Saturday, May 12, 2012

Tapia vs Ruaya

5 comments:

rjsolcruz said...

[White "Tapia, Jayson Levin"]
[Black "Ruaya, Virgenie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D63"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 h6 8. Bh4 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Nd5 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ng6 15. f4 Nf6 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

The opening moves of kiddy players Tapia and Ruaya were similar to the moves played by two World Champions,

[Event "Zurich"]
[Date "1934.??.??"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Alexander Alekhine"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "D67"]

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 O-O 7.Rc1 c6 8.Bd3 dxc4 9.Bxc4 Nd5 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.Ne4 N5f6 12.Ng3 e5 13.O-O exd4 14.Nf5 Qd8 15.N3xd4 Ne5 16.Bb3 Bxf5 17.Nxf5 Qb6 18.Qd6 Ned7 19.Rfd1 Rad8 20.Qg3 g6 21.Qg5 Kh8 22.Nd6 Kg7 23.e4 Ng8 24.Rd3 f6 25.Nf5+ Kh8 26.Qxg6 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

Chessgames.com classifies this Alekhine vs Lasker game as Q's Gambit, Orthodox Defense, Alekhine Variation.

rjsolcruz said...

Two other World Champions opened the game similarly, in the celebrated Match of the Century,

[Event "WCh"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "1972.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Robert James Fischer"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D59"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Bb5 a6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Be2 Nd7 18. Nd4 Qf8 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. e4 d4 21. f4 Qe7 22. e5 Rb8 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Qh3 Nf8 25. b3 a5 26. f5 exf5 27. Rxf5 Nh7 28. Rcf1 Qd8 29. Qg3 Re7 30. h4 Rbb7 31. e6 Rbc7 32. Qe5 Qe8 33. a4 Qd8 34. R1f2 Qe8 35. R2f3 Qd8 36. Bd3 Qe8 37. Qe4 Nf6 38. Rxf6 gxf6 39. Rxf6 Kg8 40. Bc4 Kh8 41. Qf4 1-0

rjsolcruz said...

Another pair of World Champions opened similarly,

[Event "World Ch"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1966.01.03"]
[Round "2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[White "Petrosian"]
[Black "Boris Spassky"]
[ECO "D59"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Rc1 Be6 12. Qa4 c5 13. Qa3 Rc8 14. Be2 a5 15. O-O Na6 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ne2 a4 20. Rfd1 Qd6 21. Rd2 Be6 22. h3 Rc7 23. Nf4 c4 24. Qxd6 Rxd6 25.Ne2 a3 26. bxa3 Bf5 27. Nc3 Rcd7 28.Rd4 Kf8 29. f3 Ke7 30. Rcd1 Be6 31. Rb1 Ra6 32. a4 Kd6 33. Kf2 Kc5 34. Rd2 Ra5 35. Ke2 Bf5 36. e4 dxe4 37.fxe4 Rxd2+ 38. Kxd2 Bd7 39. Rb7 Kc6 40. Rb8 Kc5 41. Rf8 Be6 42. Rb8 Bd7 43. Rb7 Kc6 44. Rb2 Kc5 45. Ke3 Ra7 46. Rd2 Bc6 47. g4 Rb7 48. Rf2 Rd7 49. Rd2 Rb7 50. h4 f6 1/2-1/2