Nicaragua

Name of Federation: Liga Nicaragüense de Ajedrez a Distancia (LINICAD)

Year of Foundation: 1967

ICCF Delegate & E-Mail contact: Guy José Bendaña Guerrero (guybengu@ibw.com.ni)

Website: http://www.academiadeajedrezjulioramirezdearellano.com/

Article provided by: Guy José Bendaña Guerrero

Guy José Bendaña Guerrero

Messrs. Julio Ramírez de Arellano and Emilio Cruz founded LINICAP in 1967, which changed of name in 2005 as Liga Nicaragüense de Ajedrez a Distancia (LINICAD). They were the only ones who participated in correspondence chess tournaments at that time.

During the 1970s, a group of young enthusiasts joined them. Edmundo Pavón, Bert Bradford, Hamlet García, Jaime Ríos, Alonso Allen, Clemente Guido, René Guido and Guy José Bendaña Guerrero, among others, participated in CC tournaments. In 1980 Mr. Julio Ramírez de Arellano achieved the title of Latin American Correspondence Chess Master, which was later also obtained by Guy José Bendaña Guerrero, who in 1989 obtained the Correspondence International Master title and in 2008 the title of Senior International Master. Mr. Fabricio Orlando González obtained the title of Correspondence International Master title. At present (2011) Nicaragua has more Correspondence chess players than the Cental American countries.

[Event "cr American play-off"]  [Site "ICCF"]  [Date "1971.12.21"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Villa, O."]  [Black "Morales Cruz, Emilio"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C16"]  [Annotator "Ramírez de Arellano, Julio"]  [PlyCount "70"]   {Comments by Julio Ramírez de Arellano. This is one of the most antique games I have found. It belongs to an American  play-off in order to decide who would compete in World Championship  semi-finals, probably at the end of the 1960s. White is an Argentine Master.  Black is a Nicaraguan Master, who was probably the first Nicaraguan  Correspondence chess player. He used to analyze with Mr. Ramírez de Arellano,  who annotated this game in 1971. Morales Cruz was the captain of the  Nicaraguan team, who participated in the World Chess Olympiad, La Havana, Cuba,  1966. Morales and Ramírez de Arellano passed away some years ago.} 1. e4 e6 2.  d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Qd7 {Diagram # An unusual move which has been played in  modern times by the former World Champion Tigran Petrosian. The apparent  defects of this move are not real, because the Queen's Bishop will develop  laterally and the Queen on the seventh rank defends indirectly the pawn on g7,  which allows to answer to Qg4 with f5.} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Ba6 {In  his games with Olafsson and Chistiarov, Petrosian did not give up this Bishop  and developed it to b7, in order to make White's opening of the centre more  difficult.} 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. Qd3 {We reveal one of the problems in this  variation. The Knight must seek the c4-square and this is the only road to it.  Maybe the text move is better than Qa4. Time losses are not as bad in closed  positions as they are in open ones.} Nb8 10. Be3 Nc6 11. c4 Na5 {This is the  fourth time the Knight moves, barely on time to stop White's expansion in the  centre.} 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. O-O Ne7 14. Bg5 Nec6 {Diagram # Black aspires to  victory because the black-squared Bishop is the "bad" one and thus it should  not be exchanged for a Knight.} 15. Rfe1 h6 16. Bd2 Nc4 17. Re4 g5 {White has  not understood Black's strategy and has positioned its pieces for an attack on  the kingside, but Black will castle on the queenside as the semi-open c-file  is not dangerous} 18. h4 O-O-O {With pressure on the d4-pawn and preparing an  attack on White's King, whose position has been mindlessly weakened.