Alan Brusey (1983 ECF/1984 Fide) - Spanton (1931 ECF/1980 Fide)
QGD Exchange
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Bd6!? 7.Bd3 0-0 8.Qc2 h6 9.Bh4 Re8 10.Nge2 Be6 11.h3 Nbd7 12.f4!?
This may be a novelty; known moves are 12.0-0 and 12.g4.
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| Position after 12.f4!? |
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12...Nf8 13.0-0-0!? b5 14.f5 Bd7 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Be7
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| How should White proceed? |
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17.Nc5?!
Sockfish16.1 and Dragon1 reckon the game is equal after both 17.Bxf6 Bxf6 18.Kb1 and 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bf2.
17...Nd5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Qd2
There is nothing better.
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| Black to play and get at least the upper hand |
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19...Ne3?
Missing 19...Bxf5! 20.Bxf5 Qxe2.
20.Rde1 Nxf5?!
Almost certainly better are 20...Bxf5 and 20...Nd5, albeit the engines in each case give White the upper hand.
21.Ng3 Qxe1+?
Better is 21...Ne3, when 22.Nf1? fails to 22...Nxf1. However the engines give, among other continuations, 22.Nxd7 Nxd7 23.Nf5, again awarding White the upper hand.
22.Rxe1 Nxg3
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| How would you assess this imbalanced middlegame? |
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Black has rook, knight and pawn for a queen, which is close to being enough material-compensation, but Black's pieces are discoordinated, and the black queenside pawns are weak. The engines agree White is the equivalent of almost a rook ahead.
23.Nxd7 Nxd7 24.Rxe8+ Rxe8 25.Qf4 Ne2+ 26.Bxe2 Rxe2 27.Qc7 Nf6 28.Qxc6
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| White's position is overwhelming |
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The game finished:
28...Re4 29.Qa8+ Re8 30.Qxa7 Rc8+ 31.Kd2 Rc4 32.Qb8+ Kh7 33.Kd3 Rb4 34.b3 1-0
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