短篇小说 (Short story)

Giorgio Porreca – Nicolai Obolensky
2nd International Tournament; Florence, 1952
Alekhine Defence B02

Notes in quotation marks by Grandmaster Enrico Paoli, La Scacchiera, 1953, pp. 80-81.

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5. “By 2. ... e5 Black may transpose into the Vienna Game”. 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6!? Rudolf Spielmann’s Pawn sacrifice. 4. d4 e6 instead transposes into the French Defence. 4. ... fxe6 5. d4 c5. If 5. ... g6?! then 6. h4 (à la Obolensky!) 6. ... Nf6?! (even after 6. ... Bg7! 7. h5 Nf8 8. Nf3!? White’s initiative compensates for the Pawn) 7. h5! Nxh5 8. Rxh5! gxh5 9. Qxh5+ Kd7 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. Bh6 Bf6 12. Nxd5!! exd5? 13. Qxd5+ with an irresistible attack for White, Bellón López – Vl. Kovačević, Karlovac 1979. 6. Bd3!? “Spontaneous, but not the best”, says Paoli. Theory gives 6. dxc5 Nc6 7. Nf3 g6 8. h4 Nf6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. h5! Nxh5 11. Be3! (Petronić – Marinković, 52nd Yugoslav Chess Championship, Nikšić 1997) 11. ... 0-0 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bd4 with the initiative (Petronić’s analysis). 6. ... g6. Probably sounder is 6. ... Nf6 7. dxc5 Nc6 8. a3 e5 9. b4 e4 10. Bb5 e5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qe2 Kf7 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Rd1 Qb8 15. f3 e3∞ Kuindzhi – Palatnik, Tbilisi 1973. 7. Nf3 Bg7. “[In] round four [...] it was seen, instead,” 7. ... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc5? 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Qe2? (10. b4±) 10. ... Nc6 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Bf4 (12. b4? Bg7!) 12. ... Qb6 “with equal chances”, Krausz – Obolensky, Florence 1952. 8. Ng5

8. ... Nf8? “The beginning of all misfortunes: retreating has no future and makes castling impossible as well”. The alternative 8. ... Bxd4 9. Nxe6 (9. Nxh7 Ne5) 9. ... Qb6 looks interesting, but requires deeper analysis. 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. 0-0 Nd4? Making things even worse. 11. f4 Qc7 12. Be3. Threatening Bd3xg6+ followed by Be3xd4. 12. ... e5? Far from resigning himself to 12. ... h6 13. Nf3 with great advantage for White. 13. fxe5 e6?? “A blunder which precipitates an already doomed game”. 14. Bxd4 1 : 0.