Lev Aptekar vs Stanley Yee (1983)

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Lev Aptekar vs Stanley Yee
Upper Hutt 40-40 Tournament (1983), Upper Hutt Wellington, rd 1, Jun-18
English Opening: Symmetrical. Anti-Benoni Variation (A31) · 0-1

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May-17-06		Benzol: Good to see this game is up. Well played Stan.

May-19-06		Richard Taylor: Yes -great game by Stan! - Lev shoul have played maybe - 22. Nf3 or 22 b4 first. 22. b4 Bc6 23. Bf2

Oct-03-06		Jonathan Sarfati: Excellent result beating Aptekar!

Nov-08-06		Stanley Yee: Hi Jonathan. I didn't think anyone looked at my games! I just had a look at your profile. You have become quite famous since those Wellington days ... FM PhD well done!! PS That beard wasn't with you in Wellington though, it would have done as a nice smoke trap for smokers like Zig Frankel.

Nov-09-06		Stanley Yee: Hi Richard. Strictly speaking the game was an English Opening Symmetrical Two Knights, but my thinking during the game was to play this like a Benoni, trying to force White to transpose to a Sicilian Kan (with e2-e4) where the White light-squared Bishop is misplaced on g2, because in the Sicilian Kan the Bishop is normally on e2 or d3 protecting the c4 pawn and covering the b5 square. An opponent who opens with 1 d4 and 3 Nf3 clearly does not want a sharp struggle, so I was trying to psych him out. This lack of wanting to engage me was evident with White leaving his pawn on d4, allowing c5xd4. The similarities to the Sicilian are also evident after 22 Nf3, allowing the typical Sicilian exchange sacrifice on c3. 22 Nf3? Rxc3! 23 Rxc3 Nxe4 24 Rd3 Nxg3 25 Qf2 Ne4 26 Qf1 d5 27 Nd4 Bc5 gives Black a clear advantage. 22 b4 Bd8 23 Bf1 Bb6 24 Bxb6 Qxb6+ gives Black the dark squares and at least equal chances. Fritz gives 22 Qd3 Rc7 23 Ne2 Rfc8 24 Rxc7 Rxc7 25 Rd1 d5 26 e5 Ne8 27 b4 Qa8 (0.47). The lesson I learnt from this game was to play the person, not the opening. To this end the player with a narrow repertoire simply intends to play his favourite opening, whilst the player with a wide repertoire can play the person, especially in the Queen’s pawn openings where transpositions abound. Also, White did not have a plan, and was therefore following my lead. Stan

Feb-06-17		Richard Taylor: Hi Stan. (Long time since replying!)... Good strategy. I am not sure the B is misplaced on g2 but it looks like a Sicilian. White's plan was to restrict d5 which is a standard strategy, but your b5 opened things up. I think he needed to play 18. Rfc1... as b5 was strong. You had the right strategy as he wanted (I suppose, a slower attack). Did Aptekar tend to avoid complications? You can play the person but it was hard in the recent tournament as I think most of my opponents were Australian and I had no idea what openings they played or their style and so on... It is hard to build a wide repertoire though as the the game suffers. But I know what you mean. I think a keen chess player could look at an opening every day. To that end I started looking on here for their opening of the day. I think you need to know enough to be competent in a wide range of openings as there are so many transpositions (which I do find confusing).

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