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2010 MAR
The
Right
Move
Youngsters on Top!
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EDITORS FOREWORD
AND BASIC ADVICE
by Andrew Martin
International Master
W
elcome to the latest Right Move. Your editor has
been laid low with some sort of vicious cold, so
this number will possibly be a little shorter than usual.
Apologies and a reminder that this is YOUR magazine.
Im very keen to promote junior activity and the great
work being done on behalf of young chessplayers all
over England, so PLEASE send me your contributions.
are especially welcome.
Thanks and best wishes, Andrew
GANG CP TMG NCmTM
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5
Bd7
Im currently compiling some infor-
mation for a forthcoming DVD on the
French and so I thought youd like to see
one of the games. Mikhail Botvinnik,
three-time World Champion,once de-
scribed the French Defence as a diffcult
and dangerous opening. It can also be
very eccentric.
Madl,Ildiko (2375) - Buecker,Stefan (2345)
[C16]
Muenster IM 1990
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5
Bd7!?
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A move which does not look very im-
pressive, yet there is a steady positional
idea behind the scenes.
5.Qg4
5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ba4 7.Rb1 Nd7
8.Nf3 Nb6 9.Be2 Qd7 10.00 Bc6 11.Nd2
Na4 12.Rb3 Ne7 13.f4 Nf5 14.Nf3 h5
15.Bd3 000 16.Qe2 Kb8 17.Bd2 Ka8
18.Be1 Rde8 19.Bf2 Ne7 20.Re1 Nc8
21.Qe3 a6 22.c4 dxc4 23.Bxc4 b5 24.Bd3
Ncb6 25.Reb1 Qd5 26.Qd2 Nc4 27.Qb4
Reg8 28.Bf1 f6 29.Nd2 a5 30.Qxb5 Bxb5
31.Bxc4 Bxc4 32.Nxc4 Qxc4 33.Rb5
Qxb5 01 Melville,A (2024)-Basman,M
(2328)/Islington 1972/EXT 1999.
5...g6 6.a3 Bxc3+ 7.bxc3 Ba4!
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Thats it! You sometimes see a black
Bishop or Queen coming to a4 in this
variation to blockade the Q-side and tie
White down, although not necessarily at
this early stage. One gets the feeling this
has to somehow be better for White, but
to demonstrate the advantage is not at
all easy.
8.Bd3 b5!? 9.Nf3
9.h4 seems much more to the point,
but White fails to secure any entry at
all in the coming game: 9...h5 10.Qe2
a6 11.Nh3 c5 12.dxc5 Qc7 13.Ng5 Ne7
14.Be3 Nd7 15.00 Nxc5 16.Nf3 Nf5
17.Bg5 Nd7 18.Nd4 Balzar,A (2365)-
Buecker,S (2300)/Nordwalde 1988 and
now 18...Qxc3! would have been most
precise: 19.Nxf5 (19.Nf3 Rc8 20.Rfe1
Nd4 21.Nxd4 Qxd4 22.Rad1 Qb2)
19...gxf5 20.Rfe1 Rc8 This small ex-
ample highlights just how important it
is for White to make sure the K-side at-
tack gets through in the Winawer, as his
pawn structure is nothing to write home
about.
9...c5 10.dxc5 Qc7 11.00 a6
12.Nd4 Qxc5 13.Bg5
13.Qf4 Nd7 14.Bd2 Ne7 15.h4 Qc7
16.Rfe1 h5 17.Qg5 Nc5 18.Qf6 Rg8
19.Bg5 is showing a big advantage to
White accoding to Fritz 12 and Deep Hi-
arcs, but after 19...Rc8! I just dont see it.
13...Nc6 14.Nxc6 Qxc6 15.Qb4 Rc8
Dark squares or weak pawns; which is
more important?
16.Bd2 h5 17.Qh4 Qc7 18.Rfe1
Qe7 19.Bg5 Qf8
Patience is defnitely the key to this
line. Black will have to be prepared to
soak up a lot of dark-squared pressure,
but if he feels up to the task, the win
awaits. In the long-term Whites pawns
have to drop.
20.Qh3 Kd7!?
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QUESTION: This game will not
appear etched on Hansens tomb-
stone. What happened next?
11.Nc7+ Kf7 12.Qd5+ Kg6
13.Nh4+ Kh5 14.Qf3+ Kxh4
15.g3#
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Blacks King march is rat her
unique and should remain that way.
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FEBRUARY (ANSWER)
Its quite common to put the black
King on d7 in the French, where he feels
quite safe, as long as White cant open up
the position.
21.Red1 Qc5 22.Be4 Ne7 23.Qf3
Ke8?!
I much prefer the weird 23...Rh7 when
Black has two very silly pieces on a4 and
h7, but he is getting ready to cash in on
white pawns.
24.Qf6 Rf8 25.Bd3 Nf5 26.Bxf5
gxf5 27.Rd2 Kd7 28.h4 Kc7 29.Bh6
Rfe8 30.Qxf7+ Re7 31.Qf6
31.Qxh5 Qxc3 32.Rc1 Qxa3 33.Rd3
Qb2 is completely unclear.
