Sunday, July 29, 2018

 Round 5: nealbruce takes apart the Sicilian Defense!

nealbruce (1653) - walkover (1712)

Result: 1-0
Site: Internet Chess Club
Date: 2018.07.22
[...] 1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 £xd5 4.d4 e6 5.¤f3 ¤f6 6.¥e2 ¤c6 7.¥e3 cxd4 8.cxd4 ¥e7 9.O-O O-O 10.¤c3 £d6 11.h3 b6 12.¦c1 ¥b7 13.£d2 ¦ac8 14.¦fd1 ¤d5 15.¤xd5 £xd5 16.¥c4 £h5 17.¥e2 £d5 18.a3 ¥f6 19.¥c4 Continuing the Q chase and development! 19...£h5 20.b4 ¦fd8 21.d5 exd5 22.¥xd5 ¦e8? Better to keep pressure on white Q... 23.¥g5 £g6 24.¥xf6 £xf6 25.¤g5 ¦f8
25...¤d8 is much better for Black 26.¤xf7 ¦xc1 27.¤xd8 ¥xd5 28.£xd5 ¢h8 29.¦xc1 ¦xd8 30.£c6 £f4 31.¦e1 h6
26.¤e4 £e5 It's all over with this move 27.¤d6!27...£xd6??28.¥xf7 ¢xf7 29.£xd6 ¦fd8 30.£f4 ¢g8 31.¦xd8 ¦xd8 32.£c4 ¢h8 33.£f7 ¤d4 34.¦c7
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T77: Highlights

Here is a nice little French defense R4...

andrew37 (1623) - fireball (1571)

Result: 0-1
Site: Internet Chess Club
Date: 2018.07.13
[...] 1.e4 e6 2.¤f3 d5 3.exd5 exd5 4.d4 ¤f6 5.¥d3 ¥d6 6.O-O O-O 7.c3 ¥g4 8.¥e3 ¤bd7 9.¤bd2 ¦e8 10.h3 ¥h5 11.£c2 ¥g6 12.¦ae1 ¤e4 13.c4 c6 14.c5 ¥c7 15.b4 f5 16.¤b1 ¤df6 Black has a strong attack here 17.¤h4 f4 18.¤xg6 hxg6 19.¥c1 g5 20.¥xe4
20.¤d2 g4 21.hxg4 ¤xg4 22.¥xe4 ¦xe4 23.¦xe4 If white takes with N - it's all over! (23.¤xe4 £h4 Best for White is this ) 23...dxe4 24.£xe4 ¤f6 25.£e6 ¢f8 26.¦e1 £e8 27.£xe8 ¦xe8
20...dxe4 21.£c4 ¢h8 22.¤c3 £d7 23.a4 f3 24.¥xg5 fxg2 25.¢xg2! This wins 25...£f5 26.¥xf6 £f3 27.¢g1 gxf6 28.¦e3 ¦g8
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