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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The Evergreen King's Gambit

Finally I managed to win my first win at ICCF. Guess what would have been my opening ? My favorite King's Bishop's Gambit which I consider the best variation that gives a chance to win as white. King's Knight's Gambit loses all the advantage as white as the theory is heavily analysed. This game shows why Kings Bishops Gambit can be lethal...

Prakash, Om - Hughes, Gregory (1733)

Result: 1-0

Site: ICCF

Date: 2012.06.01

C33: King's Gambit Accepted: 3 Nc3 and 3 Bc4

[...] 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.♗c4!3...♘f6 4.♘c3 c6 5.d4 ♗b4 6.♘ge2 White threatens to win material: Ne2xf4

6.♕f3 d5 7.exd5 O-O

7...cxd5 8.♗b5 ♘c6 9.♘ge2 g5 10.h4 ♗g4 11.♕d3 ♘e4 12.♗d2 ♗f5 13.♗xc6 bxc6 14.♕a6 ♗xc3 15.♘xc3 1/2-1/2 (15) Heim,B-Sutterer,R Eberbach 1980

8.♘ge2 cxd5 9.♗d3 ♗g4 10.♕xf4 ♗xe2 11.♔xe2 ♘c6 12.♗e3 ♖e8 13.♖hf1 ♕e7 14.♖f3 ♖ad8 15.♔f1 ♖d6 16.♕h4 ♗xc3 17.♗g5 ♗xd4 18.♗xf6 ♕xf6 19.♕xh7 ♔f8 0-1 (19) Spielmann,R-Bogoljubow,E Karlsbad 1923

6.♗d3 d5 7.e5 ♗g4 8.♘f3 ♘e4 9.O-O ♘xc3 10.bxc3 ♗xc3 11.♖b1 ♗xd4 12.♔h1 ♘d7 13.♗xf4 ♗b6 14.♕e1 ♗xf3 15.♖xf3 ♘c5 16.♕g3 ♘e6 17.♖bf1 ♕e7 18.♗d2 ♖f8 19.♗xh7 O-O-O 20.♗f5 ♔b8 Lutikov,A (2540)-Ermenkov,E (2520) Jurmala 1978 1-0 (80)

6.♘f3 ♘xe4 7.O-O ♗xc3 8.bxc3 d5 9.♗a3 ♗e6 10.♗d3 g5 11.♘e5 ♘d7 12.♗xe4 dxe4 13.♕h5 h6 14.♖ab1 ♕c7 15.♘xd7 ♕xd7 16.♕e2 f5 17.♖fd1 b5 18.d5 ♗xd5 19.c4 bxc4 20.♕d2 ♔f7 Herud,M (1941)-Schlange,S (2193) Germany 2008 0-1

( Inferior is 6.♗xf4∓) 6...♘xe4 7.O-O (Not 7.♗xf4 d5 8.♗d3 ♕h4 9.g3 ♕h5∓) 7...♘xc3 (7...♘f6 8.♘xf4 d5 9.♗d3⩱) (7...d5!) 8.bxc3 (8.♗xf7 ♔xf7 9.bxc3⩲) 8...♗e7?? simply marches past the door to victory (8...d5 the only rescuing move 9.♗xd5 cxd5 10.cxb4 O-O) 9.♗xf7!!+⁠−9...♔xf7 10.♘xf4 ♔g8 (10...♗f6 does not win a prize 11.♘h5+⁠−) 11.♘h5!11...h6 (11...♕e8 there is nothing else anyway 12.♕e2 h6+⁠−) 12.♕g4!12...♗g5 13.♕e4 ♕e7

13...♗h4 doesn't change the outcome of the game 14.♕g6 ♕e7 15.♗a3 c5 16.♖ae1 ♗f2 17.♖xf2 ♕xe1 18.♖f1 ♕e3 19.♔h1 ♕g5 20.♘f6 ♕xf6 21.♖xf6 d5 22.♕f7 ♔h7 23.♗c1 h5 24.♖h6#

14.♕g6!

14.♕g6 ♗h4 15.♗a3 c5 16.♖ae1 ♗f2 17.♔h1 ♗xe1 18.♘f6 ♕xf6 19.♖xf6 ♗h4 20.♕e8 ♔h7 21.♕e4 ♔g8 22.♕d5 ♔h7 23.♕f5 g6 24.♕xg6#