Thursday, February 09, 2012

Recent Game from Tournament, Tica vs. Boxer

Please enjoy Juan's game with Matt. The game went late into Tuesday night, and to his great credit, the latter was able to carry on for a bit with just twenty seconds on the clock. Juan of course prevailed ultimately. Just look at the beauty of his pawn structure!

After the game, Juan who is a medical Doctor in Peru, but is working his way back to credentials, managed to still explain his plans, his game, the possible variation, after the game. His English has made a noticible improvement, even since September. He made it clear. Just try explaining your games in Peru, in Spanish? Try it some time.

[Editor, if we can post this game as a chessTempo embed, or use the ICC or chess.com one, we will. This is not so easy. Believe us, we have tried. They all, repeat, they all have problems! No one has solved this problem yet. No one!]

Enjoy:

Tica,Juan (2191) - Boxer,Mathew (1924) [E11]
WOCC Winter Swiss (2), 07.02.2012
[Tica,Juan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3 b6?! dxc4 was necesary for open a8-h1 diagonal. 8.cxd5 close the diagonal and 8. Nxd5 is not possible due to 9.e4!. 8...exd5 9.Be2! The correct development way because natural Bd3 don't allow me put pressure in d5.This is important because c5 push is coming with two scenarios: A)Hanging Pawns in c5-d5 or B) Isolated d5 Pawn(against it Nd4-Bf3 idea). 9...Bb7 If he plays Bf5 leaves b7-a6-b5-c6 weak. 10.0-0 Nbd7?! c5 was urgent. 11.b4! Prophylactic because try stop c5 push(unexpendable in this structure) and give more chances for d5 isolanity. 11...c6 12.a4! Complete minority attack+gain space. 12...Qe7 13.Rab1 The beginning correct rook moves. 13...Rac8 14.Rfd1!! Mysterious Rook Move(Nimzowitsch Concept) because natural Rfc1 don't do nothing there but here in d1(pressure in d5 after dxc5) complete the whole white plan: Stop c5+Minority Attack. 14...Rfe8 15.Qa2 Multifunctional: Support a5 push+Keep d5 pressure+Improve Q placement. 15...Ne4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.a5 b5?? Terrible positional mistake due to strong positional pressure.Give me: 1. weak c5 square 2. backward c6 pawn 3. large pawn in b7. 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Qc2 h6 20.Bf5! Correct plan: Force BxN with good knight/bad bishop position resultant. 20...Rc7 21.Ne1?! Inaccurate,the Ne1-d3-c5 must to wait. 21...Nf6 22.Nd3 Ne4?! 22. g6 23.Bh3 Ne4 with Nd6-c4 idea. 23.Bxe4™ Qxe4 24.Qd2 Bc8 25.Rbc1 f6 26.Rc3 Qe7 27.Rdc1 Bd7 28.Nc5 Rec8 29.Qc2 The ideal position(good K v. bad B+space advantage+strong pressure in c6) but How to make any progress here? and What is the next plan for white?.In my opinion this position is very instructive. 29...Qd6 30.Qg6! First step of my plan: Relocate my queen to overprotect h2 pawn+Support my Kingside expansion. 30...Qe7? More tenacious was 30. Be8 31.Qg4 Bd7 32.Qh4 complete my manouever. 31.Qg3 Be8 32.h4 Kh8 33.Kf1!! The beginning of Epic King March.This powerful positional idea was studied first by Nimzowitsch and succesfully developed by Petrosian.In this position is possible because black is under positional squeeze and white prepare pawn storm attack in kingside so white king must move toward queenside. 33...Kg8 34.Ke2 Kh8 if black wanted to avoid the maneuver with Kh7-Bg6 I had at my disposal Rh1-Kc1-Kb2. 35.Kd2 Kg8 Black received tremendous psychological impact after this manouever and lost strategic orientation. 36.Kc2 Rd8 37.Kb2!? Honestly here I missed it 37. Ne6 winning material but if I had seen this fork had played the same why my Knight was a centaur. 37...Rdc8 38.Qf4 Kf7 39.g4± Black is helpless. 39...Rd8 40.Rh1? Better g5. 40...Qd6 41.Qf3 g6 42.Rcc1 Kg7 43.Rcg1 Rf7 44.Qg2 Qe7 45.g5? More tenacious was fxg5 with h5 closing g -h file. 45...h5 46.gxf6+™ Qxf6 47.Ka3 Rd6 48.Qg3 Re7 49.Rh2 Rd8 50.Rhg2 Qf5 51.Qg5!? I couldn't finish the game in tactical fashion due to my inaccurate play so I forced this exchange for eliminate some black counterplay.Anyway, my idea didn't give me a fast or tactical victory but gave me another weakness in g6. After that the game was over.The rest don't need commentary is pure technique(principle of two weaknesses + goog K v. bad bishop + spatial advantage + etc). 51...Qxg5 52.Rxg5 Kf6 53.Kb2 Bf7 54.Kc3 Be8 55.Kd2 Bf7 56.Nd3 Be8 57.Nf4 Rg7 58.Nxh5+ Kf7 59.Nxg7 Kxg7 60.h5 Kh6 61.hxg6 Kg7 62.f4 Rd6 63.f5 Rf6 64.Rh1 Kg8 65.Rh7 a6 66.Rc7 c5 67.dxc5 Rf8 68.Ra7 Bf7 69.Rxf7 d4 70.Rxf8+ Kxf8 71.f6 Kg8 72.Rd5 dxe3+ 73.Kxe3 1-0

