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Sometimes it's the minor things that set up the attack. In this French Defense mini-tournament game white uses a rather passive move (7.h3) to block black's attack against his dark square bishop. Black later takes aim at exactly that square. Let's see where this leads. |
 
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1... e6 2. d4 d5
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Last move of the initial position of the mini-tournament. |
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3. exd5
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White decides to go for the exchange. |
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3... exd5 4. c3 Bd6 5. Bd3
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Both parties make preparations for a kingside castle. |
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5... Nc6
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Waiting to see where white's dark square bishop goes before moving the king's knight. |
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6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3
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One of black's plans would be to eliminate the e3 bishop with Ng4. This move is in response to that threat. However a direct 7.Nf3 is better. The line 7.Nf3 Ng4 8.0-0 Nxe3 9.Re1 with recapture poses no problems for white. |
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7... O-O 8. Nf3 Re8 9. O-O Bd7
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Putting a knight in the center with 9...Ne4 is probably better for black, but since he has a plan in mind... |
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10. Nbd2 Qc8
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A short maneuver to target h3. |
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11. Nh2
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?; better is 11.Qc2 for a simmilar battery. |
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11... Bxh3
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The whole point. |
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12. gxh3
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White's best chance would be to count the pawn as a loss and concentrate elsewhere. This just opens up the kingside for black's pieces. |
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12... Qxh3 13. Ndf3
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Nh-f3 is better but white still faces problems. |
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13... Ng4
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Going on with the plan. However a simpler win is available with the direct 13...Re4. [Fritz] |
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14. Nxg4 Qxg4+ 15. Kh1 Qh3+
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Not wanting to give white a chance to bring his f-rook into play. Notice how passive white's rooks and queen are. |
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16. Kg1
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How to continue now? White guards lots of squares on the g and h files and it seems like a rook lift won't help. |
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16... Re6
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Still... |
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17. b3
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Not helping with the situation, but then again, no move really could. |
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17... Kh8
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!; Making room for the other black rook. Of course Fritz insists that 17...Rf6 is a better move. Heh, what does he know? |
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18. Re1 Rh6
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The natural continuation of the plan. A rook sacrifices itself for its sister's glory. |
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19. Bxh6
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Nothing better since black threatens mate at h1. |
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