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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Beating The French!

If one studies a game database, then one will find that french defense is the opening that has minimum loses as black astonishingly. It is a solid and sturdy opening which is hard to beat as white. But if white manages to deviate black from general french plans and pawn structures, most of the time white manages to win. Here is one example where I choose French Wings Gambit to play just not to allow to play the regular french.

Prakash, Om - Hansen, Marco

Result: 1-0

Site: Lechenicher SchachServer

Date: 2013.12.04

C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves

[...] 1.e4 e6 2.¤f3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4 French Wings Gambit 4...cxb4 5.a3 ¤h6 6.axb4 ¥xb4 7.c3 ¥e7 8.d4 ¤f5 9.¥d3

9.¤a3 ¥d7 10.¥d3 ¤c6 11.g4 ¤h4 12.¤xh4 ¥xa3 13.¥xa3 £xh4 14.¦b1 b6 15.¥b5 f5 16.£a4 ¦c8 17.¥xc6 ¦xc6 18.£xa7 £xg4 19.£b8 ¢f7 20.£xh8 £e4 21.¢d2 £f4 22.¢c2 ¦c8 23.£xc8 ¥xc8 Baker,C-Harding,T England 1986 1/2-1/2

9.g4 ¤h4 10.¤xh4 ¥xh4 11.¥d3 ¤c6

11...¥e7 12.O-O ¥d7 13.f4 ¤c6 14.¤a3 a6 15.¤c2 ¤a7 16.£f3 ¦c8 17.¥d2 O-O 18.£h3 h6 19.g5 ¥b5 20.gxh6 g6 21.¤e1 ¢h8 22.£g3 ¥xd3 23.£xd3 £c7 24.¤f3 £c4 25.£e3 ¤b5 26.¦fb1 Mueller,A-Dressel,R (2209) ICCF email 2006 1/2-1/2 (39)

12.O-O O-O 13.f4 £b6 14.g5 ¤xd4 15.¥e3 £b2 16.¥xd4 £xa1 17.£h5 g6 18.£xh4 £b2 19.¦f3 £c1 20.¢g2 £b2 21.¥f2 1-0 (21) Mueller,A (1880)-Suarez,R (1752) IECG email 2007

9...O-O!? (9...a6!?10.O-O ¤c6 11.¤bd2 a5 12.¦e1) (9...¤c6 10.g4 ¤h4 11.¤xh4 ¥xh4 12.O-O ¥d7 13.f4²) 10.h4!10...h5?? (10...h6 11.¦g1 a5 12.g4 ¤xh4 13.¤xh4 ¥xh4 14.g5²) 11.¤g5!11...g6 Only move12.g4!12...¤xh4 Only move13.¦xh4!! Taking the initiative with a brilliant exchange sacrifice.

Another great Idea was 13.¤f3!13...¤xf3 14.£xf3 f5 15.exf6 ¥xf6 16.£e3!16...e5 17.£h6 e4 18.£xg6 ¥g7 19.¥e2± But I was not convinced even if I had advanatge. hence I had to force the situation with Rxh4!!.

13...¥xg5 14.¦h1!? A prophylactic move. 14...¢g7?? (14...h4!?15.f4 ¥e7 16.£c2 ¢g7 17.f5+⁠−) 15.gxh5 ¦h8 16.¤d2 ¤c6 17.£g4 ¢f8 18.£f3 f5?? (18...gxh5 19.¥g6 f5 20.¥a3 ¢g7 21.¥xh5+⁠−)

18...¦xh5?19.¦xh5 gxh5 20.¥g6!20...£d7 21.¥a3 ¢e8 22.£xh5 £d8 (22...fxg6??23.£h8 ¢f7 24.£f8#) 23.¥xf7 ¢d7 24.£g4 ¥e7 25.£xe6 ¢c7 26.£xd5 £xd5 27.¥xd5 ¥xa3 28.¦xa3 ¤e7 29.¥f3+⁠−

19.¢e2 ¤e7??

