W: NM Roland PEREZ
B: Rolly SOL CRUZ
3rd SOL CRUZ MEMORIAL CUP
1 d4 d5 2 c4 c6 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 Nc3 e6 5 e3 Nbd7 6 Qc2
In opening theory, this Q move is known as the STOLTZ VARIATION which is second in popularity [2,485 games played] to 6 Bd3 [2,963].
6 ... Bd6
This is the standard continuation, played 2,204 times in 2,485 games in the Chessgames.com database. Three World Champions preferred this move; Kasparov, Kramnik and Anand.
7 Bd2
In Karpov-Kasparov World Championship 1984, W played 7 e4, in Karpov-Kamsky World Championship 1996, W continued with 7 Be2, and in Karpov-Anand World Championship 1998, W proceeded with 7 Bd3.
7... e5
The usual reply to the not so popular 7 Bd2 is 7... O-O, 125 times in 139 games, as in Vladimirov-Antoshin in Alekhine Memorial 1963, Leon-Shumiakina in Capablanca Memorial 1991, Belozerov-Goloshchapov in Geller Memorial 1999, Eliseev-Skatchkov in Petrov Memorial 2002, and Arencibia-Perez in Torre Memorial 2006.
8 cxd5 cxd5
RYBKA: 8... Nxd5!? 9 Nxd5 cxd5 10 dxe5 Nxe5
9 Nb5 Qb6 10 Nd6+ Qxd6 11 dxe5 Nxe5 12 Nxe5 Qxe5 13 Bc3 Qg5
RYBKA: 13... Qe6 14 Bb5+ Bd7 15 Bxd7+ Qxd7 16 Bxf6 gxf6 17 Qc3
14 Qa4+ Bd7 15 Qa3 Ne4 16 Bd4 Qf5?
RYBKA: Better is 16... Rc8 17 h4 Qg4
17 f3 Nf6 18 Bd3 Qg5 19 O-O Bh3 20 Rf2 Rc8? 21 Kh1 Bf5 22 Bb5+ Nd7 23 Qd6 a6? 24 Ba4 Be6?
RYBKA: Better is 24... Qg6 25 Qe5+ Be6 26 Qxg7 Rg8 27 Qxg6 hxg6 +-
25 f4 Qf5 26 h3 h5??
RYBKA: Better is 26... b5 27 Qxa6 O-O 28 bxb5 Nf6 +-
27 Bxg7 Rg8 28 Bd4 Qe4 29 Kh2 Rg6 30 Qe5 [1/2-1/2].
12 comments:
[Event "Linares"]["2009.02.19"]
[White "Magnus Carlsen"]
[Black "Viswanathan Anand"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Nxg4 8. Rg1 Qf6 9. Rxg4 Qxf3 10. Rxg7 Nf6 11. h3 Qf5 12. Qxf5 exf5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Nb5 Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Bxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ke7 17. Bd3 Be6 18. Nc7 Rag8 19. Nxe6 Kxe6 20. Rxg8
Nxg8 21. Ke2 Ne7 22. Kf3 Rc8 23. a4 Rc7 24. a5 h6 25. h4 Kf6 26. h5 Nc8 27. Kf4 Nd6 28. Rg1 Rc8 29. f3 Ke6 30. Rg7 Rh8 31. Bc2 Rc8 32. Bb3 Rh8 33. Rg1 Rc8 34. Rg7 Rh8 35. Rg2 Rc8 36. Rg1 Ne8 37. e4 fxe4 38. fxe4 Nf6 39. e5 Ne4 40. Ke3 b6 41. axb6 axb6 42. Kd3 Nf2+ 43. Ke2 Ne4 44. Ke3 f6 45. Rg6 Rc1
46. Rxh6 Rh1 47. Bc2 Rh3+ 48. Kf4 Rh4+ 49. Kf3 Nd2+ 50. Ke2 Rh2+ 51. Kd1 Nc4 52. Rxf6+ Ke7 53. Bg6 Rd2+ 54. Kc1 Rxd4 55. b3 Nxe5 56. Rxb6 Rh4 57. Bf5 Nf3 58. h6 Nd4 59. h7 Nxf5 60. Rb8 Nd4 61. Kb2 Kd6 62. h8=Q Rxh8 63. Rxh8 Kc5 64. Rh5 Nc6
