John Joseph Carleton vs Raymond Keene (1978)

John Joseph Carleton vs Raymond Keene
British Team Championship 1978 · Caro-Kann Defense: Forgacs Variation (B15) · 0-1

[Event "British Team Championship"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1978.??.??"]
[EventDate "?"]
[Round "?"]
[Result "0-1"]
[White "John Joseph Carleton"]
[Black "Raymond Keene"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "58"]

1. e4 { Notes by Raymond Keene. } c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4
4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 {I now regard 6 c3! as best.} 6. Bc4
Qe7+ {6 Bc4 was the only move given in the Encyclopaedia of
Chess Openings as leading to White's advantage against
5...exf6, but 6...Qe7+ is an adequate counter and far superior
to 6...Bd6 or 6...Be7. 6...Qe7+ was first conceived by
Bronstein and was later propagated by Bob Wade who used it to
draw with Matanovic in 1972. After 6...Qe7+ Black's threat of
...Qb4+ more or less forces White to play 7 Qe2 (7 Be2 Bg4 is
easy for Black, while 7 Kf1?! looks artificial) when the most
reliable procedure is 7...Be6!, as played in this game.}
7. Qe2 Be6 {!} 8. Bb3 Nd7 {8...Bxb3 9 axb3 Qxe2+ 10 Nxe2
(Kuijpers - Lechtynsky, Nice Olympiad 1974) gives White a
nagging edge in the endgame. If light-squared bishops are to
be traded, Black would prefer this to take place on e6; e.g. 8
Bxe6 (in place of 8 Bb3) 8...Qxe6 9 Bf4 Na6 10 c3 O-O-O
(Gaprindashvili - Andersson, Dortmund 1978) and now if White
swaps queens Black can straighten out his pawn structure,
while if White avoids the exchange Black's queen is
excellently posted on e6.} 9. Bf4 Nb6 10. O-O-O Nd5 {Here
White has two ways of moving his queen's bishop - either to
g3, as in the game, or retreating it to d2. Thus, 11 Bd2 b5 12
Nf3 Qd7 13 Ne1 Be7 (Tal proposed 13...Bd6) 14 Nd3, and here I
suggest the aggressive 14...a5! In the game Tal - Bronstein,
USSR 1974, Black proceeded carelessly with 14...O-O? when the
blockading coup 15 Ba5! utterly stymied Bronstein's intended
queenside pawn offensive.} 11. Bg3 g6 {Worth consideration is
11...b5 as an immediate remedy against White's playing
c2-c4. } 12. Nf3 {?! If 12 c4!? Bh6+ 13 Kb1 Nf4!? (13...Nb4 14
d5 Bf5+ is unclear) 14 Bxf4 Bxf4 15 d5 Bf5+ 16 Bc2 Bxc2+ 17
Qxc2 O-O 18 Ne2 Be5 with an obscure position.} 12...Bh6+
13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rhe1 {If 14 Bxd5 cxd5 15 h4 Rac8! 16 h5 Rxc2!!
17 Qxc2 (17 Kxc2 Bf5+ is winning for Black) 17...Bf5 18 Rd3
Rc8 19 Qb3 (or 19 Qd1 Rc1+) 19...Qe2 etc.} 14...Rfe8 15. Qe4
Qd7 16. Qh4 Bg7 {Intending ...g6-g5.} 17. h3 {! The only
move.} 17...a5 18. a3 b5 19. Nd2 a4 20. Ba2 b4 21. axb4 a3
22. Bb3 {If 22 Bxd5 cxd5! planning ...Qa4, which is better for
Black.} 22...g5 {!} 23. Qh5 axb2 24. Kxb2 Nxb4 {Black
evidently enjoys a devastating attack against the exposed
white king, but White's next move makes things even worse.}
25. Kc3 {? If 25 Nc4 Bxc4 26 Rxe8+ Rxe8 27 Bxc4 Qb7 28 Bb3 c5!
(better for Black) 29 Bd6 c4! 30 Bxc4 Nd3+ 31 Kc3 Nxf2
threatening ...Nxd1+ and ...Ne4+.} 25...Na2+ 26. Bxa2 Rxa2
27. Ra1 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 c5 29. Nb3 Bxb3 {If 30 cxb3 Qxd4+, or 30
Kxb3 Qb5+ 31 Kc3 Qb4+.} 0-1

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Last move:

Given 4 times; par: 41 [what's this?]

Annotations by Raymond Keene. [404 more games annotated by Keene]

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Oct-11-05		schnarre: Nice game & informative commentary by Black.

Nov-27-08		YoungEd: Agreed! Thanks to GM Keene for annotating so many of his games.

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