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ANNOTATED GAME
Don't fall behind in development! (Buenos Aires)
Pleci, Isaias (?) vs. Endzelins, Lucius (?)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: French (C10), Rubinstein, Capablanca line
Pleci, Isaias (?) vs. Endzelins, Lucius (?)
Annotated by: ethansiegel
(1986)
Chess opening: French (C10), Rubinstein, Capablanca line
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This is a wonderful illustration of the importance of development! Black falls slightly behind after 5 moves, but thinks he'll be alright in a closed position, especially with the exchange of queens coming. White refutes this idea swiftly and brutally. Enjoy! | |||||
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1. e4 e6 |
The French defense -- which usually leads to closed lines. | ||||
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2. d4 d5 |
The strong point of the French -- protect it, capture it, advance it -- but don't ignore it! | ||||
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3. Nc3 |
White chooses to protect it. | ||||
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3... dxe4 |
The Rubenstein variation. Not as common as Bb4 (the Winawer) or Nf6 (the Classical), but this move forces the knight to move twice in the opening. | ||||
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4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 c5 |
?! This move opens lines, but is black ready for this? | ||||
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6. dxc5 |
Clearing the knight out of d7 has a consequence that black overlooked -- each of the next FOUR white moves helps his development, with check... | ||||
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6... Nxc5 |
Unbelievably, this turns out to be the LOSING move. Qc7, I believe, would have minimized white's advantage. | ||||
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7. Qxd8+ |
Black loses the right to castle, and his king winds up on an open file... | ||||
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7... Kxd8 |
Forced. | ||||
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8. Bg5+ |
Developing, with check. | ||||
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8... f6 |
It may look like Be7 or Nf6 would have been a slightly better try, getting *something* developed, but Be7 leaves the c5 knight hanging, and Nf6 fails to 9. Nxf6 gxf6 10. Bxf6 , winning the rook! | ||||
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9. O-O-O+ |
White develops even further, again with check... | ||||
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9... Ke8 |
Again, not Ke7, which hangs the Nc5. | ||||
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10. Bb5+ |
The *fourth* move in a row that develops with check. | ||||
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10... Kf7 11. Rd8 |
White now has a dominant position. Note that if black plays fxg5, white has Ne5 ! followed by Re8#! | ||||
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11... Be7 |
Better than Nxe4, where white plays Ne5 anyway, and fxe5 would be met with Be8#! | ||||
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12. Ne5+ |
! This knight sacrifice forces black to play fxe5, leaving his king with nowhere to hide. | ||||
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12... fxe5 13. Nd6+ |
! | ||||
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13... Kg6 |
The knight still cannot be captured, as Bxd6 would lead to 14. Be8 ! Kf8 15. Bg6# | ||||
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14. Bxe7 |
...and now white not only wins back the sacrificed material... | ||||
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