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Here is a game that I played on the "Chess-dot-com" server. It is only a three-minute game, (NO increment or delay!); however, it is the culmination of a lifetime analyzing {and playing!} the Ruy Lopez / Spanish Game. (I have played this opening many times in tournament games, yet never came close to achieving what occurred in this particular encounter, IMO ... it is a MODEL GAME for this type of opening setup.)
I consider it one of my jobs to try and teach the general public about chess ... so this is a page that is aimed at players rated 1600 or below. (If you are a much higher-rated player, than nothing on this page will interest you.)
What follows is a pretty brief analysis that I did of this game, I did use Deep Fritz 14 and Houdini to check my work.
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This was a three-minute
game ... (NO INCREMENT OR DELAY) - that I played on-line on Wednesday; May 13th, 2015.
(It is a near-perfect Ruy Lopez. White I obviously do not make the engine move very time, I don't make any mistakes - or oversights - at all.)
1.e4 e5; 2.Nf3 Nc6; 3.Bb5 a6; 4.Ba4 Nf6; 5.d3!?,
Somewhat slow, but also very solid.
(White does not have to concern himself with the lines of the Open
System, nor worry about the Marshall
Gambit.)
Of course, Magnus Carlsen has used d3 <on moves four and five> recently in the Ruy Lopez, so I am simply taking a page out of the World Champion's playbook.
It seemed a little strange that my opponent began taking a LOT of time here to find the right plan, running very short of time near the end of the game. (Only a few seconds left .. for the last 25 or so moves ... which he played very quickly.)
[ The main line is: 5.0-0,
See MCO-15 for more details.
(Begin on page # 42.) ]
What
follows is pretty much standard play for a Ruy
Lopez.
(Black plays a system very much like the Tchgorin System
with ...Na5; and then pushing his QBP forward two squares.)
5...d6; 6.h3 Be7; 7.c3 0-0; 8.0-0 b5; 9.Bb3 Na5; 10.Bc2 c5; 11.Re1 Bb7;
12.Nbd2 Rc8; 13.Nf1 c4; 14.d4 Nc6; 15.Ng3 Rc7; 16.Qe2 Re8; 17.d5!,
This is the best move here, even DF-14 likes it. (d4-d5 shuts out all of Black's pieces.)
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3qr1k1/1br1bppp/p1np1n2/1p1Pp3/2p1P3/2P2NNP/PPB1QPP1/R1B1R1K1 b - - 0 17
The
Fischer formula was to nearly always exchange on e5 and post his Knight on d5 or f5.
(See
a nice game collection - on the Ruy
Lopez - there are several of Fischer's games in there as
well.)
[ I also considered: RR 17.dxe5!? Nxe5;
18.Nxe5 dxe5; 19.Nf5,
"+/="
with a very small edge for White. ]
17...Nb8; 18.Bd2 Nbd7; 19.Rad1 Nc5; 20.Bc1 Bf8; 21.Nd2 Bc8;
22.f3 g6; 23.Ndf1 Bg7; 24.Ne3 Rf8; 25.Ng4 Nxg4!?;
The engines approve this capture, (White's threat was Bg5); however, it opens the h-file for White.
(White now uses the h-file to great effect.)
26.hxg4; f6 27.Kf2 Rcf7; 28.Rh1 Qb6; 29.Be3 Qc7; 30.Rh2 Bh8; 31.Rdh1,
White has some pressure, and it is not east to deal with.
(Black had the added burden of being down to around 45 seconds at this point.)
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2b2rkb/2q2r1p/p2p1pp1/1pnPp3/2p1P1P1/2P1BPN1/PPB1QKPR/7R b - - 0 31
Black seems unable in this game to find a good overall plan/strategy, which is something that I teach my students to do.
(Note Black's DSB on h8, it is almost useless.)
[ RR 31.b4, "=" - Deep Fritz 14. ]
31...f5?;
This loses, but Black was running short of time. Black should have forgotten this and tried ...a5 and ...b4.
(Black never played on the Queen-side, despite the fact that this was the ONLY arena open for
him!)
32.exf5 gxf5; 33.gxf5 Rg7; 34.Rh5 Rff7; 35.R1h3 Bd7; 36.Qd2 Qc8;
37.Bh6 e4; 38.Bxg7 Rxg7; 39.Nxe4 Nxe4+; 40.fxe4 Qc5+; 41.Kf1!,
Played while I was running short of time, however, I did NOT want to exchange Queens here, but continue the attack.
(Also - the WK on f1 keeps the BQ off the g1-square.)
[ RR 41.Qe3, '+-' ]
41...Rf7; 42.Qg5+ Bg7; 43.Rxh7 Be8; 44.Rh2 Kf8; 45.Rxg7 Rxg7;
46.Rh8+ Kf7; 47.Qh5+ Ke7; 48.Qxe8+ Kf6; 49.Qf8+,
I was down to about 25 seconds here, {or less}
so I missed (or could not take the time to find) the best line.
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5Q1R/6r1/p2p1k2/1pqP1P2/2p1P3/2P5/PPB3P1/5K2 b - - 0 49
White may be a piece up, but (given the time control and the LSB on c2); it is anything but easy.
[ Much better was: >/= 49.Qe6+! Kg5; 50.Qh6+ Kg4; 51.Qh4#. ]
The rest does not require much explanation.
49...Rf7; 50.Qh6+ Ke7; 51.Rh7 b4!?;
Black had to swap the Rooks here.
(He did not because he probably was still trying to win.)
52.Qg5+ Ke8; 53.Qg8+ Ke7; 54.Qxf7+ Kd8; 55.Qd7#.
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