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Archive for 2012

Chess Traps and Miniatures 6

Wednesday, October 10th, 2012


S. Johnsen – L. Jauge, Oslo 2012
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 f5 4.Bg2 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.e3 Bxc3 8.Bxc3 f4 9.Bxc6 dxc6 10.Bxe5 fxe3 11.fxe3 Ng4 12.Bd4? [12.Bf2] 12…Nf2 13.Qh5 Bg4 [or 13…c5] 0-1

P. Haugli – J. Lundin, Oslo 2012
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 d4 7.Na4 b5 8.cxb6 axb6 9.e3 Bb4+ 10.Bd2 d3 11.Bxb4 Nxb4 12.Nd4 Nf6 13.a3 Bg4 14.Qb3? [14.f3] 14…Nc2+ [forking rook and king] 0-1

L. Van Wely – P. Acs, Netherlands 2002
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 O-O 5.Bd3 d5 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Nge2 Re8 8.O-O Bd6 9.a3 Ng4 10.h3 Nh2 11.Re1 Nf3+ 12.gxf3 Qg5+ 13.Kh1 Qh4 14.Nf4 Bxh3 15.Ncxd5?! [15…Ng2] 15…Re6 16.Nxe6? [16.Bg6] 16…Bf5+ 17.Kg1 Qh2+ 18.Kf1 Bg3 [19.fxg3 Bh3 mate] 0-1

A. Schmied – J. Aagard, Copenhagen 1995
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 d5 3.c4 e6 4.Bg5 dxc4 5.Qa4+ Nbd7 6.Qxc4 c5 7.Nc3 a6 8.a4 cxd4 9.Nxd4? [9.Qxd4] 9…Ne5 [10.Qb3 Qxd4] 0-1

M. Wickert – M. Adams, Islington 1992
1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 Ne4 3.Bf4 c5 4.d5 Qb6 5.Nd2 Qxb2 6.Ngf3? [6.Nxe4] 6…Nc3 7.Nc4? [7.Qc1 Qxc1+] 7…Nxd1 [8.Nxb2 Nxb2] 0-1

S. Viahovic – D. Dakic, Belgrade 2012
1.e4 c5 2.c3 Qa5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Na3 e6 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Re1 Qc7 8.Bb1 d5 9.e5 Nd7 10.d4 a6 11.Nc2 b5 12.Ng5 O-O 13.a4 b4 14.Nxb4 h6? [14…Bxg5] 15.Qd3 [threatening 16.Qh7 mate] 15…f5 16.Nxe6 Nxb4 17.Qg3 [threatening 18.Nxc7 and 18.Qxg7 mate] 1-0

I. Dmitriev – J. Aagaard, Balarus 1993
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Nc3 cxd4 5.Qxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Qd3 e6 8.Bg5 Be7 9.O-O-O Qa5? [9…a6] 10.e5 Nb4 11.Qc4 d5? [11…dxe5 12.Bxf6] 12.exf6 [12…dxc4 13.Bxd7+ and 14.fxe7] 1-0

G. Maraite – D. Van deen Heede, Belgium 2012
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 d5 4.e5 Nc6 5.d4 Nge7 6.a3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Qb6 8.Nc3 Nf5 9.Be3 Be7 10.Bd3?! [10.Na4] 10…Nxe3 11.fxe3 Qxb2 12.Nb5? [12.Ne2] 12…Qxg2 13.Nc7+? [13…Rf1] 13…Kd8 14.Nxa8 Qxh1+ 15.Bf1 g5 16.h3 h5 17.Ra2 g4 0-1

N. Ziemann – M. Adams, Germany 1992
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.Re1 Ng5 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.Rxe5+ Ne6 8.Ng5 Bd6 9.Qh5? [9.Nxe6] 9…g6 10.Nxf7? [10.Qe2] 10…Kxf7 [10…gxh5] 11.Qf3+ Qf6 12.Re3? [12.Qxf6+] 12…Nd4 13.Qe4?? [13.Qxf6] 13…Bf5 [trapping the queen] 0-1

Kuang Yinghui – Pham Nguyen, China 2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 d5 6.Bd3 f5 7.Ng3 e4 8.Bb5 exf3 9.Qxf3 Be7 10.Nxf5 O-O 11.Nxe7+ Nxe7 12.Qa3 Nf5 13.O-O Nd4 14.Qd3? [14.Qc5] 14…c5 15.Ba4 Bf5 16.Qe3 Bxc2 17.b3? [17.Bxc3] 17…b5 18.Ba3? [18.Bxb5] 18…Re8 [19.Qh3 Bf5] 0-1

J. Dominguez – N. Escalante, Spain 2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Be3 d6 8.Qd2 Nf6 9.Bh6 O-O 10.Bxg7 Kxg7 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Bd3 d5 13.Rde1 d4 14.Ne2 c5 15.Ng3 Be6 16.Qg5 h6? [16…Rfe8] 17.Nh5+ [17…Nxh5 18.Qxe7] 1-0

W. Groth – B. Wall, www.chess.com 2012
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5 5.Nxf7 Bxf2+ 6.Kf1 Qe7 7.Nxh8 d5 8.exd5 Nd4 9.c3 Bg4 10.Qa4+ Nd7 11.cxd4 Qf8 hxg6 13.dxe5?? [13.Be2] 13…Bd4+ [14.Ke1 Qf2 mate] 0-1

M. Atherton – M. Adams, Islington 1992
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Be2 Nf6 5.e5 Ng4 6.O-O d6 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.d4 O-O 9.Nc3 Nc6 10.Nd5 Ne7 11.Nxf4 Nf5 12.Qd3 Re8 13.Nd5? [13.Nh3] 13…c6 14.Ne5? [14.h3] 14…Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bc5+ [16.Kh1 Qxd5] 0-1

J. Cox – M. Adams, England 2012
1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.b3 d4 5.e3 Nc6 6.Bg2 e5 7.exd4 [7.O-O] 7…e4 8.Ng5 Qxd4 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.f3 Nb4 11.Qe2 [11.Kf1] 11…Bh5 12.Rb1 [12.Kf1] 12…O-O-O 13.Ngxe4 Nxe4 14.Qxe4? [14.Nxe4] 14…Nd3+ [15.Kd1 Nf2+; 15.Ke2 Qf2+] 0-1

– Bill Wall

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