Beating The French - II

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Gupta, Aniruddha Dutta

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2014.06.30

C18: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Main line: h4 and Qg4

[...] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.¤c3 ¥b4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 ¥xc3 6.bxc3 ¤e7 7.£g4 O-O 8.¥d3 f5 9.exf6 ¦xf6 10.¥g5 ¦f7 11.£h5 g6 12.£d1 £a5 13.¥d2 ¤d7

13...¤bc6 14.¤f3 £c7 15.dxc5 e5 16.¥e2 £a5 17.c4 £xc5 18.O-O ¥f5 19.¥b4 ¤xb4 20.axb4 £xb4 21.¤xe5 ¦ff8 22.cxd5 £c3 23.¥c4 ¥xc2 24.£e1 £xe1 25.¦fxe1 ¢g7 26.¦a2 ¥f5 27.g4 ¥c8 28.d6 Ivanchuk,V (2752)-Brynell,S (2484)/Gothenburg 2005/[Psakhis]/1-0

14.¤f3 c4 15.¥e2 ¤c6 16.h4!

16.O-O ¤f6 17.¤g5 ¦e7 18.f4 ¥d7

18...h6 19.¤f3 ¢g7 20.¤e5 ¥d7 21.¦f3 ¤e4 22.¥e1 ¦f8 23.¤g4 ¦ef7 24.£c1 h5 25.¤e5 ¤xe5 26.fxe5 £d8 27.h4 ¥c6 28.£e3 £e7 29.¢h2 £d7 30.¦h3 ¤f2 31.¥xf2 ¦xf2 32.¥f3 ¦xc2 33.¥xh5 ¦h8 34.¥xg6 ¢xg6 35.£g5 1-0 (35) Cukrowski,F (2109) -Klimek,P (1701) Gora Sw Anny 2012

19.¥f3 ¦f8 20.a4 ¤d8 21.£e1

21.£c1 ¤f7 22.£a3 ¦ee8 23.¤xf7 ¦xf7 24.¦fe1 ¥c6 25.£b4 £xb4 26.cxb4 ¤e4 27.¥xe4 dxe4 28.c3 ¥d5 29.¥e3 ¢f8 30.h3 ¢e7 31.¢h2 h5 32.h4 ¦f5 33.¢g3 ¦g8 34.¢h2 ¦e8 35.¢g3 ¦g8 1/2-1/2 (35) Karjakin,S (2778)-Carlsen,M (2843) Sao Paulo/ Bilbao 2012

21...¦g7 22.£h4 ¤c6 23.¦f2 ¤e7 24.¦e2 ¤f5 25.£e1 ¦e8 26.g4 ¤d6 27.£h4 £d8 28.£e1 ¦ge7 29.¥c1 h6 30.¥a3 £c7 Baron,T (2467)-Miton,K (2624)/ Haguenau FRA 2013/0-1 (56)

16...¤f6 17.h5 ¤e4

17...¤xh5? leads to nothing 18.¤g5 ¤f6 On any rook move Bxh5 is deadly 19.¤xf7 ¢xf7 20.¢f1+⁠−

18.hxg6 hxg6 White has succeeded in denuding the Black king of its pawn cover. 19.¢f1 e5

19...¤xc3?? taking the pawn is naive 20.£e1 £a4 21.¥xc3 £xc2 22.¥xc4+⁠−22...dxc4 23.d5

20.dxe5 ¤xe5 Sacrifices material. (20...¥g4 21.¢g1 ¦e8 22.¦h6²) 21.¥e3² Fine move forcing loss of material (21.¤xe5 ¦xf2 22.¢e1 £b6 23.¤xc4 dxc4) 21...¤c6

21...£xc3? fails because of 22.¥d4 ¦xf3 23.¥xc3 ¦xf2 24.¢g1 ¤xc3 25.£e1

25.¢xf2?! is the weaker alternative 25...¤xd1 26.¦axd1 ¥e6²

25...¦xe2 26.£h4+⁠−

22.¦h6 Threatening Rh6xg6 22...¢g7 (22...¦f6!? is an interesting alternative) 23.¦h4±23...£xc3 24.¢g1 ¦e7 25.¦b1 ¤f6 26.¥h6 ¢f7 27.¥c1 (27.¥d2 £xa3 28.¥g5+⁠−) 27...£a5?? (27...¥f5 28.¤g5 ¢g7+⁠−) 28.¥g5+⁠−28...£c5 (28...¢g7 29.¦f4 ¤h5+⁠−) 29.¦f4 ¦e6 30.£d2 c3?? terrible, but the game is lost in any case (30...¢g7 31.¥h6! Deflection: h6 31...¢g8+⁠−) 31.£d3 ¢g7

31...a6 the only chance to get some counterplay 32.¤h4 ¤e5+⁠−

32.¦b5 £xa3

32...£e7 a last effort to resist the inevitable 33.£xc3 ¥d7 34.¦xb7 ¦f8+⁠−

33.¤d4 ¦d6 34.£e3 ¤e4 35.¥h6 ¢g8 36.¦f8 ¢h7 37.¦f7 ¢g8 38.£f4 (38.£f4 £c1 39.£xc1 ¤xd4 40.¦f8 ¢h7 41.¥d3+⁠−)

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