Talley, Justin - LaSalle, Craig [D34]
club challenge, 24.08.2001
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.g3 Nf6 7.Bg2 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.Bg5 cxd4 10.Nxd4 h6 11.Be3 Re8 12.Rc1 Bf8 13.Na4
Craig: At the time I thought his 13 Na4 was good, but after the game, I thought
that 13 Qa4 would have been better. After 20 minutes, I came up with the plan
of re-positioning my queen's knight. [mts: Notice how that knight will have travelled
from c6 to d6--only one square to the east--by move 16. This sensitivity to the
nuances of knight placement is one of the hallmarks of the master.] 13...Ne5
[13...Ng4 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Bd4±] 14.Nf3 Nc4 15.Bd4 Be6 16.b3 Nd6 17.Nc5
Nfe4 18.Nd2 Bg4 19.Ndxe4 dxe4 20.Be3 b6 21.Na4 Qe7 22.h3 Bf5 23.Bf4 Rad8 24.e3
g5 25.Bxd6 Rxd6 26.Qc2 Rc8 27.Qe2 Rcd8 28.Rfd1 Rd3 29.Nb2 Rxd1+ 30.Rxd1 Rxd1+
31.Qxd1 b5 32.Qd5 Qf6 33.Qd4? Now White will lose a pawn and enter a hopeless
endgame. 33...Qxd4 34.exd4 Bg7
35.Nd1 Bxd4 36.g4 Bg6 37.Kf1 Kf8 38.Ke2 Ke7 39.Kd2 Kd6 40.Nc3 Bxc3+ 41.Kxc3
Kc5 42.b4+ Kd5 43.f3 Ke5 44.fxe4 Bxe4 45.Bf1 Bc6 46.Kd3 a6 47.Ke3 Bd5 48.a3 f5
49.Be2 f4+ 50.Kd3 f3 51.Bf1 Bc4+ 0-1 Springfield
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