Prague Summer Open

[Alan Tate]

What is this game, from Chess for Kicks or something!?!

[David G Congalton]

According to my Fritz, 5...Be7 is an improvement by Hamish on the game below, although the end result was the same, Hamish took one and a half moves less to complete the job.
[pgn][Event "Rio de Janiero sim"]
[Site "Rio de Janiero"]
[Date "1996.01.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gouveia, Carlos Eduardo"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.01.??"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 Na6 7. Bg5 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. a3 Rc8 10. Re1 cxd4 11. cxd4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 d6 14. Qb1 Qb6 15.
Qd3 Nb8 16. Rac1 Nd7 17. h4 Be7 18. Nh2 d5 19. Bf1 b4 20. a4 a6 21. Nhf3 Bd6
22. Qb3 Qa5 23. Bd3 Nb6 24. Bc2 Nc4 25. Qd3 f5 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Rec1 Bxg3 28.
fxg3 Qxg3+ 29. Kf1 f4 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Ng5+ hxg5 32. Nxc4 fxe3 33. Nxe3 Qxe3
34. Kg2 Qxd4 35. Qg6+ Ke7 36. Qxg5+ 0-1[/pgn]

[Alan Tate]

g4 is a much more fun weakening pawn move.

[David G Congalton]

Bertram,Karsten (2131) - Irving,Neil (1801) [A00] Open Letní Praha 2015 - B Praha (6.7), 11.08.2015
[pgn]1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 Nf6 3.Nc3 c5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 cxd4 6.exd4 Bb4 7.Bd3 0-0 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.bxc3 b6 10.Qe2 Qe7 11.Ne5 Bb7 12.g4 Nbd7 13.g5 Ne4 14.Qh5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 g6 16.Qh4 Nxc3 17.Be3 Rac8 18.Rae1 Rfd8 19.Bd4 Ne4 20.Bxe4 dxe4 21.c3 Ba6 22.Re3 Bxf1 23.Kxf1 h5 24.Qf4 Qa3 25.Re2 Qa4 26.Qxe4 Qd1+ 27.Kg2 Qa4 28.Kg3 Qc6 29.Qe3 Qd5 30.f3 Rc4 31.Rd2 Qb5 32.Qf4 Rdc8 33.Qf6 Qb1 34.Qf4 Qe1+ 35.Kh3 Qb1 36.Kg3 Qf5 37.Qe3 R8c6 38.Rb2 Kg7 39.Qd2 Kh7 40.Qe3 Kg7 41.Qd2 h4+ 42.Kg2 a6 43.Qe3 b5 44.a3 a5 45.Rxb5 Rxd4 46.Qxd4 Qxg5+ 47.Kh3 Qf5+ 48.Qg4 Qd3 49.Rb2 Rc4 50.Rd2 Qxc3 51.Qg2 Qxe5 52.Qe2 Qf5+ 53.Kg2 h3+ 54.Kf2 Rg4 55.Qd3 Rg2+ 56.Kf1 Rxd2 57.Qxd2 Qxf3+ 58.Ke1 Qh1+ 59.Ke2 Qxh2+[/pgn]0-1

[Adam Bremner]

Phenomenal tournament by Neil.

That game is quite fun. I see his opponent has tried to copy Jobava, with this d4 Nc3 Bf4 set up. It reminds me of a time I tried to copy Kamsky in the opening and when I tried to use this reason to justify my choice to my 2600 opponent, he just replied "yes, but you are not Kamsky". So true.

[hamish olson]

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