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Joined 18 Feb '04 Moves 61941 Great game by Rapport! Check out the opening, what is that?
[Event "European Team Championship"] [Site "Reykjavik ISL"] [Date "2015.11.15"] [EventDate "2015.11.13"] [Round "3.3"] [Result "1-0"] [White "Richard Rapport"] [Black "Laurent Fressinet"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2693"] [BlackElo "2712"] [PlyCount "77"] 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. d4 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. e4 b5 11. Bd3 b4 12. Na4 c5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bb7 15. e5 Nd5 16. Ng5 Qa5 17. Ne4 Rfc8 18. Kh1 Ba6 19. a3 Bf8 20. Bxa6 Qxa6 21. Nd6 Rc7 22. Bd2 b3 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rf3 Qa4 25. Rc4 Qa6 26. Qc1 Qc6 27. h3 Rd7 28. Qf1 Qa6 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Rg4+ fxg4 32. Qxa6 Ne7 33. e6 fxe6 34. Qa4 Rc7 35. Qxg4+ Ng6 36. Qxe6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Qg8# 1-0
Notice how the cunning move 19.a3 prepares for the knight invasion Nd6. Black cannot take the pawn on c5 because of axb4 attacking the Queen and allowing white to recapture the rook on c5 with a pawn, leaving him with a monster passed c-pawn. This is such an elegant finesse, really World class!
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Joined 28 Dec '04 Moves 53223 Originally posted by Marinkatomb
Great game by Rapport! Check out the opening, what is that?
[pgn][Event "European Team Championship"]
[Site "Reykjavik ISL"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[Round "3.3"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Richard Rapport"]
[Black "Laurent Fressinet"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "77"]
1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. ...[text shortened]... , leaving him with a monster passed c-pawn. This is such an elegant finesse, really World class! Why would he even consider taking the pawn on c4 when it is protected by the knight?
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