The editor is fully aware, for unknown reasons, above file cannot be CNTL-C, then CNTL-V, to an open chessBase board CNTL=N. Instead, to view this game as distinct from be able to see the notes, you need to copy below, and paste into your WinBoard, chessBase, Fritz viewer, etc.

Thus, as we told Juan in personal conversation today, no one, virtually know one in the 21st Century as far as the web goes ever sits at a computer screen, reading game moves, and reviewing games. Its copy, paste, to a navigable java viewer:

Tica,Juan (2191) - Boxer,Mathew (1924) [E11]
WOCC Winter Swiss (2), 07.02.2012

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3 b6 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Be2 Bb7 10.0-0 Nbd7 11.b4 c6 12.a4 Qe7 13.Rab1 Rac8 14.Rfd1 Rfe8 15.Qa2 Ne4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.a5 b5 18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Qc2 h6 20.Bf5 Rc7 21.Ne1 Nf6 22.Nd3 Ne4 23.Bxe4 Qxe4 24.Qd2 Bc8 25.Rbc1 f6 26.Rc3 Qe7 27.Rdc1 Bd7 28.Nc5 Rec8 29.Qc2 Qd6 30.Qg6 Qe7 31.Qg3 Be8 32.h4 Kh8 33.Kf1 Kg8 34.Ke2 Kh8 35.Kd2 Kg8 36.Kc2 Rd8 37.Kb2 Rdc8 38.Qf4 Kf7 39.g4 Rd8 40.Rh1 Qd6 41.Qf3 g6 42.Rcc1 Kg7 43.Rcg1 Rf7 44.Qg2 Qe7 45.g5 h5 46.gxf6+ Qxf6 47.Ka3 Rd6 48.Qg3 Re7 49.Rh2 Rd8 50.Rhg2 Qf5 51.Qg5 Qxg5 52.Rxg5 Kf6 53.Kb2 Bf7 54.Kc3 Be8 55.Kd2 Bf7 56.Nd3 Be8 57.Nf4 Rg7 58.Nxh5+ Kf7 59.Nxg7 Kxg7 60.h5 Kh6 61.hxg6 Kg7 62.f4 Rd6 63.f5 Rf6 64.Rh1 Kg8 65.Rh7 a6 66.Rc7 c5 67.dxc5 Rf8 68.Ra7 Bf7 69.Rxf7 d4 70.Rxf8+ Kxf8 71.f6 Kg8 72.Rd5 dxe3+ 73.Kxe3 1-0

Here is another attempt. Repeat. Repeat, we are experts in chess publishing, this is not easy:

Tica,Juan (2191) - Boxer,Mathew (1924) [E11]
WOCC Winter Swiss (2), 07.02.2012
[Tica,Juan]

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Bd2 Bxd2+ 5.Qxd2 d5 6.Nc3 0-0 7.e3 b6?! dxc4 was necesary for open a8-h1 diagonal.

8.cxd5[] close the diagonal and 8. Nxd5 is not possible due to 9.e4!.

8...exd5 9.Be2! The correct development way because natural Bd3 don't allow me put pressure in d5.This is important because c5 push is coming with two scenarios: A)Hanging Pawns in c5-d5 or B) Isolated d5 Pawn(against it Nd4-Bf3 idea).

