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Black is well on top in this week's Radio show, winning three games to one. In Sahl-Georgiev we take a look at the Poisoned Pawn Najdorf ; always interesting.
Sahl,Bj (2364) - Georgiev,Ki (2685) [B97]
ECU Club Cup Feugen AUT (1), 08.10.2006
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2
9.Nb3 Qa3 10.Be2 Be7 11.0-0 Nc6 12.Bf3
With 12.Bf3N White fails to cause Black difficulty.
Then comes an amazing attacking game from the World Junior Championships:
Vaznonis,V (2291) - Deepan Chakkravarthy,J (2501) [A26]
WJun Yerevan ARM (1), 03.10.2006
1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Nf3 f5 7.0-0 Nf6 8.Rb1
a5 9.a3 0-0 10.b4 axb4 11.axb4 h6 12.b5 Ne7 13.Bd2 Be6 14.Ra1 Rb8 15.Qc2 g5
16.Rfc1 f4
Black crashes home with 16...f4. We follow this with a game where Black's Alekhine hits hard:
Jones,G (2416) - Baburin,A (2541) [B03]
Galway Masters Galway IRL (6), 01.10.2006
1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.d4 d6 4.c4 Nb6 5.exd6 exd6 6.Nc3 Nc6 7.Be2 Be7 8.h3 Bf5
9.Be3 0-0 10.b3 Bg5 11.Bxg5 Qxg5 12.g4 Bg6 13.h4 Qf6 14.Qd2 Nxd4 15.g5 Qe5
16.f4 Qc5 17.b4 Qc6 18.Qxd4 Qxh1
We close the set with a lone White win, a game where yet another new move is played:
Serper,G (2513) - Becerra Rivero,J (2546) [E57]
USCL ICC INT (6), 04.10.2006
1.c4 c6 2.e4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nxd5 6.Nf3 e6 7.Bc4 Nc6 8.0-0
Be7 9.d4 0-0 10.Re1 Nf6 11.a3 b6 12.d5 Na5 13.Ba2 exd5 14.b4!?N
Beware the puzzle this week because it is far more complex than it looks. Entries to andrew@andrewmartinchessacademy before 23:00h Wed 18th October.
Motwani,P - Roca, 1986
White has the choice between a) 1.d7+ and b) 1.Qc3+.
Which is the strongest move and why?
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