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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Patience in Correspondence Chess Pays Off

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Gupta, Anuj

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2013.12.20

B47: Sicilian: Taimanov: 5 Nc3 Qc7 f4, 6 g3 and 6 Be2

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘c6 5.♘c3 ♕c7 6.♘db5 ♕b8 7.♗e2? An opening Inaccuracy. (7.♗e3!) 7...a6 8.♘d4 ♗d6!?

8...♘f6!9.O-O ♗e7 10.f4 ♗c5 11.e5 ♗xd4 12.♔h1 ♗xc3 13.bxc3 ♘d5 14.♕d3 b5 15.♕g3 O-O 16.♗d3 ♗b7 17.♖f3 f5 0-1 (17) Poretti,E (2303)-Frolik,E (2500) ICCF email 1996

9.♗e3 (9.g3!?9...♘f6 10.O-O O-O 11.♗e3 b5 12.f4) 9...♘f6 10.♕d2 O-O 11.O-O-O

11.a3 b5 12.♖d1 ♗c7 13.♘xc6 dxc6 14.f4 e5 15.f5 ♗b7 16.O-O ♖d8 17.♕e1 ♖xd1 18.♕xd1 ♕f8 19.♗f3 ♖d8 20.♕e2 h6 21.♕f2 ♗d6 22.♖d1 c5 23.h3 b4 24.♘d5 ♗xd5 25.exd5 bxa3 Klausner,H (2207)-Silin,V (2164) ICCF email 2011 0-1 (85)

11...♗b4 12.f3 d5 13.a3 ♗a5 14.♘b3 ♗c7? (14...♗xc3 15.♕xc3 dxe4 16.fxe4 ♘xe4 17.♕d3 f5 18.♘c5 ♘f6) 15.exd5 exd5?

15...♖d8!16.♔b1 ♘xd5 17.♘xd5 ♖xd5 18.♕c3 (18.♕c1!?18...♖xd1 19.♖xd1 b6) 18...♗e5 19.♕c4 ♘e7!

16.g3 ♗e5? (16...♗e6!?17.♔b1 ♖d8⩲) 17.♖he1⩲17...♗e6!?18.♘a4!18...b5? (18...♕c7!?19.♗b6 ♕e7 20.♔b1 ♖fe8 21.♗f2 ♗d6 22.♘ac5) 19.♘ac5 ♖e8 20.f4!20...♗d6 21.♘xe6 fxe6 22.♔b1 ♕c7 23.♗f3 ♖ac8 24.♖e2 ♔h8 25.♖de1 e5 26.♗xd5 ♗xa3 27.♗xc6 ♕xc6 28.fxe5 ♖xe5 29.bxa3 ♘e4 30.♕d3 ♘c3 31.♔b2 ♘xe2 32.♖xe2 ♔g8 33.♗d4 ♖xe2 34.♕xe2 ♕c4 35.♕e4 Avoiding queen exchange for suitable moment. 35...♕c6 36.♕f5 h6 37.♘a5 ♕e8 38.♘b7 ♖c6 39.♘c5 a5 40.♕d5 ♔h7 41.♘d7 ♖c7 42.♘e5 b4 43.axb4 axb4 44.g4 ♕e7 45.h4 b3 46.♕e4 ♔g8 47.c4 ♕xh4 48.♘g6 ♕d8 49.♔xb3 ♖f7 50.c5 ♕b8 51.♔c3 ♖f1 52.♘e7 ♔f7 53.♘f5 ♕a7 54.♔b3 ♕d7 (54...♕b8 is the last straw 55.♔c4 ♔g8+⁠−) 55.♘d6 (55.♘d6 ♔g8 56.♕d5 ♔h7 57.c6+⁠−)

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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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Poisoned Pawn is Really Poison!!

