Lane, G. vs Jurd, S.
Newcastle | masterchessopen.com
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[Event "Newcastle"] [Site "masterchessopen.com"] [Round "0"] [White "Lane, G."] [Black "Jurd, S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C05"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Closed, 4.e5"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 { The Tarrasch French; } ( { which has the simplistic benefit of avoiding lines with } 3.Nc3 Bb4 { , because now ...Bb4 can be shooed away with c2-c3. } ) 3...Nf6 4.e5 Nfd7 5.c3 c5 6.f4 Nc6 7.Ndf3 cxd4 8.cxd4 Bb4+ 9.Kf2 { I always tell people to develop their pieces and castle in the opening, but there are exceptions and this is one of them. White has time to move his king because his shield of pawns prevents Black from attacking in the short-term. } 9...O-O 10.g3 b6 11.Qa4 Ndb8 12.Bd3 Bd7 13.Qd1 Re8 14.Be3 Bf8 15.Bxh7+ { The start of the Greek Gift combination. The bishop is given up to wreck Black's pawn barrier and draw his king out. } {#r} 1-0
1-0
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