Sunday, 2 February 2020

How to play the KID against fianchetto line.

Nento, Rusdin (1989) - Prakash, Om (2430)

Result: 0-1
Site: ICCF
Date: 2019.12.15
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[...] 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤f3 ¥g7 4.g3 c6!?5.¥g2 d5 6.b3 O-O 7.O-O ¥f5 8.¥b2 ¤bd7 9.¤bd2 b5!?10.¤e5 £b6N11.c5 £c7 12.¤df3 a5 13.¤d3 ¦fe8 14.¦e1 h5!?15.h3 ¤e4 16.£c1? (16.a3 e6 17.e3 a4 18.b4³) 16...a4 17.b4 ¤f8 18.a3 ¦ad8 19.¤h4 e6 20.£e3 f6! Controlling the e5 square. 21.¦ad1 ¦e7 22.¥c1?22...g523.¤xf5 exf5 24.£f3 £d7!?25.£xh5 ¥h8 With the idea 26...Rh726.£f3 ¦h7 27.¥d2 g4 28.£e3 gxh3 29.¥xe4 fxe4 30.¤f4 ¦e8 31.¢h2 f5 32.¦g1 ¥f6 33.¥c1 ¦ee7 34.f3 ¥g5 35.£f2 ¦hg7 36.¤h5 e3!37.£f1 ¦h7 38.f4 ¦xh5 39.£f3 ¦hh7 40.fxg5 ¤g6 41.¥xe3 ¦e4 42.¥c1 ¦he7 43.e3 ¦f7 44.¦df1 ¦g4 45.£d1 ¤f8 46.g6 ¤xg6 47.¦f3 £e6 48.£c2 £e4!49.£xe4 dxe4 50.¦f2 ¤e7 51.¦gf1 ¦fg7 52.¦g1 ¦7g5 53.¦ff1 ¦h5 54.¦f2 ¤d5 55.¦gf1 ¦gg5 56.¥d2 ¤f6 57.¦e2 ¦h7 58.¥c3 ¤g4 59.¢h1 ¦d7 60.¥d2 ¢f7 61.¦c1 ¢e6 62.¥c3 ¤f6 63.¦g1 ¢d5 64.¥e1 ¦dg7 65.¥f2 ¤g4
65...¦5g6 66.¢h2 ¤g4 67.¢xh3 ¢c4 68.¢g2 ¢b3 69.d5 ¢xa3 70.d6 ¦h6 71.¦b1 ¦h2 72.¢f1 ¤xf2 73.¦bb2 ¤g4 74.¦xh2 ¤xh2 75.¦xh2 ¢xb4 76.¦b2 ¢xc5 77.¦d2 ¦d7 78.¦f2 a3 79.¦xf5 ¢xd6 80.¢e2 ¦h7 81.¦f6 (81.¢d2)
65...¢c4 66.d5 ¢xd5 67.¦d2 ¢e5 68.¥e1 ¤d5 69.¥f2 ¦d7 70.¦gd1 ¦gg7 71.¥e1 ¢e6
66.¦c1 h2 67.¦f1 (67.¥e1 ¦h5 68.¥d2 ¦h3 69.¦g2) 67...¤xf2!!
67...f4!! This move wins too. 68.exf4 (68.gxf4 ¦h5 69.¥e1 ¦h3 70.¦ff2 ¤xf2 71.¥xf2 ¢c4°) 68...¤xf2 69.¦exf2 ¦xg3 70.f5
70.¢xh2 ¦xa3 71.f5 ¦f7 72.f6 ¦d3 73.¢g2 ¢xd4 74.¦f4 a3 75.¦4f2 ¦b3 76.¦d2 ¢c4 77.¦c1 ¢xb4 78.¦d4 ¢a5 79.¦xe4 ¦xf6
70...¦xa3 71.¢xh2 ¦f7 72.¦f4 ¦b3 73.¦g4 ¦xb4 74.¦g8 ¦xd4 75.¦a8 ¦d3 76.¦d8 ¢c4 77.¦e8 ¢d4°
68.¦fxf2
68.¦exf2 ¦xg3 69.¦xf5 ¢c4 70.¦f6 ¢b3 71.¦1f4 ¦xe3 72.¦xc6 ¢xa3 73.¢xh2 ¢xb4 74.¦a6 ¢c4 75.c6 ¢xd4
68...¦xg3 69.¦xf5 ¢c4 And the pawn falls and the game.
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Thursday, 18 January 2018

How Not to play Against Sicilian

Wolfgang, Mai (1949) - Prakash, Om (2381)

