04/12/2020

John Eccles v Geoffrey Gunawan (1/12/20)

An exciting game from Round 6 of the 2020 Club Championships. Annotations by Gordon Lyall.

{[%evp 10,32,54,-26,-27,-99,-88,-96,-85,-133,-21,-29,-22,-21,-17,-61,-61,-54, -23,-20,438,443,426,445,29999]} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bh7 {This move is playable but does not score well for black, main line is Bd7} (5... Bd7 6. h5 e6 7. f4 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qb6 10. Rh2 Rc8 $11 {Gelashvili (2578)-Shankland (2597) 2012 1-0 (26)}) 6. e6 (6. Nc3 $14) 6... fxe6 $11 {B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} 7. f4 {[#]} (7. Nf3 $11) 7... Qa5+ $146 ({Predecessor:} 7... Be4 8. Nf3 Nf6 9. Rg1 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Qxa2 12. Bd3 Ne4 13. Qc2 Nd7 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. fxe5 {1/2-1/2 (33) Friedrich,J-Zimmermann,F (2280) Chemnitz 1998}) 8. c3 Nd7 {Black is better.} 9. Qe2 (9. Nf3 $142) 9... Bxb1 (9... Ngf6 $17 10. Nd2 c5) 10. Rxb1 Qxa2 11. Qd3 O-O-O 12. Qg6 (12. b4 $1 $11) 12... Ngf6 13. Bd3 Ne4 {Strongly threatening …Nxc3!} 14. Qxe6 (14. -- Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qg2 16. Rh3 Qxg1+ $19) 14... Nxc3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (14... Qa5 $1 $11 {and Black has nothing to worry.}) 15. bxc3 $18 Qg2 {[#]} 16. Ba6 $1 {[%mdl 512] White wants to mate with Qxc6+.} bxa6 (16... Qe4+ $18 17. Qxe4 dxe4 18. Rxb7 Nb8 19. Rxa7+ Nxa6 20. Rxa6 Kb7) 17. Qxc6# 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.