Monday, August 14, 2017

A Day Late and a Byte Short

Marina Brunello – Teodora Rogozenco
Young Masters zum 2nd Internationales Erfurter Frauenschachfestival; Erfurt, July 31, 2017
Philidor Defence C41

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. 0-0 0-0 7. a4 a5 8. h3 h6 9. Be3 c6 10. Ba2 Qc7 11. Qd2 Re8 12. Rfe1 Nf8 13. Rad1 Ng6? Far from being a consolidation, this move offers White an easy target. 13. ... Be6 14. Bxe6 Nxe6 15. d5 Nf8 seems sounder and safer, Della Morte – Sambuev, Professional Rapid Online (PRO) Chess League, Chess.com 2017. 14. dxe5! dxe5. 14. ... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bxh6! is maybe a little better, but substantially not so different.


15. Bxh6! gxh6? Tantamount to surrender. After 15. ... Bb4 White can choose whether to continue the attack with the controversial 16. Ng5!? (as played in Nurkić – Mrkonjić, 10th International Tournament, Tuzla 2004) or to safely keep her extra Pawn (for instance by 16. Bg5!). 16. Qxh6 Nf8. No better is 16. ... Nf4 17. Ng5 with overwhelming attack. 17. Qg5+ Kh7 18. Bxf7 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Bxd8 20. Nxe5 Kh8 21. Qh6+ N6h7 22. Ng6+ Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Nf6 24. e5 Qe7 25. Qxf6+. 25. Re4! (Stockfish) is an even more perfidious enclosure. 1 : 0.

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