Fortune Favors The Brave!!

When you blunder a move you most of the time get a second chance and if u are bold enough to play it then you may be rewarded with a win.

Gupta, Aniruddha Dutta - Mohanty, Om Prakash

Result: 0-1

Site: AICCF

Date: 2015.05.26

B06: Modern Defence

[...] 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.¥e3 ¤d7 5.¤f3 a6 6.£d2 b5 7.¥d3 ¥b7 8.a4

8.O-O c5 9.dxc5 ¤xc5 10.b4 ¤d7 11.a4 bxa4 12.¦xa4 ¤gf6 13.¥h6 O-O 14.¥xg7 ¢xg7 15.¦a5 £c7 16.¦fa1 ¦fc8 17.¦1a3 ¤b6 18.£e3 ¤c4 19.¥xc4 £xc4 20.¦5a4 ¤xe4 21.b5 £xc3 22.¦xc3 ¤xc3 Emelyanov,M (2411) -Kroll,O (2346) ICCF email 2005 1/2-1/2

8...¤gf6 9.d5 b4 10.¤e2 ¥c8??

10...a5 11.¤fd4 O-O 12.f3 ¤e5 13.¥b5 e6 14.¤c6 ¥xc6 15.dxc6 d5 16.¥d4 ¤c4 17.£d3 e5 18.¥c5 ¤d6 19.exd5 ¦e8 20.¦d1 e4 21.£b3 exf3 22.£xf3 ¤fe4 23.¥xd6 ¤xd6 24.¥d3 ¥xb2 25.O-O Goodwin,B (2021)-Josefsson,K (2227) ICCF email 2011 0-1 (54)

(10...c5!? should not be overlooked) 11.¤ed4? (11.£xb4!11...¦b8 12.£a3 O-O±) 11...O-O Black has a cramped position 12.O-O c5 13.dxc6 ¤c5 Black threatens to win material: Nc5xe4 14.£xb4 ¤fxe4 15.a5 £e8 Black has a cramped position 16.£b6 (16.¥xe4 ¤xe4 17.c7 ¤f6²) 16...¤xd3²17.cxd3 ¤f6 18.¥g5 ¤d5 Black threatens to win material: Nd5xb6 19.£b3 ¤c7 20.¦fe1 White threatens to win material: Re1xe7 20...e5 Black threatens to win material: e5xd4 21.¦ac1 ¢h8 22.¥d2 f6 Controls g5 23.h3 Consolidates g4 23...¦f7 24.¥b4 ¦b8 25.£a3 d5 26.¥c5 £g8 27.¤c2 ¥e6 28.¤b4 g5 29.d4 White threatens to win material: d4xe5 29...e4 Black threatens to win material: e4xf3 30.¤d2 g4 31.h4 f5 (31...¥f8 32.¥xf8 £xf8 33.¤c2) 32.¥b6 ¦c8 33.¥xc7 ¦fxc7 34.£c3 (34.¤xa6 ¦xc6 35.¦xc6 ¦xc6) 34...f4 35.¤b3?? gives the opponent counterplay (35.¤f1 is the best option White has) 35...g3!!−⁠+36.fxg3??36...¥f8 37.¤c5 ¦g7 38.¤xe6?? White crumbles in face of a dire situation (38.¤xe4 dxe4 39.d5 ¥xb4 40.£xb4 ¥xd5 41.£d4 ¥xc6 42.gxf4−⁠+) 38...£xe6−⁠+39.¤xd5 £xd5 40.gxf4 (40.£c2 cannot change destiny 40...e3 41.¦f1 ¥d6−⁠+) 40...¥d6 41.£e3 ¦cg8 42.¦c2 £h5 43.¦f1 ¦g4 44.c7 (44.£xe4 ¦e8 45.c7 ¦xe4 46.c8=£ ¦e8−⁠+) 44...¥xc7! Deflection: g2. . 45.£xe4 (45.¦xc7 ¦xg2 Mate attack Deflection) 45...¥b8 46.£e7 £h6 47.h5

47.£e4 cannot undo what has already been done 47...¦xh4 48.¦c6 ¦h1 49.¢f2 £h4 50.¢e2 £g4 51.£f3 ¦e8 52.¢d2 ¥xf4 53.¢c3 £d7 54.¦xh1 ¦e3 55.£xe3 £xc6 56.¢d3 ¥xe3 57.¢xe3 £xg2−⁠+

47...¥d6 48.£e3

48.£e2 doesn't get the bull off the ice 48...¥xf4 49.¦f3 ¦h4 50.¦xf4 £xf4 51.£e5 £xe5 52.dxe5 ¦xh5−⁠+

48...¥xf4 49.¦xf4 £xf4 50.£xf4

50.£e5 doesn't change anything anymore 50...£xe5 51.dxe5 ¦8g5−⁠+

50...¦xf4 51.¦c4 (51.¦c6 hardly improves anything 51...¦xd4 52.¢f2 ¦a8−⁠+) 51...¦fg4 52.¢f2

52.¦c2 doesn't get the cat off the tree 52...¦xd4 53.¢f2 ¦d5−⁠+

52...¦xg2 53.¢f3

53.¢e3 ¦xb2 54.¦c6 ¦b3 55.¢e4 ¦g4 56.¢e5 ¦b5 57.d5 ¦g5 58.¢e4 ¦bxd5 59.¦c8 ¢g7−⁠+

53...¦xb2 54.¦c6 ¦e8 55.¦xa6 (55.¢g4 ¦f2 56.¢g3−⁠+) 55...¦b3 56.¢f4 ¦b1 57.¦d6 (57.¢g3 ¦f1 58.¢h2−⁠+) 57...¦f1 58.¢g5 ¦g8 59.¢h6 ¦h1 60.a6 ¦g6! a fitting end to a beautiful game 61.¦xg6 hxg6 62.¢xg6

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When The Great Akiba Inspires You...

