C19 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main Line: 7.Nf3 and 7.a4 (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 Qa5 8.Bd2 c4)

One of the rare occasions where there is theory being played in a game of mine longer than two first moves... Even in this example the move order is a bit different than it is in the actual theoretical line but yeah, the same position can be achieved in so many ways. This post comes a bit later during the day because I had to go and try to teach some kids on how to play chess. The first group was maybe a bit too big to handle but the later group was smaller and had better chances of getting something through to them. Luckily I do not have to go there every week but once a month as there are people who rotate through the month.

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1.e4 1.d4 e6 1-0 (60) Leenhouts,K-Plukkel,S Hengelo 1997 1...e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Ne7 4...c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 1-0 (60) Leenhouts, K-Plukkel,S Hengelo 1997 Qa5 7.Bd2 Ne7 1-0 (64) Duran Barraza,M (1860) -Granados,R (1649) Cartagena 2012 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 c5 7.Nf3 C19 French Defense: Winawer Variation. Positional Variation Qa5 8.Bd2 c4 C19 French: 3.Nc3 Bb4: Main line: 7.Nf3 and 7.a4 8...Qc7 9.Be2 9.g3 9...0-0 9...Qa4= 10.h4 Nbc6 11.h5 h6 12.0-0 Bd7 13.Re1 0-0-0 14.Nh2 Rdf8 15.Bg4 Nf5 16.Bh3 Kb8 17.Bf4 Ka8 18.Nf1 Rhg8 19.g4 Nfe7 20.Ne3 f6 21.exf6 Rxf6 22.Bg3 g6 23.hxg6 Nxg6 24.Ng2 Nh8 Marek,M (2435)-Svatos,J (2264) Ostrava 2016 1/ 2-1/2 (38) 9...Bd7 10.0-0 Nbc6 11.Qb1 Qc7 12.a4 a5 13.Bc1 0-0 14.Ba3 Rfe8 15.Bd6 Qc8 16.Qb2 Nf5 17.Bc5 Nce7 18.g4 Nh6 19.Nh4 f5 20.Bxe7 Rxe7 21.gxf5 exf5 22.Qa3 Re8 23.Bf3 Bc6 24.Qc5 Brikov,I (2394)-Pendurin,E (2133) Donskoi 2018 1-0 (48) 10.0-0 10.h4!± 10...Nbc6N 10...Nd7 11.Ng5 b5 12.f4 h6 13.Nh3 f5 14.Kh1 Qd8 15.Rg1 a5 16.Qe1 Nb6 17.Nf2 Bd7 18.g4 fxg4 19.Nxg4 Kh7 20.Ne3 Qe8 21.Qg3 Qg6 22.Bh5 Qxg3 23.Rxg3 Nbc8 24.Rag1 Kh8 25.Rxg7 Leenhouts,K-Plukkel,S Hengelo 1997 1-0 (60) 10...Ng6 11.h4 h6 12.Qc1 Kh7 13.h5 Ne7 14.g3 Nd7 15.Kg2 Nc6 16.g4 Ne7 17.Rh1 Rh8 18.g5 Nf5 19.g6+ Kg8 20.gxf7+ Kxf7 21.Nh4 Qd8 22.Nxf5 exf5 23.Bf4 Nf8 24.Qd2 Ne6 25.Bg3 Duran Barraza,M (1860)-Granados, R (1649) Cartagena 2012 1-0 (64) 11.Re1 White should try 11.Nh4 11...f6 11...Bd7= 12.Bf1 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.Bg5 12...fxe5 12...Bd7 13.Nxe5 Nxe5 14.Rxe5 Ng6 15.Rg5 White should play 15.Re1 15...Rf6 15...Qc7= keeps the balance. 16.g3?

16.Bxc4!± Strongly threatening Bd3. h6 17.Rh5 16...Bd7? 16...h6 keeps the pressure on. 17.Rh5 Qa4 17.Bg2? 17.Bxc4!± is forced if you want to stay better. Qc7 17...dxc4 18.Rxa5 18.Bd3 17...Raf8 17...h6 18.Rh5 Raf8 18.Be4 Better is 18.f4 18...Ne7 Keeping White busy. Stronger than 18...Rxf2 19.Bxg6 hxg6 20.Bf4= 19.Qg4 Don't go for 19.Qh5? h6 19.Bg2 19...g6 20.Rh5?

20.Rf1 is a better chance. 20...Qb6 Black is clearly winning. 21.Rh3 21.Bxd5 Nxd5 22.Rxd5 Rxf2 23.Rxd7 21...dxe4-+ 22.Be3 Nd5 23.Qh4 R6f7 24.Bh6 Re8 25.Qxe4 Nxc3 26.Qe5 Qb5 27.Qxb5 Nxb5 28.Be3 e5 29.d5 Accuracy: White = 7%, Black = 32%. 0–1

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antonbijl

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1816

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