Wednesday, February 1, 2012

IM Dimakiling vs Sol Cruz

11 comments:

rjsolcruz said...

This month of Feb is the 4th death anniversary of the best friend that I ever had, the Man from Talim - Noel Olvida. This game is for him.

rjsolcruz said...

I was unfamiliar with the opening and I miscalculated and lost a pawn. That was the start of my downfall.

rjsolcruz said...

On 3... Be7:

According to Chessgames.com, the main line is 3... c5 with 2,119 games. I actually considered that move but I am unfamiliar with the Tarrasch set-up, so I decided to play a waiting move, 3... Be7, which is useful in a Q's Gambit Declined. Incidentally, 3... Be7 has only 14 games in the cg db.

rjsolcruz said...

3... c5

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee NED"]
[Date "2008.01.26"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2733"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nc6 12. Qf4 O-O 13. Nce4 Ne8 14. b3 Ra7 15. Bb2 Rd7 16. Rac1 Nc7 17. Nf3 f5 18. Nc3 g5 19. Qd2 g4 20. Ne1 Bg5 21. e3 Rff7 22. Kg1 Ne8 23. Ne2 Nf6 24. Nf4 Qe8 25. Qc3 Rg7 26. b4 Ne4
27. Qb3 Rge7 28. Qa4 Ne5 29. Qxa6 Ra7 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. cxb5 Rxa2 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. Nfd3 Bf6 34. Nxe5+ dxe5 35. Rc2 Rea7 36. Kg2 Ng5 37. Rd6 e4 38. Bxf6 Kxf6 39. Kf1 Ra1 40. Ke2 Rb1 41. Rd1 Rxb4 42. Ng2 Rxb5 43. Nf4 Rc5 44. Rb2 b5 45. Kf1 Rac7 46. Rbb1 Rb7 47. Rb4 Rc4 48. Rb2 b4 49. Rdb1 Nf3 50. Kg2 Rd7 51. h3 e5 52. Ne2 Rd2 53. hxg4 fxg4 54. Rxd2 Nxd2 55. Rb2 Nf3 56. Kf1 b3 57. Kg2 Rc2 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1953.??.??"]
[White "Svetozar Gligoric"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 O-O 9. Rd1 Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb8 11. Qxb8 Raxb8 12. Bf4 Rbc8 13. Bd6 Bxd6 14. Rxd6 Ne7 15. Ne5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Nf5 17. Rd2 d6 18. e4 Nxg3 19. hxg3 dxe5 20. b3 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kf8 23. f3 Ke7 24. Kf2 h5 25. Ke3 g5 26. Rh2 Rd8 27. Rh1 g4 28. fxg4 Nxg4+ 29. Ke2 Nf6 30. Ke3 Rd4 31. Rf1 Ng4+ 32. Ke2 Kf8 33. Rf3 Kg7 34. Rd3 Kf6 35. Rxd4 exd4 36. Nb5 Ke5 37. Nxa7 Kxe4 38. Nc8 d3+ 39. Kd2 Kd4 40. c5 bxc5 41. Nd6 Ne5 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Candidates"]
[Site "Zurich"]
[Date "1953.10.13"]
[White "Paul Keres"]
[Black "Vasily Smyslov"]
[ECO "A17"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.e3 Be7 5.b3 O-O 6.Bb2 b6 7.d4 cxd4 8.exd4 d5 9.Bd3 Nc6 10.O-O Bb7 11.Rc1 Rc8 12.Re1 Nb4 13.Bf1 Ne4 14.a3 Nxc3 15.Rxc3 Nc6 16.Ne5 Nxe5 17.Rxe5 Bf6 18.Rh5 g6 19.Rch3 dxc4 20.Rxh7 c3 21.Qc1 Qxd4 22.Qh6 Rfd8 23.Bc1 Bg7 24.Qg5 Qf6 25.Qg4 c2 26.Be2 Rd4 27.f4 Rd1+ 28.Bxd1 Qd4+ 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "World Ch Russia"]
[Date "1963.01.12"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Mikhail Botvinnik"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.e3 d5 5.d4 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5
Bd6 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.O-O O-O 10.b3 Be6 11.Bb2 Qe7 12.Ne2 Rac8 13.a3 Rfd8 14.Ned4 Bg4 15.Be2 Ne4 16.Qd3 Bd6 17.g3 Nc5 18.Qb1 Ne4 19.Qd3 Nc5 20.Qd1 Ne6 21.Re1 Bc5 22.Nxc6 bxc6 23.b4 Bb6 24.Qa4 Qe8 25.Rad1 f6 26.Rd2 Qh5 27.Qd1 c5 28.Nd4 Bxe2 29.Qxe2 Qxe2 30.Nxe2 Ng5 31.Kg2 Ne4 32.Rdd1 cxb4 33.axb4 Rc2 34.Bd4 Bxd4 35.Rxd4 Rb2 36.h4 Rc8 37.Rxd5 Rcc2 38.Kf3 Nd2+ 39.Kg2 Ne4 40.Kf3 Nd2+ 41.Kg2 1/2-1/2

