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Jean-Pierre Le Roux – Gabriel Battaglini
French Team Championship Top 12; Port-Camargue, June 5, 2015
Torre Attack A48

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 d5 4. e3 g6 5. Bd3 Nd6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. 0-0. For 8. c3 0-0 9. 0-0 Re8 see Gomez Fontal – Cori, 44th Capablanca Memorial Open, Havana 2009. 8. ... 0-0 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 Bf5 11. c4 c5 12. Bxd6 exd6 13. cxd5 cxd4 14. e4 Bxh3?! A doubtful Bishop sacrifice. After 14. ... Bd7! 15. Qb3 a5 16. a3 Na6 Black holds his own since 17. Qxb7?? is refuted by 17. ... Nc5 trapping Her Majesty. 15. Qb3. Obviously, 15. gxh3 d3 would justify Black’s previous move. 15. ... d3 16. Bd1 Na6 17. gxh3 Nc5 18. Qa3 a5 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. e5 Bh6? Bad judgment, after which Black’s position falls apart. The most stubborn reply was probably 20. ... b5!, although after 21. b4! White should gradually exploit his material superiority. 21. Rxc5! Rxc5 22. Ne4 Rc1 23. Qxd6 Qc8 24. Nf6+ Kh8 25. Nd7 Re8 26. Qf6+ Bg7 27. Qxf7 Qd8 28. d6 d2 29. Nf6 Rf8. “Something has gone terribly wrong for Black, his passed d-Pawn completely blockaded while White’s center advances unchecked. Black’s last move (29. ... Rf8) hopes to break the centre (... Bg7xf6). White, no doubt, can keep a large edge by simply taking the b-Pawn, but he sees better. Do you see it?”, Grandmaster Kevin Spraggett asked.

30. Ng5!! “Forced mate. The threat is 31. Qf7-g8+! and mate next move. Of course, taking the Queen with 30. ... Rxf7 allows mate in one. The best line of defence will also end in mate, but in about 12 moves, after 30. ... Qxf6 31. exf6 Rxf7 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Nh6+ Bxh6 34. d7 etc. Better to just throw in the towel and have a cold beer!”, Spraggett said”. 1 : 0.