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Mateusz Bartel vs Jules Moussard
London Chess Classic (2023), London ENG, rd 2, Dec-02
English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense. Nimzo-English Opening (A17)  ·  1-0

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Dec-05-23  jerseybob: This gets very sharp very fast. At what point did Moussard's analysis run out? 6..h6 looks a little provocative. The only 2 examples of this line I found at 365chess go: 6..Nc6 7.g5,Ng5 and now one game went 8.Rg1 (0-1), and the other 8.Ne4(drawn). Is 6..d6 playable?
Dec-05-23
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  fredthebear: Very uncommon opening line. Stockfish prefers Black after 6...h6. It doesn't like 6.g4?! The most popular move is 6.g3, and that isn't very often.
Dec-06-23  jerseybob: <fredthebear: Very uncommon opening line. Stockfish prefers Black after 6...h6> Not that I agree with that, but at what point does SF stop preferring black?
Dec-06-23
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  fredthebear: There are only 160+ games in the database plying 4.Qb3. As you pointed out above, 6...h6 is a loner -- no others to be found.

Black messes up his pawn structure in this game. 21...f6 is obviously bad because ...f6 is usually bad!

OK, OK. The alternative 17...h5 would have prevented the exchange of pawns that led to successive events. "Prophylactics is worth a pound of cure" says Fredthebear.

There looks to be inaccuracies from both sides but it's White that has the long-range crossfire attack with the raking bishops. See diagram:


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This is what FTB calls a crossfire attack: bishop(s) (and/or queen) from a distance bisects with rook (and/or queen). It's a common attacking structure.

Unfortunately, FTB didn't find a video chess streamer who analyzed this game. A person doesn't learn much from the silent game videos that just show the moves which are easy to find. FTB has fuel to burn, so I'll have Stockfish analyze this one for you after this post and exit. FTB suspects the analysis won't be pretty at all.

Props to White for seeing 28.Bxe5!

As a mostly classical player, FTB hates it when the winner gets away with not advancing his center pawns into the center. That's rather uncommon for the winning side. See diagram:


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White held back his center pawns in Hypermodern style.

Dec-06-23
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  fredthebear: In the final position, it's Black to move. White is threatening a double discovered check 31.Rf8# So 30...QxQf3+ 31.RxQf3+ can delay an unavoidable mate for a bit.

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