Alexander Motylev vs Michele Godena (2010)

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Alexander Motylev vs Michele Godena
European Championship (2010), Rijeka CRO, rd 5, Mar-10
Spanish Game: Fianchetto Defense (C60) · 1-0

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Mar-04-18		SpamIAm: Also possible was 5...f6. Awkward-looking but Smyslov played it against Dely at Szolnok, 1975 (0-1, 40 moves). Smyslov played the 3...g6 defense in three other games at that tournament, winning twice more and drawing once for a total of 3&1/2 points out of 4 games. Dely vs. Smyslov, 1975 Rajna vs. Smyslov, 1975 Mednis vs. Smyslov, 1975 Westerinen vs. Smyslov, 1975

Mar-04-18		Grandma Sturleigh: <<computer chess guy>: Quite entertaining. More usual is 7. .. dxc6 but .. Qb4+ doesn't look bad. However, after 9. Ba4, 10. .. Qxa2 was a safer move for Black. After 10. .. b5?, Motylev launched an excellent counterattack.> 9. Bd5 (in place of 9. Ba4) prevents the Qxa2 defence. According to Stockfish this gives White a winning attack (more than +3 at depth 30).

Mar-04-18		malt: Found <12.N:d4!> trying to make 12.B:f7+ K:f7 13.Ne5+ and 14.Qb3 work ) 12...c4 (12...cd4 13.Q:d4 f6 14.Qd5 Rb8 15.Qf7+ ) 13.Qd2 Nf6 (13...cb3 14.N:b3 ) 14.Na3 Q:f1+ 15.K:f1 cb3 16.N:b3

Mar-04-18		Walter Glattke: I have found more nasty moves for refutation: 12.Bxf7+ Kxf7 13.Qb3+ Kg7!? 14.Qd5 Rb8 15.Qe5+ / 13.-c4!? 14.Qxb5 Ne7 15.Qxc4+ d5 16.exd5 12.Qd2 seems simple: 12.-Ba6 13.Na3 Qxf1+ 14.Kxf1 b4+ 15.Ke1 (not Kg1, please) bxa3 16.Qg5 c4 17.Qd5 0-0-0!light advantage, but also not simple, I think.

Mar-04-18		malt: 12.Qd2 seems a good move 12...Bb7 (12...c4 13.N:d4 Nf6 [13...cb3 14.N:b3 ] 14.Na3 ) 13.cd4 b4 (13...c4 14.B:c4 bc4 15.Nc3 Q:f1+ 16.K:f1 ) 14.Qf4 f6 15.Na3

Mar-04-18		patzer2: Impressive (12. ?) Sunday puzzle! The game continuation 12. Nxd4!! +- (+3.24 @ 31 ply, Stockfish 8), a deep combinational sacrifice of a Knight for two pawns while an exchange down, certainly wasn't on my radar. Instead, as a senior citizen who fondly remembers the days when a Queen was worth ten points and the equivalent of two Rooks, I went for the win of the Black Queen with 12. Qd2. Stockfish 8 evaluates 12. Qd2 +- (+2.16 @ 31 ply) as a second best move and a win for White after its best play line 12.Qd2 Ne7 13.cxd4 c4 14.Bxc4 bxc4 15.Nc3 Qxf1+ 16.Kxf1 +- (+2.66 @ 33 ply) when play might continue 16...O-O 17.Qf4 f6 18.Qd6 Rf7 19.d5 g5 20.Nd2 a5 21.Kg1 Ba6 22.Qxd7 Ng6 23.Qa4 Ne5 24.Qxa5 Rfa7 25.Qb4 Kf7 26.Nf1 Bc8 27.Ne3 Rb7 28.Nb5 +- (+4.00 @ 31 ply). P.S.: Black's decisive mistake appears to be 10...b5?, allowing White to lock the Queen out of play for the rest of the game with 11. Bb3! +- (+3.28 @ 30 ply, Stockfish 8). Instead, 10...Qxa2 11. Qxd4 f6 12. e5 Qe6 13. Re1 Kf8 14. Nbd2 d6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qc4 Qf7 ± to +- (+1.46 @ 28 ply, Stockfish 8) improves Black's survival chances. Earlier, 7...dxc6 8. Qxd4 ⩲ to = (+0.19 @ 29 ply, Stockfish 8) improves over 7...Qb4+? 8. c3! ± to +- (+2.22 @ 32 ply, Stocisfish 8) where it appears Black is caught in an opening trap.

Mar-04-18		morfishine: Lovely attack by White! There appears to be a number of winning lines. I started with 12.Bxf7+ and got a persistent attack After 12...Kxf7 (though this is not forced) 13.Qb3+ c4 14.Qxb5 and White has the immediate threat 15.Qd5+ picking up the rook on <a8> An ongoing side threat is picking up the other took on <h8> which highlights the Queen's power being able to switch dangerously between diagonals *****

Mar-04-18		Marmot PFL: Looks like some heavy duty opening prep by white. Best to avoid these lines unless you have limitless time to study opening theory.

Mar-04-18		morfishine: <Marmot PFL: Looks like some heavy duty opening prep by white. Best to avoid these lines unless you have limitless time to study opening theory> Thats why I favor Chess960 these days: This format foregoes the requirement for "limitless time to study opening theory" lol *****

Mar-04-18		Marmot PFL: <morfishine> Well black could have played 7...dc6 with an acceptable game G Guseinov vs Carlsen, 2017 but instead he had to get greedy.