} 19. c3 $2  {A decisive mistake because it leaves the Queen defenceless after creating a  tactical weakness impeccably exploited by Mr. Morales.} (19. hxg5 Nxd2 20. Nxd2  (20. Qa6+ Kb8 (20... Kd7 21. Nxd2 Nxd4 22. gxh6 Rxh6 23. Qxa7 Nxc2 $11) 21.  Nxd2 Nxd4 22. c3 $17) 20... Nxd4 21. c4 (21. Qa6+ Qb7 22. Qc4 Nxc2 23. Qxc2  Rxd2 24. Qxd2 Qxe4 25. gxh6 Qg6 $17) 21... Qc5 22. Nf3 (22. gxh6 $19)) 19...  gxh4 20. Rxh4 Rhg8 21. Qe4 N6xe5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Kf1 h5 25.  dxe5 (25. Rxh5 Nc4 26. Rxd5 Nxd2+ 27. Ke2 exd5 28. Kxd2 Rxg2 $19) 25... Rxd2  26. Rxh5 Kd7 {Diagram # This was the ending foreseen by Mr. Morales when  playing his 24th move. White has regained its pawn, but the weaknesses in  their structure, the activity of Black's Rooks, and the lack of participation  of White's King are an assurance of Black's success} 27. g3 Rg4 28. Ke1 Rd5 29.  f3 Rxg3 30. Kf2 Rg8 {Avoiding White's penetration on the 8th rank. The pawn on  f7 can be defended by the King.} 31. Ke3 Rg2 32. a4 Kc6 33. Ra3 {White has  defended its queenside pawns by inactivating one of its Rooks.} f6 {White  resigned.} {If} 34. f4 fxe5 35. fxe5 (35. Rxe5) 35... Rc5 {with the idea of  Kd5 Rg3.} 0-1       [Event "AEAC 5 Years - Alcazar"]  [Site "ICCF"]  [Date "2007.09.10"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Bobrov, Vladimir Nikolaevic"]  [Black "Bendana Guerrero, Dr. Guy"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E04"]  [WhiteElo "2513"]  [BlackElo "2440"]  [Annotator "M.I Hector Leyva"]  [PlyCount "62"]  [EventDate "2007.??.??"]  [Source "Opening Master"]  [SourceDate "2010.12.02"]   {Comments by MI Héctor Leyva. Important Novelty  The game that you will see below is very educational from  the opening to the middle game. In the opening the black pieces introduced an  important novelty with the move 12 ... Nxe5. With the exchange sacrifice black  pieces eliminated the defending piece of White's kingside squares. After the  black bishop was closed and deviated, White drew a staggered plan, always  seeking continuous improvement of the pieces, based on the constant creation  of threats on the White position.  It is important to say that the Black  strategy consists of placing their pieces on the optimal squares before  performing the final assault. No doubt an excellent game that teaches us how  to drive a long-term attack.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 {The white  pieces decide to play the Catalan opening, very fashionable these days thanks  to the contribution of Viswanathan Anand and Vladimir Kramnik. It is curious  that this opening has been played by most of the world champions.} dxc4 {The  capture on c4 is considered one of the best sequels of the black pieces and  that upsets the center. One idea is to keep the extra pawn.} 5. Bg2 a6 {  Following the plan to keep the c4 pawn.} 6. O-O Nc6 {Following the plan to  keep the c4 pawn.  The development of the knight by c6 is characteristic in  this type of scheme:  a) Presses the d4 pawn.  b) Controls the white knight  jumping from f3 to e5.  c) Defends the check of the white queen on a4.} 7. e3 {  It is necessary to defend the d4 pawn in order to activate the queen. Other  possible continuations are:} (7. Nc3) (7. Bg5) 7... Bd7 {is another movement  required in this position, playing e3, the white queen is free to press the  queen side, so it is necessary to strengthen the knight on c6 to perform the  b5 advance defending the c4 pawn.} 8. Nbd2 b5 9. b3 $2 $146 {Diagram # This is  new according to Chessbase Megabase but earlier, in a correspondence game, it  was played 9.b3.  From my point of view this move is a strategic mistake,  because the knight is caught on b1.