GAME 023 - Trevor Dickerson

Davies,Edward (113) - Dickerson,Trevor (99)
Hampshire Open 2007 Rd II, 03.11.2007

1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 [2...b6 3.Bb2 (3.c4 this move did not work at all for Cicak - a 2530 rated player - who lost against a 2225 3...d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e5 Ne7 6.Nf3 Ng6 7.d4 Bb4+ 8.Bd2 Be7 9.Nc3 0–0 10.h4 c5 11.h5 cxd4 12.Nb5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bf6 14.f4 Bh4+ 15.Ke2 Nc6 16.Kf3 Qe7 17.Bd3 Qxe5 18.Rxh4 Qf6 19.Kg3 Ne7 20.Bb4 Re8 21.Nd6 Ng6 22.hxg6 Re3+ 23.Qf3 Rxf3+ 24.gxf3 fxg6 25.Rah1 h6 26.Nxc8 Rxc8 27.Rg4 g5 28.Re1 a5 29.fxg5 hxg5 30.Be7 Qf7 31.Bxg5 Rc3 32.Rd1 Qe6 33.Bf4 Rxd3 34.Rf1 Rc3 35.Bd2 Qe5+ 36.Bf4 Qe2 37.Rf2 Qe6 38.Rg5 d3 39.Re5 Qg6+ 40.Rg5 Qe6 41.Be5 Rc2 42.Rf1 Qh6 0–1; Cicak 2530 - Johansson 2225) 3...Bb7 4.Qe2 c5 (4...a5 the following game is quite crazy positionally 5.a3 a4 6.b4 c5 7.b5 d6 8.f4 Nd7 9.Nf3 Ngf6 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 Nd5 12.g3 h5 13.h4 Ne7 14.Bh3 g6 15.0–0 Nf5 16.Bxf5 gxf5 17.d3 Bh6 18.Nbd2 Rg8 19.Kf2 Bd5 20.Rg1 Qc7 21.Nf1 Rd8 22.Re1 c4 23.Bd4 cxd3 24.cxd3 Bxf3 25.Qxf3 Nc5 26.Bxc5 Qxc5+ 27.Kg2 Qd5 28.Nh2 Qxf3+ 29.Nxf3 Rxd3 30.Rd1 Rxa3 31.Ra1 Rxa1 32.Rxa1 Rg4 33.Rd1 Be3 0–1; Wisnewski 2409 - Meister 2488) 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.0–0–0 Nd4 7.Qe1 Ne7 8.Nb5 Nec6 9.Nxd4 cxd4 10.Nf3 Bc5 11.c3 dxc3 12.dxc3 Qe7 13.Kb1 Ba3 14.Bb5 Bxb2 15.Kxb2 0–0 16.Qe3 a6 17.Bd3 b5 18.Bc2 d6 19.Qd3 Ne5 20.Qxd6 Qxd6 21.Rxd6 Ng4 22.Rd2 Rac8 23.h3 Nf6 24.Re1 Rc5 25.Re3 Rfc8 26.Nd4 Kf8 27.f3 Ke7 28.b4 R5c7 29.a4 Bc6 30.Nxc6+ Rxc6 31.axb5 axb5 32.Red3 R8c7 33.Bb3 g5 34.Rd1 Nh5 35.Rc1 Nf4 36.Rd2 h5 37.Bd1 Ra6 38.Bb3 Rac6 39.Bd1 draw; Hassan 2353 - Labib 2439] 3.exd5 For a little while I thought this made for a slightly more interesting version of the exchange variation, which is probably true, but I still find it stultifying for white and difficult to get any interesting