Mar-04-18		morfishine: <Marmot PFL> Yessir, very well summed up, looks like either it was Black who had "prepped", but not deeply enough, or it was Black who thought he could figure it out OTB BTW: Thank you for the game, a great example of just how strong Carlsen is tactically *****

Mar-04-18		agb2002: White has a knight for a rook and two pawns. Black threatens c4 and dxc3. I've considered 12.Bxf7+ (with the idea Qb3+, Ne1 and Nc2 to trap the black queen), 12.Nxd4 (with the idea 12... cxd4 13.Qxd4 f6 14.Qd5 Rb8 15.Qf7+ Kd8 16.Qg7) and 12.Bd5 Rb8 13.Nxd4 (with the idea 13... cxd4 14.Qxd4 f6 15.Qxa7. I'm not sure but I'd play 12.Bd5.

Mar-04-18		Jimfromprovidence: Here is the position after 12 Nxd4, below. click for larger view It appears that if black did not try to take the knight the plan was 13 Nxb5 with maybe 14 Qd5 in mind. So black could have played 13...a6 or 13...Rb8 making it more difficult for white. Instead 13...cxd4 made it easy for white in retrospect. Overall, it's a really difficult problem. The OLGA/Stockfish tool helps my understanding in that regard.

Mar-04-18		penarol: What if 16...0-0-0 instead of Nh6?

Mar-04-18		agb2002: Stockfish doesn't like 12.Bd5 followed by 13.Nxd4 due to 13... Ne7 with a large advantage for Black.

Mar-04-18		penarol: Now I see: 16...0-0-0. 17 Qc5+ and 18 Nb5

Mar-04-18		agb2002: <Jim ... Instead 13...cxd4 made it easy for white in retrospect.> 13... cxd4 loses even after 12.Bd5 Rb8 13.Nxd4.

Mar-04-18		PawnSac: a clean kill in 20 makes this a beautiful miniature for the archives

Mar-04-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 9.Bd5 Qxa1 10.0-0 Ne7 11.Qd2 0-0 12.Nxd4 c6 13.Nb3 Qxb1 14.Rxb1 cxd5 15.exd5 b6 16.Re1 Nf5 17.Qf4 Bb7 18.g4 Ng7 19.Qd6 Rad8 20.c4 Bc8 21.Nd4 Rde8 22.Rxe8 Nxe8 23.Qb8 Nf6 24.g5 Ne4 25.Qxa7 Nxg5 26.Qxb6 Ne4 27.Kg2 +- (2.93) Depth: 23 dpa

Mar-04-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4 7...dxc6 8.Qxd4 Nf6 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.0-0-0 Bxf3 11.gxf3 0-0 12.Qe3 Rfe8 13.Kb1 a5 14.h4 Nh5 15.Ne2 Rad8 16.Rdg1 b6 17.Ng3 Nxg3 18.fxg3 Qd6 19.h5 Qd2 20.Qf4 Qxf4 21.gxf4 Rd2 22.f5 Rf2 23.hxg6 hxg6 = (0.11) Depth: 24 dpa

Mar-04-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4: d 23 dpa 1. + / = (0.36): 5.c3 a6 6.Bxc6 dxc6 7.cxd4 Bg7 8.0-0 Nf6 9.Nc3 0-0 10.Bf4 Qe7 11.Be5 a5 12.h3 b6 13.Re1 Ba6 14.Qd2 Rad8 15.Rac1 Rfe8 16.b3 Rd7 17.Qe3 Red8 18.Ng5 2. = (0.11): 5.Bg5 Be7 6.Bxe7 Ngxe7 7.Nxd4 a6 8.Bxc6 dxc6 9.Nc3 c5 10.Nf3 Bg4 11.h3 Qxd1+ 12.Rxd1 Bxf3 13.gxf3 Rd8 14.Rxd8+ Kxd8 15.Kd2 Nc6 16.Nd5 Nd4 17.f4 c6 18.Nf6 Ke7 19.e5 Rd8 20.Nxh7 Nf3+ 21.Ke3

Mar-05-18		stst: thought that BxP+ will bring good fortune... overtime... doesn't matter, solved the Monday one already instead... Time always short, this & that got me .... OUT!!

Mar-05-18		wtpy: Got the first 2 moves but then went with 16 Qd5, which yields winning advantage but not as decisive as e5.

Mar-05-18		cormier: click for larger view Analysis by Houdini 4: d 31 dpa 1. = (0.16): 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 d6 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 b4 9.Be3 0-0 10.h3 Na5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nbd2 Nc6 13.Nc4 h6 14.a5 Rb8 15.Nfd2 Be6 16.Nb6 Bxa2 17.Rxa2 Nxa5 18.Nbc4 Nxc4 19.Nxc4 Qc8 20.b3 Qc6 21.Qf3 Rbc8 22.Rfa1 Ra8 2. = (0.14): 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Qf6 6.d4 exd4 7.Bg5 Qd6 8.Nxd4 Be7 9.Bxe7 Nxe7 10.Nc3 0-0 11.Nde2 Qb4 12.b3 Bg4 13.f3 Rad8 14.Qe1 Bc8 15.Qg3 Ng6 16.Rad1 Qe7 17.f4 Rfe8 18.h3 b6 19.Qf2 f6 20.Qe3 a5 21.Rxd8

Mar-05-18		njchess: Nice puzzle. Black has committed his queen to capturing material, but instead, finds his queen sidelined. Right away, I liked putting White's queen into the middle of the board via ♕xd4. So, the idea of 12. ♘xd4! was appealing, but I wasn't sure if Black would/should recapture or play 12. ... c4. The pawn push leads to White threatening with Knight, Queen and Rook with Black's queen still stuck in the corner. So, 12. ♘xd4! cxd4 13. ♕xd4 f6. I quickly found the quiet but crushing move of 14. e5 This pawn move opens everything up for White. Black has to scramble to develop, keep his king out of check and not lose more material. Good luck! Time to check.

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