} (9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. e4 Nb6 12.  d5 Nb4 13. Bh3 Nd3 14. Nf3 Na4 15. b3 Nac5 16. bxc4 bxc4 17. Ng5 Be7 18. dxe6  fxe6 19. Qc2 Rb8 20. Qxc4 Rb4 21. Qc2 Ne5 22. Bb2 Ned3 23. Bc3 Rc4 24. Nxe6  Nxe6 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Qxd3 O-O 27. Ba5 c5 28. Rfe1 Rd4 29. Qe3 Qg4 30. Bc3 Rf3  31. Bxd4 Rxe3 32. Bxe3 h5 33. Kg2 Qxe4+ 34. f3 Qc2+ 35. Bf2 Bf6 36. Rac1 Qxa2  37. Rxc5 h4 38. Kg1 Qa3 {The game ended in a draw in 73 moves.  Kostiukova,L  (2235)-Charochkina,D (2316)/St Petersburg 2009}) {The move 9.b3 cannot be  right, because the queen knight is out of play, this is a serious strategic  problem due to the White will have a piece down.} 9... c3 {Taking advantage of  White's imprecision. The knight is forced to retreat where it will remain in  hibernation b1.} 10. Nb1 b4 11. a3 a5 12. Ne5 Nxe5 $1 {Diagram # This is the  real novelty of the game. On the correspondence base of games, the black  pieces had played 12 ... Nd5.  The capture on e5 involves the sacrifice of  quality. It's based on the weakening of the white squares of the White's  kingside. In addition the down knight on b1 positionally leaves the black  pieces with two minor pieces for the rook.} (12... Nd5 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. e4 Nf6  15. d5 Rd8 16. Bg5 Ne5 17. Qe2 Be7 18. f4 Neg4 19. axb4 axb4 20. e5 Nxd5 21.  Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Qxg4 c2 23. f5 Qd1 24. Qxg7 c1=Q 25. Qxh8+ Kd7 26. Qxh7 exf5 27.  Qxf7 Qd4+ 28. Kh1 Qxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Qxa1 30. e6+ Kc6 31. Qxe7 Qxb1 32. Kg1 Rd1 33.  Qe8+ Kd6 34. Qd7+ Ke5 {1/2-1/2 Hartnack,B (2261)-Lowe,P (1864)/IECC 2006/  Postal IM-30}) 13. Bxa8 Nc6 {Cut the withdrawal of the bishop.} 14. Bb7 {The  bishop should seek an escape route due to the confinement created by the  knight on c6.} Qb8 15. Ba6 Bd6 {It is necessary to castle in order to put into  play the rook on h8.} 16. g4 {Strange move taking into account that White is  behind in development in the queen side. It is well known the concept that  says that  pawn moves are not developing moves.} O-O {Given the lack of  development of the white pieces, the black kingside is not in danger of attack.  } 17. f3 Qb6 {The most effective method to improve the placing of the pieces  is creating threats to the opponent, gaining time.  With Qb6 White attacks the  bishop on a6 and at the same time prevents the advance e3-e4.} 18. Bc4 Bc8 {A  basic principle of strategy is that the pieces should not remain static, doing  nothing in the position. The bishop on d7 had no function, so it is moved to  the diagonal a8-h1.} 19. Ra2 {Finally, a movement to improve this passive rook.  The rook has cleared the second horizontal to be placed on the ideal square.}  Be7 $1 {Diagram # The beginning of a plan to regroup the pieces in order to  improve the position.  The strength of White is the pawn center that prevents  Black develops his full potential. Therefore, the key to improve the position  is to break the White shield of pawns, even if it means the sacrifice of  pieces.  a) The transference of the bishop to e7 has two objectives:  1) Clear  the column for "d" for the rook on f8.  2) Clear the d6 square  to transfer  the f6 knight to d6 via e8.  b) The inactive rook will be placed on d8 to put  pressure on the d4 pawn.  c) The knight on f6 will be moved to d6 to pressure  the bishop on c4 and at the same time with the option to move to b5.  Since  this square it will put pressure on the d4 pawn.} 20. g5 $6 {This creates a  new weakness, the f5 square remains vulnerable.  Sometimes we play conceptual  moves such as the advance  20.g5, to throw out  the knight from f6, which  defends the Black kingside, but has the disadvantage of weakening the square  f5.  