Chess World.net presents Blitz #553 vs borello (2079) French: Tarrasch

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[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "-"]
[White "borello"]
[Black "KingsCrusher"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ICCResult "White resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2079"]
[BlackElo "2241"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch"]
[ECO "C03"]
[NIC "FR.14"]
[Time "06:16:59"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c3 c5 7. Ne2 Nc6 8.
O-O Qb6 9. Nf3 O-O 10. a3 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Bg5 Rxf3 13. Bxe7 Rxd3 14.
Bxc5 Rxd1 15. Bxb6 Rxf1+ 16. Rxf1 Nxb6 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Re1 Re8 19. Nd3 Bc8
20. f4 g6 21. g3 Nc4 22. Re2 b5 23. Kf2 Nd6 24. Kf3 Ne4 25. h4 h5 26. Rg2 a5
27. Ke3 a4 28. Rg1 Na5 29. Re1 Nc4+ 30. Kf3 e5 31. dxe5 Bg4+ 32. Kg2 Kg7 33.
Nb4 Rd8 34. Nc6 Rd7 35. Nd4 Nxb2 36. Nxb5 Nc4 37. Rb1 Rb7 38. Rb4 Be2 39.
Kh2 Bd3 40. Kg2 Ne3+ 41. Kf3 Rxb5 42. Kxe3 Rxb4 43. cxb4 Bc4 44. Kd4 Kf7
{White resigns}
0-1

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[dreamtheater39]

why were you sooo confident of doing a rook sack so early on in the game? isnt it risky unless you've played the line before? just trying to figure what goes on in your mind before you make such drastic moves! :)

gg!

[kingscrusher]

@dreamtheater39 At the very minimum it shattered White's pawn structure and weakened White's king a bit. No need for intense calculation sometimes - especially in blitz. What looks good sometimes is good. It turned out okay here, but sometimes such positional sacs don't have as much compensation.

[fairchess]

funny, such a good sac and he does not notice that he is really two pieces up!

anyway good game!

[markomelesmiha]

Actually two pieces up...he should have resigned sooner...

[pointblankstare]

I've watched maybe 50+ of your videos and I thought this one was uniquely educational! I've never quite seen the value of a positional sacrifice like that. I guess it was just as much (if not more) of a trap/discovered attack by the bishop.

My question is, at around time 1:55, can you explain to me what you were thinking by possibly doing a knight sac on e5? What does that mean? Knight for pawn, but ahead in "position" somehow? How would that work out for you in the best of scenarios?

Thx

[mohakmehta]

I love your videos. Really. But this 1 was sub-par !

Bt never mind, haven't acknowledged you before. Great job so far, KC !

[mtmarolla]

complete crush. fun to watch games like this

[aimansukiman]

why u cant defeat v anand

[Broncosfan131]

wats a rook sac???

[joeltopgun]

awesome rook sac, which turned out to be a monster!! owned.

[ex0duzz]

You were 2 pieces up after 16. Nxb6. Or am i the one who needs to go back to kindergarten

So basically 2 pieces for a pawn. He could have resigned right there. Dunno why he didn't. Did you play the rest of the game thinking you were only up 1 piece for a pawn? Because after 41. Rxb5@9:00(you still said, so i'm now 2 pieces up! lol). No wonder you thought so long. You could have sacked the shit out of his pawn chain and everything since you had such a huge material advantage.

[rulo0801]

38 Rb4, Ne3+!

Nice game KC!