Result: 0-1
Site: ICCF
Date: 2017.06.30
[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 e5 7.¤b3 ¥e6 8.f3 h5 9.¤d5 ¥xd5 10.exd5 ¤bd7 11.¥e2 g6 12.£d2 ¥g7 13.O-O b6 A common Sicillian book position 14.a4 O-O 15.c4 ¤c5 16.¦a3?
16.£c2!16...¦b8!17.¤d2 a5 18.¦ae1 ¤fd7 19.¤e4 ¤xe4 20.fxe4 ¢h7³ (20...¤c5 21.¥d1 ¢h7)
16...a5 17.£c2 ¤fd7 18.f4 (18.g4) 18...f5³19.fxe5 (19.¢h1) 19...¥xe5 20.¤d4 £f6 21.£d1 ¦ae8 22.¦f3? (White should try 22.¢h1³) 22...£h4!23.¦h3 £f6 24.b3?? The game is beyond retrievable after this move. (White should play 24.¥f3³) (24.¦a2!?24...¦f7 25.b3 ¤e4µ) 24...f4 With initiative Black is really pushing. 25.¦f3[#]? (25.¥f2 is the only way for White.) 25...g5!!26.¤c6?? (26.¤e6 ¤xe6 27.dxe6 £xe6 28.¥f2µ) 26...g4!27.¦f2 ¤e4 28.¤xe5 £xe5 29.¥d4 ¤xf2 30.¢xf2 g3 31.hxg3 fxg3 32.¢e1 £g5 33.¦a2 £f4 34.¦c2 ¦e4 35.¥g1 ¤e5 Black mates. 36.¦c3 h4 37.¥xb6 h3 38.gxh3 g2 39.¥g1 ¦e8 Its mate in 9 now. White Resigns. 40....
40.¦g3 £xg3 41.¢d2 ¦xe2 42.£xe2 ¤f3 43.¢d1 ¦xe2 44.¢xe2 ¤xg1 45.¢d2 ¤f3 46.¢c3 g1=£ 47.b4 ¤d4 48.¢b2 £b3#
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Friday, 8 July 2016

The Kings Indian Defense...

Reutov, Valery Vladimirovich (2203) - Prakash, Om (2353)

Result: 0-1
Site: ICCF
Date: 2015.10.01
[...] 1.d4 ¤f6 2.c4 g6 3.¤c3 ¥g7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.¥e3 e5 7.d5 ¤a6 8.¥d3 ¤c5 9.¥c2 a5 10.£d2 ¤fd7 11.¤ge2 f5 12.exf5 gxf5 13.O-O-O e4 14.f4 exf3 15.gxf3 ¤e5 16.¥f2 f4 17.¤d4 ¤xc4 18.£e2 ¤e3 19.¥xe3 fxe3 20.£xe3 ¢h8 21.¢b1 ¥d7 22.¦hg1 ¦f7 23.¤e4 £e7 24.£d2 ¤xe4 25.¥xe4 £f6 26.£c3 a4 27.£xc7 a3 28.£xb7 ¦a4 29.b4 ¥xh3 30.£b5 ¥d7 31.£b8 ¦f8 32.£b6 ¦aa8 33.£c7 ¦fb8 34.£xd7 ¦xb4 35.¢c2 ¦c4 36.¢b3 ¦xd4 37.£xg7 £xg7 38.¦xg7 ¦xd1 39.¦xh7 ¢g8 40.¦h2 ¢g7 41.¢c3 ¦c1 42.¢d4 ¦a1 43.¥d3 ¦b8 44.¦c2 ¢f8 45.f4 ¦b4 46.¥c4 ¢g7 47.¢c3 ¦b8 48.¦e2 ¦c1 49.¢d3 ¦b4 50.¥b3 ¦h1 51.¢c3 ¦xf4 52.¦e3 ¦hh4 53.¥c2 ¦c4 54.¢b3 ¦c5 55.¦e2 ¦hc4 56.¥d1 ¦c1 57.¦d2 ¦1c3 58.¢b4 ¦5c4 59.¢b5 ¦f4 60.¥b3 ¦c5 61.¢a6 ¦b4 62.¦d1 ¢f6 63.¦e1 ¢f5 64.¦e3 ¦c7 65.¢a5 ¦b8 66.¢a6 ¢f4 67.¦h3 ¦cb7 68.¦h4 ¢g5
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Saturday, 20 February 2016

Slow And Steady Wins The Race.