If White achieves the advance e3-e4, the advance g5 would be justified,  but it's hard because he has to defend the d4 pawn.} Ne8 21. f4 {[%csl Rd5,Re4,  Rf3,Rf5,Rg2] Sad necessity to defend the g5 pawn. After the advance f4, we can  see the holes on the white squares. This creates the weakening of several  white squares (f5-e4-d5-f3-g2), which is called by the grandmaster Alexander  Kotov, in his book "Play like a Grandmaster", -Weakness in the periphery-.} Nd6  {Again the knight continues with the regrouping plan creating the threat Nxc4,  followed for the advance b4-b3.} 22. Bd3 $6 {[%cal Ra8h1] The weakness of  White is the diagonal h1-a8, so it was necessary to strengthen it, the bishop  on d3 does not have a specific function. In the game is important to assess  objectively and concretely the position, to make the right decision. The  bishop should go to e2 with the aim of strengthening the weakness with Bf3.}  Rd8 {Diagram # This is a critical moment for the black pieces, because they  have three alternatives.  a) 22 ... Rd8  b) 22 ... Bb7  c) 22 ... Nf5  What is  the best continuation?  This is the question we ask ourselves during a game.  This question is difficult to answer, as it is subject to taste and  interpretation of each player, which varies depending on the character and  personality of the player.  There is now another teammate, who can give us an  idea at the time of preparing a game, I mean the super programs. It is  renowned the fame of the "silicon monsters," but sometimes they can deceive us,  in positions where prevailing long-term strategic maneuvers.  Returning to the  question, the best continuation is 22 ... Rd8 this is justified because it  improves the rook place, a passive piece of Black. This principle is observed  in almost all the games of the grand masters. The continuations 22. .. Bb7 or  22 ... Nf5 are moves that hide tactical threats on the weak white squares. The  destruction of the pawn shield placed in black squares, will be the latter  Black objective.} 23. Raf2 {White clings to the plan to attack on the kingside  and does not take into account the weaknesses in his position.} Nf5 {[%cal  Rf5d4,Rc6d4,Rb6d4,Rd8d4] Important movement to make progresses in the position:  a) Block the f5 square increasing pressure on the d4 pawn.  b) Clear the d6  square, increasing the potential of the black rook.  c) Obstructs the activity  of the bishop toward the h7 square.  This type of movement is called "optimal  play" because it does increase the potential of the black pieces and more  importantly, allows for better coordination of black pieces.} 24. Qg4 Bb7 {  [%cal Rb7h1] Improving the placement of the last piece.} 25. Qh3 $6 {Diagram #  White has not understood the real problem: "the kingside weakness." It was  necessary to place the bishop on e4 to counteract the counterpart on b7.} Na7  $1 {Black plays with poise, improves the last piece. The knight clears the c6  square releasing the b7-bishop, which now is aiming directly to the kingside.  Also, the knight goes to b5, from that square cooperates with the growing of  the position.  In chess, the sum of the activity of the pieces is the way to  achieve a healthy position, which almost always ends with the tactical shot  according to the position.} 26. Bc2 g6 $1 {Black does not leave loose ends,  and reinforces the diagonal b1-h7. This will allow him to act freely when he  start the final assault.  Prophylaxis is the hallmark of the move 26 ... g6,  now the knight on f5 is free to cooperate with the rest of the black pieces.}  27. Re1 Nb5 28. Kf1 {The king tries to escape from  his restricted situation.  