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Submitted By:Frank Dixon
| Event: |
Queen's University CC Quad |
| Site: |
Chess5 |
| Date: |
2004-10-24 |
| Round: |
1 |
| White: |
Frank Dixon (1967) |
| Black: |
John Klapstein (2050) |
| Opening: |
A05 Reti King's Indian attack |
| Result: |
1-0 |
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Thursday, February 01, 2007
Bob Armstrong: An interesting game. With 14...gxf5?+-, Frank gets a " winning " advantage. But with 16.Ba3??= John is let back in the game; best for Frank is 16.bxc6 bxc6 17.f4 Qb6+ 18.Kh1 e4+/-. 20...Rad8! is correct, not accepting the exchange sacrifice, as Frank notes below. As Frank notes, 21...Ne5 would keep Bl's " slight " advantage. 21...Bd3??+/- gives Frank a " clear " advantage. 22...b6?+- will end up losing the exchange for Bl. Best is simply taking the bP : 22...Bxb5 23.Nbd4 Bc6 24.Qd2 Ne5+/-. It seems better for W to just take the eP on moves 31. ( Bxe4 ) and 34.( Rxe4 ). Frank ties John up nicely on the 7th rank at the end to finish him off.
Score: 6 |
Monday, January 29, 2007
Frank Dixon: A fascinating game in which many of the variations not played could have been more interesting than those played. One neat line is 15...Ndf6!? instead of 15...Nhf6 as played. Beginning a sharp sequence with 18.d4!?, White offered the Exchange with 19.dxc5!?; if Black accepts, then White has excellent compensation after 19...Bxf1 20.cxd6 Q-moves and then a recapture on f1 with 21.Bxf1! Instead of 21...Bd3, I was concerned with 21...Ne5!, and it turns out White has to play very accurately to stay in the game, but he can do this. With the luring move 23.Nbd4!?, White invited the Black Queen to assume a seemingly strong position on e5, where it was attacking both knights, which were supporting each other. But the N/d4 was also attacked by the c5-pawn, and so would have to move, hanging the other one on f5. What Black missed was the royal fork on e7 should the f5/knight get captured after the N/d4 went to c6! He had to retreat the Queen to e8 and then White won the exchange, giving him a big advantage, although the game was not yet won. It took some incisive play by White to convert, since his Queen was out of play for a while, Black's bishop on d3 was strong, and he had a lot of pieces which could have inflicted damage, for example down the open f-file.
Score: 8 |
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