BEAU CHESS - the post-work workings-out of a chess amateur

I begin this blog after getting back into league chess following many years' absence due to work. My post-job status also means I am able to play more tournament chess. My new club in London is Battersea and my first game for them is on Thursday September 14, 2017. I start with a Fide rating of 1858, an ECF grade of 169 (=1968 elo) and an ICCF correspondence rating of 2267. My current Fide is 2009, my ECF is 1955 and my ICCF is 2325.

Sunday 26 February 2023

Graz Game Six

Spanton (1883) - Varvara Pakina (1780)

Sicilian Bb5(+)

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Nxd7 5.d4!?

One idea behind this, rather the more-normal castling, is to smoothly set up a Maróczy Bind with c4. True, after 5.0-0 Ngf6, White is not obliged to block the c2 pawn with 6.Nc3, but neither is it certain the king's rook belongs on e1 or the queen on e2.

5...cxd4 6.Qxd4 Ngf6 7.0-0 g6 8.e5!?

Most popular is 8.Nc3, while 8.c4 completes the Bind, but the text is almost as popular in ChessBase's 2023 Mega database.

8...dxe5 9.Nxe5 Bg7

White to play and lose

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10.Rd1?? Nxe5 0-1

2 comments:

Anonymous26 February 2023 at 11:27
Oh dear! I wondered what had happened. Are there any other examples of 10. Rd1? in the databases? One of those moves that look good at a glance. How much time did you give? See you in Kos!
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Tim Spanton26 February 2023 at 14:30
No, it was definitely a novelty!
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