One of the most important tactical motives in chess is that when the king is  weak and has few squares to move, the attack is at the door.} Qc6 {Creates the  double threat of capture on a3 with bxa3 and go to h1 leading the white king  to a position more restricted.} 29. Rfe2 bxa3 30. Bd3 {Facing the threat of  pawn promotion, the bishop has to release the second horizontal.} Nbxd4 $1 {  Diagram # There is a principle that states that when the pieces can not  further improve their positions, it is time to attack.  The sacrifice seeks to  weaken the dark squares, only protection of the white king. Now the bishop on  e7 will enter triumphant c5.} 31. exd4 Rxd4 {Black resigned.} ({The game may  continue as in the following variation.} 31... Rxd4 32. Nxa3 (32. Bxf5 Bc5 $1  33. Be4 Rxe4 34. Rxe4 a2 $19) 32... Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qh1+ 34. Kf2 Qg2# {Diagram #}  ) 0-1       [Event "ICCF Olympiad 18 Preliminaries - section 5 board 2"]  [Site "ICCF"]  [Date "2009-2010"]  [Round "?"]  [White "González Pereira, Fabricio Orlando (NCA)"]  [Black "SIM Nightingale, Darrell (IRL)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [BlackElo "2506"]  [ECO "C96"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [WhiteElo "2375"]   {[Comments by Arias, Lemnys.] The Correspondence International Master Fabricio González delights us with  one of his splendid productions, in which we can appreciate the subtle  technique that has be seen below as the strong new move b3 in move 15, which  contains several ideas in the position. Then in the step at the end he show us  how  to play with the ideal combination of the bishop and rook against rook  and knight.}  1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Spanish opening  or Ruy Lopez has  always enjoyed great popularity among the chess players. Several world  champions and strong top players have used it as their favorite weapon. The  reason for this is that it has many sharp lines that let you unleash the  imagination.}  3... a6 {The Morphy variation of Ruy Lopez after the legendary  Paul Morphy, known as the uncrowned champion. From this move comes a number of  variantions. La variante Moyphi de la espańola la cual es una viembenida a un  buen numero de variantes de la apertura espańola}  (3... Nf6 {The Berlin  variation, which became popular because of the Kramnik-Kasparov match. This  variant is a very interesting weapon for Black. One way to avoid it is the  strong play 4. d3, which now is giving good results to the white pieces.   4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. d4 exd4 11.  Nxd4 Bd7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 Qb8 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 dxe5 17.  Ne4 Qxb2 18. f5 Red8 19. Bc4 Be8 20. Qh5 Rd6 21. Rab1 Qc2 22. Qg4 Kf8 23. h3  Rad8 24. Kh2 Qa4 25. Rb4 Qa3 26. Rb7 R6d7 27. Qf3 Qa4 28. Qe2 Re7 29. Nxf6  gxf6 30. Qe3 Red7 31. Qc5+ Rd6 32. Rxc7 Qc2 33. Rc8 R8d7 34. Be6 Ke7 35. Bxd7  Bxd7 36. Rh8 Qd3 37. Rf3 Qd5 38. Qxa7 e4 39. Qb8 Qe5+ 40. Rg3 1-0  Carlsen,M-Howell,D/ London ENG 2011} ) 4. Ba4 (4. Bxc6 $5 {The exchange  variation of Ruy Lopez. Although his game becomes equal, yet have details that  makes it perfectly playable.  4... dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Qe6 7. b3 Ne7 8.  Nc4 Ng6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qg4 11. Bb2 f6 12. f4 Bc5 13. h3 Qxd1 14. Raxd1  Kf7 15. Kh1 Re8 16. f5 Ne5 17. Nxe5+ Rxe5 18. Ne6 Rxe6 19. fxe6+ Bxe6 20. Rd3  h5 21. Be5 Rc8 22. Bg3 Ke7 23. e5 f5 24. Bh4+ Kf7 25. Rd8 Be3 26. Rxc8 Bxc8  27. Bd8 Be6 28. h4 b5 29. Bxc7 g5 30. hxg5 Kg6 31. Bd8 h4 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. c3  Bd5 34. b4 Bf8 35. Kh2 f4 36. Kh3 Bxa2 37. Ra1 Bd5 38. Rxa6 Kf5 39. Bf6 c5 40.  