Thursday, 6 October 2011

Dragon's Discovered Diagonal is Devastating!

Here is my latest club game. This game is quite instructive because it demonstrates how tactics can be formulated down the long diagonal (a1-h8) where the 'Dragon' bishop is operating. I have the option of uncovering a nasty discovered check if my opponent takes the offer of my rook on move 18. I have been practicing this novel opening for a few months online (play early h5, defer castling), but never attempted it in a club game - I got the idea from Charlie Storey's excellent book on 'The Sniper'.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sniper-Charlie-Storey/dp/1857446437/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1317937457&sr=8-1

Evidently this style of opening has been used by Carlsen on a number of occasions.

Here is the game ...(My opponent was rated about BCF 140). My Knight on d3 turns out to be a killer!






Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bc4 g6 7. f3 Bg7 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Rc8 12. Bb3 Ne5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bb3 c5 17. c4 Rb8 18. Ba2 Rxb2 19. Qd1 Qb8 20. a5 Qb4 21. Rb1 O-O 22. Rxb2 Qxb2 23. Rf2 Qc3 24. Qd2 Nd3 25. Re2 Qa1+ 0-1



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