play, and even tough to hold the balance sometimes. The gambit-offering line is probably the way to go. [3.Bb2 Nf6 a) 3...Nc6 4.exd5 exd5 5.Bb5 Bd7 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Qe2+ Qe7 8.Bxf6 gxf6 9.Nc3 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 a6 11.Nxd5 0–0–0 12.Bxc6 Bxc6 13.Ne3 Rg8 14.Rhg1 Bh6 15.Rad1 Rde8 16.g4 Bf4 17.h3 Bd7 18.Kf1 h5 19.Nd5 Bc6 20.Nxf4 Bxf3 21.Re1 Rxe1+ 22.Kxe1 hxg4 23.hxg4 Re8+ 24.Kf1 Re4 25.Nh5 Be2+ 26.Kg2 Rxg4+ 27.Ng3 Bb5 28.f3 Bc6 29.Rf1 Rf4 30.Ne2 Rh4 31.Kg3 Rh5 32.Kf4 Rh2 33.Ke3 Rh3 34.c4 a5 35.d4 b6 36.d5 Bd7 37.Rg1 Kd8 38.Rg2 Ke7 39.Ng3 Rh4 40.a4 Kf8 41.Ne4 Ke7 42.Rd2 f5 43.Nc3 Kd6 44.Rg2 Ke5 45.Ne2 f4+ 46.Kd3 Rh1 47.Ng1 c6 48.dxc6 Bxc6 49.Rg5+ Kf6 50.Rg8 Ke5 51.Rg2 Be8 52.Kc3 Bc6 53.Rg5+ Kf6 54.Rg4 Ke5 55.Rg2 Ba8 56.Rg7 Kf6 57.Rg2 Ke5 58.b4 axb4+ 59.Kxb4 Bc6 60.a5 bxa5+ 61.Kxa5 Kd4 62.Kb4 Ke3 63.Re2+ Kd3 64.Rg2 Ke3 65.Re2+ Kd3 66.Rg2 Ke3 and at long last they actually agree to a draw ; ) Karasev 2420 - Poliakov 2268; b) 3...dxe4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.g4 (5.Qe2 Bb4 (5...Be7 white wins against a much higher rated player here 6.0–0–0 Bd7 7.g4 Bc6 8.Bg2 0–0 9.h4 Nd5 10.Nh3 f5 11.gxf5 exf5 12.Nxd5 Qxd5 13.Nf4 Qf7 14.Nh5 g6 15.Rdg1 Nd7 16.Qe3 Bd6 17.Bf1 f4 18.Qh3 Be5 19.Bxe5 Nxe5 20.Qc3 Rae8 21.Rg5 Qe7 22.Rhg1 Kh8 23.d4 exd3 24.Bxd3 gxh5 25.Rxh5 Rf6 26.Qxe5 1–0; Luberti 2205 - L'Ami 2476; 5...Nbd7 6.Nxe4 Be7 7.Nf3 0–0 8.g3 Nxe4 9.Qxe4 Bf6 draw agreed; the fact that this game was played in a memorial tournament makes this shameful in my opinion; Podinic 2415 - Kosic 2489; 5...Nc6 6.Nxe4 Nxe4 7.Qxe4 Qd5 8.Qxd5 exd5 9.0–0–0 f6 10.Ne2 Bf5 11.Ng3 Bg6 12.Re1+ Kd7 13.a3 Bc5 14.f4 Rae8 15.Be2 Bd4 16.Bf3 Bxb2+ 17.Kxb2 Ne7 18.Re2 c6 19.Rhe1 Kd8 20.Bh5 Nc8 21.f5 Rxe2 22.Rxe2 Be8 23.Rf2 Nd6 24.d3 Ke7 25.c4 Bxh5 26.Nxh5 Kf7 27.cxd5 cxd5 28.g4 Re8 29.Nf4 Re5 30.Rc2 Ne8 31.Rc5 Ke7 32.Kc3 Kd6 33.Rc8 Kd7 34.Rb8 Kc7 35.Ra8 a6 36.a4 Kd7 37.h4 h6 38.h5 Re3 39.Rb8 