bxc5 Bxc5 41. g6 1-0 Caruana, F-Rapport,R/Caleta ENG 2011/The Week in Chess  848} ) 4... Nf6 5. O-O (5. d3 {is an  interesting variation, which is being  used successfully at present. Its idea is avoid the open variation of Ruy  Lopez.  5... d6 6. c3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Nbd2 Kh8 10. Nf1 Ng8 11.  Bg5 f6 12. Bh4 Qe8 13. d4 Bd7 14. d5 Nd8 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. N3d2 Nf7 17. f3 f5  18. c4 a5 19. Bf2 Nf6 20. c5 fxe4 21. Nxe4 dxc5 22. Nxc5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5  24. Rad1 c6 25. Ne3 Rfd8 26. a4 Nxe3 27. Bxe3 b5 28. b3 bxa4 29. bxa4 Rd5 30.  Ne6 Bf8 31. Nc7 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Rd8 33. Rc1 Rd3 34. Bb6 Bb4 35. Rxc6 Ra3 36. Ne6  h5 37. f4 Rxa4 38. fxe5 Ra1+ 39. Kf2 Re1 40. Bd4 Kg8 41. Rc8+ Kh7 42. Nf8+ Kh6  43. Nd7 Rd1 44. Be3+ Kg7 45. Rc7 a4 46. e6 Nd6 47. h4 a3 48. Ra7 g5 49. hxg5  Kg6 50. e7 a2 51. Nf8+ Kf5 52. Rxa2 Ne4+ 53. Kf3 Rf1+ 54. Ke2 Ng3+ 55. Kd3  Bxe7 56. Ra5+ Kg4 57. Ra4+ Kf5 58. Ra5+ Kg4 59. Ne6 Rd1+ 60. Kc2 Rd7 61. g6  Nf1 62. Bc1 Bf6 63. g7 Bxg7 64. Rg5+ Kh4 65. Nxg7 Ne3+ 66. Bxe3 Rd2+ 67. Kc1  Rd1+ 68. Kb2 Rd2+ 69. Kc3 Rd3+ 70. Kc4 Rxe3 71. Rxh5+ Kg4 72. Rh2 Re7 73. Nh5  Re5 74. Nf6+ Kg3 75. Rh7 Kxg2 76. Kd4 Re1 77. Ng4 Kg3 78. Ne3 Ra1 79. Rg7+ Kf4  80. Rf7+ Kg3 81. Nc2 Ra4+ 82. Ke3 Kg4 83. Nd4 Kg5 84. Ke4 Kg6 85. Rf1 Ra5 86.  Nc6 Ra4+ 87. Ke5 Kg5 88. Rg1+ Rg4 89. Ra1 Rg3 90. Re1 Rg2 91. Ne7 Kg4 92. Nf5  Ra2 93. Rg1+ Kf3 94. Nh4+ 1-0 Carlsen,M-L'Ami,E/ Wijk aan Zee NED 2011/The  Week in Chess 846} ) 5... Be7 6. Re1 {White follows the known paths of Ruy  Lopez.}  6... b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 {Until this move the game has gone  through the known lines. From now on the black pieces depart from the usual  variations in order to surprise white.}  9... Na5 10. Bc2 d5 $5 {This line is  not as well-known as the traditional c5 but does not lack of value. The game  becomes very interesting, which combines several ideas.}  (10... c5 11. d4 Qc7  12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 {14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18.  Bb1 h6 19. Nf1 Rfe8 20. d5 Na5 21. b3 Bd8 22. Bd3 Bb6 23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4  25. a3 Rac8 26. Bxb6 Qxb6 27. Rc3 Nh5 28. Ne3 Nf4 29. Qc2 Rc7 30. Rc1 Rec8 31.  Qd2 Bb5 32. R1c2 f6 33. Kh2 Nd3 34. Qe2 Qa6 35. g3 g6 36. Nh4 Kh7 37. Ng4 h5  38. Nxf6+ Kg7 39. Nxh5+ gxh5 40. Qxh5 Bd7 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42. Qf7 1-0  Topalov,V-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco MNC 2011/The Week in Chess 855} ) 11. exd5 {White  does not hesitate and goes into the complications.}  (11. d4 Nxe4 12. Nxe5 f6  13. Nd3 Bd6 14. Nd2 f5 {15. Nf3 Nc4 16. Nfe5 Qh4 17. Qf3 g5 18. a4 Rb8 19. axb5  axb5 20. b3 Nb6 21. Ba3 f4 22. Nc5 g4 23. hxg4 Ng5 24. Qd3 Bxg4 25. Nxg4 f3  26. Re6 fxg2 27. Rh6 Bh2+ 28. Kxg2 Qxg4+ 29. Kh1 Rxf2 30. Rg6+ hxg6 31. Qxg6+  Kh8 32. Qh6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2 Robson,R-Becerra Rivero,J/Saint Louis USA 2011/The  Week in Chess 853} ) 11... e4 12. Bxe4 {Looking at the position, we see that  the idea of sacrificing a pawn for the bishop pair is very common in Spanish  opening. The black's idea is to use h1-a8 diagonal. White must play very  carefully.}  12... Nxe4 13. Rxe4 Bb7 14. d4 {White does not neglect the  central squares following  the strategic ideas inherent of this type of  position of Ruy Lopez opening.}  (14. d3 {Bxd5 15. Re1 Qd6 16. Nbd2 f5 17.  Ne5 Nc6 18. Ndf3 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 f4 20. c4 Rf5 21. cxd5 Rxe5 22. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 23.  Qxe1 Qxf4 24. Qxe7 Rf8 25. Qe3 Qf5 26. Qe6+ Rf7 27. Qe8+ Rf8 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29.  