A Short Game

Graça, Jailson (1584) - Prakash, Om

Result: 0-1

Site: ICCF

Date: 2013.03.31

C55: Two Knights: 4 d3, 4 d4 exd4 5 e5 and Max Lange Attack

[...] 1.e4 e5 2.♘f3 ♘c6 3.♗c4 ♘f6 4.d3 ♗b4 5.c3 ♗e7 6.♕b3

6.a4 d5 7.exd5 ♘xd5 8.O-O O-O 9.♖e1 ♗g4 10.h3 ♗h5 11.a5 ♖b8 12.♘bd2 f6 13.♘f1 ♗f7 14.♘g3 ♖e8 15.♗d2 a6 16.♕a4 ♗f8 17.b4 ♘ce7 18.♘h4 ♔h8 19.♕d1 ♕d7 20.♕g4 ♗e6 Tesic,Z (2233)-Voveris,G (2257) ICCF email 2007 1/2-1/2 (55)

6.O-O O-O 7.♖e1

7.♘bd2 d6 8.♘g5

8.h3 ♘a5 9.♗b5 a6 10.♗a4 b5 11.♗c2 c5 12.♖e1 ♘c6 13.♘f1 ♗e6 14.♘g5 ♗d7 15.♘e3 h6 16.♘f3 ♖b8 17.d4 cxd4 18.cxd4 ♖c8 19.a3 ♖e8 20.d5 ♘a5 21.♗d3 ♕b6 22.b4 ♘c4 Pott,B (1602)-Eide,J (1761) Lechenicher SchachServer 2011 0-1 (51)

8...a6 9.♕f3 ♗g4 10.♕e3 d5 11.exd5 ♘xd5 12.♗xd5 ♕xd5 13.♘de4 f5 14.c4 ♕d4 15.♘c3 ♕xe3 16.fxe3 ♗xg5 17.e4 ♗xc1 18.♖axc1 ♘d4 19.♖f2 fxe4 20.dxe4 b5 21.cxb5 axb5 Paris Mellado,J (1665) -Monteiro,A (1630) ICCF email 2012 0-1

7.b4 d5 8.exd5 ♘xd5 9.b5 ♘a5 10.♗xd5 ♕xd5 11.c4 ♕d7 12.♘c3 b6 13.♘xe5 ♕d4 14.♘d5 ♗d6 15.♘f3 ♕xa1 16.♕c2 c6 17.bxc6 ♘xc6 18.♗b2 ♕xa2 19.♖a1 ♕xa1 20.♗xa1 ♗e6 21.♘e3 f6 Avdeev,S (2032)-Eide,J (1819) Lechenicher SchachServer 2011 1/2-1/2 (41)

7...d6 8.b4 ♘b8 9.d4 exd4 10.♕b3 dxc3 11.♘xc3 ♘bd7 12.♗f4 ♘h5 13.♗e3 c6 14.♖ad1 ♘b6 15.♗e2 ♘f6 16.♘d4 ♖e8 17.a4 ♘g4 18.♗f4 ♗f6 19.♕c2 ♗d7 20.a5 ♘c8 Scacco, M (2285)-Edighoffer,H (2324) Chessfriend.com 2003 0-1 (43)

(6.O-O O-O) 6...O-O 7.♘g5 (7.♘bd2!? is an interesting idea) 7...d5∓8.exd5 ♘a5 9.♕a4 ♘xc4 (Instead of 9...♘xd5 10.♘xf7 ♖xf7 11.♕xa5) 10.dxc4 ♘d7 11.h4 h6 12.♘f3 e4 13.♘fd2? (13.♘d4!?∓) 13...♘c5−⁠+14.♕c2 ♘d3 15.♔f1 f5 16.♘b3 (16.♘a3 ♗c5 17.♘b3 ♘xf2−⁠+) 16...f4 17.f3 (17.♘1d2 ♗f5 18.f3 e3−⁠+) 17...♗xh4 18.♘d4 ♖e8 19.♘d2 ♘e1 20.♕d1 (20.♕xe4 ♖xe4 21.♘xe4−⁠+) 20...e3 21.♘e4 ♖xe4! an unpleasant surprise 22.fxe4 (22.♕e2 what else? 22...♖e8 23.b3−⁠+) 22...♕g5 23.♕e2

23.♖h2 doesn't improve anything 23...♕g3 24.♗xe3 ♕xh2 25.♕xe1 ♗xe1−⁠+

23...♗g4 24.♘f3 (24.♕xe1 does not help much 24...♗xe1 25.♔xe1 ♗d7−⁠+) 24...♗xf3 25.gxf3 ♗f2 26.♕xe1 ♗xe1 27.♗xe3 ♕g3 28.♗d4

28.♗g1 there is nothing else anyway 28...♕xf3 29.♔xe1 ♕xh1 30.♔d2 ♕xe4 31.♖e1 ♕xc4 32.d6 ♕d5 33.♔c1 cxd6 34.♗d4−⁠+

28...♕xf3 29.♔g1 ♕xe4 30.♖h2 f3 31.♗f2 ♗xf2 32.♔xf2

32.♖xf2 cannot change what is in store for White 32...♖e8 33.d6 ♖e5 34.♖g2 fxg2 35.dxc7 ♕e3 36.♔h2 ♖h5 37.♔xg2 ♖g5 38.♔h2 ♕e2 39.♔h3 ♕h5#

32...♖e8 33.♖f1

33.♔g3 doesn't get the cat off the tree 33...g5 34.♖xh6 ♕f4 35.♔h3 ♖e2 36.♖g6 ♔f7 37.♖f6 ♔xf6 38.a3 ♖h2#

33...♕e3 34.♔g3 ♕g5 35.♔f2 ♖e2 36.♔xf3 ♖e3 (36...♖e3 37.♔f2 ♕g3#)

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