65. Rh4 Nb4 66. Ka3 d4 67. Rh5+ Nd5 68. Kb2 Kc6 69. Ka3 Kc5 70. Rh4 Nb4 71. Rh8 Nc6 72. Rh5+ Kd6 73. b4 d3 74. Rh3 Ne5 75. Kb3 d2 76. Kc2 Nc6 77. Rh4 Kd5 1-0
[Event "Corus"][Date "2009.01.31"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Magnus Carlsen"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 b6 7.Bd3 Bb7 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 c5 10.Rd1 Qc8 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Bxd5 13.Bxd5 Nxd5 14.Rxd5 Be7 15.e4 O-O 16.Bg5 Re8 17.Rad1 Nf8 18.Qc4 Qe6 19.b3 h6 20.Bf4 Ng6 21.Bg3 Bf8 22.Nd2 Ne7 23.Rd3 Nc6 24.Qxe6 Rxe6 25.a4 a6 26.f3 b5 27.Bf2 Rc8 28.axb5 axb5
29.Nf1 Nb4 30.Rc3 Ra6 31.Ne3 Ra3 32.Be1 Nc6 33.Rb1 Rca8 34.Kf1
Nd4 35.Rd3 Ra2 36.b4 R8a3 37.Rbd1 Ne6 38.bxc5 Bxc5 39.Rxa3 Rxa3 40.Nd5 Rb3 41.h4 b4 42.f4 Rb2 43.f5 Nd4 44.Bxb4 Bxb4 45.Rxd4 Rb1+ 46.Ke2 Rb2+ 47.Kf3 Be1 48.h5 Rf2+ 49.Ke3 Rxg2 50.Ra4 Bh4 51.Ra8+ Kh7 52.Rf8 Bg5+ 53.Kf3 Rh2 54.Rxf7 Kg8 55.Ra7 Rxh5 56.e5 Rh3+ 57.Ke4 Rh1 58.e6 Re1+ 59.Kd4 h5 60.Kc5 Re5 61.f6 Bxf6 62.Kd6 Rf5 63.Nxf6+ Rxf6 64.Kd7 h4 65.e7 Rf7
66.Kd8 Kh7 67.Ra6 1-0
[Event "Amber Tournament (Rapid)"]
["Nice FRA"]["2009.03.17"]
[White "Wang Yue"]
[Black "Vladimir Kramnik"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nxd2 a6 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nfxg4 16. O-O Rc8 17. Qd1 Nf6 18. N2f3 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nd7 20. Kh1 Qf6
21. Rg1 Nc5 22. Rc1 Ne6 23. Nxe6 Rxc1 24. Qxc1 Qxf3+ 25. Rg2 fxe6 26. Kg1 e5 27. Qc2 Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. e4 dxe4 30. Rg4 Kf7 31. Rxe4 Ke6 32. Rb4 b5 33. Rh4 h6 34. Rh3 e4 35. Rc3 Kd5 36. b4 Rf3 37. Rc7 Ra3 38. Rxg7 Rxa2 39. Rh7 Kc4 40. Rxh6 Kxb4 41. h4 a5 42. h5 a4 43. Re6 Rc2 44. h6 a3 45. Rxe4+ Kb3
46. Re3+ Kb2 47. h7 Rc8 48. Re2+ Kb3 49. Re3+ Ka4 0-1
["4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
["Nakchik RUS"]["2009.04.16"]
[White "Levon Aronian"]
[Black "Vladimir Akopian"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 b6 8. Bb2 a5 9. a3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 axb4 13. axb4 Bb7 14. h3 bxc5 15. bxc5 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 Ra8 17. Qd1 Rxa1 18. Qxa1 h6 19. Qa4 Bd8 20. Na2 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Bxa5 22. Bc3 Bc7 23. Nd2 Kf8 24. Nb3 Ke7 25. Ba5 Kd8 26. Nb4 Nb8
27. Kf1 Bxa5 28. Nxa5 Kc7 29. Ke2 Bc8 30. Nb3 Ng8 31. f3 Ne7 32. e4 dxe4 33. fxe4 Nd7 34. Ke3 Bb7 35. Bc4 Nf6 36. Nd2 Nd7 37. Ba2 Kd8 38. Nc4 Nc8 39. Bb3 Kc7 40. e5 f6 41. Nd3 Ba6 42. Nf4 Nf8 43. Nd6 Kd7 44. Nh5 fxe5 45. dxe5 Ne7 46. g3 g5 47. Nf6+ Kc7 48. Nf7 Bf1 49. Nxh6 Bxh3 50. Ne4 g4 51. Kd4 Bg2
