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3) Foulds A. - England M. C. [E76]

Major (1) 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.f4 0-0 6.Nf3 c5 7.d5 Nbd7 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 8.Be2 a6 9.0-0 b5

+-----------------+
|r+b1.4k+|
|+.+n0pgp|
|p+.0.hp+|
|+p0P+.+.|
|.+P+P).+|
|+.H.+N+.|
|P).+B+P)|
|$.GQ+RI.|
+-----------------+

Fritz doesn't like giving up Pawns, but this Benko-style idea looks perfectly legitimate.

[0.94 Fritz 5.00: 9...b6 10.Qc2 Bb7 11.Be3 Qc7 12.f5 gxf5 13.exf5]

10.e5

[0.16 Fritz 5.00: 10.cxb5 Qb6 11.e5 Ng4 12.Na4 Qc7]

10...Ne8 11.e6 fxe6 12.Ng5

[-0.91 Fritz 5.00: 12.cxb5 ]

12...Nb6 13.cxb5 Bd4+ 14.Kh1 exd5

+-----------------+
|r+b1n4k+|
|+.+.0.+p|
|ph.0.+p+|
|+P0p+.H.|
|.+.g.).+|
|+.H.+.+.|
|P).+B+P)|
|$.GQ+R+K|
+-----------------+

White's next is a miscalculation. 15.Nxd5

[-3.09 Fritz 5.00: 15.Nf3 Bxc3 16.bxc3 Nc7 17.bxa6 Bxa6 18.Bxa6 Rxa6 19.a4]

15...Nxd5 16.Bc4 Nef6 17.Qf3 e6 18.Re1 Re8 19.bxa6 Qa5 20.Be3

[-3.66 Fritz 5.00: 20.Re2 Bxa6 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.Nxe6 Qc4 23.a3 Rxa3 24.Qxa3 Qxe2]

20...Bxb2 21.Rad1 Bxa6 22.Bd2 Qa3 23.Qxa3 Bxa3 24.Bxa6 Rxa6 25.Rxe6 Bb4 26.Bxb4 Nxb4

[-1.34 Fritz 5.00: 26...Rxe6 27.Nxe6 cxb4 28.Ra1 b3 29.a4 b2 30.Rb1]

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