A Short Attacking Game

Prakash, Om - Vaz, José

Result: 1-0

Site: ICCF

Date: 2013.03.31

C41: Philidor Defence

[...] 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 exd4 4.♕xd4 My favorite move which was once played by old masters. 4...♘f6 Black has a cramped position 5.♗b5 An intermezzo to not allow the Knight's developement to its natural square c6.

5.e5 ♕e7

5...dxe5 6.♕xd8 ♔xd8 7.♘xe5 ♗b4 8.♗d2 ♖e8 9.♗xb4 ♖xe5 10.♗e2 ♘d5 11.♗d2 ♘c6 12.♘c3 ♘d4 13.♔d1 ♘b4 14.a3 ♘bxc2 15.♖c1 ♗e6 16.♖xc2 ♗b3 17.♗d3 ♘xc2 18.♗xc2 ♗xc2 19.♔xc2 c6 20.♗f4 Parisi,C (2229)-Goater,K ICCF email 2001 1/2-1/2

6.♗e2 dxe5 7.♘xe5 ♕b4 8.♕xb4 ♗xb4 9.♗d2

9.c3 ♗d6 10.♘c4 ♗c5 11.O-O O-O 12.b4 ♖e8 13.♗f3 ♗f8 14.♗g5 ♘bd7 15.♘bd2 h6 16.♗f4 c5 17.bxc5 ♘xc5 18.♗d6 ♘ce4 19.♘xe4 ♘xe4 20.♗xf8 ♔xf8 21.♖fe1 ♘xc3 22.♖xe8 ♔xe8 23.a3 ♔f8 Quinn,J-Powell,L IECC email 1995 1/2-1/2

9...♗e7 10.♘c3 O-O 11.O-O-O ♘bd7 12.♘c4 c6 13.♗f4 ♘c5 14.♘d6 ♖d8 15.♘xc8 ♖axc8 16.♗c4 h6 17.♖he1 ♔f8 18.f3 ♖d7 19.♖xd7 ♘fxd7 Viksna, T-Dunkel,H ICCF corr 1990 1/2-1/2 (32)

5.♗g5 ♗e7 6.♗b5 ♗d7 7.♘c3 a6 8.♗xd7 ♘bxd7 9.O-O O-O 10.♖ad1 h6 11.♗f4 ♕c8 12.♖fe1 ♖e8 13.h3 ♘f8 14.♘d5 ♘e6 15.♕e3 ♘xd5 16.exd5 ♘xf4 17.♕xf4 ♗f6 18.b3 ♕d7 19.♕c4 ♖xe1 Krause, M-Dunkel,H ICCF corr 1990 1/2-1/2

5...c6 Black threatens to win material: c6xb5 6.♗d3 Black is behind in developement 6...♗e7 7.♘c3 ♗e6 Black has a cramped position 8.♗f4 c5 Black threatens to win material: c5xd4 9.♕e3 White has a very active position 9...♕b6 Black threatens to win material: Qb6xb2 (9...♘c6 10.O-O) 10.♘g5 ♕xb2? (10...♘c6 was a good chance to save the game 11.♘xe6 fxe6⩲) 11.O-O+⁠−11...♘g4

The c3 knight is still not en-prise. As if the queen takes it the black king will soon be a widow. 11...♕xc3??12.♗b5 ♗d7 13.♗xd7 ♘bxd7 14.♕xc3

12.♕g3 ♘f6

12...♗xg5 the only chance to get some counterplay 13.♗xg5 O-O+⁠−

13.♘xe6 fxe6 14.♖ab1 ♕a3 15.♗xd6 ♘c6 16.♘b5 ♕a5 17.♗xe7 ♘xe7 18.♕xg7 ♔d7 19.♗c4 ♘fd5 20.exd5 exd5 21.♖fd1 d4 22.♘xd4! Deflection: e7. . . . . . .

22.♘xd4 cxd4 23.♕xd4 ♘d5 24.♖xb7 ♔e6 25.♗xd5 ♕xd5 26.♕xd5 ♔f6 27.♕d6 ♔f5 28.♕c5 ♔g6 29.♖d6#

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