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Saturday, September 17, 2011

Ruy Lopez Thematic Tournament

Here are my 2 games from last Thursday:
John Leisner (1960) vs Greg Tomkovich (1656) Starting after 11...Qc2
12 d5 Nc4 13 b3 Nb6 14 Be3 h6 15 Nbd2 Nh7 16 Nf1 f5( the point of my last 2 moves) 17 exf5 Bxf5?( Bb7 18 c4 bxc4 19 bxc4 Nxc4) 18 Bxf5 Rxf5 19 Qd3 Raf8 20 Ng3 R5f7
21 Rad1 Nf6 22 Nxe5!( I totally missed this move) dxe5 23 d6 Bxd6 24 Qxd6 Nbd5?(Rc8 is better, but white still has the advantage)25 Rxd5 Nxd5 26 Qxd5 Qa5 27 Bxc5 Wxc3
28 Qxe5(Rxe5 is stronger) Qxe5 29 Rxe5 Rd8 30 Ne4 Rd1+ 31 Kh2 Ra1 32 a3 Rb1 33 Re6 Rxb3 34 Rxa6 Rc7 35 Rb6 Rb2 36 Rb8+ Kh7 37 Be3 Ra2 38 Rxb5 Rxa3 39 Rb8 Re7?? 40 Bc5 0-1

My second game was against John Moldovan who substituted for a withdrawn player I had the white pieces
12 d5 Bd7 13 Nbd2 Nb7 14 Nf1 c4 15 Be3 Nc5 16 Ng3 g6 17 b4 cxb3e.p. 18 axb3 Rfc8
19 Bd2 Bf8 20 b4 Nb7 21 Qe2 Bg7 22 Ra3 Nd8 23 Rea1 Qb7 24 Qd3 Rcb8 25 Ng4 Bc8 26 f4 Nd7 27 f5 h6 28 Nxf7!? Nxf7(Kxf7 29 fxg6 Kxg6 30 Nf5 may be slightly better for black) 29 fxg6 Nh8 30 Nf5 Qc7?(Nxg6 is better) 31 Qg3 Nf6? (Nf8 32 Nxh6+ Bxh6 33 Bxh6
Nh5) 32 Nxh6+ Bxh6 33 Nxh6 Qe7 34 Rf1 Nh5? 35 Qf3??(Qh4! is crushing here, black cannot take the Q due to Rf8 mate)Ng7 36 Qg3 Nh5 Draw by agreement??

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