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o Dennis Burke• Divij RajeshEastern Open[Mike Callaham]

C771'17011210

27.12.2011

The Ruy Lopez. Thiscenturies old opening hasmany variants. In this gameWhite plays very timidly andpresents Black opportunityafter opporunity to take the fullpoint. A 500 point differencein ratings can cause you tosee many ghosts andphantoms. The way to makethem disappear is withcalculation! Everyone makesmistakes at the board.Sometimes they are small andsometimes they are big.Ratings don't play chessgames, people do! I say thisto you without worry ofarguement from strongerplayers, " In every gameyou've ever played, there wereopportunities for both sides tochange the outcome of thegame, and they were missed!"Expect errors from everyopponent and you'll get them!1.e4 eS 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.BbS a64.Ba4 Nf6 S.d3 bS 6.Bb3d6?! Diagram .

(Diagram 1)

While this move looks normal,it does not meet the demandsof the posiion! 6 ... Bc5, 6...h6,6 ...Bb7, and 6...Bd6 are allbetter moves because theyfurther black's development.The text move invites anattack while the recommendedmoves virtually force white tokeep developing! 7.h3?!7.Nc3, 7.0-0, and7.Be3 were

I all better and more normal[7.Ng5 d5D B.exd5 Nd49.0-0 Nxd5 10.Nc3 c611.Nf3 Bg4 12.Bxd5 cxd513.Qe1 Nxc2 (13 ...Nxf3+?14.gxf3 Bxf3 15.Qxe5+ Be716.Re1 b4 17.Na4 Qd718.Qxg7 Qg4+ 19.Qxg4Bxg4±) 14.Qxe5+ Be615.RbH offers a slightadvantage but 7.h3 callsupon the player with black tocome up with his own goodmoves! ]

7...Be7 8.c3 0-0 9.0-0 Be6?!I Diagram

(Diagram 2)

9..h6 does more to help blackmaintain the continuingchange of initiative and wouldhelp rob the night on f3 andthe dark squared bishop offorward movement 10.Bc2:t:dS 11.Nbd2 dxe4 12.dxe4h6 13.Qe2?! Diagram

[13.Nh4! g6 14.Nb3 Qxd115.Rxd1 Kg7 16.Be3 RfdB17.Nf3 a5!?:;:]

Black has the initiative and aslight advantage. 13.Nh4 maybe a little better 13...NhS?!

[ 13 QcB! ][ 13 QbB!? Both of thesemoves take advantage of thefact that white is a littlecramped. The knight on d2is stuck there because of thethreat of Bc4. ]

14.NxeS! Nf4 1S.Qf3 Nxh3+Diagram