Nd6 40.Rg8 Ne8 41.Ne6 Rg3 42.Nxg7 d4+ 43.Kb4 Nd6 44.Ne6 Nxf5 45.Nc5+ Kc7 46.Ne4 Rg1 47.Nxf6 Nd6 48.Kc5 b6+ 49.Kd5 Nb7 50.Rg7+ Kc8 51.g5 Rf1 52.gxh6) 6.0–0–0 Qe7 7.Kb1 Bxc3 8.dxc3 Bd7 9.g4 h6 10.Bg2 Nc6 11.Bxe4 Nxe4 12.Qxe4 0–0–0 13.Ne2 e5 14.Ng3 Be6 15.f3 Rxd1+ 16.Rxd1 Rd8 17.Qe2 f6 18.h3 Qf8 19.Rxd8+ Nxd8 20.Bc1 Bd5 21.Qd3 Bc6 22.h4 Ne6 23.Nh5 Qf7 24.Qf5 Qd7 25.a4 b6 26.Kb2 Kb7 27.Ng3 Qc8 28.Be3 Bd5 29.f4 Nf8 30.g5 hxg5 31.hxg5 Qe6 32.gxf6 gxf6 33.fxe5 Qxf5 34.Nxf5 fxe5 35.c4 Be6 36.Ng3 a6 37.Kc3 Nd7 38.Ne4 Bf5 39.Ng3 Bg6 40.Bg5 Kc6 41.Be7 Nc5 42.Bg5 Ne6 43.Be3 Kd6 44.Ne2 c5 45.Kd2 Bh7 46.Bh6 Bg6 47.Be3 Ng7 48.Ng3 Kc6 49.Bh6 Ne6 50.Ne2 Bh5 51.Ng3 Bg4 52.Nf1 draw Kapnisis 2393 - Berelovich 2533) 5...Bd7 (5...h6 6.Bg2 Bd7 7.Nxe4 Nxe4 8.Bxe4 Bc6 9.Qe2 Bxe4 10.Qxe4 Qd5 11.Qxd5 exd5 12.Ne2 Nc6 13.Nf4 0–0–0 14.0–0–0 d4 15.Rde1 Bd6 16.Nd3 h5 17.g5 Rhe8 18.f4 g6 19.Kd1 Kd7 20.h3) 6.Bg2 Bc6 7.Qe2 h5 8.g5 Nd5 9.Nh3 Nxc3 10.Bxc3 Qd5 11.g6 fxg6 12.Qe3 Qf5 13.Ng5 Bc5 14.Nxe6 Qxe6 15.Qxc5 Nd7 16.Qg5 Qf5 17.Qg3 h4 18.Qe3 h3 19.Bf1 Nf6 20.Rg1 Nd5 21.Qd4 0–0–0 22.Qxg7 e3 23.fxe3 Nxe3 24.dxe3 Rhf8 25.Bxh3 Qxh3 26.Bd4 Qxh2 27.0–0–0 Be4 28.Kb2 Rf2 29.Ka1 Rxc2 30.Bb2 Rcd2 31.Rc1 Rxb2 32.Qxb2 Rd2 33.Rxc7+ Kxc7 34.Qg7+ Kb6 The gambit didn't work for Gelashvili. 0–1 Gelashvili 2506 - Socko 2559; 4.e5 Nfd7 5.Qg4 (5.g3 c5 6.Bg2 Nc6 7.f4 f5 8.exf6 Nxf6 9.Nf3 Be7 10.0–0 0–0 11.Qe2 c4 12.d4 cxd3 13.cxd3 Qb6+ 14.Kh1 Ng4 15.d4 Bf6 16.Nc3 Nh6 17.Na4 Qb4 18.Rad1 Nf5 19.Bc3 Qd6 20.b4 b6 21.b5 Nd8 22.Be1 Qa3 23.Nc3 a6 24.Rd3 axb5 25.g4 Nxd4 26.Nxd4 Bxd4 27.Nxd5 Qc5 28.Bb4 Qc4 29.Ne7+ Kh8 30.Qe4 1–0 Bhat 2396 - Thompson 2208) 5...c5 6.f4 f5 7.Qg3 g5 8.Be2 Bh6 9.Nh3 g4 10.Nf2 Bg7 11.h3 h5 12.hxg4 hxg4 13.Rxh8+ Bxh8 14.Qh2 Bg7 15.Qh5+ Kf8 16.Nc3 a6 17.0–0–0 Qe8 18.Qh7 Nc6 19.Rh1 Ne7 20.Ncd1 draw agreed; Mastrovasilis 2386 - Potkin 2420] 3...exd5 [3...Qxd5?! I can't see how this can be any good, although it does keep the pawns from being symmetric and avoids an exchange