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caknight 29-Jan-10, 22:43	Mexico's GM Marcel Sisniega I played Marcel Sisniega in 1974 at the Redwood Open San Anselmo, CA, he was 14 years old. I had the white pieces & we played a Sicilian that I lost in 37 moves. Marcel became a grandmaster but stopped playing chess & became a movie director. Below is a nice annotated game of Marcel's from 1988. IM Marcel Sisniega - NM Kenneth Clayton New York Open 1988 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 This move brings about a number of rich possibilities. After 3.d4 you have either the Nimzo after 3...Bb4 or 3...b6, the Queen's Indian. White chose a different path, albeit and interesting one. 3. e4!? c5 4. e5 4. d4?! allows black to fight for an advantage after 4... Qa5! (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bb4=) 4... Ng8 5. Nf3 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 is an interesting treatment and give white a bit of space, but is appears to be a bit too committal. 5... Nc6 6. d4!? The sharpness continues! White sacrifices a pawn for space. 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5! Black fights back and now the tables will turn a bit. 13. Bxd8 Nxd6 14. Bc7 Ke7! Interesting! Black centralizes the king to maintain strong central control. 14... Nexc4? 15. b3 Na3 16. Bxd6 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa1 18. Na4 14... Ndxc4?! 15. f4 Ne3 16. fxe5 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa1 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Rxa1 15. c5 Ne8 16. Bb6 A long line is seen after 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. a4 (17. Na4 d5 18. cxd6+ Nxd6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rc7+ Kf6) 17... Rb8 18. a5 d5 19. cxd6+ Nxd6 20. Bd3 b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 Fritz 16... d5 17. cxd6+ Nxd6 18. O-O-O Nef7 19. Bc5 b5 20. h4 Bb7 21. Rh3 Rook lift is an attempt to free pieces, but black's forces are very mobile. 21... Rac8 22. b4 Rhd8 23. Bd3 f5 24. f4 Kf6 25. Bd4+ Ke7 25... e5! 26. Re1 Bxg2 27. Rg3 Be4! 28. Bc5 Kf6 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4+ fxe4 31. Rxe4 Clayton returns a pawn, but keeps the advantage. 31... Nd6 32. Re2 Nb7 33. Rc2 33. Rc3 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 35. bxc5 Rd4 33... Nxc5 34. bxc5 Rd4 This appears to be clearly winning for black, but therein lies the difficulty of winning R+P endings. 35. c6 Rc4 36. Rxc4 bxc4 37. Kc2 At this point, the black rook starts to play a passive role and loses the initiative. Even at this point, there may be potential drawing patterns for white. 37... Rxc6 38. Kc3 g6 Fritz suggests 38... Rc5! keeping white from setting up a blockade. The 1963 Amateur Champion allows the win to slip. 39. Rg5 Ke7 39... Rd6 40. Kxc4 Rd5! 40. h5! Now white has created a weakness in black's structure. An earlier Rc5 would have prevented any simplification. 40... Kf7 41. hxg6+ hxg6 42. Re5 Kf6 43. a4 Rc8 44. Ra5 Despite black's two extra pawns, the game is theoretically drawn because of the blockade. The idea is that black's rook is tied down to his pawns. If white doesn't allow the black king to cross the 5th rank, then he should hold. If black tries to activitate the rook, he'll have to give up the c4-pawn and white can reach other theoretically drawn positions. 44. Ra5 Rc7 45. Rg5 (45. Rxa6?? Kf5) 45... Kf7 46. Re5 Rc8 47. Ra5 Rc6 (47... Kf6 48. Re5 Rh8 49. Kxc4 Rh5 50. Re4 will be drawn. 50... e5) 48. Rg5 and black cannot make progress. Although the game was drawn, it was rich was possibilities and featured a very sharp opening. The ending was also something to learn from. 1/2-1/2

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caknight
29-Jan-10, 22:43

Mexico's GM Marcel Sisniega

I played Marcel Sisniega in 1974 at the Redwood Open San Anselmo, CA, he was 14 years old. I had the white pieces & we played a Sicilian that I lost in 37 moves.
Marcel became a grandmaster but stopped playing chess & became a movie director.
Below is a nice annotated game of Marcel's from 1988.

