French Advance

I beat my old nemesis this evening when he played the advance variation against my French.

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "River City"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "The Prosecutor"]
[Black "Wulebgr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.01.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bb5
{This move is a bit unusual} Qb6 {black has achieved equality} 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Nexd4 c5 {this move appears to be the novelty} 11. Nb3 Ba6 12. c3 Rd8 13. Be3
Nb8 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. f5 d4 16. Bg5 Rd5 17. c4 Qb4+ $2 $14 18. Nbd2 Rd7 19. fxe6
fxe6 20. b3 $2 Be7 21. Qe4 $2 Bb7 22. Qg4 h6 $2 $16 23. Qh5+ $6 Kd8 24. O-O $2
$15 Bxg5 25. Nxg5 Qxd2 26. Nf7+ Rxf7 27. Qxf7 Ne7 28. Rf2 Qe3 $17 29. Qf4 $4
$19 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 Nf5 31. Raf1 g5 32. R4f2 Be4 33. Re1 Ne3 34. Rf7 Rh7 35. Rf2
Ke7 36. Rb2 a5 37. a3 Bxg2 $2 38. Rxe3 dxe3 39. Kxg2 Rf7 40. Re2 Rf2+ $1 41.
Rxf2 exf2 42. Kxf2 a4 $3 $19 43. bxa4 Kd7 44. Kf3 h5 $8 45. Kg3 Kc7 46. a5 Kb7
47. h4 g4 48. Kf4 Ka6 49. Kg5 g3 50. Kf6 g2 51. Kxe6 g1=Q 52. Kf7 Qg4 53. e6
Qxc4 54. Ke7 Qxh4+ 55. Kf7 c4 56. e7 Qf4+ 57. Kg7 Qe5+ 58. Kf8 Qf6+ 59. Ke8 c3
60. a4 c2 61. Kd7 Qf7 62. Kd8 c1=Q 63. e8=Q Qcc7# 0-1

After move 49, we were merely entertaining the spectators, as the result was no longer in doubt.

Position after 10...c5

He gave up his center pretty quick. Trading the Bishop for the Knight was a poor idea I think.

42... a4!!! what a beautiful move.

Originally posted by zebano
42... a4!!! what a beautiful move.

Yes. And to see it a few moves earlier before the exchange of rooks with a draw offer on the table. I'm rightly proud of my endgame last night.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
Yes. And to see it a few moves earlier before the exchange of rooks with a draw offer on the table. I'm rightly proud of my endgame last night.

I assumed such, otherwise the rook exchange makes little sense.

Originally posted by Wulebgr
I beat my old nemesis this evening when he played the advance variation against my French.

[Event "Club Championship"]
[Site "River City"]
[Date "2007.02.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "The Prosecutor"]
[Black "Wulebgr"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "1640"]
[BlackElo "1670"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2007.01.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 ...[text shortened]... 1b1kb1r/p2n1ppp/1q2p3/2ppP3/3N1P2/5N2/PPP3PP/R1BQK2R w KQkq - 0 11[/fen]

That's a classical isn't it?