variation pawn structure 4.Bb2 Qd8 5.g3 I probably shouldn't have gone in for this, and my opponent finds the natural plan to counter this fianchetto 5...Bd7 6.Bg2 Bc6 7.Bxc6+ Nxc6 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Nc3 Be7 10.Qe2 0–0 11.0–0–0 Nd5 12.h4 Bf6 13.Nxd5 Bxb2+ 14.Kxb2 exd5 15.d4 Re8 16.Qd3 h6 17.Rhe1 Qf6 18.Re3 Rxe3 19.Qxe3 Qe6 20.Qxe6 fxe6 21.Ne5 Nxe5 22.dxe5 Rf8 23.f4 eventually a technically drawn rook ending occured with black having the pawn and rook against a rook, but I (white) lost as I was unable to draw this ending at the board ... 0–1 Edward Davies - Peter Williams 2007] 4.Bb2 c6 [4...Nf6 5.Nf3 (5.Qe2+ Be6 6.Nh3 Bc5 7.Ng5 0–0 8.Nxe6 fxe6 9.Nc3 e5 10.Na4 Bd6 11.g3 Nbd7 12.Bg2 c6 13.0–0 Qa5 14.c4 d4 15.Bxd4 exd4 16.Qe6+ Rf7 17.Qxd6 Qxd2 18.Qf4 Qb4 draw; Bezgodov 2561 - Airapetian 2336) 5...Be7 a) 5...Bd6 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 h6 8.Ne5 Bf5 9.f4 Nbd7 10.d3 c6 11.Nd2 Qb6+ 12.Kh1 Rae8 13.Nxd7 Nxd7 14.Bg4 g6 15.Bxf5 gxf5 16.Qh5 Re6 17.Qxf5 Nc5 18.Bf6 Rb8 19.Qg4+ Kf8 20.Bg7+ Ke8 21.f5 Re7 22.Bf6 Re3 23.Qg8+ Bf8 24.Bd4 Re7 25.Rae1 Qa5 26.b4 Qxb4 27.c3 1–0; Sudakova 2391 - Bystryakova 2191; b) 5...Nc6 6.Be2 Bd6 7.0–0 0–0 8.d3 Bg4 9.Nbd2 Re8 10.Re1 Nd7 11.Nd4 Bxe2 12.Nxe2 (not 12.Rxe2? Bxh2+ 13.Kxh2 Qh4+ 14.Kg1 Nxd4) 12...Nce5 13.Ng3 Qg5 14.Bd4 Ng4 15.Nf3 Qh6 16.h3 Nge5 17.Nf5 Qf4 I was sweating a little here 18.Nxd6 cxd6 19.Nxe5 dxe5 20.Be3 Qh4 21.d4 e4 22.c4 now I was doing ok, but I was down on time and had the feeling I was doing worse 22...f5 23.Qd2 Qf6 24.cxd5 Nb6 25.Bf4 Nxd5 26.Be5 Qf7 27.Rac1 Rad8 28.Qa5 Rd7 29.Qxa7? I could add another ? for the fact that I didn't see the point of this yet I played it anyway. Had I seen the obvious point that my opponent diverted the queen to get her knight into d3 then I'd have avoided it like the plague. Things only got worse after this. This was a classic case of making a bad decision when down on time and worn out through a