Author: Pete R.
Date: 12:07:27 07/31/00
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On July 31, 2000 at 13:17:26, Daniel Chancey wrote: >Lputian,S - Ivanchuk,V >Montecatini Terme-A (2), 2000 >Reti A07 > >1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.c4 c6 4.Qa4 d4 5.b4 Nd7 6.Bb2 e5 7.e3 Bg7 8.Bg2 Nh6 9.0-0 0-0 >10.Na3 a5 11.exd4 e4 12.Ne1 Nb6 13.Qb3 axb4 14.Qxb4 Na4 15.Bc3 e3 16.fxe3 c5 >17.dxc5 Nxc3 18.dxc3 Qd2 19.Nb5 Ng4 20.Nf3 Qxe3+ 21.Kh1 Nf2+ 22.Rxf2 Qxf2 23.a4 >Bd7 24.Nc7 Rxa4 0-1 > >This game was played very recently. I'm a weak player, so I don't know what >happened. Lputian used 5.b4!? but went into a passive position and Ivanchuk >uncorked 15...e3!! Where did white go wrong in the position? > >Castle2000 I don't claim to be a great player, but first 5. b4 is no big deal, a standard Reti opening move. 15. e3! is a very good move because it destroys white's pawn structure. White has to capture with the f-pawn (black plays c5 after the other recapture too, with bad results for white) and winds up with tripled pawns and multiple pawn islands to defend, which black attacks as weak points right away with Qd2. White may have held out with 19. c6, exchanging off one of his tripled pawns and improving his structure, but when your pawn structure gets damaged like that you are generally not very happy. :) I'm sure e3 was an unpleasant move.
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