A Jonny Hector game

[Event "SWE-cht 2001"] [Date "2001.01.01"] [White "Hector, Jonny"] [Black "Vernersson, Per"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8. Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 c5 11. O-O-O a6 12. Nh4 Qc7 13. Ngf3 cxd4 14. Ng6 Rg8 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. Nxf8 Kxf8 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Nf5 Bb5 20. Qe3 Ne8 21. Rd6 Bc6 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rxe6 Na4 24. Rf6+ 0-1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {It very rarely matters if you play this or 3.Nc3 Black usually plays....} 3... dxe4 {....this to either move.} 4. Nxe4 Nd7 {4...Bf5 is more popular but the text has it's band of faithful followers as well.} 5. Ng5 {I have 18 games with Hector as White here. Winning 11.3 drawn and 4 losses. The resulting double edged positions suit his style.} 5... Ngf6 6. Bc4 {Amazingly this position has appeared on RHP over 100 times and nobody has fallen for Bxf7 mate.} 6... e6 7. Qe2 {With Nxf7 and Qxe6+ threats. in game 8632718 on here Black here played 7....Be7 and it was all over after 8.Nxf7.} 7... Nb6 8. Bd3 {There is now a pawn up for grabs on d4. An important central pawn. Most players have never taken it deeming 8...Qxd5 9.Nf3 is too difficult to hold OTB and in practice this has proven true with White winning a vast majority of the games.} 8... h6 9. N5f3 {So after the great retreat by White what has he achieved? Black's c8 Bishop looking glum and g6 has been weakened. Black too is happy he has beaten back the first wave and the g1 Knight is denied it's favourite square. Now 1,000's of game have continued here with 9....c5.} 9... Nbd7 {But this cannot be the best move. Perhaps Black was worried about Ne5 and Ng1-f3 or intended to capture after c5 with Nxc5. Maybe he did not like having a Knight on b6. Tarrasch spilt gallons of ink slagging off Knights on b6. He hated them} 10. Bd2 {White develops. What tempo he lost with the piece retreats on moves 8 and 9 he has just been given them back.} 10... c5 11. O-O-O a6 {That too looks like a luxury move. White now sends in the second wave.} 12. Nh4 {Freeing f3 for the g1 Knight and sniffing at the f5 and g6 squares. Sometimes Knights on the rim are not so dim.} 12... Qc7 13. Ngf3 cxd4 {Good move if your thinking runs "I take, he takes back..." and indeed if White played 14.Nxd4 here then Black is putting up a good show with 14....Nc5. However.....} 14. Ng6 {If you thinking runs "He takes....I sac a Knight." then you are bound to create OTB problems for your opponent. Black cannot take this Knight (see the next game).} 14... Rg8 15. Nxd4 {If, as you will see, Black cannot take the Knight last move, with the other Knight on d4 it is even stronger for White.} 15... Nc5 16. Bf4 {Black could have thrown in Nxd3+ here but that swaps his only really active piece and brings the Queen to d3 tying the Black Queen down to cover d8.} 16... Qb6 17. Nxf8 {White can be happy with the position even though this Knight has gone, it is still very tricky for Black. Personally I would have played Rhe1 here. Black still cannot take the Knight after 17.Rh1 even after Nxd3+. Not saying Rhe1 is better but I would have left the Knight hanging for as long as possible. (and then regretted it.)} 17... Kxf8 {17..Rxf8 meets 18.Nf5 and Nd6+} 18. Bc4 {This is the move that White saw when he traded the Knight (OK it's better Rhe1) a triple hit on e6 and the d1 Rook is peeking at the squares d5, d6 and d8 after the d4 Knight moves.} 18... Bd7 {Cannot see anything else that stops coming attack. Black has to get this piece and the a8 Rook into the game.} 19. Nf5 {One Knight unhangs itself to a pawn, another takes it's place. It's obvious this one cannot be taken. 19...exf5 20.Bd6+} 19... Bb5 20. Qe3 {That's a good move. He is threatening 21.Bd6+ and Bxc5. Wonder if I'd had hit on this a few moves back. Dislike pinning a piece if the pinned piece has a check. (I'm too dogmatic sometimes and dismiss good moves for all the wrong reasons.)} 20... Ne8 {To stop 21.Bd6+. If 20...Bxc4 21.Bd6+ 22.Bxc5 and 23 Nd6+ hammers Black. It's 1-0.} 21. Rd6 {That gives a hint how strong Bd6+ is. White is saccing the exchange to get it in.} 21... Bc6 22. Bxe6 {At last the sac on e6 that White went for right in the opening now appears. It has to be taken.} 22... fxe6 23. Rxe6 {Black could have given the piece back with 23....Nb3+ here and gone into a hopeless ending two pawns down. Instead he tries to get the Queens off and keep the piece.} 23... Na4 24. Rf6+ {It's over. 1-0. It would end thus.} 24... gxf6 25. Qe7

