FRENCH DEFENCE  WINAWER VARIATION      C16

Peake GM  v  Kev-Blitz Match

Game 23

White    Black

GMP  - Kev-Blitz

1:0 (ICC 2 19 u) 26/ 2/2004

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 I played the Veressov because several times I had seen Kev play the weak 2....e6 to this move e6 There you go. Now we have a French defence, which Kev knows nothing about.

[2... Bf5 ! see Veressov document.]

3. e4 Bb4 Best move, French defence Winawer variation.

4. e5 Nd7?!  Here c5, Ne7, Qd7 and b6 are normal.

5. Qg4 Standard attack against the Black King-side weakened by the Bishop's absence. g6

6. Nf3 c5 Good, undermining base of pawn chain.

[6... f5 7. ef Ndxf6 8. Qf4 Nh5 9. Qe5 Ngf6 10. Bh6 Rg8 11. h3 Qd6 12. Bd3 Qxe5 13. de Nd7 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bc Nc5 16. Rab1

...1-0, Arevalo Ricardo - Birebent Guy, Saint-Quentin 1999 It (open) (b)]

7. Be2

[7. Bd2!? may have been better. Ne7 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Bxc3]

7... cd

8. Qxd4 Bc5?!

[8... Qb6!? 9. Qf4 Bxc3 10. bc Qc7]

9. Qf4 Bf8 Black decides to cover his dark square weaknesses by regrouping the Bishop.

[9... Ne7!? 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd2 a6]

10. O-O

[10. Nb5!? immediately may have been better. a6 11. Nd6 Bxd6 12. ed

 +0.95 Tiger 15.0]

10... Bh6? Why does Black want to swap off his good Bishop ?

[10... a6!? 11. Qa4 Ne7 12. Bg5 Bg7]

11. Qb4 Bxc1

12. Nb5 ! A key move, now Black is in trouble as he cannot avoid a check on d6. Ne7 ?

[12... Bxb2!? Best 13. Qxb2²]

13. Nd6 Kf8

14. Raxc1 Kg7

15. Qf4 The Queen returns to the King-side. White has a strong positional advantage. Nf5

16. Nxf5 ef

[16... gf 17. c4±]

17. Rfd1 Nc5 ?

[17... Nb6 18. c4 Be6 19. c5 Nd7]

18. c4 With excellent pressure. Ne6

19. Qe3 f4

20. Qc3 Qc7 ?

[20... d4!? 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxd4 Qg5

 +1.70 Tiger 15.0]

21. cd Simple is genius. White has an overwhelming position. Qxc3

22. Rxc3 Nf8

23. Rc7 Nd7

24. e6 Nf6

25. Rxf7 Kh6

26. Rxf6 Re8

27. Rxf4 b6

28. Rf7 White constructs a mating net. a5

29. Ne5 Rb8

30. Rd4 b5

31. Rh4 Kg5

32. Nf3#

Black checkmated

[1:0]

 

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