Rapport, Richard(2748)
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So, Wesley(2752)
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1.c4Nf62.Nc3g63.e4d64.d4Bg75.f3O-O6.Nge2Nc67.Be3a68.Qd2Bd79.Rb1h59...Rb810.b4b511.cxb5axb512.d5Ne513.Nd4e6has been tried a few times, and one recent unsuccessful attempt to revive this line was:14.Be2±10.b4Nh7NBlack's idea is presumably ... Bg7-f6-g5 in conjunction with ...e7-e5 to play a closed center without the bad bishop. If White wants to avoid this, he will have to push d4-d5 and allow ... c7-c6 and ...e7-e6 dynamics.11.d5Ne512.Nd4Rc813.Be2c514.dxc6Bxc615.Rc1Bd716.Nd1b517.Nb2Nxc4?!Black was not forced to resolve the tension, but was attracted to an odd idea based on the ...e7-e5 intermezzo.17...Nc618.Nxc6Bxc619.O-ONf6would be a normal continuation. The .. .h7-h5 push is a bit odd, but so is White's b2-knight.18.Nxc4e519.Nb3bxc420.Bxc4Rxc4?!Black either overestimated the compensation here, or overestimated White's position after20...Bb521.Bxb5Rxc1+22.Nxc1axb523.Ne2Nf621.Rxc4Bb522.Rc1d5!?22...Qh4+23.Kd1Rd824.Rc2d525.Bb6Rd626.Rc8+Nf827.Bf2±23.Qxd5Qh4+24.g3Qf625.Kf2Rd826.Qb7Rd327.Qb6Qxb628.Bxb6Ng5This is the closest thing to an attack that comes out of Black's play. The f3-pawn and square are both weak, but after29.h4Rxf3+29...Nxf330.Rhd1Just forces more trades:Rxd131.Rxd1Nh232.Rd8+Kh733.Nc5+−30.Kg2...Black has to part with even more material, and is lost.30....Rxb331.axb3Nxe432.Rhe1Nd233.Rc8+Kh734.Rc7Kg835.Rc8+Kh736.Rc7Kg837.Re31-0 White wins.1-0