tough game; I knew my opponent would not just offer a pawn for nothing, and I couldn't see the point of it so I took it anyway. But being worn out I should have assumed there was a point to it and played something safe since if I were less tired I would be more likely to see the reason that I could or couldn't take the pawn. I took it just because I couldn't see why not to, but this is a bad idea - as I have now learnt from practice - when you are not on top form. 29...Nb4! good stuff; easily compensates for the pawn 30.Rc4?! Nd3 31.Re2?? Nxe5 32.dxe5 b5 ok, time to resign; it's been quite a tiring tournament (game 6 out of 6); 0–1; Edward Davies - Anandajeyarajah; 6.Be2 0–0 7.0–0 Bf5 8.d3 h6 9.Nbd2 c5 10.Ne5 Nc6 11.Nxc6 bxc6 12.Nf3 Re8 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.h3 Nd7 15.Bg4 Bxg4 16.Nxg4 h5 17.Ne3 Bf6 18.Bxf6 Nxf6 19.Qd2 Re6 20.Rae1 Rae8 21.Nf5 g6 22.Rxe6 Rxe6 23.Nh4 Kg7 24.Nf3 Qe7 25.Re1 Rxe1+ 26.Nxe1 Qe5 27.a4 d4 28.Nf3 Qd6 29.Qg5 Nd5 30.Qd2 f6 31.Kf1 Qe7 32.Qe1 Kf7 33.Nd2 Nb4 34.Qd1 f5 35.Nf3 Kg7 36.Qd2 Nd5 37.Ng1 Qe5 38.Ne2 Kh7 39.Qa5 Qe7 40.Qa6 Nb4 41.Qc4 Nd5 42.c3 dxc3 43.Nxc3 Qd6 44.Ne2 Kg7 45.Qa6 Qd7 46.Qc4 Qd6 47.d4 cxd4 48.Qxd4+ Kh6 49.Qh8+ Kg5 50.Nd4 f4 51.h4+ 1–0; Holzer 2287 - Kamarit 2144; 4...Qe7+ 5.Qe2 Qxe2+ 6.Bxe2 Nc6 7.Nc3 Be6 8.Nf3 0–0–0 9.0–0 Be7 10.Nb5 Bf6 11.Bxf6 Nxf6 12.Nbd4 Nxd4 13.Nxd4 Bd7 14.b4 Ne4 15.Rfd1 Rhe8 16.Bd3 g6 17.f3 Nd6 18.Re1 c6 19.Kf2 b6 20.c3 c5 21.Rxe8 Bxe8 22.Nc2 Bc6 draw; Kahn 2334 - Kosic 2507] 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 Nf6 7.Ne5 Be6 8.0–0 Be7 9.d3 0–0 10.Nd2 Nfd7 11.Bg4 Nxe5 12.Bxe5 Bf6 13.d4 Nd7 14.f4 Nxe5 15.fxe5 Be7 16.Be2 Qb6 17.c3 Rac8 18.b4 a5 19.a3 axb4 20.axb4 Ra8 21.Qc2 Ra7 22.Nb3 Rfa8 23.Rxa7 Rxa7 24.Nc5 Bxc5 25.bxc5 Qa5 26.Qb2 Qa2 27.Qb6 Qa5 28.Qb2 Qa2 29.Rb1 Qxb2 30.Rxb2 Ra1+ 31.Kf2 Bc8 32.Kg3 Ra7 33.Bg4 Be6 34.h4 Kf8 35.Bxe6 fxe6 36.Kf4 Ke8 37.g4 Kd8 38.Ke3 Ke8 39.g5 Ke7 40.h5 Ke8 41.g6 hxg6 42.hxg6 b5 43.cxb6 Ra6 44.Kd3 1–0