Friday, May 14, 2010

Jay-R vs Louie

9th Kiddies Tournament
MERALCO, Pasig City
W: Jay-R Lirazan
B: Louie Borral

1.e4 c5
The Sicilian Defense.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_defense

2.Nf3
World Champion Jose Raul Capablanca wrote in his classic book Chess Fundamentals, "Bring out Ns before bringing out Bs."
http://www.amazon.com/Chess-Fundamentals-Algebraic-Jose-Capablanca/dp/1857440730

2... d6 3.g3
This was also played in Ljubojevic vs World Champion Anand in Amber 1994; http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1092631.

3... Nc6 4.d4
Consistent with the previous move g3 is d3 leading to the Closed Variation as played in the game above.

4... cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.Nxc6 Bxc6 7.Qf3
Do not bring your Q out early.
The Ideas Behind the Chess Openings
http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_17?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=the+ideas+behind+the+chess+openings&sprefix=the+ideas+behind+

7... Nf6 8.Rg1?
The best is to develop with Nc3 and defending the e-pawn at the same time.

8... Bxe4
Louie has a 1-pawn advantage right in the opening.

9.Qf4?
The best is Bb5.

9... Bxc2
And Louie is up by 2 pawns already.

10.g4
It is usually not the right time to attack early in the game.
Chess Training Guide

10... Bxb1
Simplification is desirable if we have superiority in material.
My System

11.Rxb1 Qa5+ 12.Bd2 Qxa2
Louie gets another pawn.

13.Rc1 Qxb2
Louie now has a 4-pawn advantage.

14.g5
According to Rybka, Qa4+ would have equalized.

11... Nd7 15.Bc4 Qe5+
A Q trade not only ends the prospect of middlegame shocks, such as enemy counter-attacks, it considerbly increases the ways of converting an edge in the endgame.
Turning Advantage into Victory

16.Qxe5 dxe5
And Louie won on the 36th move.
Result: 0-1

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