Friday, March 5, 2021

15/10 French 3/4/2021

French Defense, Rubinstein Variation

JimWest (Chess.com 1985) - Oleksii44 (Chess.com 2032), Chess.com 3/4/2021

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.Nf3 Be7 7.Nxf6+ Nxf6 8.Bd3 h6 9.Bxf6 Bxf6 10.c3 O-O 11.O-O b6


12.Be4 Rb8 13.Re1 c5 14.dxc5 bxc5 15.Qxd8 Rxd8 16.Rab1 Bb7 17.Bxb7 Rxb7 18.Kf1 Rdb8 19.b3 Bxc3 20.Rec1 Bd4 21.Nd2 a5 22.Nc4 a4 23.Na5 axb3 24.Rxb3 Rxb3 25.Nxb3 Rb5 26.Ke2 e5 27.f3 f5 28.Kd3 Kf7 29.Kc4 Rb4+ 30.Kd5 Kf6


31.Rc2 g5 32.Nxc5 Rb5 33.Kc6 Ra5 34.Nb3 Ra6+ 35.Kd5 Bg1 36.h3 Re6 37.Nd2 Be3 38.Nf1 Bb6 39.Rc6 Rxc6 40.Kxc6 Ba5 41.Kd5 h5 42.g4 e4 43.fxe4 fxg4 44.e5+ Kf5 45.e6 Bd8 46.Ng3+ Kg6 47.hxg4 h4 48.Nf1 Kf6

49.a4 Bc7 50.Kc6 Ba5 51.Kd7, Black resigns.