[Event "Utah Open"] [Site "Salt Lake City (UT)"] [Round "5"] [White "Buckendorf Glen (ID)"] [Black "Heilbut Richard (UT)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C07"] [Opening "French: Tarrasch, Open, 4.exd5"] 1. e4 {Notes by Glen Buckendorf, Jr.} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 {The Tarrasch Variation. Note this move not only avoids the pint by the Bishop, but also allows White to advance the c-pawn himself when necessary, and this, as will be seen, is quite often useful. There is some slight disadvantage involved in the obscuring of White's queen's Bishop, but this is purely temporary. White will have an easy and rapid development of his kingside and the fluid play of his minor pieces will facilitate attacks against the enemy King. Temporary pawn sacrifices abound in this system and White can produce sparkling attacks at the cost of a pawn.} c5 {A vigorous move, but one containing the drawback of weakening Black's d- pawn.} 4. exd5 {BLack now has his choice in retaking (or even in leaving the pawn alone) and the alternatives lead to wildly diverging paths.} Qxd5 {Thus Black avoids the isolation of his d-pawn, but he exposed his Queen to attack by minor pieces and White should profit from this to accelerate his development.} 5. Ngf3 {The pawn is temporarily sacrificed in accordance with the main theme of White's play in this variation -- rapid development. In reply, Black can either take the pawn or leave it alone in order concentrate on his development.} Nc6 6. Bc4 Qd8 {The problem for Black is now where to place his Queen so that it is immune to attack. 6. ... Qd8 is the best of available moves.} 7. O-O cxd4 8. Nb3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 Bd7 { ? 10. ... O-O is much better as it removes the King from the same file as White's Queen and the King can be protected better in the corner than in the center of the board.} 11. Nbxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Qb6 {With this move Black hopes to do two things at once -- remove his Queen from the same file as the White Rook and attack the b-pawn, thus making White spend a tempo to protect the pawn. However, because of his lead in development, White has the pawn protected indirectly.} 13. Bg5 {!} Qxb2 {? A famous chess master on his death bead was asked by his son what one piece of chess advice he wished to leave him. His reply was "Never take the d-pawn with the Queen." I might add that it is especially so when one is behind in development. Much better is 13. ... Bc6 as it removes the Black queen's Bishop as a targe for White's Rooks.} 14. Rad1 Rd8 {? Again 14. ... Bc6 is required. White would reply 15. Ne5 and his position is easily worth the pawn minus. The text move loses at once.} 15. Bxf6 {Removing the defender.} Bxf6 16. Rxd7 {A temporary sacrifice of the exchange and substituting a piece that can be pinned.} O-O {If 16. ... Rxd7 17. Bb5 and White recovers the Rook and remains a full piece up.} 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rxd8+ Bxd8 19. g3 g6 20. Bb3 Bb6 21. Kg2 Qc3 22. Qc4 Qf6 23. Qc8+ Kg7 24. Qxb7 h5 25. Qe4 Kg8 26. Qe5 Qd8 27. h4 Qd1 28. c4 Qc1 29. Qg5 Qa3 30. Qf6 Qf8 31. Ng5 Bd8 32. Qf3 Bb6 33. Qb7 Bc5 34. Ba4 Bb6 35. Qd7 Bxf2 36. Kxf2 Qc5+ 37. Kg2 Qf5 38. Qxf7+ Qxf7 39. Nxf7 Kxf7 40. Kf3 Ke7 41. Ke4 Kd6 42. Be8 Kc5 43. Bxg6 Kxc4 44. Bxh5 Kb5 45. Bf7 a5 46. Bxe6 a4 47. h5 {#r} 1-0