[Event "3rd 4NCL Easter Congress"] [Site "Mercure Daventry Court Hotel"] [Date "2023.04.09"] [Round "5.27"] [White "Boggarapu, Kritan"] [Black "Ali, Golam S"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1972"] [BlackElo "1781"] [Annotator "Donnelly,MJ"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2023.04.07"] [EventRounds "7"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.10"] {[%evp 0,28,28,35,35,45,48,56,48,41,109,63,63,-58,-69,-138,64,-122,-136,-587,-587,-587,-461,-474,-478,-685,-1040,-1088,-752,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 {One of the two recommendations in Marek Soszynski's latest book "Double Trouble Scandinavian Style".} (2... Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 {is the other, rather than the older line} (3... Qa5)) 3. d4 Nxd5 {Immediately recovering the pawn but exposing the knight to pawn attacks. Black may play in gambit style instead with} (3... Bg4) 4. c4 (4. Nf3 {is also popular and is less commital preferring development to allow for rapid castling.}) 4... Nb4 {The most risky reply. Alternatives are} (4... Nb6) ({and} 4... Nf6 {the more frequent choices of highly rated GMs.}) 5. Qa4+ (5. a3 {is much less complex and pushes the knight back with advantage:} N4c6 {as in Reprintsev-Cruz Ravina, Titled Tuesday intern op Chess.com blitz 2023.} ({Note that} 5... Qxd4 {fails to} 6. axb4 {Martinez-Cascales, Once op Spain 1993 rather than the counter blunder of} (6. Qxd4 {when Black has} Nc2+ {recouping the queen and winning a safe pawn.})) ({or} 5... N4a6 {as in Roca-Simic, olm 14 qual GP1 B5 ICCF e-mail 2000})) 5... N8c6 (5... N4c6 {is no use after} 6. d5 Bd7 7. dxc6 Nxc6 {and Black has nothing-Demjen-Lukjanovas, NATO-ch Kaunas 2011.}) 6. d5 $6 {White gets drawn into a complex tactical line where Black has good play.} (6. a3 {as recommended by Gawlikowski over 50 years ago, is again safer as after} Na6 7. d5 {Black must play Nc5 and then move the c6 knight to avoid loosing material and Whie has the advantage-one example being Abreu Delgado-Cruz Ravina, Mislata op 2005.}) 6... b5 7. Qxb5 {Sticking with the idea of winning material. Other options played here are} (7. Qd1 Bf5) ({and} 7. cxb5 Nd4 {which are somewhat better but Black still scores well from these lines.}) 7... Bd7 8. dxc6 (8. Na3 {seems a better practical choice developing rather than taking material. Now White obtains chances of surviving after} Rb8 ({and} 8... Nc2+ 9. Nxc2 Nd4 10. Qxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nxd4 e6 12. g3 Bb4+ 13. Ke2 exd5 14. Bg2 O-O {Nouri-Amini, Bojnord 2012.}) 9. Qc5 {Skapikova-Gavron, Ostrava op 2010.}) 8... Nc2+ 9. Kd1 $2 {Now White is lost. Instead} (9. Kd2 {keeps White in the game even though Black has discovered checks available:} Bf5+ ({but not the apparently strong} 9... Bxc6+ 10. Kxc2 Bxb5 11. cxb5 {with 3 pieces for the queen and a reasonable game for White as played in Gasper Calvo-Sanz Barrionuevo, San Jose op 1998.}) 10. Qd5 Nb4 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8+ 12. Kc3 Nc2 {with complex play and chances for both sides as in Rhode-Von Zitzewitz, NED corr. 1994.}) 9... Bg4+ 10. Kxc2 Qd1+ 11. Kc3 Qxc1+ 12. Kd3 {Other king moves have fared as badly.} (12. Kb4 a5+ 13. Ka4 Qxf1 14. b3 Qe1 15. a3 e6 16. Qg5 Bxa3 $2 {A nice idea but too early as White could have escaped the worst.} (16... Bd6 {leaving the White king stranded wins after} 17. Qxg4 O-O $19 {threatening Qb4+ followed by Rfb8 mating.}) 17. Qd2 $2 {Now Black is again winning.} ({Missing} 17. Kxa3 {which saves White with careful play} O-O 18. Qe3 {just about holding together White's game.} ({but disaster follows} 18. Qxg4 Qc1+ 19. Ka2 Qc2+ 20. Ka3 a4 $19)) 17... Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Bb4 $19 {Cuper-Kopcak, SVK-ch T3 D Slovakia 2001.}) (12. Kb3 Bd1+ {0:1 as its mate in a few moves Kroczka-Kubicki, POL-ch T3 Poland 2012 for instance via} 13. Ka3 ({or} 13. Kb4 a5+ 14. Qxa5 Qxb2+) 13... e5+) 12... Rd8+ 13. Ke4 f5+ 14. Ke5 g6 {White cannot avoid the advanced king being mated in a few moves. The game illustrates the problem of entering a very sharp line probably without full theoretical preparedness combined with not bailing out early enough when the position started to go out of control.} 0-1