Letsplaychess.com presents Blitz #77 vs. chris2001 (2125) - Afternoon of 27th May 2009

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Letsplaychess.com presents Blitz #77 vs. chris2001 (2125) - Afternoon of 27th May 2009


[Event "ICC 5 0"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2009.05.27"]
[Round "-"]
[White "KingsCrusher"]
[Black "chris2001"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ICCResult "Black resigns"]
[WhiteElo "2243"]
[BlackElo "2125"]
[Opening "French: Tarrasch, closed variation"]
[ECO "C05"]
[NIC "FR.16"]
[Time "12:57:42"]
[TimeControl "300+0"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ndf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 f6 9. h4 Qb6 10. Bd3 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 O-O 12. a3 Be7 13. b4 Kh8 14. Be3
fxe5 15. fxe5 Ndxe5 16. dxe5 d4 17. Bf2 Qc7 18. Bg3 Bd7 19. Rc1 Be8 20. b5
{Black resigns}
1-0

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[onlydlonly420]

i watch these more than tv

[xXxWilliExXx]

Haha, I don't think your opponent had seen this system before. After Ke2, your opponent seemed to have a "wtf..." moment.

[EGarrett01]

lol the opponent was completely mystified...it looked like you were building a lego fortress in the middle of the board.

Sacs a knight for no reason, gets his queen stuck and just resigns...

[downding]

Last one here, swear!

Alright, I'm wondering if 13...Kh8 is possibly the "losing" move. I was confused at first but then realized he was hoping to play 14...Nxd4 and 15...Qxd4. Without Kh8, Qxd4 drops the queen after Bxh7+ from white. Unfortunately this allowed you to play Be3 and the rest is history.

Ha, what a fun system. I must try this sometime! Thanks for sharing such an instructive game.

[downding]

One thought. While Black's sac on e5 proved disastrous but what if he decided to open the center and sac at the "base" of white's pawn chain at d4 sometime earlier.

i.e. 13. b4, fxe5

14, fxe5, Nxd4

15. Nxd4, Nxe5 (Black gets 2 pawns for a piece and has crushed white's center and open file for his rook. Seems like decent compensation. Maybe?)

However, this needed to have happened before White's Bb3 as after, he has Bxd4, gaining tempo on Black queen. Seems like an idea to me. Any thoughts?

[downding]

Yes, but in this case, white had the position clamped down on before Black can get in any counter play. This system seems almost too strong, lol, but there's definitely weaknesses to it so I guess it's just up to players to find them.

[goansabreo]

A question from a patzer: could black have counter-play against the exposed king in the centre. btw thanks for the vids, they're great

[waparker4]

I am intrigued by this system. I will have to try it in my own blitz games.

[urmas7]

Probably should pick up this system myself, this seemed like a total walk in the park. Great game!

[Attlanttizz]

Also, probably this system puts the complexity on black's side, which might explain the fact that you lost against this system, and two other high rated players lost against you. Again, just thinking out loud...