When playing blitz, you are exposed to ingominous defeats. I was. Sometimes I save them, but this time I was playing against a 1900+ rated player... very seldom found in blitz (sigh!). I hoped in a good game. It was. But probably my opponent wasn't that delighted to see how sharp the London attack can be against an unwarned black player. It went all sooo smoothly... :-)
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. e3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Nd2
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So far, all pretty normal for a London. Black can do two things: c5, and get countergame on the queenside, or try to castle queenside, instead. Black didn't make the mistake of Nc6 before c5, but castled kingside. This makes it a perfect target for me. It would be exaggerated to say that white has an edge, but black has to play with more care that it seems. |
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6... a6
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? Just one carelessly slow move. Probably it has a plan of b5-Bb7, but... |
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7. g4
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Here it comes. Cesar crossed the Rubicone. |
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7... Nc6
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Almost useless move. The Nd5 can't be taken by the other N. Nb4 is hardly an annoyance. Black plans to answer Nd7 to g5? |
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8. g5
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Nd7 forces me to find a way to proceed, and I have plenty of them, but it would be hard to find a definitive winning one. But black preferred... |
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8... Ne4
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My Nd2 has only one scope in this opening: to be exchanged with this black N. |
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9. Bd3
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Black is helping, but not all is still done. This move threatens him a pawn. But, more than that, is x-raying h7. |
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9... Nxg5
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?? The losing mistake. f5 was needed, or even Qh4, and the fight continues. But now, nothing can save black. |
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10. Qh5
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A piece is lost... or more. |
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10... h6
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Opening a square for his N to retire, but... |
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11. Rg1
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If now black plays 15... f6, 16... BxN. Bxh6 is threatened, so fxB seems the only reasonable option. After it, 17. Ng5 seems to offer white with Nxh6, winning, for example: Be7, 18. Nxh6+, gxN, 19. Qg6+! and mate on h7 the next move. |
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11... Nxe5
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BxN, dxB, Ne7 was another idea. |
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12. dxe5
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The unconfortable Bd6 pays the price of his outcome (it could have been in e7, and black would stand a little better). |
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12... g6
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Ok now. Playing against a 1900+ deserves something more interesting than the boring Qxh6. |
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13. Bxg6
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Coup de grâce. |
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13... fxg6 14. Qxg6+ Kh8 15. Qxh6+
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And black resigns. It's not only hanging two minor pieces with almost no action, but he's facing a dreadful discovered check after BxN. A good lesson about how very slight careless moves can lead you right into the hell against a London :-D |
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