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Malta"]
[Date "1980.??.??"]
[White "L Shamkovich"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D32"]

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 e6 4.e3 Nc6 5.d4 d5 6.a3 cxd4 7.exd4 Be7 8.Bg5 O-O 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Nd5 11.Bxe7 Ncxe7 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.O-O b6 14.Qa4 Nf4 15.Qc6 Rb8 16.Qe4 Qf6 17.Bd3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bb7 19.Ne5 Rfd8 20.Rad1 Qg5 21.Qg3 Qxg3 22.hxg3 Rbc8 23.Rd2 f6 24.Nf3 Rc4 25.Rfd1 h5 26.Ne1 Be4 27.f3 Bf5 28.Kf2 Rd5 29.Ke3 g5 30.Ra1 Rb5 31.b4 Rd5 32.Raa2 Rc3+ 33.Ke2 Bb1 34.Rab2 Bg6 35.Nc2 Rd7 36.Ra2 Rc4 37.b5 Kg7 38.Ke3 Rd5 39.Rb2 Be8 40.Kf2 Rxb5 41.Rxb5 Bxb5 42.d5 exd5 43.Ne3 Rc5 44.Nxd5 Bc4 45.Nc3 Be6 46.Ne4 Ra5 47.Rd3 Bf5 48.Ke3 Ra4 49.Rc3 Bxe4
50.fxe4 Kf7 51.Rd3 b5 52.Kf3 Ke6 53.Rc3 Rc4 54.Rd3 Rc2 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "It (cat.17)"]
[Site "Amsterdam (Netherlands)"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[White "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[Black "Veselin Topalov"]
[ECO "A15"]

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O d6 7.b3 Nbd7 8.Bb2 Be7 9.d4 O-O 10.d5 exd5 11.Nh4 g6 12.cxd5 Ne8 13.f4 Nc7 14.e4 b5 15.e5 f5 16.a4 b4 17.Nb5 Nxb5 18.axb5 Qb6 19.Re1 Qxb5 20.Bf1 Qb6 21.Bc4 Qd8 22.exd6 Bf6 23.Qd2 Bxb2 24.Qxb2 Qf6 25.Qf2 Nb6 26.Rad1 Rfe8 27.Rxe8+ Rxe8 28.Qxc5 Qc3 29.Ng2 Re2 30.d7 Nxd7 31.Qb5 Rxg2+ 32.Kxg2 Qc2+ 33.Be2 Nb6 34.Kf2 Kg7 35.d6 Bc6 36.Qxb4 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "Amber-rapid 9th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2000.03.16"]
[White "Joel Lautier"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "A30"]

1.c4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.g3 b6 5.Bg2 Bb7 6.O-O Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 O-O 9.Rd1 Nc6 10.Qf4 Qb8 11.e4 d6 12.b3 a6 13.Qe3 b5 14.cxb5 axb5 15.Bb2 Ra5 16.Rac1 Ba8 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.Nxc6 Bxc6 19.Nd5 Bxd5 20.exd5 e5 21.a3 b4 22.Rxc8+ Qxc8 23.axb4 Ra2 24.Qc3 Qf5 25.Rc1 g6 26.h3 Bd8 27.Ra1 Bb6 28.Bf3 Bd4 0-1

rjsolcruz said...

[Event "20th Amber Tournament (Blindfold)"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2011.03.17"]
[White "Vassily Ivanchuk"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2815"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. e4 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3 Bb7 9. f3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. O-O Bd6 13. Kh1 Nc6 14. Ndb5 axb5 15. Nxb5 Bxh2 16. Nxc7 Bxc7 17. c5 bxc5 18. Rxc5 d5 19. Rxc6 Bxc6 20. Qc1 Be5 21. f4 Bxb2 22. Qxb2 Nxe4 23. Rc1 Rab8 24. Qe5 Be8 25. Bd3 Rb3 26. Bd4 f6 27. Qxe6+ Bf7 28. Qa6 h5 29. Rc7 1-0