1.e4(0:00)Nf6(0:00) 2.Nc3(0:10)d5(0:02) 3.e5(0:09)Ne4(0:03) 4.d4(0:16)Nxc3(0:07) 5.bxc3(0:03)Bf5(0:01) 6.Bd3(0:04)Bxd3(0:02) 7.Qxd3(0:02)Qd7(0:02) 8.Nf3(0:18)Na6(0:11) 9.O-O(0:05)e6(0:08) 10.Be3(0:22)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: typical Fench-like transposition
10...Be7(0:09)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: Frech*
11.Rfb1(0:16)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: French* JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: lol; can't spell.
11...c6(0:26) 12.Nd2(1:26)O-O(0:04) 13.f4(0:02)c5(0:18) 14.Nf3(0:05)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: Now that Black's king is committed, choices are a bit easier for White.
14...cxd4(0:14) 15.cxd4(0:19)Nb4(0:30) 16.Qd2(0:13)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: the Rs look rather silly on a1 and b1
16...Nc6(0:49)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: how can White make progress on the Q-side?
17.Qe2(0:55)Na5(0:54) 18.Nd2(0:51)Rac8(0:08) 19.Rc1(0:55)Qa4(0:17)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: I love the emphasis on c4 here
20.Nb3(0:28)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: triumphal entry: Nc4 would work great now.
20...Rc7(0:54) 21.Nxa5(0:16)Qxa5(0:04) 22.c4(0:01)dxc4(1:10)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: Not quite sure why Nc4 was spurned
23.Rxc4(0:05)Rfc8(0:03) 24.Rac1(0:15)Rxc4(0:08) 25.Rxc4(0:12)Rxc4(0:02)
JoseCapablanca(2021) whispers: White still has two important weaknesses though: the backward d pawn and the isolated a pawngaarann resigns 0-1
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