Hi folks, i thought i'd test drive the new analysis function a little. I've done some small analysis of a recent game in the Spanish Team championship. White (P Negi) really strangles black (Moiseenko) with some superb positional play.
Header
EVENT
TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor
SITE
Sestao ESP
DATE
2010.08.23
ROUND
1
WHITE
Negi,P
BLACK
Moiseenko,A1
RESULT
1-0
WHITEELO
2615
BLACKELO
2667
ECO
B60
EVENTDATE
2010.08.23
PGN
[Event "TCh-ESP CECLUB Honor"] [Site "Sestao ESP"] [Date "2010.08.23"] [Round "1"] [White "Negi,P"] [Black "Moiseenko,A1"] [Result "1-0"] [BlackElo "2667"] [Chesscat "CHESSCAT 1.0"] [ECO "B60"] [Eventdate "2010.08.23"] [Plycount "66"] [WhiteElo "2615"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bg5 Qa5 7.Bb5 { Covering the black bishop on g5 from the attack by the Queen and threatening an exchange on c6.} Bd7 8.Nb3 Qd8 9.Be2! { 9.Be2! This Prophylactic move prevents black from playing ..a6 and ..b5 followed by ..b4 (which would weaken e4 by messing with the knight on c3 and give black more space on the Queenside) but instead buys enough time for white to play a4 and a5 himself. Very useful little technique to remember. } a6 10.a4 e6 11.a5 {And there it is, white has achieved a significant positional advantage on the Queenside, claiming the b6 square deep in the black position. He has the choice of either manoeuvring a Bishop or a knight to b6 which will cause havoc in the black camp... } Be7 12.Be3 {White decides the black bishop will be better on b6, leaving the knight on c3 to defend the central squares rather than manoeuvring it Na3 and Nb6} O-O 13.O-O Ne5 14.f4 Ng6 15.Qd3 Re8 { Black sets to the task of defence while avoiding weakening pawn moves. White on the other hand uses the time to gain massive amounts of space for all his pieces. } 16.Kh1 { removing a weakness from the white position without revealing a plan. Black will soon have to choose a plan rather than simply strengthen his position and waiting} Bf8 17.Bf3 Bc6 { This looks wrong to me, it invites the Knight on d4 wastes two moves going back and forth. However, these two bishop moves do not weaken blacks position. I would have preferred 17..Qc7 allowing the Ra8 to come to the centre.. } 18.Nd4 Bd7 {again ..Qc7 looks good to me, leaving the d7 square available for a knight should it be needed. }19.Nde2 Nh4 20.e5 dxe5 21.fxe5 Nxf3 22.Rxf3 { The knight has moved 4 times in order to be exchanged. White brings the rook to f3 with tempo, time is counted in moves, not minutes in chess. } Ng4 23.Bb6 Qc8 24.Rh3 {Whites efficiency is starting to tell, black is looking disjointed and is forced into making weakening moves} g6 25.Qg3 h5 26.Nf4 Bg7 27.Rxh5 f5 28.exf6 Nxf6 29.Rg5 Re7 30.Bd4 Ne8 31.Ne4 e5 32.Bxe5 Qc6 33.Nd6 { White is relentless in attack, black his hopelessly lost and will soon resign } Rxe5 1-0
Nice analysis, thanks for posting it. It's nice to see what happens with the stranglehold. I really liked the ninth move allowing the pawn push up the a file. Definitely going to keep that one in mind.
Originally posted by Double G Nice analysis, thanks for posting it. It's nice to see what happens with the stranglehold. I really liked the ninth move allowing the pawn push up the a file. Definitely going to keep that one in mind.
I have to say that the idea of moving a piece before it is attacked took me a while to get my head around. This game is a perfect illustration of pro-actively removing tempo saving moves from your opponents options. After the black pawns charge down the Queenside, white would be in serious trouble, Be2 just totally takes the sting out of things and allows white to consolidate the advantage of the opening move into a solid positional advantage. Masterful stuff, great game! 😀
It is useful to note that white can get away with moving the Bishop twice in the opening because black has wasted a move retreating his Queen... 😉