IM Marcel Sisniega - NM Kenneth Clayton New York Open 1988
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 This move brings about a number of rich possibilities. After 3.d4 you have either the Nimzo after 3...Bb4 or 3...b6, the Queen's Indian. White chose a different path, albeit and interesting one. 3. e4!? c5 4. e5 4. d4?! allows black to fight for an advantage after 4... Qa5! (4... cxd4 5. Qxd4 Bb4=) 4... Ng8 5. Nf3 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qf4 is an interesting treatment and give white a bit of space, but is appears to be a bit too committal. 5... Nc6 6. d4!?

The sharpness continues! White sacrifices a pawn for space. 6... cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxe5 8. Ndb5 a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. Qxd6 f6 11. Be3 Ne7 12. Bb6 Nf5! Black fights back and now the tables will turn a bit. 13. Bxd8 Nxd6 14. Bc7 Ke7!

Interesting! Black centralizes the king to maintain strong central control. 14... Nexc4? 15. b3 Na3 16. Bxd6 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa1 18. Na4 14... Ndxc4?! 15. f4 Ne3 16. fxe5 Nc2+ 17. Kd2 Nxa1 18. Bd3 fxe5 19. Rxa1 15. c5 Ne8 16. Bb6 A long line is seen after 16. Bxe5 fxe5 17. a4 (17. Na4 d5 18. cxd6+ Nxd6 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Rc1 Rd8 21. Rc7+ Kf6) 17... Rb8 18. a5 d5 19. cxd6+ Nxd6 20. Bd3 b5 21. axb6 Rxb6 Fritz 16... d5 17. cxd6+ Nxd6 18. O-O-O Nef7 19. Bc5 b5 20. h4 Bb7 21. Rh3 Rook lift is an attempt to free pieces, but black's forces are very mobile. 21... Rac8 22. b4 Rhd8 23. Bd3 f5 24. f4 Kf6 25. Bd4+ Ke7 25... e5! 26. Re1 Bxg2 27. Rg3 Be4!

28. Bc5 Kf6 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. Nxe4+ fxe4 31. Rxe4 Clayton returns a pawn, but keeps the advantage. 31... Nd6 32. Re2 Nb7 33. Rc2 33. Rc3 Nxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxc5+ 35. bxc5 Rd4 33... Nxc5 34. bxc5 Rd4 This appears to be clearly winning for black, but therein lies the difficulty of winning R+P endings. 35. c6 Rc4 36. Rxc4 bxc4 37. Kc2 At this point, the black rook starts to play a passive role and loses the initiative. Even at this point, there may be potential drawing patterns for white. 37... Rxc6 38. Kc3 g6 Fritz suggests 38... Rc5! keeping white from setting up a blockade. The 1963 Amateur Champion allows the win to slip. 39. Rg5 Ke7 39... Rd6 40. Kxc4 Rd5! 40. h5! Now white has created a weakness in black's structure. An earlier Rc5 would have prevented any simplification. 40... Kf7 41. hxg6+ hxg6 42. Re5 Kf6 43. a4 Rc8 44. Ra5

Despite black's two extra pawns, the game is theoretically drawn because of the blockade. The idea is that black's rook is tied down to his pawns. If white doesn't allow the black king to cross the 5th rank, then he should hold. If black tries to activitate the rook, he'll have to give up the c4-pawn and white can reach other theoretically drawn positions. 44. Ra5 Rc7 45. Rg5 (45. Rxa6?? Kf5) 45... Kf7 46. Re5 Rc8 47. Ra5 Rc6 (47... Kf6 48. Re5 Rh8 49. Kxc4 Rh5 50. Re4 will be drawn. 50... e5) 48. Rg5 and black cannot make progress. Although the game was drawn, it was rich was possibilities and featured a very sharp opening. The ending was also something to learn from. 1/2-1/2

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