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Submitted By:Frank Dixon
| Event: |
Queen's University CC Quad |
| Site: |
Chess5 |
| Date: |
2005-01-15 |
| Round: |
2 |
| White: |
John Klapstein (2061) |
| Black: |
Frank Dixon (1950) |
| Opening: |
B01 Scandinavian defence |
| Result: |
0-1 |
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Frank Dixon: White's 4.Ne2 seems to be a novelty. Black's 4...g6 was a bit audacious; he should simply play 4...Nxd5 with good prospects. After the game, John and I determined that instead of 10.h5, the simple 10.d3! gives White a small, stable advantage, after 10...bxc4 11.dxc4. Black doesn't have enough for the pawn. White continued in daring style, but he was lagging in development, as his knight made four moves to capture the rook on f8, which had moved once. On 15.dxc3, as suggested by Mr. Armstrong, White is slightly better, but Black should have enough to stay in the game, for example after 15...Rb8 with a future ...Bb7 to follow. In the finale, after 25...e5+, if White plays on with 26.Qxe5, then 25...Bh6+, as well as winning the Queen, leads to a mate quicker than what Mr. Armstrong points out in his note.
Score: 7 |
Thursday, January 11, 2007
Bob Armstrong: Sorry - error - in my analysis, I should have said that after John takes the a8R on 15.Qxa8, W is up 2 R's vs B+N+P. And after the initial Bl attack, after 22.Ke3, Bl. has B+P vs R [ still asleep I guess ].
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
Bob Armstrong: I'm not sure it is a good idea for Bl to allow W to hold onto the capturing advanced dP. 4.Nxd5 likely should have been played. W plays aggressively with h4-h5-hxg6, giving back the extra P in the process. The decision to sac the exchange for a P on 12,,,,Nxd5?+/= is somewhat inferior, bringing the game from equality to a slight advantage for W. 14.Nxc3??+/- , although enterprising, is bad. Frank offers the sac of the exchange, offering the a8R. If W takes the exchange it is bad for W. But if W rejects the sac and just recaptures with15.dxc3!, W gets a " clear " advantage from what was an equal position. Unfortunately, John took the bait, and so gave Frank a " winning " advantage, with a withering attack on the W K, even though W is up B+N+P vs R. After Bl's attack, Bl is up B+P, and in fact W is subject to an extended line after 22.Ke3 ending in mate. Frank misses the better line of 22...Qh6+ 23.Kd4 Qf4+ 24.Kc3 Qe5+ 25.Kc2 Bf5+ 26.Kd1 Bd3 27.Qf3 Qh2 28.Qd5+ Kh8 29.Qd4+ e5 30.Qe3 Bc5! 31.Qe1 Bxf2! 32.Qxf2 Qh1+ 33.Qe1 Qh5+ 34.g4 Qxg4+ 35.Qe2 Qxe2#.
Score: 6 |
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