T74 Playoffs: Round 3

Insan996 wins first game in final Championship round! Wild Caro-Kann variation ruled!

GOTW winner! Here is write up from Megasus!

Another Caro-Kann defense ; site says this is a (fantasy) Tartakower, but it really goes down a totally different path. ChessTempo has this as the Maroczy var, denoted by 3. p-f3.. and not the Maroczy Gambit, since dxe4 is declined until move 17 !.. Even odds on either winning or a draw, until move 5 ; B-d3 puts it at 66% draw chances, with no winning chances for W..The line narrows to one response, at move 6 ; Black goes out of system first as his response to B-f4 should have been p-f6. N-d7, and we're OOB... p-e5 for Black ; then W Should have taken the N on h6. But he stopped to pressure Q first, with B-g5. That pushed Q-b6, which was forcing W to protect b2 in some way. W didn't, thinking he would be able to grab the h8 R after BxN BxB QxB, on h6. Making it ok to lose his a1 R. But R-f8 for Black, saves his, and now W's Qside is  compromised.... The Game is basically lost from here, as the extra R for Black plus his white B, 2nd N and Q begin to take  their toll on Qside and the middle. White Q is pushed off to h column, to avoid a Q trade, so it is mostly out of the mix in the middle. Black is able to open up e column next, and W has little defense after the fR comes over to e8 to control it. W has  attacking moves, but nothing of consequence that can slow Black's roll enough. Black wins all the trades inhte middle,  overwhelming it. A 2nd decline by W of a Q Trade, leads to the White K getting separated from his pieces left, and the  mating sequence... 

bookseller (1672) - Insan996 (1704)

Result: 0-1

Site: Internet Chess Club

Date: 2017.11.16

[...] 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 g6 4.c3 ¥g7 5.¥d3 ¤h6 6.¥f4 ¤d7 7.£d2 e5 8.¥g5 £b6 9.¥xh6 ¥xh6 10.£xh6 Poison piece? Black is winning here! 10...£xb2 11.£g7 ¦f8 12.¤e2 £xa1 13.O-O £xa2 14.exd5 £xd5 15.¤d2 £e6 16.¥c4 £f6 17.£h6 exd4 18.¤e4 £e7 19.cxd4 ¤b6 20.¥d3 ¥e6 21.¤g5 O-O-O 22.¦c1 ¥d5 23.¤e4 f5 24.¤c5 Black is in control 24...¦fe8 25.¢f2 ¤d7 26.¤a4 £a3 27.¤ac3 ¤b6 28.£d2 ¤c4 29.£c2 White is done here 29...£b2 30.£d1 £d2 31.¥xc4 £e3 32.¢g3 ¥xc4 33.£a4 ¥xe2 34.¤xe2 £g5 35.¢h3 ¦xe2 36.¦xc6 ¢b8 37.¦a6 And it is over 37...f4 38.¦a5 £h6

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