The Silent Chess!!

Winning in correspondence chess has been always a difficult task after the rise of machines. The Judgement day known as The draw death is near. Still One thing is always correct - The sum of the parts is greater than the whole!!"

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Gupta, Aniruddha Dutta

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2016.01.12

C54: Giuoco Piano: 4 c3 Nf6, main lines with 5 d4 and 5 d3

[...] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥c4 ¥c5 4.b4 ¥b6 5.a4 a6 6.c3 ¤f6 7.d3 d6 8.O-O O-O 9.¤bd2 ¤e7 10.¥b3 ¤g6 11.¤c4 ¥a7 12.a5

12.h3 h6 13.¦e1 ¤h5 14.d4 exd4 15.cxd4 ¤hf4 16.¤e3 c6 17.¥c2 d5 18.exd5 ¤xd5 19.¤xd5 £xd5 20.¥e4 £d8 21.b5 £f6 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.£c2 ¦b8 24.¥a3 ¦d8 25.£xc6 ¥xd4 26.¤xd4 ¦xd4 Skrobek,R (2555) -Berggreen,A (2435) Poland 1986 Corr Nr. 1 [RR] 1-0 (32)

12...h6 Secures g5

12...¥e6 13.h3

13.¥g5 h6 14.¥e3 ¥xe3

14...¦e8 15.¥xa7 ¦xa7 16.¤e3 £d7 17.¥c2 ¦aa8 18.d4 c6 19.dxe5 dxe5 20.£xd7 ¤xd7 21.¦fd1 ¦ad8 22.¤d2 ¤f6 23.f3 ¦d7 24.¤b3 ¦xd1 25.¦xd1 ¤d7 26.¤f5 ¢f8 27.¤d6 ¦b8 28.¤c5 ¤xc5 29.bxc5 Hanzalik,R-Bascetta,B (2145) ICCF email 2006 1/2-1/2 (41)

15.¤xe3 d5 16.exd5 ¤xd5 17.¥xd5 ¥xd5 18.¦e1 ¥e6 19.¤c2 £f6 20.d4 ¥g4 21.¦e3 1-0 (21) Johansson,K (2500)-De Sa,J ICCF email 2003

13...h6 14.¥e3 ¥xe3 15.¤xe3 £d7 16.¦e1 ¦ad8 17.¥c2 £c8 18.d4 ¦fe8 19.¤d2 ¤f4 20.£f3 ¥d7 21.¤dc4 ¥b5 22.¦ab1 £e6 23.d5 £c8 24.¤b2 ¥d7 25.c4 b5 26.axb6 cxb6 27.¦a1 Achilles,E (2424)-Kartal,K ICCF email 2011 1-0

13.¤e3 ¤f4 14.¦e1 ¦e8 15.¤f1 ¤g6 16.¥e3 c6 Prevents intrusion on d5 17.¥xa7 ¦xa7 18.¤e3 ¦a8 19.£d2 £c7 20.£c2 ¤g4 21.d4 ¤xe3 22.¦xe3 ¤f4 23.g3 ¤h3 24.¢g2 ¥g4 25.¤d2 ¦ad8 26.f3 White threatens to win material: f3xg4 26...¥c8 27.¤c4 £e7 28.¦ae1 £f6 29.d5 cxd5 30.¤b6 ¤g5 (30...d4 31.cxd4 exd4 32.¦d3±) 31.¤xd5 £g6 32.¢h1 ¤h3 (32...¥h3!?±) 33.¥a4+⁠−33...¥d7 34.¥xd7 ¦xd7 35.f4 £g4 36.£g2 ¦dd8 37.¦d3 £c8? (37...£h5+⁠−) 38.£f3 White intends f5 38...h5 (38...f5 39.¢g2+⁠−) 39.f5 £c4 (39...f6 is no salvation 40.¢g2 ¤g5 41.£xh5+⁠−) 40.¦de3 ¤g5 41.£d1 £c6

41...£a2 is not much help 42.h4 ¤h3 43.¦3e2 ¤f2 44.¢g2 ¤xd1 45.¦xa2 ¤xc3 46.¤xc3+⁠−

42.h4 ¤h7 43.£xh5 ¦c8 (43...¤f6 otherwise it's curtains at once 44.¤xf6 gxf6+⁠−) 44.g4 (44.g4 ¢h8 45.g5+⁠−)

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