19...¦h6 20.hxg6 ¢g7 (20...¦xg6??21.¥a3 ¢g7 22.¦ag1+⁠−) 21.¦xh6 ¥xh6+⁠−

20.£g3 ¥xd2

20...¥h6 does not win a prize 21.hxg6 £e8 22.¤f3 £xg6 23.£xg6 ¤xg6 24.¥xh6 ¢f7 25.¦ag1+⁠−

21.¢xd2 ¢f7 (21...g5 is not the saving move 22.£xg5 ¢e8 23.¥a3+⁠−) 22.¥a3 g5 (22...gxh5 praying for a miracle 23.¥e2 f4 24.£xf4 ¢e8+⁠−) 23.£xg5 £f8 24.£f6 ¢e8 25.¥xe7 £h6 26.£xh6 ¦xh6 27.¥f6 ¢d7 28.¦hg1 ¢c6 29.¦a5 a6 30.¥d8 b6 31.¥b5! Deflection: a6

31.¥b5 ¢b7 32.¦g7 ¥d7 33.¥xd7 bxa5 34.¥xe6 ¢c6 35.¦c7 ¢b5 36.¦b7 ¢a4 37.¥d7 ¢a3 38.¥e7 ¢a2 39.¢c2 ¦b8 40.¦xb8 a4 41.¥xa4 f4 42.¦b2 ¢a1 43.¦b1 ¢a2 44.¥b3#

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A Positional Game

Chess can be played in two styles. Either by lions paw attack or by Pythons grip. Heres a play that involves python's grip style. When opponent knows,there is nothing left to save the game!!.

Prakash, Om - Guirgis, Samy

Result: 1-0

Site: ICCF

Date: 2014.07

B70: Sicilian Dragon: 6 g3 and 6 Be2 (without a later Be3)

[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 g6 5.¤c3 a6?

5...e6 6.¥c4 ¥g7 7.O-O ¤ge7 8.¥e3 O-O 9.b3 d5 10.¥e2 dxe4 11.¤xc6 ¤xc6 12.£d2 £xd2 13.¥xd2 ¤b4 14.¤xe4 ¤xc2 15.¦ac1 ¤d4 16.¦fe1 ¤xe2 17.¦xe2 ¥d7 18.¤d6 ¥c6 19.¥a5 ¥d5 20.¦c7 Nava, J-Ortiz,L UECC email 1999 0-1

5...e5 6.¤db5 a6 7.¤d6 ¥xd6 8.£xd6 £f6 9.£xf6 ¤xf6 10.¥g5 ¤h5 11.¤d5 O-O 12.O-O-O b5 13.¥h6 ¤g7 14.¤f6 ¢h8 15.h4 ¤e7 16.h5 1-0 (16) Graham,O-Willoughby,P ICCF email 2010

6.¥c4

6.¤xc6 bxc6 7.¥e3 ¥g7 8.£d2 ¥b7 9.O-O-O ¤f6 10.¥c4 a5 11.¥h6 ¥xh6 12.£xh6 ¤g4 13.£f4 ¤f6 14.e5 ¤d5 15.¤xd5 cxd5 16.¥xd5 ¥xd5 17.¦xd5 £c7 18.¦hd1 ¦c8 19.¦1d2 O-O 20.¦xd7 £c6 Just,M (791)-Abbiati,G (800) IECG email 2003 1-0 (46)

6...¥g7 7.¤xc6 bxc6 Black is behind in developement 8.£f3!?8...e6 Secures d5 9.¥f4!

9.O-O ¤e7 10.¥g5 O-O 11.¦ad1 ¦e8 12.¦fe1 ¥b7 13.e5!?

13.£f4!?13...d5 14.exd5 cxd5 15.¤e4 e5 16.¤f6 ¥xf6 17.£xf6 h6 18.¥xh6 ¤f5 19.£xd8 ¦axd8 20.¥g5 ¦d6

13...h6 14.¥c1 ¦b8 15.¤e4 c5 16.¤f6 ¥xf6 17.£xf6 ¤f5 18.£xd8 ¦exd8 19.b3²

9...¤e7 10.O-O O-O Black is behind in development. 11.¥d6! Black has a cramped position 11...¦e8 (11...f5 12.e5±) 12.£g3 £b6?? (12...¦a7!?±) 13.¦ad1+⁠−13...£xb2?? (13...c5 14.¤a4 £a7 15.b3+⁠−) (13...f5 14.¤a4 £a5 15.£a3 ¥f8 16.f3+⁠−) 14.¤a4 £xc2 15.¤b6 ¥b7?? (15...£xe4 16.¥xe7 ¥e5+⁠−) 16.¥xe7 ¦xe7 17.¤xa8 ¥xa8 18.£b8 ¥f8 19.¥xa6 (19.£xa8?! is no comparison 19...£xc4 20.e5 £xa2²) 19...£xa2 (19...£xe4 does not solve anything 20.£xa8 ¢g7 21.¥b7+⁠−) 20.¦a1 (20.¦a1 £d2 21.¦fd1+⁠−)

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