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To d5 or not to d5? | Patron Training Game

November 11, 2019 NHaselton Uncategorized

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Today I played my monthly training game against Jon, a patron in the Fischer tier. I have to say this was by far our most interesting game so far! We played a Modern Scandinavian in which everything revolved around the d5 break, whether white could play it or not, and if black was defending it enough.

The position was better for Jon (he was white), but it wasn’t so easy to build up the advantage, or to convert it into something palpable. In that locked stalemate position with d5 in its center, Jon went for a pawn sac, which was veeeery interesting.

Here is Jon’s lichess: https://lichess.org/@/CorvusLiberatus

Here is the game:

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. Bd2 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4 Nf6 9. Be3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. Ne5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Nbd7 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Nc3 Nf6 16. a3 Rfe8 17. Rd3 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rd7 19. b4 Qxa3 20. Nd5 Qa6 21. Nxe7+ Rdxe7 22. c5 e5 23. Qd2 exd4 24. Bh6 Ne4 25. Qc1 gxh6 26. Ra3 Qe2 27. Re1 Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Ng3+ 0-1

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