D34: Tarrasch Defence: 6 g3 Nf6 7 Bg2 Be7
All alternate lines shown are Fritz's. All comments that seem human are mine.
1.d4
d5
2.c4
e6
3.Nc3
c5
4.cxd5
exd5
5.Nf3
Nc6
6.g3
Nf6
7.Bg2
Be7
8.0-0
0-0
9.Bg5
cxd4
10.Nxd4
h6
11.Be3
Bg4
12.h3
Ashley has selected one of the main lines on the White side of the Tarrasch. It's the first time anyone has played the main line against me. [12.Nb3
Be6
13.Rc1
Qd7
14.Bc5
Rfd8
15.Bxe7
Qxe7
16.Nd4
Rac8
17.e3
Ne5
18.Nce2
Bg4
19.Rxc8
Rxc8
20.h3
Bxe2
21.Nxe2
Qb4
22.b3
Qa5
1/2-1/2 Andersson,U-Marjanovic,S/Banja Luka 1979/EXT 99 (22); 12.Qa4
Ne5
13.Rad1
Nc4
14.Bc1
Qc8
15.Rfe1
Rd8
16.Qc2
Bb4
17.Qb3
Bxc3
18.Qxc3
Bh3
19.b3
Bxg2
20.Kxg2
Ne4
21.Qc2
Ne5
22.Qxc8
Raxc8
23.f3
Nc3
24.Rd2
b5
25.Rc2
b4
26.Bd2
Nc6
Verat,L-Nepeina Leconte,M/Clichy 1999/EXT 2000/1-0 (40)]
12...Bh5N
I knew this line only up to the previous move. This is the first move on my own. Book for the line I play would have been 12. ... Be6. [12...Bd7
13.Kh2
Be6
14.Qa4
Rc8
15.Rad1
Na5
16.Nxe6
fxe6
17.Qc2
Nc4
18.Bxh6
gxh6
19.Qg6+
Kh8
20.Qxh6+
Nh7
21.Qxe6
Rf6
22.Qg4
Nxb2
23.Rxd5
Qe8
24.Qd4
Kg8
25.Re5
Qd8
26.Nd5
1-0 Maherramzade,J-Dongre,R/Linares 1998/CBM 62 ext (26); 12...Be6
13.Rc1+/=
]
13.Rc1
Qd7
14.Qa4
Rac8
[14...a6
15.g4
Bg6
16.g5
hxg5
17.Bxg5=
]
15.Rfd1+/-
Rfd8
16.Nxc6
[16.g4!?
Bg6
17.Nxd5
Nxd5
18.Bxd5+/-
]
16...bxc6+/=
17.Qxa7
[17.Bxa7?
is inferior since it leads to 17...Ra8
18.Nxd5
cxd5
19.Qxd7
Rxd7-+
(‹19...Nxd7
20.Bd4-/+
) ]
17...Rc7
18.Qa4
Rb7
19.Qc2
Bg6
20.Qd2
Rdb8
21.b3
Ba3
22.Ra1
Although I'm a pawn down, Fritz shows me as about even here.
22...Bb4
23.Qb2
Qe7
24.Bd4
Rd7
[24...Ba3!?
should be considered 25.Qd2
Qe6=
]
25.a3+/-
Bxc3
[>=25...Bd6!?+/-
]
26.Qxc3+-
Qe6
27.Bxf6
gxf6
28.e3
Rc8
29.b4
Be4
30.Bxe4
dxe4
31.Rxd7
Qxd7
32.Qxf6
Qxh3
33.a4
Qh5
34.a5
Qg6
35.Qd4
[35.Qe7
and White can already relax 35...Qg4+-
]
35...Qe6
36.a6
c5??
sad, but how else could Black save the game? (Don't you just hate it when Fritz makes these smart-ass comments? This move was utter desperation on my part. [36...Ra8+-
]
37.bxc5
Ra8
[37...Qe7
doesn't get the bull off the ice 38.Qd5
Rd8
39.Qb7+-
]
38.a7
Qc6
[38...Kh7
does not win a prize 39.Ra6
Qe7
40.Qd5+-
]
39.Qb4
[39.Qe5
Kh7
40.Rb1
Qe6
41.Qxe6
fxe6
42.Rb7+
Kg6+-
]
39...Qc7
[39...Kg7
is still a small chance 40.Qb6
Qf6+-
]
40.Qb6
Qc8
[40...Qe5
does not save the day 41.Rc1
Qe7
42.Qb8+
Qd8
43.Rb1+-
]
41.c6
not a game to be proud of, but I guess I held my own for a little bit, anyway. [41.c6
Kg7
42.c7+-
] 1-0