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An Annotated Pair

Annotations by Eric Fischvogt

The following two games were played at one of Ron Brumley’s monthly tournaments. Since the tournament date fell on former World Champion Vassily Smyslov’s 80th birthday, annotator Eric Fischvogt dedicated the following two games and annotations to Smyslov.

The following game is typical for the winner of the Master-Expert tournament, NM Eric Fischvogt, playing Black against the English Opening. No attempt is made to follow forcing or fashionable lines, just get to a playable middlegame. Here Fischvogt shows his strength, seizing the initiative and conducting a nicely played assult on the enemy king, culminating in a winning piece sacrifice. - [BC]

Stan Jarosz
Eric Fischvogt
[A28] English

Notes by Eric Fischvogt 1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 e6 3.e4 e5

Provocative. The move 3...c5 is better, though I have not played it in so long that I feared the line 4.e5 Ng8 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.Nxd4 Nxe5 8.Bf4 with good play for the pawn for White.

4.Nf3 Nc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Nxd4 Bb4

The move 6...Bc5 is also good.

7.Nxc6

I was more concerned about 7.Bg5 h6 8.Bh4 g5 9.Bg3 Nxe4 10.Qe2.

7...bxc6 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Bd3 Re8 10.O-O h6 11.Ne2

Better is 11.h3 with the idea Be3.

11...Bc5 12.a3 a5 13.Bd2 Qe7 14.Ng3

I have been waiting for this. Themes with Ng4, Qh4, et cetera, are now in the air.

14...d6 15.Bxa5 Ng4

White's kingside will now be ravaged.

16.Be1

What should Black play? 16...Qh4 17.h3 Qxg3 18.hxg4 Bxg4 19.Be2 Bh3 20.Bf3 Re5

If you have a weak stomach you should close your eyes now. Black threatens Rg5 or Rh5.

21.Bd2 Bxg2 22.Bxg2 Rh5 23.Bf4 Qxf4 24.Rfe1 Qh2+ 25.Kf1 Rg5 0-1.

This game features a quiet opening that turns into a violent assault on the white king. The annotations by tournament winner Fischvogt show that Black's repeated sacrifices were perfectly correct. - [BC]

Ron Brumley
Dan Brown
[B30] Sicilian: Closed

Notes by Eric Fischvogt 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3 O-O 7.Bg5 d6 8.Qd2 Bg4 9.Nh4 Qd7 10.Bh6 Nd4 11.Bb3 b5 12.Nd5 Rfe8 13.h3?

The line 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Ne3 was better.

13...Bxh3! 14.Bxg7

If 14.gxh3 Qxh3 then Black threatens the Nh4, which cannot move because then Nf3 would be mate.

14...Kxg7 15.Nxf6

The move 15.Ne3 is better.

15...exf6 16.Bd5 Bxg2!

White cannot answer this with 17.Nxg2 because of 17...Nf3, and 17.Kxg2 would lose to 17...Qg4+

17.f3 Bxf1 18.Rxf1 Qh3 19.Qf2 Rab8 20.c3

20...Ne2+ 21.Qxe2 Qxh4 22.Rf2 Re5 23.Rh2 Rg5+ 24.Kf1 Qg3 25.Rg2 Qxg2+ 26.Qxg2 Rxg2 27.Kxg2 a5 28.Kg3 f5 29.Kf4 fxe4 30.dxe4 Kf6

Black went on to win.

(...), 0-1.

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