If there is one player who inspires you to play rook endgame well it is The Great Akiba Rubinstein. This game is definitely inspired from him.

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Somani, Aayush

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2015.04.10

D43: Semi-Slav: 5 Bg5 h6

[...] 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.¤f3 ¤f6 4.¤c3 e6 5.¥g5 h6 6.¥h4 dxc4 7.e4 g5 8.¥g3 b5 9.h4 g4 10.¤e5 ¥b4

10...h5 11.¥e2 b4 12.¤a4 ¤xe4 13.O-O ¥a6 14.¥f4 ¥h6 15.£c2 ¥xf4 16.£xe4 ¥h6 17.¦fd1 £d5 18.£c2 ¥b5 19.¤c5 b3 20.£c3 ¥g7 21.axb3 cxb3 22.¦e1 ¥xe2 23.¦xe2 a5 24.¤xf7 ¢xf7 25.¤xe6 Pligin,S (2596)-Bergmann,M (2493) Lechenicher SchachServer 2009 Telechess CBM 141 [Morgado,Juan Sebastian] 1-0 (45)

11.¥e2 White threatens to win material: Be2xg4

11.f3 ¦g8

11...£a5 12.£d2 ¦g8 13.¥f4 gxf3 14.gxf3 h5 15.O-O-O ¤fd7 16.¥h3 ¥e7 17.¤xf7 ¢xf7 18.¥xb8 ¤xb8 19.£h6 ¥f6 20.£h7 ¥g7 21.d5 cxd5 22.exd5 £b6 23.dxe6 ¥xe6 24.¥xe6 £xe6 25.£xh5 ¢f8 26.¦d8 Soberano,J (2499)-Kornilovich,V ICCF corr 1999 1-0

11...¤h5 12.¥f2 £a5 13.£d2 g3 14.¥e3 ¥b7 15.¦c1 ¤d7 16.¤xd7 ¢xd7 17.a3 ¥e7 18.a4 ¦ad8 19.axb5 cxb5 20.b3 b4 21.¤a4 c3 22.£a2 £c7 23.¤b2 ¢e8 24.¤c4 a6 25.¦a1 f5 26.£c2 Heller,R-Kahl,F DESC email 2005 0-1 (40)

12.a3 ¥a5 13.¥f2 ¥b7 14.£d2 h5 15.O-O-O ¤fd7 16.¤xf7 ¢xf7 17.¥e2 g3 18.¥e3 ¤f6 19.¥g5 £f8 0-1 (19) Iriarte Gomez,E (2215)-Jambrich,J (2291) ICCF email 2012

Inferior is 11.¤xg4 ¤xe4 12.£f3 ¤xg3

12...£xd4 is much weaker 13.¦d1 ¥xc3 14.bxc3 £xc3 15.£xc3 ¤xc3 16.¥e5 ¤xd1 17.¥xh8±

13.fxg3 £xd4µ

11...¤xe4 12.O-O ¤xc3 13.bxc3 ¥xc3 Black forks: a1+d4 14.¥xg4 O-O Black is behind in development. (14...¥xa1 15.¥h5 £xd4 16.¥xf7 ¢d8±) 15.¥h5²15...f5 Black has a new backward pawn: e6 16.¦b1 ¥xd4 17.¤g6 e5 (17...¦f7 18.¥e5 ¦d7 19.£e2²) 18.¥xe5²18...¥xe5 Decoy: e5 19.¤xe5 £xd1 20.¦bxd1 c3 Black advances the passed pawn 21.¦fe1 ¥e6 Black threatens to win material: Be6xa2 22.¤g6 c2 23.¦c1 White threatens to win material: Rc1xc2 23...¦f6 24.¦xc2 ¥f7 Black threatens to win material: Bf7xg6 25.¤f4 The knight feels good on f4 25...¤a6 26.¦e7 ¤b4 Black threatens to win material: Nb4xc2. Black forks: a2+c2 27.¦d2 ¦f8 28.¦dd7 a6 29.a3 ¤d5 30.¤xd5 cxd5 31.¦a7 d4 32.¦ed7 f4 33.¥f3 d3 34.¦xd3 ¥c4 35.¦dd7 ¦8f7 36.¦xf7 ¥xf7 37.¥b7 ¦b6 38.¥c8 b4 39.axb4 ¦xb4 40.¦xa6 ¢g7 41.¥f5 ¦b5 42.¥e4 ¦e5 43.¦a4 ¥e8 44.¦d4 ¦a5 45.¥c2 ¦a1 46.¢h2 ¦a2 47.¦c4 ¥b5 48.¦c5 ¥a4 49.¥xa4 ¦xa4 50.¢h3 ¢f6 51.f3 ¢g6 52.¢g4 ¦a2 53.¦c6 (53.¢xf4?!53...¦xg2 54.¦d5 ¦h2²) 53...¢h7 (53...¢g7 54.¢h3± (54.¢xf4 ¦xg2 55.¢f5 h5²)) 54.¦c7+⁠−54...¢g8 55.¢h3 ¦a6 56.¦c4 ¦f6 57.¢g4 ¦g6 58.¢h5 ¦xg2 59.¢xh6 ¦a2 60.¦xf4

