Thursday, October 30, 2014

La Caféothèque

Gerolamo Tassinari – Jules Arnous de Rivière
Paris, September 3, 1853
Italian Game C53

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 Nf6 5. 0-0 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 Bb6 8. Nc3 0-0 9. h3 Ne7. Much better is 9. ... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d5 as in the game Charousek – Exner, Budapest 1896. 10. Bg5 c6 11. e5 Ne8 12. d5 dxe5 13. Nxe5 Nd6 14. dxc6 Nxc4 15. Nxc4. A modern approach: the position is more important than the Pawns! 15. ... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 Nxc6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. a3 Be6 19. Be3 Bc4 (19. ... Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Nc4 22. Rb5) 20. Rfe1 b5 21. Ne4 Bb3 22. Rd7 Na5 (22. ... Ne5 23. Re7) 23. Nd6 Bd5 24. Bc5 (24. Nxb5?? Bc6) 24. ... Rfb8 25. Bb6 Nc4 (25. Nxb5?? Bc6) 26. Nxc4 Bxc4 27. Ree7. Two Rooks on the seventh rank.


27. ... Ra6 28. Rxb7 Kf8 (28. ... Rxb6?? 29. Rxb6) 29. Bc5 Rxb7 30. Re6+ 1 : 0. For if 30. ... Re7 then 31. Rxa6 or 31. Rxe7.

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