52. Nf6 Bd5 53. Bd1 Bf3 54. Bc2 Kd8 55. Ne4 Nd5 56. Nf2 Ne7 57. Bd3 Kc7 58. Be4 Bxe4 59. Kxe4 Nd7 60. Nd3 Nd5 61. Nxg4 Kd8 62. Nh2 Nc3+ 63. Ke3 Nd5+ 64. Kd4 Ne7 65. Ke4 Ng6 66. Nf3 Ke7 67. Nd4 Nb8 68. Kf3 Kf7 69. Kg4 Ne7 70. Kh5 Nf5 71. Ne2 Ne3 72. g4 Nd5 73. g5 Nd7 74. g6+ Kg7 75. Kg5 Kg8 76. Nef4 Nxf4 77. Kxf4 Kf8 78. Kg4 Kg8 79. Kh5 Kh8 80. Kh6 Kg8 81. Kg5 Kg7
82. Nf4 Nxe5 83. Nxe6+ Kg8 84. Kf6 Nd7+ 85. Kf5 Kh8 86. Kg5 Kg8 87. Kh6 Ne5 88. Nd4 Ng4+ 89. Kg5 Ne5 90. Nf5 Kh8 91. Kf6 Ng4+ 92. Ke6 Kg8 93. Ne7+ Kg7 94. Nxc6 1-0
["Battle of Grandmasters"]
["Dapitan City"]["2009.03.25"]
[White "Darwin Laylo"]
[Black "J Sadorra"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. b3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rfd1 a6 12. Rac1 b5 13. Qc2 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. h3 Bb8 17. Ne2 h6 18. Bf5 Qe7 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qc5 Bd6 21. Qd4 a5 22. Qh4 Be5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qf4 b4 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Nd4 g6
27. Rc7 Ba6 28. Bb1 Ree8 29. Rc5 a4 30. Rdc1 Reb8 31. Nc6 Rb5
32. bxa4 Rxc5 33. Rxc5 Bc4 34. Ra5 Rxa5 35. Nxa5 Kf8 36. Nc6 Ke8 37. Nxb4 Kd7 38. f3 Kd6 39. Kf2 Kc5 40. Nd3+ Kd6 41. h4 Nd7 42. Ke1 Nb6 43. a5 Nd7 44. Kd2 Nb8 45. Nb4 Kc5 46. Kc3 Kb5 47. a3 Kxa5 48. Kd4 Kb6 1-0
SHABALOV ATTACK
["4th FIDE Grand Prix"]
["Nalchik"]["2009.04.26"]
[White "Shakhriyar Mamedyarov"]
[Black "Peter Svidler"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 a6 9. c5 Bc7 10. Bd2 b5 11. cxb6 Nxb6 12. Bd3 Bd6 13. e4 Be7 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Kb1 Rc8 16. Rhg1 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. g5 dxe4 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qe2 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Rh4 24. Bc3 Qc4 25. Qf3 Rf4 26. Qb7 Bxf2
27. Rgf1 Nd5 28. Be5 Rf5 29. Rc1 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Rd8 31. Qc6+ Ke7
32. Rxf2 Rxg5 33. Qb7+ Rd7 34. Rxf7+ Kxf7 35. Qxd7+ Kg8 36. Bxg7 1-0
["8th Asian Continental"]
[Site "Subic"][Date "2009.05.17"]
[White "Qi Guo"]
[Black "Uuganbayar Lkhamsuren"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2147"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 e5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Kb1 a5 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Ne2 Bxb2 18. Kxb2 a4 19. Rc1 Qd6 20. h3 Ra8 21. Rhd1 axb3 22. Bxb3 Qa3+ 23. Kb1 Bf5+ 24. Rc2 Bxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Ra5 26. g4 Rc5 27. Qd3 Ne4 28. Qd4 Rec8 29. Bxd5 Rc2 30. Bxf7+ Kf8