[FEN "r1b1kb1r/1pqn1pp1/p3pnNp/8/3p4/3B1N2/PPPBQPPP/2KR3R b kq - 0 14"]
14... fxg6 15. Bxg6+ {15...Kd8 16.Nxd4 with Nxe6+ coming and if that d7 Knight moves then the King gets caught on the open d-file with a discovered check. 15...Kd8 16.Nxd4 Nc4 (to hold e6.) 17 Ba5!} 15... Ke7 16. Nxd4 {Threatening Nf5+ and Qxe6.} 16... e5 17. Bb4+ Nc5 {Only move unless Black wants to be mated with 17...Kd8 18,Nd8 mate.} 18. Qc4 {Threatening 19.Nf5+ and 20.Qf7 mate.} 18... exd4 {Takes another piece and blocks the d-file. The only other try 18...Nd5 gives White back his piece and the attack continues.} 19. Bxc5+ {This looks best out of a choice of other good looking moves. The play is forced. Always look at the forcing moves first.} 19... Kd8 20. Qxd4+ {A nice wee Queen winning move.} 20... Bd7 21. Bb6 {White wins the Queen and mops up using the still exposed Black King as a football.}

[Event "Open invite"]
[Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[EndDate "2011.08.23"]
[Round "?"]
[White "WhiteHorses"]
[Black "kapatidnapogi"]
[WhiteRating "1628"]
[BlackRating "1513"]
[WhiteElo "1628"]
[BlackElo "1513"]
[Result "1-0"]
[GameId "8632718"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nb1c3 dxe4 4. Nc3xe4 Nb8d7 5. Bf1c4 Ng8f6 6. Ne4g5 e6 7. Qd1e2 Bf8e7 8. Ng5xf7 Ke8xf7 9. Qe2xe6 Kf7g6 10. Bc4d3

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 6. Nxf6 Nxf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bh5 9. Bd2 e6 10. f3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Qd3 Nbd7 6. Nxf6 Nxf6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ne5 Bh5 9. Bd2 e6 10. f3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Qc7 12. Kb1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5

[FEN "r3kb1r/ppqn1ppp/2p1p3/4N2b/3P4/3Q1P2/PPPB2PP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 12"]
12. Kb1 {Actually baiting the d4 pawn as as a trap.} 12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bg5 {14.Bc3 and 14.Bf4 come into consideration. and these two would also have to be looked at before nicking the pawn. This 14.Bg5 is the scarey line. Note if the White King was on c1 then Black could play Qxg5+ and Qd5 here.} 14... Qd5 15. Qxd5 {Black cannot play 15...cxd6 16.Bb5 is mate.} 15... exd5 16. Rxd5 {16...cxd5 17.Bb5 mate. But the attack fails to....} 16... f6 {Coming this far is not beyond a good player, A lot of Black players would have stopped after 16.Rxd5 thinking he has his pawn my King is very open. This is not worth it - I don't even get a pawn and reject it.}

[FEN "r3kb1r/ppqn1ppp/2p1p3/4N2b/3P4/3Q1P2/PPPB2PP/2KR1B1R w kq - 0 12"]

12. Kb1 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Bc3 Qd5 {The Qd5 defence as mentioned aove.} 15. Qe2 {Now where does the Queen go? 15...Qg4 allows 16.h4 and g4 winning the h5 Bishop.} 15... Qc5 16. Qd2 {16...Be7 allows 17.Qd7+ and 18.Qxb7 winning the pawn back and another bag of tricks is opened. So...} 16... Qd5 17. Qe1 Qc5 18. Qd2 Qd5 19. Qe1 {That may be forced if you want it as White. No knowing who was the Black player, or anything about the game except that Breyer was involved, maybe he did not want or needed more than a draw.}

[Event "Keulen A"]
[Site "Keulen A"]
[Date "1911.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "15"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Gyula Breyer"]
[Black "Ziolo"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "95"]

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qd3 Nbd7 6.Nxf6+ Nxf6
7.Nf3 Bg4 8.Ne5 Bh5 9.Bd2 e6 10.f3 Nd7 11.O-O-O Qc7 12.Kb1
O-O-O 13.Qc3 Bd6 14.Nxd7 Rxd7 15.Be2 Bg6 16.g3 Rhd8 17.Be3 Kb8
18.Rd2 Rc8 19.Rhd1 Qd8 20.Ka1 Qf8 21.a3 Ka8 22.Qb3 Bc7 23.Qa4
Bb6 24.Bd3 Rcd8 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Rd3 Rd5 27.c4 R5d7 28.Qb3 Qe7
29.f4 Qf6 30.d5 cxd5 31.Bxb6 axb6 32.Qxb6 d4 33.c5 e5 34.fxe5
Qxe5 35.c6 bxc6 36.Rb3 Qc7 37.Qa6+ Qa7 38.Qxc6+ Rb7 39.Re1 d3
40.Re8 Rxe8 41.Qxe8+ Qb8 42.Qxb8+ Kxb8 43.Rxb7+ Kxb7 44.Kb1
Kc6 45.Kc1 Kc5 46.Kd2 Kc4 47.a4 g5 48.a5 1-0