A nice win with the Polish Opening (Sokolsky)
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on Tue, 03/24/2009 at 5:54pm.
Things were kind of quiet here at chess.com and at queenalice.com, so I ventured to FICS for a live game, G15.My opponent must not have been familiar with the Polish (Sokolsky), as he blundered at move 6.We both missed some better moves, with time pressure not a factor.I managed to pull it together for a win.
As always, comments and questions are welcome! Analysis was done with the aid of Crafty 19.
-Tim
(1) tsanders (1763) - Grizli (1637) [A00]
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 Murdzi 2435-Urban 2446, Gdansk POL 1994 1–0
3.e3 [3.e4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7 5.g3 a5 6.bxa5 Rxa5 7.Qd2 c5 8.Bg2 Qb6 9.c4 Nc6 10.Ne2 0–0 11.0–0 Bg4 12.Nbc3 Rfa8 13.Nd5 Nxd5 14.cxd5 Rb5 15.Bc3 Nd4 16.Bxd4 cxd4 17.f3 Rb2 Liasko,E-Aharon,O/Herzliya ISR 2008/0–1]
3...Bf5 [3...g6 4.c4 Bg7 5.Be2 Ne7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Nc3 h6 8.0–0 f5 9.d4 e4 10.Ne1 c6 11.f3 exf3 12.Bxf3 Nd7 13.Nd3 g5 14.b5 Nb6 15.Qb3 Be6 16.d5 cxd5 17.Nxd5 Bxb2 18.Nxb2 Bulcourf,C-Szmetan,J/Buenos Aires 2002/CBM 90 ext/½–½ (65)]
4.Bd3N 4.Qf3 Bxc2 5.Qxb7 Nd7 6.a3 Ngf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8. Rc1 Swan, Heather - Schwind, Michael, The Great Black Swamp Open Games 2006, Round 4 1–0BTW: This Toledo, Ohio tournament featured Benjamin Finegold. [4.Nf3 Nd7 5.Be2 Be7 6.0–0 Ngf6 7.d3 0–0 8.c4 c5 9.b5 a6 10.Nc3 a5 11.a4 Nb6 12.e4 Be6 13.Ng5 Bd7 14.Nf3 Be6 15.Kh1 Ne8 16.Ng1 Bg5 17.Bc1 Bxc1 18.Qxc1 Qe7 De Kruif,K-Heath,J/Guernsey GCI 2007/½–½]
4...Bxd3 5.cxd3 Nc6 6.b5 Nb4?? gives the opponent counterplay [¹6...Nce7= saving the game] 7.Qb3+- a5 8.a3 c5 9.axb4 axb4 [9...cxb4 10.Nh3+-]
10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Nf3 f6 12.0–0 b6 13.Qe6+ Ne7 14.d4 [¹14.Qxd6 might be the shorter path 14...Qd8 15.Qe6 Qxd3 16.Qxb6 e4+-]
14...Qc8? [14...Qd5 15.Qxd5 Nxd5+-]
15.Qxd6 cxd4 16.exd4 [¹16.Rc1 makes it even easier for White 16...Qa8 17.Qe6 dxe3 18.fxe3 Qd8+-]
16...Nf5 [16...e4 doesn't change anything anymore 17.Ne1 Qc4 18.Qb8+ (‹18.Qxb6 Nc8 19.Qb7 Nd6 20.Qa8+ Kf7+-) 18...Kf7 19.Qa8+- (19.Qxb6?! Qa2 20.d5 Qxb2 21.Qe6+ Kg6+-) ]
17.Qc6+ Qxc6 18.bxc6 Bd6 [18...exd4 a fruitless try to alter the course of the game 19.Nxd4 Nxd4 20.Bxd4+-]
19.dxe5 Bxe5 [19...fxe5 doesn't get the bull off the ice 20.Bxe5 Bxe5 21.Nxe5+-]
20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Bxe5 Ne7 22.Rc1 Kf7 23.c7 Ke6 [23...Rc8 is no salvation 24.d4+-]
24.Bxg7 Rc8 25.Rc4 [¹25.d4 secures victory 25...Ng6 26.Nd2 b3+-]
25...Nd5 26.Rh4 [¹26.f4 it becomes clear that White will call all the shots 26...Rxc7 27.Rxc7 Nxc7 28.g4+-]
26...Rxc7 27.Bb2?? weakening the position [¹27.Bc3!+- would have given White a clear advantage]
27...Rc2= 28.Rh6+ [28.Re4+ Kd7=]
28...Kf5 [¹28...Kd7 29.Rxh7+ Ne7µ]
29.g4+² Kg5 30.Bg7 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Rxb1?? [¹31...Kxg4 was possible 32.h3+ Kf5±]
32.Kf3+- Rb3+ 33.Ke4 Nc3+ [33...Nf4 a last effort to resist the inevitable 34.f3 Ng2 35.Rxb6 h5 36.gxh5 Kxh5 37.Rh6+ Kg5+-]
34.dxc3 bxc3 35.f3 [35.h3 Rb4+ 36.Kf3 Rxg4 37.hxg4 c2 38.Rxb6 h5 39.Bh6+ Kh4 40.Kg2 c1B 41.Bxc1 Kxg4 42.Rb5 h4 43.Rg5#]
35...c2 [35...Rb4+ 36.Ke3 Rxg4 37.fxg4 Kxg4 38.Ke4 Kg5 39.Kf3 Kf5 40.h4 c2 41.Bb2 b5 42.Rf6#] 36.h4# 1–0
(1) tsanders (1763) - Grizli (1637) [A00]
rated standard match Free Internet Chess Server, 24.03.2009
1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 d6 3.e3 Bf5 4.Bd3 Bxd3 5.cxd3 Nc6 6.b5 Nb4 7.Qb3 a5 8.a3 c5 9.axb4 axb4 10.Rxa8 Qxa8 11.Nf3 f6 12.0–0 b6 13.Qe6+ Ne7 14.d4 Qc8 15.Qxd6 cxd4 16.exd4 Nf5 17.Qc6+ Qxc6 18.bxc6 Bd6 19.dxe5 Bxe5 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Bxe5 Ne7 22.Rc1 Kf7 23.c7 Ke6 24.Bxg7 Rc8 25.Rc4 Nd5 26.Rh4 Rxc7 27.Bb2 Rc2 28.Rh6+ Kf5 29.g4+ Kg5 30.Bg7 Rc1+ 31.Kg2 Rxb1 32.Kf3 Rb3+ 33.Ke4 Nc3+ 34.dxc3 bxc3 35.f3 c2 36.h4# Grizli checkmated 1–0