31. Bb3 Nd2+ 32. Qxd2 Qb2# 0-1
[Event "8th Asian Continental"]
[Site "Subic"]["2009.05.21"]
[White "Susanto Megaranto"]
[Black "Yuyangyi Yu"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 9. Bb2 Re8 10. O-O-O e4 11. Nd2 Nf8 12. Kb1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Nxe2 b5 15. c5 Bc7 16. a3 N6d7 17. g4 Ng6 18. Ng3 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qg5 20. Qc3 Ne7 21. Rdf1 Nf8
22. Rf4 Ne6 23. Nf1 Qg6 24. Rf2 a5 25. Qc2 a4 26. b4 Rf8 27. Nh2 Qh6 28. Qc1 Qxh3 29. g5 Qh5 30. Nf3 Qg6 31. Ne5 Qxg5 32. Rfh2 f6 33. Rh5 Qxg3 34. R1h3 Qxh3 35. Rxh3 fxe5 36. Qh1 h6 37. dxe5 Kh7 38. Rh5 Rf5 39. Qh4 Re8 40. Ka2 Rxh5 41. Qxh5 Rf8 42. Qh4 Nf5 43. Qg4 g5 44. Bc1 Nfg7 45. Qg2 Rf3 46. Bd2
Kg6 47. Kb2 Nf5 48. Kc1 h5 49. Qg1 h4 50. Qg4 Rg3 0-1
[Event "8th Asian Continental"]
[Site "Subic"]["2009.05.15"]
[White "Rui Wang"]
[Black "Hoang Nam Nguyen"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2281"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2 b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. g5 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Ne4 12. Bb4 a5 13. Ba3 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Rxa6 15. Qe2 Ra7 16. Nd2 Qxg5 17. Rc1 Ra8 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Qxe4 h5 21. h4 Qg4 22. Qb7 f6 23. Rc8 Kf7 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qc7 Qg2 26. Rf1 Qa8
27. Qd6 Nc5 28. Qxb6 Nd3+ 29. Ke2 Nf4+ 30. Kd2 Nd5 31. Qb3 a4 32. Qd3 Rc8 33. Bc5 Qa5+ 34. Ke2 f5 35. Rc1 Qd8 36. Qa6 Rb8 37. Ba3 Rb6 38. Qa7+ Kf6 39. Rg1 g6 40. Qh7 Qe8 41. Bf8 Rxb2+ 42. Kf3 Rb7 43. Qh8+ 1-0
["Match"]["Koln"]["1992"]
[White "Robert Huebner"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Be2
O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.Rd1 Qe7 10.e4 dxe4 11.Nxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 e5
13.Bg5 Qf8 14.Bd3 f5 15.Qxf5 Nf6 0-1
["World Championship"]
["Moscow"]["1984.02.06"]
[White "Anatoli Karpov"]
[Black "Garry Kasparov"]
[ECO "D45"]
1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.d4 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.e4 e5 8.cxd5 cxd5 9.exd5 exd4 10.Nxd4 O-O 11.Be2 Nb6 12.O-O Nbxd5 13.Nxd5 Nxd5 14.Rd1 Qe7 15.Bf3 Re8 16.g3 Bh3 17.Bd2 Be5 18.Bxd5 Bxd4 19.Bc3 Bxc3 20.Qxc3 1/2-1/2
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