火柴

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Brief notes of the Hunchback of Notre Dame

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Roberto Costantini – Petri Hokkanen
29th European Club Cup; Rhodes, October 22, 2013
Pirc Defence B07

Comments in quotation marks by Torre & Cavallo Scacco!, No. 12, December 2013, p. 18.

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3!? b5 6. Bd3. Sharper is 6. e5!, e.g. 6. ... Nfd7 (or 6. ... dxe5 7. dxe5± Qxd1+ 8. Rxd1 b4? 9. exf6 bxc3 10. Bd4!+- Sveshnikov – Pribyl, Lvov 1983) 7. exd6 exd6 8. d5 b4 9. dxc6 bxc3 10. cxd7+ Nxd7 11. b3 Be7 12. Bh6 Bb7 13. Nf3 Qa5 14. Be2 g5 15. Bg7 Rg8 16. Bd4 h5 17. Qd3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxc3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Bxd5 21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bb4 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Ba8 24. Rxg4 Rh8 25. 0-0-0 with advantage to White, A. Sokolov – Zakharevich, Elista 1995. 6. ... b4?! Another try is 6. ... Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. 0-0 with a slight edge for White, Dang Vu Quang – Hoang Nam Thang, Hanoi 2002. 7. Nce2 Qa5?! “This move looks like a waste of time. 7. ... a5 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. 0-0 0-0 10. Qd2 Ba6+/= [Ed. Note: As in the game Calzetta Ruiz – Valgmae, Catalan Bay 2010] makes more sense”. 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. 0-0 Bg7 10. a3 bxa3 11. Rxa3 Qc7 12. Qd2 0-0 13. Ng3 Nb6?! “Black continues to play without constructive ideas: thus he allows White to eventually pushing to e5. Worth considering was the immediate 13. ... c5”. 14. Bh6 c5 15. e5 Nfd5? “It was almost forced 15. ... Ne8”. [Ed. Note: In any case, after 15. ... Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. dxc5 dxc5 18. Qh6 f6 19. Re1 White holds an iron grip].

White to play and win. 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nh5+! 1 : 0. For after 17. ... gxh5 (else 17. ... Kh8 18. Qh6 Kg8 19. Ng5 and mate next move) 18. Qg5+ Kh8 19. Qh6 White mates in three moves.