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6) Jukes S. - Belinfante N. [A20]

Major (1) 1.c4 e5 2.g3 Nc6 3.Bg2 Bc5 4.a3 "Out of Book," says Fritz. 4...a5 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d3 0-0

+-----------------+
|r+b1.4k+|
|+p0p+p0p|
|.+n+.h.+|
|0.g.0.+.|
|.+P+.+.+|
|).HP+.).|
|.).+P)B)|
|$.GQI.HR|
+-----------------+

7.Bg5 White sets himself up for a basic tactic (Knight fork [-0.94 Fritz 5.00: 7.Nf3 d6 8.0-0 Bg4 9.Bg5 Re8]

7...h6 Black didn't notice!

[0.03 Fritz 5.00: 7...Bxf2+ 8.Kf1 Bd4 9.e3 Bxc3 10.bxc3 d5 11.cxd5 Nxd5]

8.Bxf6 Qxf6 9.Nf3 d6 10.0-0 Qg6 11.Nd5 Bb6 12.b4

+-----------------+
|r+b+.4k+|
|+p0.+p0.|
|.gn0.+q0|
|0.+N0.+.|
|.)P+.+.+|
|).+P+N).|
|.+.+P)B)|
|$.+Q+RI.|
+-----------------+

with a threat that Black overlooks. 12...f5

[2.16 Fritz 5.00: 12...axb4 13.axb4 Be6 14.Nxb6 cxb6 15.b5 Ne7 16.Qd2 Nf5 17.e3]

13.b5 Nd4 still missing the point!

[6.31 Fritz 5.00: 13...Qe8 14.c5 dxc5 15.bxc6 bxc6]

14.Ne7+ Kh7 15.Nxg6 Kxg6 16.e3 Nxf3+ 17.Qxf3 Kh7 18.Rad1 f4 19.d4 exd4 20.exf4 Be6 21.Qe4+ Bf5 22.Qxb7 Rab8 23.Qd5 Rbe8 24.Rfe1 Rxe1+ 25.Rxe1 d3 26.Be4 Bxe4 27.Rxe4 1-0

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