MetroWest CC Chess School 2005 [class 2]

(1) Plamen Krastev - Fred Harvey June 2005 Metrowest, 2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.0-0 4. d4 is better if your idea is to transpose to an open Sicilian. Otherwise, you should proceed with Re1 and c3 followed by d4. 4...Ngf6 5.Nc3 a6 Here your opponent could have locked things with e5. 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.d4 This is best. 7...cxd4 8.Nxd4 8. Qxd4 is best since your Queen is not easily attacked. See game 9. 8...e5 9.Nf3 This position is reached in game 9, except White's Queen on d3. So, essentially, White is one tempo behind game 9. 9...Be7 10.Re1 0-0 11.Bg5 An excellent move. White is not afraid to exchange his other Bishop since he will control d5 (he threatens 12. Bxf6, Bxf6 13. Nd5) and always has the option to exchange his Knight on d5 for the Bishop. 11...Qc7 doubtful move. This allows White to carry out his plan of 13. Bxf6, Bxf6 14. Nd5 with tempo and the initiative. 12.Nd5 Now Black can equalize with 12...., Nxd5 13. exd5, Bxg5 14. Nxg5, h6 15. Nf3, Bg5 with a little initiative for Black since White must respond to the threat of 16.... Bxf3 followed by 17...., Qxc2 12...Qd8 13.Qd2 Rc8 14.c3 Bc6 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Nxe7+ Since Black has refused to play Nxd5, this is a very good move and should win. 16...Rxe7 17.Qxd6 Too optimistic. Although this should not lose, Better and winning was, 17. Bxf6, gxf6 18. Nh5 17...Rd7 18.Qxd7 Bxd7 19.Nxe5 Qc7 20.Bxf6 gxf6 20...., Be6 will leave White with only a Rook for the Queen 21.Nxd7 Qc6 22.Rd5 f5 23.exf5 Very Nice. Now White with Rook + Knight and 3 pawns has winning chances. The rest is uncommented since there are many mistakes tactically on both sides. 23...Rd8 24.Red1 Re8 25.h3 Re2 26.R1d2 Rxd2 27.Rxd2 Qh6 28.Re2 Qc1+ 29.Kh2 Qf4+ 30.g3 Qxf5 31.Ne5 Qe6 32.Re3 Qxa2 33.b4 Qxf2+ 0-1

(2) Hori,C - Neel,S [B52] MCC July Swiss Metrowest Chess Club, 27.07.2004 [Hori,Calvin] Shredder9.ctg, CALVIN 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.c4 Ngf6 6.Nc3 e6 7.0-0 Be7 8.d4 cxd4 9.Nxd4 a6 10.b3 0-0 11.Kh1 Qc7 12.Qe2 Rfe8 13.f4 Nb6 14.f5 e5 15.Nc2 Rab8 16.Bg5 Nfd5 17.exd5 Bxg5 18.Ne4 Bf4 19.Ne3 Bxe3 20.Qxe3 f6 21.Rf3 Nd7 22.Rg3 Re7 23.Rc1 Rf7 24.b4 b6 25.Rh3 a5 26.a3 Kh8 27.Qe2 h6 28.Qh5 Re7 29.Rcc3 Rg8 30.Qg4 Qb8 31.Rcg3 axb4 32.axb4 Qa8 33.Ra3 Qc8 34.Nxd6 Qc7 35.Nb5 Qb8 36.Ra7 Rge8 37.d6 Rf7 38.Qg6 Rff8 39.Rxd7 Rg8 40.Rxh6+ gxh6 41.Qxh6# 1-0

(3) Hori - Berg-Jones [B52] MCC August Swiss Metrowest Chess Club, 17.08.2004 [Hori,Calvin] 818MB, Shredder9.ctg, CALVIN 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0-0 Ngf6 6.Qe2 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 0-0 10.Nc3 Rc8 11.Bg5 Qa5 12.e5 dxe5 13.dxe5 Ng4 14.e6 Nde5 15.Nxe5 Nxe5 16.exf7+ Rxf7 17.Bd2 Nc4 18.Qg4 Rf5 19.Qe4 Rfc5 20.Qe6+ Kh8 21.Be3 Nxe3 22.fxe3 Bxc3 23.bxc3 Qc7 24.Rf7 Re5 25.Qg4 Qxc3 26.Raf1 Qxe3+ 27.Kh1 Qc5 28.Qh4 h5 29.Qg3 Rg5 30.Qf4 e6 31.h4 Rf5 32.Qh6+ Kg8 33.Qh7# 1-0

(4) Hori,C - Champion,W [B52] MCC 2004 Class Championship Metrowest Chess Club, 08.03.2005 [Hori,Calvin] 818MB, Shredder9.ctg, CALVIN 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0-0 Ngf6 6.Qe2 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 0-0 9.h3 Qc7 10.Bf4 Nh5 11.Bg5 Rfe8 12.Nbd2 h6 13.Bh4 b6 14.Nc4 b5 15.Ne3 Nhf6 16.Bxf6 Nxf6 17.e5 Nd7 18.Nd5 Qb8 19.e6 Nf6 20.Rae1 Qc8 21.exf7+ Kxf7 22.Nf4 c4 23.Ne6 Nd5 24.Nh4 Nc7 25.Nxc7 Qxc7 26.Qe6+ 1-0

