Friday, December 12, 2008

CHRISTMAS CUP: SANTIAGO

Jonas SANTIAGO vs Junior SOL CRUZ
Christmas Cup, R2
MERALCO, Pasig City

1 d4 d5 2 Nc3 e6 3 a3 Nc6 4 g3 Nf6 5 Bg2 g6 6 Bg5 Bg7 7 Nf3 O-O
MASTERING THE CHESS OPENINGS, "One of the most important guidelines in chess is to protect your King from harm."

8 O-O a6 9 Qd2 Qd6 10 Bh6

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10 ... e5?
BETTER CHESS, "When you don't know what to do, move a piece that you haven't move for a long time."

11 dxe5 Nxe5 12 NxN QxN 13 BxB KxB 14 Rad1 Be6?
THE IDEAS BEHIND THE CHESS OPENINGS, "Always try to maintain at least one pawn in the center."

15 b4 Rad8 16 e3 Ne4 17 NxN dxN 18 Qe2 Qf5

19 h4 Qg4 20 QxQ BxQ 21 RxR RxR 22 Bxe4
Junior lost a pawn.

22 ... Be2 23 re1 Rd1? 24 RxR BxR 25 Bxb7 Bxc2 26 Bxa6
Junior lost another pawn.

26 ... Kf6
THINK LIKE A GRANDMASTER, "Bring the King as quickly as possible to the center of the board."

27 f4 Ke6 28 Bb5 Kd5 29 Be8 f6 30 Kf2 Kc4 31 Ke2 Kb3 32 Kd2 Bf5 33 Bf7+ Kxa3 34 Kc3

34 ... Bd7???

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