f3 Qxd3 30. Rc1 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Qf4 32. Qc8+ Rf8 33. Qxc7 Qd4 34. d6 Qxb2 35. d7  Qd2 36. Rc6 a5 37. Re6 1-0 Geetha Narayanan Gopal-Karavade,E/Caleta ENG  2010/The Week in Chess 795} ) 14... Re8 15. b3 $5 {In my database information  does not have information about this move. The idea is simple: take away the  black knight from the square c4 and to give white bishop the black squares in  order  that it gets the squares a3 and b2. We can also see that, despite the  pawn down Black has the bishop pair which gives him good chances to put  pressure on the position in his favor. However, White has a solid pawn  formation, which made difficult that Black has advantage  with his bishop  pair.}  (15. Bf4 {is the most common move in this position.}  15... Nc4 16.  Re2 Bxd5 17. Ne5 Bg5 18. Bg3 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd7 21. Na3 f6 22.  Bg3 Qc6 23. f4 Bh6 24. Qd2 g6 25. Nc2 Bf8 26. f5 Re8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rc1 Re4  29. b3 Qe6 30. Re1 c6 31. Kh2 a5 32. Qd3 f5 33. Be5 a4 34. Qg3 Rxe1 35. Nxe1  Be4 36. Nf3 Bxf3 37. Qxf3 axb3 38. axb3 Be7 39. Kg1 Kf7 40. Kf2 Ke8 41. Qe2  Kf7 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Bh4+ 44. Kf1 Be7 45. Ke1 Bb4+ 46. Kd1 Be7 47. Kd2  Bb4+ 48. Kd3 Be7 49. Qe3 Ke8 50. Qh6 Kd7 51. Qh8 Bd8 52. Qg7+ Be7 53. Kc3 Ke8  54. Qh8+ Kd7 55. Qb8 Bd8 56. Kb3 Be7 57. Qb6 Ke8 58. Qb8+ Kf7 59. Kc3 Qd7 60.  Qh8 Qe6 61. h4 Bf8 62. g3 Be7 63. c5 Bf8 64. Kb4 Be7 65. h5 gxh5 66. Qxh5+ Kf8  67. Qh8+ Kf7 68. Qh1 Ke8 69. Qf3 Kd7 70. Qd3 Bf8 71. Kc3 Be7 72. Qb1 Ke8 73.  Qb7 Bd8 74. Kb4 Be7 75. Qa8+ Kd7 76. Qa7+ Ke8 77. Qa6 Kd7 78. Qa8 Bxc5+ 79.  dxc5 Qxe5 80. Qb7+ Qc7 81. Qxc7+ Kxc7 82. Kc4 Kd7 83. Kd3 {1/2-1/2  Adams,M-Carlsen,M/Khanty Mansiysk 2007/CBM 122} ) 15... Qxd5 {Black has  advantage in development. However, as we shall see, in this position the white  pawn will be determinant.}  (15... Bxd5 $5 {This is possible continuation.}  16. Re1 c5 (16... Nc6 17. Nbd2 Qd7 18. Bb2 Be6 19. Ne4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Bf5 21.  Re3 Bg6 22. Rae1 f6 (22... f5 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26.  dxc5 Ne5 27. Nh4 $16 {White is better thanks to his extra pawn and his strong  dark-squared bishop press g7.} )23. Qe2)17. dxc5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Bxc5 19. Rxe8+  Qxe8 20. Nd2 Nc6 21. Ne4) 16. Nbd2 {White is better thanks to his extra pawn  and his strong dark-squared bishop press g7.  It is necessary to develop  either attacking or defending. The side less developed has to play as accurate  as possible.}  16... c5 {Black still has the idea of opening the position to  take advantage of his better development and two bishops.}  17. Ba3 $5 {A very  clever way to stop Black's threats. White finishes his development and  simplifies the position.}  17... b4 {Black cannot allow exchanging the bishop  pair and so he is forced to play b4.}  (17... Qd7 18. Re1 b4 19. Bb2 Bf6 20.  Rc1 bxc3 21. Bxc3 Rxe1+ 22. Qxe1 Nc6 23. dxc5 $18 ) 18. Bb2 $5 {Black cannot  allow exchanging the bishop pair and so he is forced to play b4.  White takes  in account that the diagonal a1 - h8 will open and the bishop placed in this  square, be well located. In this position the best is to maintain tension.}  18... Bf6 {Black cannot allow White plays c4 and d5.}  19. Rxe8+ $6 {White  does not notice the details that arise in the position, probably due to the  desire to simplify the position.}  (19. c4 $1  19... Qd7 20. Rg4 $5 {It looks  like a roving tower but it is the tower of temptation.}  20... h5 21. Rf4 Rad8  (21... Nc6 22. Rxf6 $1  22... gxf6 23. d5 Ne5 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Qxh5 $18 )22.  