Paul Clarke (1915) Tim Hill (1850)
Leeds League 2007 - 08 Leeds, 2008
A45: Trompowsky Attack
1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Nf6 5. d5 Qa5+ 6. c3 d6 7. e4 Qb6 7... e5 8. Be3 Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Ne2 g6 12. Na3 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Qc2 Qd8 15. Ng3 Ng7 16. Bh6 Qd7 17. O-O Na6 18. Nc4 Nc7 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nxc4 Nce8 21. Kh1 Rf6 22. Bg5 Moiseenko,A (2618)-Peredun,A (2306)/Toronto 2003/CBM 095 ext/1-0 (56) 7... Nbd7 8. Qd2 g6 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Nh3 b6 13. Nf2 a6 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Ra3 Nh5 18. Bg5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. c4 a5 21. g3 Nf6 1/2-1/2 Rodi,L (2291)-Roselli Mailhe,B (2446)/San Luis 2007/CBM 117 ext 8. Qb3N 8. Qd2 e6 9. c4 exd5 10. exd5 Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Nbc3 Ne5 14. Bxe5 dxe5 15. O-O a6 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Nce4 Nxe4 18. fxe4 Qd8 19. Rf2 Qh4 20. Raf1 g6 21. Qe3 Be7 22. Ne2 Qg5 Walton,A (2197)-McGrane,S/Gibraltar 2006/CBM 110 ext/1/2-1/2 (35) 8... Qxb3 9. axb3 White has new doubled pawns: b2+b3. Black's piece can't move: f8 9... Bd7 9... e6!? is an interesting idea 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7+/= 10. Na3+/- g6 11. Nc4 a6? 11... >= Na6+/- 12. Nb6+- Ra7 13. Be3 13. b4 seems even better 13... e5 14. Be3 h5+- 13... e5 13... e6 14. b4 exd5 15. bxc5 dxe4 16. cxd6+- 14. Bd3 14. b4 keeps an even firmer grip 14... a5+- 14... Be7? 14... >= Kd8+- 15. b4 O-O 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. b4! the end 17... Bd8 17... cxb4 18. Nxd7 Combination 18. bxc5 Bxb6 19. cxb6 Ra8 20. Ne2 a5 21. O-O 21. Kd2 makes it even easier for White 21... a4 22. c4 Rc8+- 21... Ne8? 21... a4+- 22. Bc5 a4 22... f6 doesn't get the bull off the ice 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. c4+- 23. Ra3 23. f4 and White can already relax 23... exf4 24. Rxf4 Bc8+- 23... Ra5 23... f6 does not win a prize 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rfa1+- 24. Bb4 Ra8 25. Rb1 25. f4 might be the shorter path 25... exf4 26. Rxf4 Na6 27. Bxf8 Kxf8+- 25... Na6 25... f5 does not solve anything 26. Bxf8 fxe4 27. fxe4 Kxf8 28. Nc1+- 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Bxf8 Kxf8 28. c4 Nd6 28... Ra5 cannot undo what has already been done 29. Rb4+- 29. Rb4 f5 29... Ra5 there is nothing better in the position 30. Nc3 h6+- 30. c5 Nc8 30... Ke7 no good, but what else? 31. Nc3 Ra5 32. cxd6+ Kxd6 33. Nxa4 fxe4 34. fxe4 h6+- 31. c6! Decoy: a4 31... bxc6 31... Nd6 the last chance for counterplay 32. cxd7 Ke7 33. exf5 gxf5 34. Raxa4 Rxa4 35. Rxa4 f4+- 32. b7 32. b7 c5 33. Rb1+- 1-0 [Fritz 11 (195m)]