Exeter Chess Club Canon

discovered (1780) - attack (1740) [E16] vs. totnes (peter rooke memorial team k/o), 1993

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 [3... Nf6 ( reserving the ...Ba6 line ) 4. Bg2] 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. c4 Bb4+ [5... Be7 6. O-O O-O ( or 7 d5 ) 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Qc2 Nxc3 9. Qxc3 f5 10. b3 Bf6 11. Bb2 d6 12. Rad1 a5 13. Ne1 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nc6 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. d5 Nd8 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. dxe6 Nxe6 = polugaevsky-korchnoi 1980] 6. Bd2 Be7 [6... Bxd2+ bco/eco] 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3 d5 ! pachman [8... Na6 9. Ne5 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Qc8 11. e3 c5 12. Qf3 cxd4 13. exd4 Nb4 14. Bg5 += bco] 9. cxd5 [9. Ne5 c6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Nfd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Bf4 Rc8 ! =+ pachman] 9... Nxd5 [9... Nxd5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Rfd1 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bf4 += bco] 10. Re1 [10. Qc2 += bco/eco 10... c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rfd1 Qc8 13. Rac1 Nf6 ! = pachman] 10... Nxc3 [10... c5 11. e4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nd7 ! = pachman 14. Qe2 Rc8 15. Rad1] 11. Bxc3 [11. bxc3] 11... c5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. e3 ?! ( building for e4 looked like the only sensible plan for white ) [13. Ne5 Rc8 14. Qa4 Nxe5 15. Bxb7 Rc7 16. Bg2 cxd4 17. Qxd4 ( if Bxd4, b5! ) 17... Bf6 18. Qe4] 13... Rc8 14. Qe2 ?! ( allows ...Nxd4 attacking the queen and thus forestalling Bxb7 in reply ) 14... cxd4 ( I offered a draw here. White had been moving with a lot of speed and confidence, while I was trying to reconstruct some half-remembered theory. MK has recently won the Paignton congress, with grade = 178! so disdained offer ) 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxg2 17. Rxc8 [17. Kxg2 Qd5+ 18. Kg1 Qxa2 19. Ra1 Qc4 20. Rxa7] 17... Qxc8 18. Qg4

What would you play here? CONTINUE

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