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Velasco,Guilliermo v Nonella,Aldo

 

 

Velasco,Guilliermo  v  Nonella,Aldo

Bergen County Closed  3/17/2008

Fritz 11

 

Scandinavian Defence

1. e4                   d5

2. exd5               Qxd5

3. Nc3                 Qe6+ last book move

4. Qe2                [4.Be2 Nf6±]

4.                        ...c6 Covers b5+d5 [4...Nc6 5.Qxe6 Bxe6 6.Bb5=]

5. b3                   Nf6

6. Bb2                Qxe2+

7. Bxe2              Bf5

8. d3                   Consolidates e4

8.                        ..Nbd7

9. f3                    Prevents intrusion on e4 [9.Nf3 e6=]

9.                        ..h5

10. h4                 0–0–0 [10...e5 11.Nh3³]

11. a4                 Rg8

12. Nh3              Bxh3

13. Rxh3            g6

14. Ne4              Nxe4

15. fxe4              Bh6 Traps the king in the center

16. Bc1               White threatens to win material: Bc1xh6 [16.Rd1!?²]

16.                      ..Bg7= Black threatens to win material: Bg7xa1

17. Ra2               White loses the right to castle

17.                      ..Bc3+

18. Bd2              Bxd2+

19. Kxd2            Nc5 Black threatens to win material: Nc5xe4

20. Bf3               f5

21. b4                 [21.Kc3 fxe4 22.dxe4 e5³]

21.                      ..Nxe4+

22. Bxe4            fxe4 A double rook endgame occured

23. Re3              exd3

24. cxd3             Rd7

25. Kc3              Rf8

26. Rae2             Rf7 [26...Kd8 27.Re1³]

27. Re6³             Rg7

28. R2                e5 White prepares b5

28.                      ..Kc7

29. d4                 Kd8

30. b5                 White gains space

30.                      ..Rd6 [30...cxb5 31.axb5 Rd6 32.Rxd6+ exd6 33.Rg5³]

31. bxc6             Rxc6+

32. Rxc6             bxc6

33. d5                 White threatens to win material: d5xc6. 

33.                      ..Kc7

34. Kc4              cxd5+

35. Kxd5            Black has a new passed pawn: e7.

35.                      ..Rf7

36. Ke6              White threatens to win material: Ke6xf7

36.                      ..Rf4 Black threatens to win material: Rf4xa4

37. Kxe7?          [¹37.g3!? and White can hope to survive 37...Rg4 38.Kf7=]

37.                      ..Rxa4µ

38. g3                 [38.Kf6 Rg4µ]

38.                      ..Rg4

39. Re3??          Another step towards the grave [39.Kf6 Rxg3 40.Re7+ Kb6 41.Re6+ Kb5 42.Re5+ Ka4

          43.Re4+ Ka3 44.Re1–+] 39...Kb6 [¹39...a5 and Black can already relax 40.Ke6 a4 41.Kd5–+]

40.Rc3??            [¹40.Rb3+ would save the game 40...Ka5 41.Ra3+ Ra4 42.Rd3³]

40.                      ..a5–+

41. Kd6              Kb5

42. Kd5              a4

43. Re3              Kb4

44. Ke6              [44.Re6–+ the only chance to get some counterplay]

44.                      ..a3

45. Kf6               [45.Re1 is not much help 45...Rxg3 46.Rf1 a2–+]

45.                      ..a2

46. Re1              Rxg3

47. Re4+            Kb3

48. Re1              Rc3 [¹48...Rg2 secures the win 49.Ke5 Kb2 50.Kd4–+]

49. Kxg6            Kb2 [¹49...Rc5–+ and Black has it in the bag]

50. Kxh5            Rc1

51. Re2+            Kb1 [51...Rc2!? seems even better 52.Re1–+]

52. Rxa2             Kxa2

53. Kg6              Rg1+

54. Kh6              [54.Kf5 Rh1 55.Kg5–+]

54.                      ..Kb3

55. h5                 Kc4

56. Kh7              Kd5

57. h6                 Ke6

58. Kh8              Kf6

59. h7                 [59.Kh7 cannot undo what has already been done 59...Rh1 60.Kh8 Rh2 61.h7 Rd2 62.Kg8 Rd8#]

59.                      ..Kg6 [59...Rd1 60.Kg8 Rd8#]

60. Kg8              Kh6+ [60...Rd1 61.Kf8 Rh1 62.h8N+ Rxh8+ 63.Ke7 Rh7+ 64.Kd6 Rh5 65.Kd7 Kf6 66.Kd6 Kf7

                           67.Kd7 Rh6 68.Kd8 Rd6+ 69.Kc8 Ke7 70.Kc7 Ke6 71.Kc8 Rc6+ 72.Kb7 Kd7 73.Kb8 Rb6+

                           74.Ka8 Kd6 75.Ka7 Kc7 76.Ka8 Ra6#]

61. Kh8              [61.Kf7 does not save the day 61...Rg7+ 62.Ke6 Rg6+ 63.Kd5 Kxh7–+]

61.                      ..Rc1 [61...Rb1 62.Kg8 Kg6 63.Kf8 Kxh7 64.Ke7 Rb6 65.Kd7 Kg6 66.Ke7 Kf5

                           67.Kd7 Ke5 68.Kc7 Rh6 69.Kd7 Rd6+ 70.Ke7 Rd5 71.Kf7 Rd2 72.Kg6 Rd4 73.Kf7 Rf4+ 74.Ke7 Rc4

                           75.Kf7 Kf5 76.Ke7 Rd4 77.Kf7 Re4 78.Kg7 Re7+ 79.Kf8 Kf6 80.Kg8 Re8+ 81.Kh7 Rd8 82.Kh6 Rh8#]

62. Kg8              Rc8+

63. Kf7               Kxh7 [63...Kxh7 64.Kf6 Rc5 65.Ke6 Kg7 66.Ke7 Rf5 67.Ke6 Kg6 68.Kd7 Kf7 69.Kd6 Rh5 70.Kd7 Rh6

                           71.Kd8 Ke6 72.Kc7 Ke7 73.Kc8 Rc6+ 74.Kb8 Kd7 75.Kb7 Rg6 76.Kb8 Kc6 77.Ka7 Rg8 78.Ka6 Ra8#]

64.Ke6     

 

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