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ANNOTATED GAME
Improving Van Wely's French?
shajmaty (1920) vs. star27 (1969)
Annotated by: shajmaty (1200)
Chess opening: French (C10), Rubinstein variation
shajmaty (1920) vs. star27 (1969)
Annotated by: shajmaty (1200)
Chess opening: French (C10), Rubinstein variation
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 |
Another options are 3. Nd2 (Tarrasch) and 3. e5 (Nimzowitsch). | ||||
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3... dxe4 |
My Latvian opponent had previously played 3...Nf6; 4. Bg5, Be7; 5. e5, Nfd7; 6. h4!? c5; 7. Bxe7, Kxe7. Another possibility is 3...Bb4 (Winawer). | ||||
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4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bd3 |
The main line is 5. Nf3. | ||||
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5... Ngf6 6. Qe2 c5 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Bd2 |
9. Nf3 is played more often. 9. Bg5!? Qa5 ; 10. Bd2, Qc7; 11. 0-0-0, 0-0 was seen at Polgar - Ehlvest, Vienna 1996. Better was 9...h6, 10. Bb5 , Bd7; 11. Bxd7 , Qxd7; 12. Bxf6, gxf6; 13. Rd1, Qc6 as in Fedorov - Van Wely, Istambul ol 2000. | ||||
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9... O-O 10. O-O-O Qd5 |
10...Bd7; 11. Nf3 Weeks - De Andrés, Hamburg 2005. | ||||
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11. Kb1 |
11. Bc3, Qg5 . | ||||
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11... Qxg2 |
11...e5 is definitely safer. | ||||
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12. Nf3 Qxf2 13. Qe5 |
White has ample compensation for the pawns. | ||||
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13... Nd7 |
13...Be7; 14. Rdf1, Qc5; 15. Qg3 and White has a strong attack, Khalifman - Bareev, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2002. | ||||
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14. Bxh7+ |
Here it comes! | ||||
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14... Kxh7 |
Finkel recommends 14...Kh8; 15. Qg3, Nf6, but White is still up after 16. Bd3! | ||||
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15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Rhg1 Be3 |
Protecting h6... | ||||
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17. Bxe3 |
17. Bc3 was played by Anand against Van Wely in 2001. | ||||
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17... Qxe3 18. Rg3 Qf4 |
18...Qc5?? 19. Qh6 1-0 Morozevich - Van Wely, Corus Wijk aan Zee, 26.1.2002. No easy life is expecting Black, anyway... | ||||
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19. Rdg1 |
Of course! | ||||
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19... Rd8 20. Nd2 |
The key move! 20. Nd2! intends Rf3, heading to f7. The Queen is not allowed to abandon the f file. | ||||
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20... g6 |
20...Kf8; 21. Rf3, Nf6; 22. Qh8 , Ke7; 23. Qxd8 , Kxd8; 24. Rxf4 was Black's best option... unsufficient to equalize, however. | ||||
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21. Rf3 |
According to plan! | ||||
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21... Qxf3 |
21...Qf5; 22. Rxf5, exf5; 23. Qxf5, Nf8; 24. Qf2 was not enough, either. | ||||
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22. Nxf3 b6 23. h4 |
The attack has not vanished, yet! | ||||
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