Simone De Filomeno – Doriano Tocchioni
4th International Tournament; Assisi, December 21, 2008
Nimzowitsch Defence B00
4th International Tournament; Assisi, December 21, 2008
Nimzowitsch Defence B00
1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6. Danish Grandmaster Bent Larsen – quite a habitué of the Nimzowitsch Defence – usually preferred 3. ... dxe4 4. d5 Nb8, not always with luck; for instance: 5. Bf4 a6 6. Bc4 Nf6 7.
Qe2 b5 8. Bb3 c5 9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nd4? 12. Nxe4! Qd8 (12. ... Nxe2 13. Bxa5+−) 13. Qe3 Nxe4 14. Bb4!± Keres – B. Larsen, Stoccolma 1967. 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nce2 f6. After 5. ... Bf5 6. f3! Black is already in trouble, van der Sterren – Faase, Wijk aan Zee 1981. 6.
Nf4. The alternative is 6. f3 Ng5 7. Bxg5 fxg5 8. Qd2 e6 9. f4 Be7 10.
Nh3 gxf4 11. Nexf4 0-0 12. Be2 b6 13. c3 with an edge for White,
Nadyrhanov – Vlassov, Saint Petersburg 1994. 6. ... g6. Not 6.
... Bf5 7. g4 Bg6? (7. ... Bc8 8. f3 Ng5 9. h4 Ne6 10. Bb5) because of 8. f3± Ng5? (8. ...
fxe5 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. fxe4 e6 11. g5±) 9. h4 fxe5 10. dxe5 Nf7 11. e6 Nfe5 12.
h5+− Mrsevic – Bubanja, Sutomore 2004. 7. Bb5. If 7. f3 then 7. ... Ng5 8. Bd3 Bg7 9. Nge2 Nf7 10. exf6 exf6 11. c3 Ne7 12. 0-0 c6 13. Re1 0-0 14. Ng3 Nd6 15. Qc2 Re8 16. Bd2 ½ : ½ Lehtioksa – Heinola, Tampere 1987. 7. ... Bg7 8. f3
Ng5 9. h4 Nf7 10. h5 g5 11. h6. Finally at destination. 11. ... Nxh6 12. Nh5 0-0 13. Nxg7 Kxg7 14. f4 Bg4 15. Be2 Bf5 (15. ... Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Nf5=) 16. fxg5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 Nf7 18.
Qd2? White ought to have played 18. Bf4! Nb4 19. Rc1 with a clear advantage (if 19. ...
Nxa2 then 20. Bd3 etc.). 18. ... Nxd4! 19. Bh6+ Nxh6 20. Qxh6+ (20. Qxd4 c5!? 21. Qh4 Qa5+ 22. c3 Qb6∞) 20. ... Kg8 21. 0-0-0 c5 22. Bd3 Qb6 23.
Qg5+ Qg6 24. Qxe7? (24. Qxg6+ hxg6 25. Bxf5 Rxf5 26. c3 Nc6 27. Rxd5 Rxe5∓) 24. ... Rae8? (24. ... Bxd3 25. cxd3 Rf7 26. Qh4 Qxg2 27. Rh2 Qg6∓; 24. ... Nxc2 25. Bxf5 Qxf5∓) 25. Qxc5 Nxc2? (25. ... Bxd3 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Qxd4 Bxc2∓) 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Bxf5 Rxf5 28. Qd3? (28. Qd6 Re6! 29.
Qb8+ Re8 30. Qd6 Re6=)
28. ... Rc8 (28. ... Nb4! 29. Qd7 Nxa2+ 30. Kb1 Nc3+!−+) 29. Kb1 Ne3? (29. ...
Nb4! 30. Qe4 Rc4! 31. Qxc4 Rf1+ 32. Kc1 Qg5+−+) 30. Nf3 (30. Re1 Rf1!−+) 30. ... Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Rf7 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. a3 Kg7 34.
Rd4 Rc6 35. Rd8 Rc4 36. Rd6 Re7 37. Rd2 Kh6 38. Ka2 g5 39. Kb3 Rf4? (39. ...
Re4!−+ Δ ... g5-g4) 40. Re2 g4 41. Nd2 Kg6 42. Nc4 Rd4 43. Kc3 Rd8 44. a4
Kg5 45. g3 Rc7 46. b3 Kf5 47. Kc2 Rd4 48. Kb2 Ke6 49. Kc3 Kd5 50. Re1 Re4 51.
Rd1+ Ke6 52. Rd6+ Kf5 53. Kd3 Re1 54. Kd2 (54. Rf6+! Kg5 55. Kd4 Re7=) 54. ... Rg1 55. Rd3? (55. Rf6+! Ke4 56. Rf4+ Kd5 57. Rxg4 Rf7) 55.
... Rg2+ 56. Kc3 Rf2 57. Rd4 Rd7+ 58. Nd6+ Ke6 59. Ke4 (59. Rd1
Rh2−+) 59. ... Re2+ 60. Re3 Rxe3+ 61. Kxe3 Kxe5 62. Nc4+ Kf5
63. Nd2 Re7+ 64. Kd3 Re1 65. b4 Ra1 0 : 1.
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