9...Bb7 If he plays Bf5 leaves b7-a6-b5-c6 weak.

10.0-0 Nbd7?! c5 was urgent.

11.b4! Prophylactic because try stop c5 push(unexpendable in this structure) and give more chances for d5 isolanity.

11...c6 12.a4! Complete minority attack+gain space.

12...Qe7 13.Rab1 The beginning correct rook moves.

13...Rac8 14.Rfd1!! Mysterious Rook Move(Nimzowitsch Concept) because natural Rfc1 don't do nothing there but here in d1(pressure in d5 after dxc5) complete the whole white plan: Stop c5+Minority Attack.

14...Rfe8 15.Qa2+/= Multifunctional: Support a5 push+Keep d5 pressure+Improve Q placement.

15...Ne4 16.Nxe4 Qxe4 17.a5 b5?? Terrible positional mistake due to strong positional pressure.Give me: 1. weak c5 square 2. backward c6 pawn 3. large pawn in b7.

18.Bd3 Qe7 19.Qc2 h6 20.Bf5! Correct plan: Force BxN with good knight/bad bishop position resultant.

20...Rc7 21.Ne1?! Inaccurate,the Ne1-d3-c5 must to wait.

21...Nf6 22.Nd3 Ne4?! 22. g6 23.Bh3 Ne4 with Nd6-c4 idea.

23.Bxe4[] Qxe4 24.Qd2 Bc8 25.Rbc1 f6 26.Rc3 Qe7 27.Rdc1 Bd7 28.Nc5 Rec8 29.Qc2 The ideal position(good K v. bad B+space advantage+strong pressure in c6) but How to make any progress here? and What is the next plan for white?.In my opinion this position is very instructive.

29...Qd6 30.Qg6! First step of my plan: Relocate my queen to overprotect h2 pawn+Support my Kingside expansion.

30...Qe7? More tenacious was 30. Be8 31.Qg4 Bd7 32.Qh4 complete my manouever.

31.Qg3 Be8 32.h4 Kh8 33.Kf1!! The beginning of Epic King March.This powerful positional idea was studied first by Nimzowitsch and succesfully developed by Petrosian.In this position is possible because black is under positional squeeze and white prepare pawn storm attack in kingside so white king must move toward queenside.

33...Kg8 34.Ke2 Kh8 if black wanted to avoid the maneuver with Kh7-Bg6 I had at my disposal Rh1-Kc1-Kb2.

35.Kd2 Kg8 Black received tremendous psychological impact after this manouever and lost strategic orientation.

36.Kc2 Rd8 37.Kb2!? Honestly here I missed it 37. Ne6 winning material but if I had seen this fork had played the same why my Knight was a centaur.

37...Rdc8 38.Qf4 Kf7 39.g4+/- Black is helpless.

39...Rd8 40.Rh1? Better g5.

40...Qd6 41.Qf3 g6 42.Rcc1 Kg7 43.Rcg1 Rf7 44.Qg2 Qe7 45.g5? More tenacious was fxg5 with h5 closing g -h file.

45...h5 46.gxf6+[] Qxf6 47.Ka3 Rd6 48.Qg3 Re7 49.Rh2 Rd8 50.Rhg2 Qf5 51.Qg5!? I couldn't finish the game in tactical fashion due to my inaccurate play so I forced this exchange for eliminate some black counterplay.Anyway, my idea didn't give me a fast or tactical victory but gave me another weakness in g6. After that the game was over.The rest don't need commentary is pure technique(principle of two weaknesses + goog K v. bad bishop + spatial advantage + etc).

51...Qxg5 52.Rxg5 Kf6 53.Kb2 Bf7 54.Kc3 Be8 55.Kd2 Bf7 56.Nd3 Be8 57.Nf4 Rg7 58.Nxh5+ Kf7 59.Nxg7 Kxg7 60.h5 Kh6 61.hxg6 Kg7 62.f4 Rd6 63.f5 Rf6 64.Rh1 Kg8 65.Rh7 a6 66.Rc7 c5 67.dxc5 Rf8 68.Ra7 Bf7 69.Rxf7 d4 70.Rxf8+ Kxf8 71.f6 Kg8 72.Rd5 dxe3+ 73.Kxe3 1-0

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