Martin Pytel vs Eric Prie (1990)

Martin Pytel vs Eric Prie
It (open) 1990 · French Defense: Classical. Svenonius Variation (C10) · 0-1

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Jul-06-04		Theoryhack: So easy to miss this type of thing in a variety of openings. When an opponent plays bf5, you need to have your Nb4 sensors on full alert...

Aug-04-04		sneaky pete: Poor Pytel! White's moves 7, 8 and 9 is (or should I say are?) the most pathetic trio I've ever seen. I'll baptize this The Three Stooges defence against the Boa Constrictor.

Aug-04-04		tpstar: Clever, but the real culprits were White's moves 5 and 6. 5. Nge2?! misplaces the KN on e2 and blocks the KB, then 5 ... Bf5 develops with a threat (6 ... Nb4). So White had to defend against that threat with 6. Ng3 or 6. a3 or even 6. Nf4 Nb4 7. Nd3 would have worked, but 6. g3?! lost to 6 ... Nb4 since after 7. g4 (best was 7. Nf4 Nxc2+ 8. Kd2 Nxa1 9. Bd3 at least getting the Na1 out of it) Bxc2! White loses the Queen (8. Qd2 Nd3+) or else a piece and then the Queen (8. Bg5 Qxg5 9. h4 Qd8 10. Qd2/Qc1 Nd3+). A perfect example of how the French Exchange helps Black = the Bc8 gets out for free.

Oct-26-04		kevin86: White has three kinds of choices-all bad:10 to b1,d3,xc2-allows for direct capture. c1 d3+ forks & d2 d3+ forces 11xd3. in all three cases,the queen is lost!!

Jan-17-05		aw1988: <Clever, but the real culprits were...> Ah, elementary, my dear Watson.

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