Prakash, Om - Helmi, Farshad

Result: 1-0

Site: ICCF

Date: 2013.03.31

B96: Sicilian Najdorf: 6 Bg5 e6 7 f4, lines other than 7...Qb6 and 7...Be7

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.♘f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.♘xd4 ♘f6 5.♘c3 a6 6.♗g5 e6 7.f4 ♘c6 8.♘xc6 bxc6 9.e5 h6 10.♗h4 g5 11.fxg5 ♘d5 12.♘e4 ♕b6 13.c3 ♖b8

13...dxe5 14.♗g3

14.g6 fxg6 15.♕g4 ♕e3 16.♗e2 ♘f4 17.♕f3 ♘d3 18.♔f1 ♕xf3 19.gxf3 ♘f4 20.♗f6 ♖h7 21.♗xe5 ♖f7 22.♖g1 g5 23.h4 ♘g6 24.♗f6 ♘xh4 25.f4 e5 26.♗h5 ♗f5 27.♖e1 ♗g6 28.♗xg6 ♘xg6 Malyshev,V (2132)-Gagliardi,V (2137) ICCF email 2011 1-0 (40)

14...hxg5 15.♗xe5 ♖h4 16.♕e2 f5

16...♗e7 17.O-O-O ♕e3 18.♕xe3 ♘xe3 19.♘d6 ♔f8 20.♖e1 ♘xf1 21.♖hxf1 f5 22.♗g3 ♖h6 23.♘c4 ♗d8 24.♖d1 ♔e8 25.♘d6 ♔e7 26.♖fe1 ♔f6 27.♘xf5 exf5 28.♖d6 ♔g7 29.♖xd8 f4 30.♗f2 ♖xh2 31.♗d4 Cilloniz Razzeto,A (2410)-Scribner,A (2385) ICCF corr 1997 1-0 (38)

17.♘f2 a5 18.♗g3 ♖h6 19.♘d1 e5 20.♗f2 ♕c7 21.♕d2 ♗e7 22.♘e3 ♗e6 23.♘c4 ♖d8 24.♕c2 e4 25.♗d4 ♗f6 26.♗g1 ♔f7 27.♖d1 g4 28.g3 Marcinkiewicz,J-Szafraniec,T Poland 1996 0-1 (40)

13...♕xb2 14.♖b1 ♕xa2 15.g6 fxg6 16.♗d3 ♘f4 17.♘f6 ♔f7 18.♗xg6 ♔xg6 19.♕g4 ♔f7 20.O-O ♕xg2 21.♕xg2 ♘xg2 22.♔xg2 1-0 (22) Daurelle,H (2201)-Kuhn,C (1875) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010

14.♕f3 ♗e7 (Weaker is 14...♕xb2 15.♖d1 hxg5 16.♗xg5±) 15.b4 dxe5 16.♗f2 White threatens to win material: Bf2xb6 16...♕c7 17.g6 fxg6 18.♗c4 a5 19.a3 ♖f8 20.♕g3 g5 21.O-O ♖f4 Black threatens to win material: Rf4xe4 22.♕d3 ♔f8 23.♘g3 ♗d6 24.bxa5 ♖a8 25.♘h5 e4 26.♕e2 ♖f5 (26...♕h7 27.♗b6±) 27.g4 ♖xf2 (27...♖f4 28.♘xf4 gxf4 29.♕xe4 ♖xa5 30.♖ae1±) 28.♕xf2 (Worse is 28.♖xf2 ♔e7 29.♖af1 ♕xa5±) 28...♔e8 29.♔h1 ♔d8 30.♕d4 ♕e7 31.a6 e3 32.♕h8 ♔c7 (32...♔d7 33.♕xh6 ♗xa6 34.♗xa6 ♖xa6 35.♕g6+⁠−) 33.♕g8+⁠−33...♘f4 (33...♗f4 34.♗xd5 exd5 35.♘xf4 gxf4 36.♖xf4+⁠−) 34.♖ab1 ♖a7 (34...♗e5 35.♖fe1 ♘xh5 36.gxh5+⁠−) 35.♘g7 ♕f8 36.♕h7 (36.♕h7 ♕e7 37.♕h8+⁠−)

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