Ruy Lopez, Berlin defence, open variation part three

25 October 2008

This is the third post in a series looking at the open variation of the Berlin Defence to the Ruy Lopez opening. You will probably want to read part one and part two first.

  • White: Zeth
  • Black: GNU Chess
  • Date: 2008.10.25

The first seventeen moves are the same as the previous times.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 exd4 6. Re1 d5 7. a3 Qf6 8. Bg5 Qe6 9. Nxd4 Qd6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nxd5 Qh4 13. g3 Qg5 14. Nxc7+ Kf8 15. Nxa8 Bg4 16. f4 Qg6 17. Nf3 Kg8

So we face the now familiar setting.

http://commandline.org.uk/images/posts/chess/matchreport/20081025/17.png

18. Nc7 a6

White moves the Knight as last time, and black threatens the bishop again.

19. Bxc6 Qxc6

http://commandline.org.uk/images/posts/chess/matchreport/20081025/b19.png

This time the bishop fights back capturing the black knight, and the queen responds. The death of the knight means the square d8 is now unprotected.

20. Nd5 Qc4

A little fancy footwork by the night distracts the queen who is no longer guarding e8. All the pieces are in place to launch the attack.

21. Ne7+ ...

http://commandline.org.uk/images/posts/chess/matchreport/20081025/b21.png

The knight leads the charge.

22. Kf8 Qd8# 1-0

http://commandline.org.uk/images/posts/chess/matchreport/20081025/b22mate.png

Followed by the queen who gives mate. This shows me very clearly the importance of castling. White managed to castle early and get control of the d and e columns.

Black did not manage to castle, and the black king was cornered by his own troops, when the white queen got to the top rank, there was no escape.

1 Tringi says...

...oh, I meant "Qe8 Qe8" in my previous post, sry ;-)

Posted at 7:45 p.m. on November 30, 2008


2 Tringi says...

Hi, I am far from your league, but instead of [20. Nd5], why not just play Qd8? :-) Wouldn't it be only Qd8 Qd8 then, or am I missing something?

Posted at 1:44 a.m. on December 1, 2008


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