Nigel Short vs Laurent Fressinet (2010)

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Nigel Short vs Laurent Fressinet
Khanty-Mansiysk Olympiad (2010), Khanty-Mansiysk RUS, rd 5, Sep-25
Italian Game: Scotch Gambit. Max Lange Attack (C55) · 1-0

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Sep-25-10		luzhin: Not for the first time, Short bamboozles one of the younger generation with an ancient opening: Fressenet's 9...f6 and the King's march to g6 look like desperate improvisation.

Sep-26-10		HeMateMe: Quite simply, a Brit in Greece used the Italian to hoodwink a Frenchie in Russia. Any questions?

Sep-26-10		Ezzy: GM Nigel Short v GM Laurent Fressinet Olympiad 2010 Round 5 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.0–0 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.e5 <The very sharp Max Lange attack.> 6...d5 7.exf6 dxc4 8.fxg7 Rg8 9.Bg5 f6 10.Re1+ Kf7 11.Bh6< Whites threatening the devasting 12 Nh4 13 Qh5+> 11...Kg6 <This a novelty, and the best move. >12.Qc1 Qd5 <Keeping active, threatening 13...Qh5 14 Bf4 Kxg7.> 13.Nh4+ Kf7 14.Nd2< [14.Qd1 Be6 15.Nd2 Bb4 16.a3 Ba5 17.Rxe6 Qxe6 18.Qh5+ Ke7 19.Kf1 Threatening 20 Re1 is the computer choice. But 14 Nd2 is a good developing moveand just as good.> 14...Qh5 15.Ne4 Qxh4 16.Nxc5 Kg6 17.Bf4 Rxg7 18.c3 <Trying to undermine those pawns. Threatening 19 cxd4 uncovering an attack on black's c4 pawn.> 18...d3 19.b3 b6?< Leaving the knight unprotected. This seems to lose black a vital tempo. 19...Bf5 Giving up a pawn to support the strong d3 is probably the best plan. 20.Nxb7 (20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 Qg4 more on this later) 20...h5 21.bxc4 Kh7 22.g3 Qg4 23.Qe3 Ne5 24.Bxe5 Re8 Is a more active plan for black.]> 20.Ne6 Bxe6 21.Rxe6 <This is the point of a loss of tempi. If black hadn't played 19...b6? (unprotecting the knight) then it would be black to move and he could play 21...Qg4 hitting the rook and white can't defend it with 22 Qe3 because 22...Kf7 traps the rook.> 21...Ne7?< [21...Nd8 22.Re8 Qg4 Is better, threatening 23...Kf7 which has the duel threat of 23...Kxe8 and 23...Qxg2 Mate!]> 22.Qe3< Nigel's attack now is unstoppable. Fine attacking play from Dr Short! >22...Re8 23.Qe4+ Kf7 24.g3 d2 25.Qxc4 Kf8 26.Rd1 b5 27.Qe4 Rd8 28.Rxe7 Qh5 29.Qe2 1–0 Masterly attacking chess from Nigel today. Black tried to save a pawn with 19...b6? losing an important tempo and his position started to deteriorate. An extremely sharp game where one small error, and your position could collapse. Fressinet made a couple of those errors within 2 moves, and his position did collapse. Excellent game and excellent forcing play! Good work today. A draws ok. England 2 - 2 France. Norway on Monday. A win is a must if we still want to be right there in it.

Sep-26-10		HeMateMe: Short or Adams will have to hold MC to a draw for this to be possible.

Sep-26-10		bumpmobile: <HeMateMe: Quite simply, a Brit in Greece used the Italian to hoodwink a Frenchie in Russia. Any questions?> You forgot to mention the fact that this is the Scotch Gambit.

Sep-26-10		HeMateMe: Nigel said "Scotch is to be drank, not played." There is a "Scotch Game" in opening theory. But this is a 'Scotch' variant of the italian opening? The two openings are different, but have the same name? This is most confusing, and I'm going to log an immediate protest with Kirsan I. over at FIDE, as soon as soon as he returns from Mars!

Jan-21-11		GrahamClayton: <luzhin>Not for the first time, Short bamboozles one of the younger generation with an ancient opening. <luzhin>, Here is the first recorded example of 9.♗g5 in the database - going all the way back to 1863: Paulsen vs Mackenzie, 1863

Feb-07-11		mastermind7994: Ancient opening but it worked fine for Short.

Jun-21-11		notyetagm: Game Collection: OVERLOADED: PINNING & PROTECTING Short vs Fressinet, 2010 28 Re6xNe7! Black g7-rook defends h4-queen by pinning g3-pawn

Jun-21-11		notyetagm: Game Collection: OVERLOADED: PINNING & PROTECTING See also the Sgujirov blunder from the <2010 RUSSIAN HIGHER LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP>.

Jun-21-11		notyetagm: Game Collection: OVERLOADED: PINNING & PROTECTING http://webcache.googleusercontent.c... Let's have a look at the examples: 1. Sjugirov - Riazantsev: White to move is a little better. There's no knockout coming on g7, but Sjugirov must have felt that his position was safe enough when he played 29.h4?? It might not be quite as embarrassing a blunder as Mr. Twyble writes, but Black's next move isn't exactly a brilliancy, either. Can you find it?

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