Qc2 (22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. d5 Qf5 24. Nf1 {Black's position falls down slowly.}  )22... cxd4 23. Bxd4 $16 ) 19... Rxe8 20. cxb4 {It is time to finish the  tension.}  20... cxb4 21. Nf1 {It is necessary to take pieces to defend the  kingside.}  21... Nc6 {At last the knight escapes of his captivity albeit  belatedly.}  22. Ne3 Qd6 23. Qe2 $5 {A move very hard to do because the Queen  is placed in an open column occupied by the tower opposite. But one must not  forget that the tower on e8 is not defended, which leads to many tactical  motives.}  23... Ne7 24. Ne5 $14 {Finally the white knight arrives to the  ideal square. This advanced point is enviable.}  24... Nd5 {El caballo de e3  molesta mucho a las  negras, por eso quieren cambiarlo.}  25. Qf3 $1 {What  daredevil queen! First placed in front of a tower, then on the diagonal of a  bishop who, like the tower is unprotected.}  25... Qe6 26. Nd3 $5 {The white  knight has already carried out its mission in its outpost on e5. Now it finds  the point where c5 advanced pressure on the black pieces with greater force.}  (26. Re1 $5  26... Ba8 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qg3) 26... Ba8 27. Nc5 $5 {The  discovery of the black knight does not cause any problems to the White.  Everything is under control.}  (27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qf4 Qb6 29. Rc1) 27... Nxe3  28. Qxa8 {This forced simplification is good for White.}  28... Rxa8 29. Nxe6  Nxg2 30. Nc7 Rc8 31. Nd5 $5 {Of course, it is best to remove the annoying  black bishop, taking the a6 pawn and the black pieces have new weaknesses in  the position.}  31... Nh4 32. Nxf6+ gxf6 {An instructive final that would  delight the GM Shereshesky. White has the ideal combination of rook and bishop  against rook and knight without forgetting that the passed pawn gives  advantage to White.}  33. d5 Kg7 34. Rd1 {The towers should always be placed  behind the passed pawn.}  34... Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Ne5 36. Kg3 $5 {Before moving his  passed pawn, White improves the position of his king.}  (36. d6 $5  36... Nd7  37. Kf3 Rc2 38. Bd4 Rxa2 39. Ke4 Ra5 40. f4 Kg6 41. Rg1+ Kh5 42. f5 $18 )  36... Nd7 37. Rc1 $1 {Before moving his passed pawn, White improves the  position of his king.  The simplification favors White as two of the black  pawns are very vulnerable because they are on squares of white bishop's  color  .}  37... Rd8 38. d6 $16 {El fuerte peón pasado    las  piezas  bien  colocadas, le dan una cómoda ventaja a las  blancas.}  38... Kg6 39. Kf4 {The  strong and well-placed passed pawn   gives White a comfortable advantage.}  39... Re8 40. h4 $5 {Una interesante fineza para  aprovechar la mala ubicación  del monarca negro.}  (40. a4 $5  40... Re6 41. Rc6 a5 42. Bd4 h5 43. Be3 f5  44. Ra6 Re4+ 45. Kf3 Re6 46. Rxa5 Rxd6 47. Rb5 $18 ) 40... Re6 41. h5+ $1 {An  interesting refinement to take advantage of the poor location of the black  king.}  41... Kh6 42. Rd1 Kg7 43. Kf5 {An interesting refinement to take  advantage of the poor location of the black king.}  43... Kf8 44. f4 $5  {Jugada efectuada con muy buen concepto,  pues le quita la casilla de e5 a las  negras.}  44... Ke8 45. a4 Kd8 (45... bxa3 46. Bxa3 Re3 47. Rg1 Kf8 48. Rc1  Rxb3 49. Rc7 Rxa3 50. Rxd7 Kg7 51. h6+ Kxh6 52. Rxf7 $18 ) 46. a5 Ke8 47. Ba1  h6 48. Bb2 $22 {Black's position is in Zugzwang.}  48... Nc5 49. Bxf6 $18  {Black's position is lost and only total mind subtracted choose when to lay  down arms.}  49... Kd7 50. Be5 Nxb3 51. Rb1 Nxa5 52. Rxb4 f6 53. Bxf6 Nc6 54.  Rb7+ Kxd6 55. Rh7 a5 56. Rxh6 Re2 57. Bg5+ Kd7 58. Rh8 Ne7+ 59. Kf6 1-0

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