Rodríguez e Vescovi
[Event "XII Festa da Uva Rapid Open"]
[Site "Caxias do Sul - RS "]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni Portilho"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Albert Silver"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.03.03"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 e6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 (10. f4
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. a4 Nd7 14. a5 b6 15. axb6 Rb8 16. Rd1 Rxb6
17. b3 Rc6 18. Bd2 h6 19. Ra2 g5 20. Ne2 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Ne5 22. Kf2 Bh4+ 23. Ke2
Bg5 24. c4 Ke7 25. Ra3 Bd7 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rb6 {
1-0 Short, N (2690)-Fluvia Poyatos,J (2499)/Sestao 2010/CBM 138 (59)}) 10... h5
11. gxh5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Rad1 Rxh5 14. Nf5 $1 {
This move is not winning per se, but it certainly puts the pressure on Vescovi.
} Bf8 ({Better was to take with} 14... exf5 {but with limited time, one cannot
blame Vescovi for preferring to sidestep the complications in which he is the
one in danger of capitulating at any moment.} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 {Forced} ({since}
15... Qd7 {loses the rook after} 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxh5) 16. exd5 Rh7 {
The rook was hanging.} 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qc4 {
and Black will be on the defense even if he finds this exact line.}) 15. Rxd6
$3 {Precise and inspired.} g6 $1 (15... exf5 {is impossible due to} 16. Rxf6 {
and Qxh5.}) 16. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4c7] Now threatening Rxe6+ winning the queen.} Qb6
17. Rfd1 gxf5 18. e5 $1 {So far the Uruguayan's attack has been picture
perfect, and it helps that Vescovi is selling his skin as expensively as
possible by defending well.} Bxd6 19. exf6 {
[%csl Rh5] Again, the rook on h5 is hanging.} Rh4 20. Rxd6 Rxf4 21. Nd5 Nd4 22.
Qe5 Qc5 23. b4 $3 {and now the castle of cards collapses.} (23. Nc7+ {fails to}
Qxc7 24. Rxe6+ Nxe6 {and the queen is defended.}) 23... Ne2+ (23... Qc4 {
(or similar moves) is mate.} 24. Rd8+ Kxd8 25. Qd6+ Bd7 26. Qe7+ Kc8 27. Qf8+
Be8 28. Qxe8#) 24. Kh1 Rxb4 25. Nc7+ Qxc7 26. Rxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxc7 Rb1+ 28. Kh2
Kf8 {The score from chess-results ends here, but having witnessed the game, I
am providing the rest from memory.} 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Qe3 f4 $1 {
The only move to prevent mate.} 31. Qxe2 Rb5 32. Be4 Rc8 33. Qf3 Kf8 34. Qxf4
Rh5 {Thanks to Giovanni for helping me reconstruct it.} 35. h4 Ke8 36. Qd6
Rxh4+ 37. Kg1 Rg4+ 38. Bg2 1-0
[Site "Caxias do Sul - RS "]
[Date "2012.03.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni Portilho"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Albert Silver"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.03.03"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BRA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4
4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 e6 8. Bg2 Nd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Be3 (10. f4
Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6 12. Qxb6 Nxb6 13. a4 Nd7 14. a5 b6 15. axb6 Rb8 16. Rd1 Rxb6
17. b3 Rc6 18. Bd2 h6 19. Ra2 g5 20. Ne2 gxf4 21. Nxf4 Ne5 22. Kf2 Bh4+ 23. Ke2
Bg5 24. c4 Ke7 25. Ra3 Bd7 26. Nd3 Nxd3 27. Kxd3 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 Rb6 {
1-0 Short, N (2690)-Fluvia Poyatos,J (2499)/Sestao 2010/CBM 138 (59)}) 10... h5
11. gxh5 Qc7 12. Qe2 Nf6 13. Rad1 Rxh5 14. Nf5 $1 {
This move is not winning per se, but it certainly puts the pressure on Vescovi.
} Bf8 ({Better was to take with} 14... exf5 {but with limited time, one cannot
blame Vescovi for preferring to sidestep the complications in which he is the
one in danger of capitulating at any moment.} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 {Forced} ({since}
15... Qd7 {loses the rook after} 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Qxh5) 16. exd5 Rh7 {
The rook was hanging.} 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. Qc4 {
and Black will be on the defense even if he finds this exact line.}) 15. Rxd6
$3 {Precise and inspired.} g6 $1 (15... exf5 {is impossible due to} 16. Rxf6 {
and Qxh5.}) 16. Bf4 {[%cal Rf4c7] Now threatening Rxe6+ winning the queen.} Qb6
17. Rfd1 gxf5 18. e5 $1 {So far the Uruguayan's attack has been picture
perfect, and it helps that Vescovi is selling his skin as expensively as
possible by defending well.} Bxd6 19. exf6 {
[%csl Rh5] Again, the rook on h5 is hanging.} Rh4 20. Rxd6 Rxf4 21. Nd5 Nd4 22.
Qe5 Qc5 23. b4 $3 {and now the castle of cards collapses.} (23. Nc7+ {fails to}
Qxc7 24. Rxe6+ Nxe6 {and the queen is defended.}) 23... Ne2+ (23... Qc4 {
(or similar moves) is mate.} 24. Rd8+ Kxd8 25. Qd6+ Bd7 26. Qe7+ Kc8 27. Qf8+
Be8 28. Qxe8#) 24. Kh1 Rxb4 25. Nc7+ Qxc7 26. Rxe6+ Bxe6 27. Qxc7 Rb1+ 28. Kh2
Kf8 {The score from chess-results ends here, but having witnessed the game, I
am providing the rest from memory.} 29. Qc5+ Kg8 30. Qe3 f4 $1 {
The only move to prevent mate.} 31. Qxe2 Rb5 32. Be4 Rc8 33. Qf3 Kf8 34. Qxf4
Rh5 {Thanks to Giovanni for helping me reconstruct it.} 35. h4 Ke8 36. Qd6
Rxh4+ 37. Kg1 Rg4+ 38. Bg2 1-0