31...Ree8 32.Be3 Qxc3 33.Rad1
Qxa3 34.Rxd5! Qe7
34...exd5 35.Qb6+ Kd7 36.Rxd5+ is
not what the doctor ordered.
35.Qh6 Bxc2 36.Bc5 Qf7
37.Bd6+??
37.Rd7+ wins immediately: 37...Qxd7
38.Rxd7+ Kxd7 39.Qd2+ Kc7 40.Qd6+
Kb7 41.Qb6+ Ka8 42.Qa7# I suppose
time-trouble accounts for the mistake.
37...Kb7 38.R5d2 Bxd1 39.Rxd1
0-1
White lost on time. One can see why
experimenters such as Bucker and Bas-
man have come this way, looking for
something new. As to the actual merits
of 4...Bd7; well, it might be good for a
surprise!
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Pollock,William Henry Kraus - Gunsberg,Isidor
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USA06.Congress New York (22), 1889
Good ideas arent exclusively con-
fned to the latest information. One can
often fnd a treasure-trove of original and
exciting chess buried in old games.
1.e4 b6
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1.e4 b6!? has been around for a long
time, without attracting a great deal of at-
tention. Strong players dabble with 1...b6
from time to time, but not with any great
conviction. Its thought that White can
get the advantage in several ways. 1.e4 b6
is known as Owens Defence, named after
the Reverend John Owen, who used the
opening frequently in the 19th century.
White is drawn into an unusual position,
which he almost certainly will not have
studied.
2.d4 Bb7 3.Bd3
Many will play this way.
3...Nc6!?
OLD IS NOT BAD
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Old and yet new! Admit it, have YOU
seen 3...Nc6!? before? Even a lot of very
strong players will be answering No.
Black hits d4 and prepares ideas such as
...e7-e5 and ...Nc6-b4. In the latter case
...Nb4 will obtain the two Bishops for
Black. Pollock was a very strong master
by 19th century standards. He is baffed
by 3...Nc6.
4.c3!
Heres a brief analysis of a couple of
alternatives.
4.d5 Ne5 5.f4 Nxd3+ 6.Qxd3 e6;
4.Nf3 Nb4 5.Bc4 (5.00 Nxd3 6.Qxd3
e6) 5...e6 6.c3 d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.00
Ngf6. Hardly a refutation in either case.
4...e5!
The average opponent will throw up
his hands now. Theory is at an end and
he will have to think for himself. The
very last thing he wants after a hard day
at work.
5.d5
5.Nf3 exd4 6.cxd4 Nb4! 7.00 Nxd3
8.Qxd3 h6 9.Nc3 Ne7 leads to some
analysis I made with IM Bruno Carlier
back in the 1990s. Its not so bad for
Black who plans ...Ng6,...Be7 and ...00.
Pollock is hoping to minimize the impact
of Blacks opening surprise by blocking
the centre. He is in for a further shock.
5...Nce7 6.Ne2 f5!
An unsettling fanking blow.
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7.00?
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Its obvious that White has been dis-
turbed and a blunder results. I analyse
two alternatives, both of which are very
obscure:
7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Bg7 10.exf5
(10.f3 f4 11.Bf2 Nf6 12.Nd2 Ng6) 10...
Nxd5;
7.f3 Nf6 8.Nd2 fxe4 9.fxe4 Ng6 10.00
Bc5+ 11.Kh1 00 (11...Ng4).
7...fxe4 8.Bxe4 Nf6 9.Ng3 Nxe4
10.Nxe4 Bxd5
Already Black is winning.
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11.Qh5+ Ng6 12.Bg5 Be7 13.Bxe7
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In a way, Black has gambled with his
opening choice and he has certainly won
his bet. Hes a pawn up for very little
compensation and has the open f-fle to
boot.
15.Ng5 Rf5!?
He could have settled for 15...h6
16.Qxg6 Qxg5 17.Qxg5 hxg5 18.c4 Be6
19.b3 d6 20.Ne4 g4 but Gunsberg was a
romantic. One should attack if one pos-
sibly can!
16.Qxh7+ Kf8 17.h4 Rxg5!!
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That was the brilliant idea. Whites
Queen becomes a target.
18.hxg5 Qxg5 19.g3 Kf7! 20.Qh3
Rh8 21.f4 Nxf4 22.Rxf4+ exf4
23.Qxd7+ Kg6 24.Ne4 fxg3
24...Qh5! was better still.
25.Re1 Qh4 26.Nf2 Qh1+ 27.Nxh1
Rxh1#
A total wipeout.
C O N T E N T S
MARCH 2010
Youngsters on Top ..............................1
Editors Foreword ...............................2
Game of the Month .............................2
Prize Puzzle Answer (February) ..........4
Old Is Not Bad .....................................5
The School Chess Club ........................8
Chess for Schools Package ...............14
Popular Chess Quiz Page ..................15
Quiz Answers ....................................16
March Prize Puzzle ...........................16

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Best Answers to Quiz on page 16
1. 1 Ng4
2. 1. Bg5 Re8 2. Qe6#
3. 1. Be4 fxe4 2. fxe4
4. 1. Bxh7+ Kxh7 2. Rh5+ Kg8 3. Qh3
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