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How to Play Against Moller Defenses

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Anand, Anil Kumar

Result: 1-0

Site: AICCF

Date: 2015.03.07

C78: Ruy Lopez: Archangelsk and Möller Defences

[...] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.O-O b5 6.¥b3 ¥b7 7.¦e1 ¥c5 8.c3 d6 9.a4 ¥b6 10.d4 O-O 11.¥g5 h6 12.¥h4 ¦e8 13.axb5 axb5 14.¦xa8 ¥xa8 15.d5 ¤a7

15...¤b8 16.¥xf6 £xf6 17.¤a3 c6 18.dxc6 ¥xc6 19.¥d5 ¥d7 20.£e2 ¤c6 21.£xb5 ¦b8 22.£a4 ¥g4 23.¥xc6 ¥xf3 24.£c2 £g6 25.g3 £h5 26.¤c4 £h3 27.¤e3 h5 28.¥b5 ¥xe3 29.¥f1 ¥xe4 30.£xe4 Spierenburg,P (2060)-Loeffler,W (2358) ICCF email 2011 1/ 2-1/2 (43)

16.¤a3

16.¥xf6 £xf6 17.¤a3 g5 18.£e2 ¥b7 19.¤c2 ¥c8 20.¤e3 ¥d7 21.¥c2 b4 22.c4 ¤c8 23.¦a1 ¤e7 24.¤d2 ¢h7 25.¤b3 ¦b8 26.¥d3 ¤c8 27.£c2 £e7 28.¥e2 ¢g7 29.¤f1 c5 30.dxc6 ¥e6 Timmerman,G (2710)-Pioch,Z (2590) Norway 1994 1-0 (47)

16...g6

16...£e7 17.¤c2 ¥b7 18.¤e3 ¥c8 19.¤f5 ¥xf5 20.exf5 g5 21.fxg6 fxg6 22.¦xe5 1-0 (22) Maeder,K-Widenmann,A Germany 1968

17.£e2 ¥b7 18.¤xb5 ¤xb5 19.£xb5 g5 Black threatens to win material: g5xh4 20.¥g3 £a8 21.£e2 ¥a6 22.£d2 ¤h5 23.¦a1 £c8 24.¥d1 ¥b5 25.£c2 £d8 26.c4 ¤xg3 27.hxg3 ¥d7 28.b4 £e7 29.¦c1 c5 (29...¥d4 30.£d3±) 30.b5 ¦a8 (30...g4 31.¤h2 h5 32.¦a1±) 31.¤h2+⁠−31...f6 32.¥h5 £h7 33.£e2 ¢f8 (33...¢h8 34.¤f1+⁠−) 34.¤g4 ¢g7 35.¦f1 ¥a5? (35...f5 36.f4 gxf4 37.gxf4 fxg4 38.fxe5 ¦f8+⁠−) 36.¦a1 ¥xg4 (36...¦a7+⁠− the only chance to get some counterplay) 37.£xg4 f5 38.exf5 ¢f6 39.b6! Deflection: a5 39...£h8 (39...¥xb6 40.¦xa8 Deflection Pinning) 40.b7 ¦a7 41.£h3 ¥b6 42.¦xa7 ¥xa7 43.¥d1 h5

43...£h7 does not win a prize 44.£h5 £xf5 45.£xh6 ¢e7 46.¥a4 £b1 47.¢h2+⁠−

44.¥xh5 £h7 (44...£h6 45.g4 £f8 46.£b3+⁠−) 45.f4! Decoy: f4 45...£xf5 (45...exf4 46.g4 Combination) (45...gxf4 46.£h4 Decoy Discovered attack Double attack) 46.¥g4 £b1 47.¢h2 gxf4 48.£h8 ¢g5 49.£h4 ¢g6 50.gxf4 exf4 51.¥h5

51.¥h5 ¢h7 52.¥f3 ¢g8 53.£d8 ¢f7 54.£d7 ¢g8 55.£e8 ¢g7 56.£e7 ¢g8 57.¥e4 £b3 58.£h7 ¢f8 59.£h6 ¢e7 60.£g7 ¢e8 61.¥g6 ¢d8 62.£g8 ¢c7 63.£c8 ¢b6 64.b8=£ ¥xb8 65.£xb8 ¢a5 66.£xb3 ¢a6 67.£b8 f3 68.gxf3 ¢a5 69.£b5#

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