(5) Mark,L - Edward,E [B31] February 2005 MetroWest Chess Club, 02.2005 [LaRocca,Mark] 179MB, Power2004.ctg, NANCYPC 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 8.Na3?! Correct is 8.Bf4... with good play for the pawn after 8. Bf4, Ng8-e7 9. Bd6! 8...Nge7 9.Bg5 0-0 10.Qd2 d5 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Nxd4? Due to his misplaying the opening on move 8, white is struggling for ideas. Best was probably 12. e x d, . Fritz rates the current position -0.28, slightly better for Black. 12...f6 13.Bf4 dxe4 14.Rac1 Qd5? Losing a pawn and returning the advantage to White, +=0.69. Fritz rates 14.... , g5 as winning for Black. 15.Nxc6 Qe6 The game cannot be saved. This leads to a forced series of moves culminating with a +2.78 advantage for White. 16.Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.Rc7 Qe6 18.Rxg7+ Kxg7 19.Bh6+ Kg8 20.Bxf8 Kxf8 21.Qd8+ Kg7 22.Rc1 Fritz says +2.78 22...e3 23.Rc7+ Kh6 24.Qf8+ Kg5 25.h4+ Kh5 26.Rxh7+ Kg4 27.Qb4+ 1-0

(6) Mark,L - Larry,E [B30] May 2005 MyTown (1), 05.2005 [LaRocca,Mark] 179MB, Power2004.ctg, NANCYPC 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.0-0 Qb6 6.Re1 Nd4 7.Bf1 7. Ba4 keeps the advantage (+0.75 Fritz) 7...d6 8.b3 Bd7= 9.Bb2 Bc6 10.Nd5 White has a slight edge, +0.34 10...Bxd5?! +0.50, 10..., Nxd5 minimized White's advantage 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Nxd4 cxd4 13.Qh5 Nc7 14.Qg4 h5 15.Qxd4 Qxd4 16.Bxd4+/= 0.31, White has acquired the advantage of the two Bishops, but has made the game more drawish by allowing the exchange of Queens. 16...a6 17.c4 b5 18.Bb6 Kd7 19.cxb5 [ 19.Bxc7 Kxc7 20.cxb5 axb5 21.Bxb5= wins a pawn but allows Bishops of opposite color] 19...Nxb5 20.Rec1 Rb8 0 21.a4 10 1-0

(7) Mark,L - Paul,M [B31] April 2005 MyTown (3), 06.2005 [LaRocca,Mark] 179MB, Power2004.ctg, NANCYPC 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.0-0 Bg7 5.c3 e5 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 exd4 8.Bf4 Nge7 9.Bd6 0-0 10.Nbd2 a6 11.Bd3+- +1.0 11...Re8 12.Ng5 h6?? [ 12...Ne5 13.Qb3 N7c6 14.f4 Nxd3 15.Nxf7 Qf6 16.Ng5+ Re6 17.Nc4 Qd8 18.a4 Ndb4 19.Nxe6 dxe6 20.Bxb4 Nxb4 21.Qxb4+- +2.00] 13.Nxf7 Kxf7 14.Bc4+ Kf8 15.Qf3+ 1-0

(8) Mark,L - James,R [B40] March 2005 MyTown (2), 03.2005 [LaRocca,Mark] 179MB, Power2004.ctg, NANCYPC 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 b6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Bb7 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.Nxc6 Bxc6 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Nd2 Be7 10.Qe2 0-0 11.0-0 Ne8 12.Rae1 f6 13.f4 Nc7 14.Kh1 Qe8 15.Rf3 Qh5 16.Qf1 Bb4 17.c3 Be7 18.Rh3 Qf7 19.Qe2 Rfe8 20.Nf3 Bb7 21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Nd4 Bf8 23.Bc1 g6 24.Nb5 Nxb5 25.Bxb5 Bc6 26.Bxc6 dxc6 27.Rhd3 Qc7 28.Be3 Be7 29.h3 Kf7 30.Qf3 c5 31.c4 Qc6 32.Kg1 Rxd3 33.Rxd3 Rd8 34.Rxd8 Bxd8+/= +0.28 The position is slightly better for White. It was drawn on move 43. Time trouble made the remaining moves unreadable. 1/2-1/2

