11.cxb7 Rb8 12.Ba6 exd4 13.0–0 Bc6 14.Re1+ Be7 15.a4 This is a waste of time. 15.Bf4 is much better, developing the bishop and attacking before black can get rid of the annoying pawn on b7.] 15...Bxb7 16.Bb5+ c6 17.Bg5? Arthur now skillfully places his pawns for a double attack. 17...f6 18.Bd2 cxb5 19.axb5 Now 19...Kf7 escapes the pin. Black need not castle here. Then 20.Rxa7 Bc5 evicts the white rook from the seventh rank, and black is ready to develop his h8 rook, followed by trading pieces and pushing his d4 pawn to victory. Rd8 |
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| 20.Rxa7 Rd7 21.b6 21.Bb4 piles pressure on the pinned bishop. This seems to win one of the black bishops, as the rook is overworked, guarding both pieces.] 21...0–0 22.Re6 Ra8 23.Ba5 d3 24.h3 d2 25.Bxd2 Kf7 [ 25...Rxd2 26.Rxe7 allows White two rooks on the seventh rank.] 26.Re2 Ba6? 27.Re1 White retreats when he should be thinking about captures. [ 27.Rxe7+ Kxe7 28.Rxa8 Rxd2 29.Rxa6 Rxb2 White gets the piece back with advantage!] 27...Raxa7 28.bxa7 Rxa7 29.Be3 Bb4 30.Rd1 Re7 31.Bd2 Rd7 32.b3 [32.Ra1 Rxd2 33.Rxa6 Rxb2 wins a pawn and trades down material. Instead white slips and Black picks up a second piece.] 32...Bxd2 33.b4 Be2 34.Ra1 Bxb4 35.Rb1 Rd4 36.Rc1 Bd6 37.Ra1 Ba6 38.g3 Bc8 39.Ra7+ Kg6 40.h4 h5 41.Ra8 Bb7 42.Ra7 Rd1+ 43.Kh2 Rh1# |
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