Beating The French!!

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Krishnamurthy, Prabhanandan

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2013.09.03

C11: French: Classical System: e5

[...] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.♘c3 ♘f6 4.e5 ♘fd7 5.f4 c5 6.♘f3 ♘c6 7.♗e3 a6 8.♕d2 b5 9.a3 ♕b6 10.♘e2 c4 11.g4 h5 12.gxh5 ♖xh5 13.h4

Another game from the same tournament went : 13.♘g3 ♖h8 14.♗g2 ♘e7 15.h4 ♕c6 16.♘g5 this move varies from book 16...♘b6 17.c3 a5 18.♗f3 b4 19.♗h5 g6 20.♗d1 ♘f5 21.♘xf5 gxf5 22.h5 ♗h6 23.axb4 axb4 24.♖xa8 ♘xa8 25.cxb4 ♘c7 26.♕g2 ♖g8 27.♕h2 ♖g7 28.♕d2 ♘a6 29.♔f2 ♗d7 30.♗e2 ♕a4 31.♖b1 ♕xb4 32.♕xb4 ♘xb4 33.b3 cxb3 34.♖xb3 ♘c6 35.♖a3 ♘d8 36.♗d2 ♗c6 37.♖a6 ♔d7 38.♗a5 1-0 (38) Sastry,K-Krishnamurthy,P AICCF 2013

13...♘e7 14.♘g3 ♖h8 15.♕f2

15.h5 ♕c6 16.c3 a5 17.♗h3 ♘b6 18.♗g4 ♗d7 19.♕f2 ♘a4 20.O-O ♘f5 21.♔g2 ♗e7 22.♗xf5 exf5 23.♕c2 g6 24.hxg6 ♕xg6 25.♖h1 O-O-O 26.♕f2 ♖dg8 27.♘g5 ♗c6 28.♖xh8 ♖xh8 29.♖h1 ♖xh1 30.♔xh1 ♔b7 31.♔g1 ♔a6 32.♕h2 ♗d7 33.♕h8 ♔b7 34.♗c1 ♘b6 35.♕h5 b4 36.axb4 axb4 37.♔f2 bxc3 38.bxc3 ♘a4 39.♗d2 ♗e8 40.♕f3 ♗c6 41.♕h5 ♗e8 42.♕f3 ♘b6 43.♕h5 ♘a4 1/2-1/2 (43) Negi,P (2396) -Barua,D (2464) New Delhi IND 2006

15.♗h3 ♕c6 16.c3 ♘b6 17.♕c2 a5

17...♘a4 18.h5 a5 19.♔f2 ♗d7 20.f5 exf5 21.♗g5 ♖b8 22.♘xf5 ♗xf5 23.♗xf5 ♘xf5 24.♕xf5 ♕e6 25.♕c2 ♖b6 26.♖ag1 ♔d7 27.♖g3 ♔e8 28.♗f4 ♕d7 29.♘g5 ♖hh6 30.♘h7 ♘xb2 31.♘xf8 ♔xf8 32.♗xh6 ♘d3 33.♔e3 ♖xh6 34.♕g2 1-0 (34) Rulfs,E (2034)-Wapniewski,K (2028) GER email 2010

18.f5 ♘xf5 19.♘xf5 exf5 20.♗xf5 ♗xf5 21.♕xf5 ♕e6 22.♕f4 ♕g6 23.♘g5 f6 24.exf6 gxf6 25.O-O-O ♔d7 26.♕g4 ♔c6 27.♕e6 ♔b7 28.♘f7 ♖h7 29.♘e5 ♕e4 30.♕c6 ♔a7 31.♖he1 ♖c8 32.♕xf6 ♕xh4 33.♕xh4 1/2-1/2 (33) Corbat,P (2390)-Polsterer,H (2407) ICCF email 2011

15...♕c6 16.h5 ♘b6 17.♗d2 Diagram # The idea is Be3-d2-a5-b4-d6 17...♗d7 ( Maybe : 17...c3 is to be preferred) 18.♗a5 ♕c7 19.♗b4 ♘a4 20.c3 a5 21.♗d6 ♕b7 22.♘g5 ♖h6 23.♗h3 ♘f5 24.♗xf5 exf5 25.♕c2 b4 (25...♖xd6?26.exd6 ♗e6 27.♘xf5+⁠−) 26.axb4 axb4

Not 26...♗xd6 27.exd6 axb4 28.♘xf5 bxc3 29.♕e2 ♗e6 30.♘xh6 cxb2 31.♖b1 ♕b4 32.♔f2+⁠−

26...♖xd6?? is most certainly to be avoided 27.exd6 axb4 28.O-O bxc3 29.♖fe1 ♔d8 30.♘xf7 ♔c8 31.bxc3+⁠−

27.O-O ♗xd6 (27...b3 28.♕e2 ♗e6 29.♖a3⩲) 28.exd6 ♖xd6

A much better option was : 28...♔f8 29.♘xf5 ♗xf5 30.♕xf5 ♖xd6 31.h6 ♖xh6 32.♖fe1± but can Black hold ?

29.h6±29...♖xh6 (29...gxh6 30.♕e2 ♔f8±) 30.♖fe1 ♔f8 31.♘xf5 ♗xf5 32.♕xf5

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