(9) Mark,L - John,C [B52] May 2005 MyTown (5), 10.06.2005 [LaRocca,Mark] 179MB, Power2004.ctg, NANCYPC 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.0-0 IM Kaufman recommends 5. c4 here. But, I intend the less positional c3. 5...Ngf6 6.Re1 g6 7.c3 Bg7 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 0-0 10.Nc3+/= +0.59 White has more space 10...e5 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Be3 Qa5 13.Qb3 b6 Qxb7 was not a threat, better was... [ 13...Nc5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.Rad1 Qe7 ] 14.Rad1+- +0.81, White's advantage is growing 14...Nc5 15.Qc4 Na6 16.Nd5+- +1.19 16...b5 17.Qc6 Nxd5 18.Qxd5 Nc7 19.Qb3 Ne6 20.Rd5 a6 21.Red1 Rad8 22.g3 Qc7 23.a4 Nd4 24.Nxd4 Rxd5 25.exd5 exd4 26.Bxd4 bxa4 27.Qc3 Qxc3 28.Bxc3 Rd8 29.Bxg7 Kxg7 30.Rd4 Kf6 [ 30...Rb8+/= +0.31] 31.Rxa4 Rxd5 +0.59, Black lost on time [ 31...Rd6= ] 1-0

(10) Braden,B - Mark,L [B40] Northeast Open MyTown, 2005 [LaRocca,Mark] 179MB, Power2004.ctg, NANCYPC 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 Nc6 4.Bb2 Nge7 5.Nc3 Ng6 6.h4 h5 7.Qe2 d6 8.0-0-0 Nd4 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Nb5 e5 11.Qc4 Be6 12.Nc7+ Ke7 13.Nd5+ Bxd5 14.Qxd5 Qc7 15.Bc4 Ke8 16.g3 a6 17.f4 Rh6 18.Rhf1 Rc8 19.a4 Nh8 20.c3 Qc6 21.fxe5 dxe5 1-0

(11) Mark,L - Igor,F [B50] May 2005 MyTown (2), 05.2005 [LaRocca,Mark] 179MB, Power2004.ctg, NANCYPC 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d6 4.Bb5+ Nd7 5.0-0 Ngf6 6.Re1 Be7 7.d4 cxd4 8.Qxd4 0-0 9.Bb2 e5 10.Qd2 Nc5 11.Nc3 a6 12.Bc4 b5 13.Bd5 Rb8 14.b4 Ncd7 15.Bb3 Nb6 16.Qd3 Be6 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.a4 Nc4 19.Bc1 d5=/+ +0.61 20.axb5 axb5 [ 20...Bxb4!-+ 21.bxa6 Bxc3 22.Qxc3 Nxe4 23.Qd3 Nxf2 24.Kxf2 e4 ] 21.Bg5?? [ 21.Rb1= ] 21...Bxb4-+ -1.00 22.exd5 e4 23.Nxe4 Bxe1 24.Nxf6+ gxf6 25.Ra7? Bxf2+ 26.Kxf2 Qb6+ 27.Be3 Qxe3+ 28.Qxe3 Nxe3 29.Kxe3 exd5 -2.00 30.Nd4 Rf7 31.Ra5 Rfb7 32.Nf5 Rd7 33.Kd4 Kf7 34.Ne3 h5 35.g3 Kg6 36.h4 Kf7 37.c3 b4 38.cxb4 Rxb4+ 39.Kd3 White resigned on move 42; moves illegible due to time trouble. 0-1

(12) Ballou,K - Lung,G [B30] MCC 2005 Summer Solstice Swiss MetroWest Chess Club (2), 14.06.2005 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.Bxc6 bxc6 6.0-0 e6 7.d3 d5 8.Re1 Be7 9.Bf4 0-0 10.Qd2 Nh5 11.Ne2 f6 12.Ng3 Nxg3 13.Bxg3 e5 14.c3 d4 15.c4 Bg4 16.h3 Bh5 17.Nh4 g5 18.Nf5 Bg6 19.Qc2 Bxf5 20.exf5 Qd7 21.Qe2 Qxf5 22.Qe4 Qxe4 23.Rxe4 Rab8 24.b3 h5 25.Rae1 Bd6 26.h4 f5 27.R4e2 f4 28.Bh2 gxh4 29.g3 Rb7 30.gxf4 Rg7+ 31.Kh1 exf4 32.Rg1 Rxg1+ 33.Kxg1 Rf6 34.Re8+ Kf7 35.Ra8 Re6 36.Kf1 f3 37.Bxd6 Rxd6 38.Rh8 Kg6 39.Rf8 Rf6 40.Rxf6+ Kxf6 41.Kg1 Kg5 42.Kh2 Kg4 43.Kh1 h3 44.Kh2 Kh4 45.Kh1 Kg4 46.Kh2 Kf4 47.Kxh3 Kg5 48.Kg3 a5 49.Kh3 Kh6 50.Kg3 Kg5 51.Kh3 Kh6 52.Kg3 Kg6 53.Kh4 Kh6 54.Kh3 Kg7 55.Kh4 Kg6 56.Kg3 Kf5 57.Kh4 Kg6 58.Kg3 Kg5 59.Kh3 h4 60.Kh2 Kg4 61.Kg1 Kh3 62.Kh1 Kg4 63.Kg1 Kf4 64.Kh2 Kg4 1/2-1/2