[Event "4NCL Division Two"] [Site "Peterborough"] [Date "2025.01.25"] [Round "3.18"] [White "Udovenko, Daniel"] [Black "Cundy, Mark A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A80"] [WhiteElo "2014"] [BlackElo "1962"] [Annotator "MJDonnelly"] [PlyCount "25"] [EventDate "2025.01.25"] [SourceVersionDate "2008.05.10"] [WhiteTeam "Oxford 1"] [BlackTeam "Warwickshire Select 2"] {[%evp 0,25,25,26,70,48,80,80,90,74,70,52,40,36,37,32,26,28,22,2,43,15,36,25,69,52,399,408]} 1. d4 f5 {The Dutch Defence was in the past generally regarded as a relatively poor defence to 1. d4. However, with the publication of numerous books and electronic material in the last few years, the opening has been shown to be fully playable.} 2. Bg5 {One of th eless commonly played lines to try and take Black away from standard Dutch positions.} g6 (2... Nf6 {is the main alternative when after} 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. e3 d5 5. Bd3 Be6 6. Qf3 Qd7 7. Ne2 Nc6 8. c3 g6 9. Nd2 Qf7 10. h4 h5 11. Nf4 Bd6 12. a3 Ne7 13. Rc1 c6 14. c4 Bd7 {Black was fine as it was not possible to exploit the doubled f-pawns in such a closed posiiton (Donnelly-Dobedoe, Coventry League 1990).}) 3. e3 Bg7 4. Nc3 (4. Nf3 {allowes c4 to be played as in Grischuk-Topolov, Amber Rapid 20th Monte Carlo 2011 which continued .} d6 5. c4 h6 6. Bf4 Nd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bg3 g5 9. h3 $14 {due to Black's slightly loose kings-side pawn formation.}) 4... Nf6 5. Bc4 (5. h4 {is the alternative attacking idea when after} h6 6. Bf4 d6 {Black retains a reasonable game as in, for instance Checa-Le, Titled Tuesday intern op INT 12 May Chess.com blitz 2020.}) 5... c6 6. h4 {This is not a problem for Black who correctly now shuts out the White king's-bishop.} d5 ({Instead} 6... h6 {is here a slight error as White has the better pawn structure after} 7. Bxf6) 7. Bb3 {White has also tried other bishop retreats but Black is fine due to d5 being played with tempo:} (7. Bd3 h6 {Rodriguez Vargas-Rivas Pastor, Salamanca 1991.}) (7. Be2 h6 {Hildenbrand-Reh, Staufer op A 27th 2015.}) 7... Be6 {This is as valid a move as other tries by Black in this position and attempts to give the queen's-bishop some space.} ({Tthe other Black tries here are:} 7... Nbd7) (7... Ne4) ({and} 7... h6) 8. Nf3 Nbd7 9. Bf4 Bg8 {Black goes very slightly astray now although the position is essentially still sound.. Better options were h6 to prevent Ng5 or the retreat} (9... Bf7 {which does not block the rook in the corner.}) 10. Qe2 Qa5 {Marginally too active a move due to White's clever reply.} (10... Ne4 {gives a comfortable game.}) 11. Qd2 O-O-O (11... Ne4 {now fails due to} 12. Nxe4 Qxd2+ 13. Nexd2) 12. O-O Ng4 $2 {again too active a move. Essential was} (12... Re8 {guarding e7 and providing the Black king with some space.}) 13. Nxd5 (13. Nxd5 {wins outright and is yet another variant of a well-known combination. .} Qxd2 {would be fine of it was check but here the move fails to} 14. Nxe7# {and of course taking the knight with bishop or pawn loses the Black queen.}) 1-0