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Aleemuddin, Mohammed

Result: 1-0
Site: AICCF
Date: 2015.12.23
B80: Sicilian Scheveningen: 6 g3 and 6 Be3, including English Attack
[...] 1.e4 c5 2.¤f3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.¤xd4 ¤f6 5.¤c3 a6 6.¥e3 e6 7.f3 b5 8.£d2 ¥b7 9.a3
9.¥d3 ¤bd7 10.O-O ¥e7 11.b4 ¦c8 12.¦fb1 £c7 13.¤de2 O-O 14.a4 bxa4 15.¦xa4 ¤b6 16.¦aa1 d5 17.b5 a5 18.exd5 ¥b4 19.dxe6 ¤c4 20.¥xc4 £xc4 21.¥d4 ¦fd8 22.exf7 ¢xf7 23.¦a4 ¦xd4 Pessoa,F (2407)-Schulze,M (2336) IECG email 2006 1/2-1/2 (32)
9.¥e2 ¤c6 10.a4 ¤xd4 11.¥xd4 e5 12.¥f2 b4 13.¤d5 ¤xd5 14.exd5 £a5 15.¥c4 ¥e7 16.O-O O-O 17.¦ae1 ¦ae8 18.f4 ¥f6 19.f5 ¥c8 20.¥e3 g6 21.¦f2 gxf5 22.¥h6 £c5 23.b3 f4 Sabbatini,G (1967)-Petruzzelli,R (2038) ICCF email 2011 1/2-1/2 (67)
9...¤bd7 10.O-O-O
10.¥e2 d5 11.exd5 ¤xd5 12.¤xd5 ¥xd5 13.O-O ¥d6 14.¤f5 ¥e5 15.¤d4 O-O 16.¦ad1 ¤f6 17.b3 ¦c8 18.¦c1 £d6 19.c4 ¥xh2 20.¢h1 bxc4 21.bxc4 ¥a8 22.c5 £g3 23.¥f2 £e5 24.¥e3 £h5 Cobb,C-Suc,T IECC email 2000 0-1
10...¥e7 11.g4 ¤b6 12.¢b1 O-O (12...¦c8 13.h4) 13.h4 ¤fd7 14.g5 White gets more space 14...¤e5 15.£e1 ¤ec4 16.¥c1 £c7 17.b3 ¤e5 18.¥b2 ¤c6 19.¤xc6 ¥xc6 20.h5 ¥xg5 21.£g3 ¥h6 22.¦g1 (22.£xd6?!22...£xd6 23.¦xd6 ¦ac8) (22.¦xd6 is much worse 22...¤c8 23.e5 ¤xd6 24.exd6 £a7µ) 22...f6 23.£xd6 (Not 23.¦xd6 ¤c8 24.¦xe6 £xg3 25.¦xg3 ¥d7) 23...£xd6 24.¦xd6 ¥e3 25.¥h3!! (25.¦xc6?!25...¥xg1 26.¥h3 e5) 25...¥xg1 26.¥xe6 ¢h8 27.¦xc6 ¦ab8 28.h6 ¥h2 29.hxg7 ¢xg7 30.¤e2 ¤a8 31.¥g4 (31.¦xa6?!31...¤c7 32.¦a7 ¦a8 33.¦xa8 ¦xa8) 31...¦b6 32.¦c5 ¥d6 33.¦g5 ¢h8 34.¦h5 ¦b7 35.¤d4 ¤c7 36.¤f5 White threatens to win material: Nf5xd6 (36.¥f5 ¤e8 37.f4 ¦e7±) 36...¥e5 37.¤e7 ¥xb2 38.¤g6 ¢g7 39.¤xf8 ¥xa3 40.¤d7 ¥b4 41.¥f5 h6 42.¦h2 ¥c3 43.¦g2 ¢f7 44.e5 ¥xe5 45.¥g6 ¢e7 46.¥e4 ¢xd7 47.¥xb7 ¢e6 48.¦g6 ¥f4 49.¦g4 ¢f5 50.¥c8 ¢e5 51.b4 f5 52.¦g8 ¥d2 53.¦f8 f4 (53...¥xb4!?54.¦xf5 ¢d4±) 54.¦f7+⁠−54...¤d5 55.¢b2 ¤xb4 (55...¥xb4 56.¦f5 ¢d4 57.¥b7+⁠−) 56.¦e7+⁠−56...¢d4 57.¦e2 ¥c3 58.¢b3 ¤d5 59.¥xa6 ¢c5?? Black prepares the advance b4. a blunder in a bad position (59...b4 60.¦e4 ¢c5+⁠−) 60.¥b7 b4
60...¥g7 doesn't change the outcome of the game 61.¦e6 ¤e3 62.c3+⁠−
61.¥xd5 ¢xd5 62.¦e4 ¥d2 63.¦e7 ¥c3 64.¦f7 ¢d4 (64...¢e6 no good, but what else? 65.¦h7 ¥d2+⁠−) 65.¦xf4 ¢e3 (65...¢e5 66.¦h4 ¥d2+⁠−) 66.¦h4 ¢xf3 67.¦xh6
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