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Peter K Wells vs Jonathan Rowson
Canada op (2000), Edmonton, rd 10, Jul-08
Wade Defense: General (A41)  ·  0-1

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Apr-16-12  wordfunph: "I'd probably choose Wells-Rowson, Canadian Open 2000, because I had to beat a strong Grandmaster and good friend in the last round with black and played very positively from start to finish."

- GM Jonathan Rowson (when asked for his best game)

Apr-16-12  Gilmoy: Black shows stodgy Pirc/Modern, White commits first with <4.Be3>. Black smoothly shifts <4..e6 6..d5> to a French invitation: perhaps to devalue White's short-castling? The Bg4-Bh5 pin is an annoyance to any White K-side build-up, e.g. Re1-Nf1-g4-Ng3 slow as molasses and without a sniff of advantage.

White invites a Colle <7.Nbd2 8.c3>. Moderately deep maxim: resolving center tension can hurt <whomever captures first> -- precisely why GMs prefer to just leave it there. Hence <10..c5> is the first big punch, accepting an IQP for piece activity. At <14..Nc6> Black has beautifully activated everything, White has no targets, and d5 is two-edged: weaker <and> more aggressive than c3. Who's the stodge now!

<16..Ne4> 2nd aggressive move (Black leads 2-0 in those), a pawn sac for tempi to bury White's DSB, with d-e file counterplay. <19.Re6(?)> looks misjudged: surely 19.Re1 (which he does anyways) to balance Rs on d-e.

Black had all the aggression. White contributed by initiating too many captures: <26.Nxc4> returns the pawn, but then White's position is awful. Don't be the meek one!

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