ENGLISH OPENING      D30

Peake GM   v  Kev-Blitz  Match

Game 15

White    Black

GMP  - Kev-Blitz

 

1:0 (ICC 10 15 u) 16/ 8/2003

1. c4 e6

An excellent defence.

2. Nf3 c5 There are some problems related to this move. If Black continues with a later d5 he will be in a Tarrasch defence - which I do not like for Black. If he continues with d6 he will be in a Hedgehog set-up against the English which has the reputation for being solid but very passive. I certainly would not play this for Black. The game can also transpose into a Maroczy bind Sicilian - but this is a White choice and White declines that option here. For these reasons I do not play, and cannot recommend 2...c5 in this position. 2....d5 is the logical classical continuation.

[2... Nf6 It is very interesting to compare this game with the 2nd game of the Kev-Blitz - Peake match - You will see that Kev makes a very similar mistake !!! - He has obviously not learned from his mistake ! 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Ndb5 O-O 9. Nd6 Ne8 10. Bf4 Nxd6 11. Bxd6 Re8 12. O-O Qb6 13. Nb5

Black forfeits on time  

1-0, GMP - Kev-Blitz, Internet Chess Club 18/ 5/2002  

ICC 3 15 u  

2nd Match Game  

I have seen Kev make this mistake 5 TIMES NOW !!]

3. g3 Nc6

[3... b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4 d6 9. Rd1 a6 is the Hedgehog²;

3... Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 has scored 70% for White - Black is passive.²]

4. Bg2 g6 ?

This is a very risky move. As I have said before when Black has played c5 (as in Sicilian or here) e6 AND g6 do not mix UNLESS Black has control of d4 (Some lines of the Closed Sicilian e6 is possible - but only when Black controls d4). If not then White will play d4 and Black will have a massive hole on d6 which is horrible.

[4... d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 is the Rubinstein variation of the Tarrasch defence which is good for White. 62% White.]

5. d4 cxd4 There are only 4 master games where this position has been reached. All of them were won quickly by White. One wonders where Kev got this defence to the English opening from.

6. Nxd4 Nge7 ? never been played before ±

[6... Bg7 7. Nb5 Bf8 8. N1c3 a6 9. Nd6±;

6... a6 preventing Nb5 looks very necessary.;

6... e5 is another try 7. Nb5 d6]

7. Nb5 ! Qa5?? This is a losing blunder but Black is already busted in the opening.

[7... d5 8. Bf4 e5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 (9... exf4 10. d6 Nf5 11. Nc7 Kd7 12. Nxa8 Bxd6 13. Nc3±) 10. Bxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd5�]

8. Bd2 Qb6

[8... Qd8 9. Nd6#]

9. Nd6 Kd8

10. Nxf7 Kc7

11. Bf4 e5

[11... Ne5 had to be played. 12. Bxe5 d6 13. Bxd6 Kd7 14. Bc5�]

12. Qd6#

Black checkmated  

What an awful game for Black.

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AND NOW THE LATEST INSTALMENT OF THE PLONKER VARIATION

 

 

1.   c4 e6 2. Nf3 c5 3. g3 g6  ??   Exactly the same mistake as in Game 3 and Game 15 of the  Peake - Kev-Blitz match. There was once a little boy called Kevin who wanted a defence to the English. He got out his Nunn's Chess Openings and found a line. "Oh good!" he said, "I shall write down some lines and play this as my defence." What he did not realize was that this line is only valid against a CLOSED ENGLISH set-up by White. Against an OPEN ENGLISH the line is unplayable. - 

I have named it  the PLONKER VARIATION. 

4. Bg2 Bg7

5. d4 cxd4

6. Nxd4 f5 ? This move takes the Plonker variation into new depths of anti-positional, numbskull strategic, waste of time, weakening, suicidal, death wish-3, load of b*ll*cks garbage . It shall henceforth be known as the Attention Deficit Disorder line of the PLONKER variation in honour of Stewart.  Note that Nc6 would have transposed into Game 15 of the Peake-Kev-Blitz match THE BLOBBY ASS variation.

7. Nb5 ! White dominates the Oh Calcutta ! hole at d6  Bf8

8. Bf4 Na6

9. N1c3 Nf6

10. Nd6 Bxd6

11. Qxd6 Qe7

12. Nb5 Monster Knight 2 arrives Qxd6

13. Nxd6 Ke7

14. Nxc8 Raxc8

15. Bxb7 Nb4

as with all positionally incorrect chess this tactic is easily refuted (Law 101 of the Gods and Goddesses of Chess)

16. Bxc8 Nc2

17. Kd2 Nxa1

18. Bb7 "Simple is Genius" thus spoke Fischer. (Law 98 of the Chess Gods)   g5

19. Bc7 White keeps his eye on d6.  Ne4

20. Bxe4 fxe4

21. c5 ! The mark of class. A lesser player would have rushed to chop the Knight on a1, but it is going nowhere. Law 76 of the Chess Gods : "The power of the Intermezzo move" .The triumph at d6 is complete. Kf6

22. Rxa1 Rc8

23. Bd6 I am the master says the Bishop at d6. Rc6

24. b4 a6

25. a4 Black resigns   

I would say this was a cautionary tale. But when your opponent keeps repeating the SAME PLONKER VARIATION one has to wonder what it takes to learn the simple rule: -  >As I have said before when Black has played c5 (as in Sicilian or here) e6 AND g6 do NOT mix UNLESS Black has control of d4 (In some lines of the Closed Sicilian e6 is possible - but only when Black controls d4). If not then White will play d4 and Black will have a massive hole on d6 which is horrible, and will be exploited by Nb5, Bf4 etc.

 

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