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Peter Jaszkiwskyj 0 - 1 Gary Trudeau Essex U180 v Cornwall U180 (19/05/2019), Bd.5                       |
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Peter Jaszkiwskyj 0 - 1 Gary Trudeau Essex U180 v Cornwall U180 (19/05/2019), Bd.5 |
Notes by Gary Trudeau
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2
The computers regard this as the best move for white here.
4...d5 5.e3 0-0 6.a3 Be7 7.Bd3 b6
Being flexible. Depending on what white does black will be able to either fianchetto or play c5 forthwith.
8.0-0 c5 9.b3 Nc6 10.Bb2 dxc4 11.bxc4
There's nothing wrong with this of course but I would have been more concerned had he recaptured with the knight.
11...Bb7 12.Rc1 Rc8 13.Bb1 Ne8 14.Qc2 g6 15.Rfd1 Bf6?
Sloppy. I should have prefaced this with ...cd first. Now black rapidly gets into difficulty.
16.Ne4! cxd4 17.Nxf6+ Nxf6 18.Nxd4 Qe7 19.Nxc6 Bxc6 20.Qc3 Kg7 21.Qe5
This meets with silicon approval but during the game I was quietly amazed that a player with such a decent ECF rating didn't automatically continue with 21 g4! This threatens to win the hapless knight right off and if black goofs with ... 21 Bf3?? then white ignores the threat and pushes on with 22 g5 regardless, clearly winning. If instead of the bishop move black sensibly plays 21... h6 then obviously white continues 22 h4! and then 22.g5 is clearly forced but black's k-side is being opened up.
21...Ba4 22.Bc2 Bxc2 23.Rxc2 Rc5 24.Rd5!
Clever
And not 25...Rxc4?? when 26.Rd7 is what Bobby Fischer would have called 'a shot '.
On the other hand 26...Rc1+! 27.Bxc1 (27.Rd1 R8c5 28.Qd6 Rxd1+ 29.Qxd1 Qxd7 30.Qxd7 Rc1+ 31.Bxc1 Nxd7-/+ ) 27...Qxd7 28.Qa1 (28.Bb2 Qxd2 29.Qxf6+ Kf8-+ ) 28...Qe7 gives black the advantage (Ian George)
26.Rxc5 Rxc5 27.Qd4 e5 28.Qd3 Qe6 29.h3!
Stockfish 10 approves of this too. White's setup is so strong that although black briefly wins a pawn now he is shortly constrained to give it right back again.
Only played after prolonged thought.
31.f4! Rd5 32.Rxd5 Qxd5 33.Bxe5 Qxd6 34.Bxd6 Ne4
At long last the knight can move!
35.Be5+ f6 36.Bd4 Kf7 37.Kf1 Ke6 38.Ke2 f5 39.Kd3 Kd5 40.Bg7 Nc5+ 41.Kc3 Ke4 42.Kd2?
This loses the game. He had to play Bd4. White had less time left on the clock than I did so this lapse is forgivable.
42...Ne6 43.Bf6 b5 44.Be7 a5 45.Ke2 Nc7 46.Bc5
46.Bd8 Nd5 47.Bxa5 Nxe3 and black will be making a meal out of the white k-side pawns.
46...Nd5 47.Kd2 b4 48.axb4 axb4 49.Ke2 b3
If white now tries 50 Bd4 to hold up the passed pawn then 50... Nf4 ch. wins.
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