Robatsch DefenseB06

Duncan Dicks 1.
Nigel Hoskens 1.

Rooks v Stroud
2002


1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 c6 4. f4 d5 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bd3 Bd3 is a pawn sac but it looks dangerous to take. Having said that Fritz wants to take it! 6... dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qxd4 9. Be3 Qd5 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rad1 threatening Ba6 followed by Bxb7 11... Qa5 12. Rfe1 threatening Nd6+ 12... Qc7 13. Bc4 renewing the threat and hitting f7 13... Nh6 14. Nd6+ can't be taken because of Bb6+ winning the queen 14... Kf8 15. Nxb7 with Rd8 mating threats (and getting the pawn back). Fritz has the bright idea of Nb5 instead and if cxb then Qxb7!! 15... Nd7 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Qe4 Qe4 really eyeing up the e6 square. Also can follow up with Qd3 to hit the knight. If black takes on c5 now then I had planned 18. Qxc6!! resulting in a very superior endgame whatever black does. The tactics that follow from here were calculated down to endgames where I think white's pawn structure (and in some cases two bishops) give a won game! 17... Bf6 18. f5 Its necessary to remove the defender of f7. 18... Nxf5 19. Qe6 if fxe6 Nxe6+ and the queen and lots of other material fall with check. I love the way the King is trapped by the knight and bishop. Blacks reply is forced. 19... Ne5 20. Qxf7+ Nxf7 21. Ne6+ Kg8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nxd8 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Bd4 a blunder but I think its lost. This was all calculated from move 18 when I thought that 24... Kg7 25. Nxf7 Bd4 26. Kf2 Rf8 27. Ke2 Bxe3 etc results in a won K and Pawn ending. I haven't checked this though. After the game Nigel and I looked at 25. Ne6+ Kg8 26. c3 as an alternative. Black can't save the c pawn and white should be clearly winning. 25. Bxf7+ 1-0 [Dicks D.]

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