This week's youth chess clubs are looking at the first few moves a game played by two trophy winners at the Winterfest Scholastic. I previously offered a lesson from one of the games submitted in this event on January 24.
In this week's model game, both players engage in a fight for the center. Both use pieces in coordination to create threats. The decisive difference was that White left pieces vulnerable, and Black took the free gifts. The names have been changed.
Santa (754) - Every Good Child (681) [C62]
Winterfest Deer Park, 21.01.2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bd7 5.Qe2?!
Black to move
5. Nc3, O-O, and even d5 are better.
5...exd4 6.e5?
6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nxd4 was played in Russia in 2009. See the bonus game below.
6...dxe5 7.Nxe5
It still seems sensible to try 7.Bxc6 Bxc6 8.Nxe5 Qe7 9.Nxc6 bxc6
7...Nxe5 8.Qxe5+ Qe7
White to move
9.Bf4??
Now Black has a decisive advantage.
White should have tried 9.Bxd7+ Kxd7 10.Qxe7+ Bxe7 or 9.Qxe7 Bxe7 10.Bxd7 Kxd7 both leading to the same position where Black is ahead by one pawn.
9...Bxb5 10.Na3 Qxe5+ 11.Bxe5 Bxa3 12.bxa3 Ne7 13.Bxg7 Rg8 14.Rb1 a6 15.Bxd4 Rxg2 16.Rb4 0–0–0 17.a4 Bd7 18.Bf6 Re8 19.Re4 Bc6 20.Rxe7 Rgg8 21.Re2
If 21.Rf1
Black to move
Black has a pin 21...Rxe7+ 22.Bxe7 Re8
21...Bxh1 22.f4 Rg1+ 23.Kf2 Rg2+ 24.Kf3 Rgxe2+ 25.Kg3 Rg8+ 26.Kh3 Reg2
A possible finish: 26...Re3+ 27.Kh4 Bg2 28.Bg5 f5 29.Kh5 Rh3+ 30.Bh4 Bf3+ 31.Kh6 Rxh4#
27.Be5 R8g6 28.f5
28.Bg7 does not save White R2g4 29.Be5 Bg2#
28...Rh6# 0–1
Bonus Game
Ivanov,Ivan Josifov (2095) - Kokorin,Ivan [C62]
Dimitrovgrad-ch Dimitrovgrad (9), 2009
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 Bd7 5.Qe2 exd4 6.Bxc6 Bxc6 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.c4 Be7 9.Nc3 Nf6 10.f3 0–0 11.h4 Nh5 12.Qf2 g6 13.Bh6 Ng7 14.0–0–0 Re8 15.g4 a5 16.Rdg1 a4 17.a3 Ra5 18.Nd5 Ne6 19.Nf5 Bf6 20.Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.Bg5 Nxg5 22.hxg5 Qxg5+ 23.f4 Qf6 24.g5 1–0
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