1.e2-e4 C00: French: Unusual White 2nd moves 1...e7-e6 2.Ng1-f3 d7-d5 3.Nb1-c3 d5xe4 4.Nc3xe4 Ng8-f6 5.d2-d3 Secures e4
[5.Ne4xf6+ Qd8xf6 6.d2-d4 Bf8-d6+=]
5...Nf6xe4 6.d3xe4 Qd8xd1+ 7.Ke1xd1 Bf8-c5 8.Bc1-g5
[8.Bc1-f4 Bc5-b6=]
8...0-0
[Better is 8...Bc5xf2 9.Bf1-c4 f7-f6=+]
9.Bg5-e7?? White loses the upper hand
[Better is 9.Bg5-f4=]
9...Bc5xf2
[Better is 9...Bc5xe7 secures the win 10.Bf1-d3 Nb8-d7-+]
10.Be7xf8+- Kg8xf8 11.Kd1-e2 Bf2-c5 12.Ra1-d1 Nb8-c6 13.g2-g4
[13.c2-c3 Bc5-d6+=]
13...e6-e5 14.Nf3-g5?? White has let it slip away
[Better is 14.h2-h3ｲ the only rescuing move]
14...Bc8xg4+-+ 15.Ke2-e1 Bg4xd1 16.Ke1xd1 Ra8-d8+ 17.Bf1-d3 Nc6-b4
[17...Kf8-e7 18.Ng5-f3-+]
18.Kd1-d2?
[18.Rh1-f1!? Nb4xd3 19.Rf1xf7+ Kf8-e8 20.c2xd3-+]
18...Rd8-d6
[18...h7-h6 19.Ng5-f3-+]
19.Ng5xh7+ Kf8-g8
[19...Kf8-e7 20.Nh7-g5-+]
20.Nh7-g5 Rd6-g6
[Not 20...Nb4xa2 21.c2-c3-+]
21.Rh1-g1?? the pressure is too much, White crumbles
[Better is 21.Ng5-f3-+]
21...Bc5xg1-+ 22.h2-h4 Nb4xa2
[Better is 22...Nb4xd3 might be the shorter path 23.Kd2xd3 Rg6-f6 24.c2-c4-+]
23.Bd3-c4 Na2-b4
[Better is 23...Rg6-d6+ secures victory 24.Kd2-e1 Na2-b4 25.Ng5xf7 Rd6-d4 26.Nf7xe5+ Kg8-f8 27.Ne5-g6+ Kf8-e8-+]
24.Bc4xf7+ =+ Kg8-f8 25.Bf7xg6 a7-a5
[Better is 25...Kf8-e7!?=+ is worthy of consideration]
26.Ng5-e6+ += Kf8-g8 27.h4-h5
[27.Ne6xc7 Bg1-b6 28.Nc7-b5 Kg8-f8+=]
27...Nb4-c6
[27...Nb4-a6!?= might be a viable alternative]
28.Ne6xc7+- Nc6-a7 29.Nc7-e8 b7-b5 30.Ne8-f6+?? not a good decision, because now the opponent is right back in the game
[Better is 30.Ne8-c7+= is the best chance]
30...g7xf6-+ 31.h5-h6
[31.Bg6-e8 Na7-c8-+]
31...b5-b4 32.h6-h7+ Kg8-h8 33.c2-c4
[33.Kd2-d3 does not win a prize 33...Na7-c6-+]
33...a5-a4 34.Kd2-c1
[34.Bg6-f5 doesn't change anything anymore 34...Na7-c6 35.Kd2-c1 Nc6-a5-+]
34...a4-a3 35.b2xa3 b4xa3 36.Kc1-b1 Na7-c6 37.Kb1-a2 Bg1-c5 38.Bg6-e8 Nc6-d4 39.Be8-g6
[39.Be8-h5 is one last hope 39...Kh8xh7 40.Bh5-g4-+]
39...Nd4-e2 40.Bg6-h5 Ne2-c3+
[40...Ne2-c1+ 41.Ka2-b1 a3-a2+ 42.Kb1xc1 a2-a1Q+ 43.Kc1-d2 Qa1-b2+ 44.Kd2-d3 Qb2-b3+ 45.Kd3-e2 Qb3-e3+ 46.Ke2-d1 Bc5-b4 47.Kd1-c2 Qe3-c3+ 48.Kc2-b1 Bb4-a3 49.c4-c5 Qc3-b2#]
41.Ka2-b3-+ a3-a2
[Better is 41...Nc3xe4 makes sure everything is clear 42.Kb3-c2-+]
42.Kb3-b2 Bc5-d4 43.Kb2-a1 Nc3xe4+
[43...Kh8xh7!? seems even better 44.Bh5-f3-+]
44.Ka1xa2 Ne4-c3+
[Better is 44...Kh8xh7 might be the shorter path 45.Ka2-b3-+]
45.Ka2-b3 Nc3-b1
[45...Kh8xh7 makes it even easier for Black 46.Bh5-g4-+]
46.Bh5-g6?
[46.Kb3-c2 Nb1-a3+ 47.Kc2-b3 Na3xc4 48.Kb3xc4 Kh8xh7 49.Kc4-d5-+]
46...Nb1-d2+ 47.Kb3-b4 e5-e4 48.c4-c5 Bd4xc5+
[Better is 48...e4-e3 it becomes clear that Black will call all the shots 49.c5-c6 Bd4-e5 50.c6-c7 Be5xc7 51.Kb4-c3-+]
49.Kb4xc5 e4-e3 50.Bg6-d3 Nd2-f3
[Better is 50...f6-f5-+ seems even better]
51.Bd3-e2?? terrible, but the game is lost in any case
[51.Kc5-d5 f6-f5! the decision 52.Kd5-e6-+]
51...Nf3-g1
[51...Kh8xh7?! is not possible 52.Be2xf3 Kh7-g6 53.Kc5-d4=]
52.Be2-f1 e3-e2 53.Bf1xe2 Ng1xe2 54.Kc5-d5 Ne2-g3 55.Kd5-e6 f6-f5
[Better is 55...Ng3-h5-+ keeps an even firmer grip]
56.Ke6-f6?? throws away the game
[Better is 56.Ke6-e5= would hold out]
56...f5-f4-+
[56...Kh8xh7?! is easily refuted 57.Kf6-g5=]
57.Kf6-e5 f4-f3 58.Ke5-f4 f3-f2 59.Kf4xg3 f2-f1Q 60.Kg3-g4 Qf1-e2+
[60...Kh8xh7 61.Kg4-g5 Qf1-c1+ 62.Kg5-f5 Qc1-c4 63.Kf5-e5 Kh7-g6 64.Ke5-d6 Kg6-f5 65.Kd6-d7 Qc4-c5 66.Kd7-e8 Qc5-c7 67.Ke8-f8 Kf5-f6 68.Kf8-e8 Qc7-e7#]
61.Kg4-f5
[61.Kg4-g3 cannot change destiny 61...Qe2-e3+ 62.Kg3-g4 Kh8xh7 63.Kg4-h5 Kh7-g7 64.Kh5-g4 Kg7-g6 65.Kg4-h4 Kg6-f5 66.Kh4-h5 Qe3-g5#]
61...Qe2-d3+
[61...Kh8xh7 62.Kf5-f4 Kh7-g6 63.Kf4-g3 Kg6-g5 64.Kg3-h3 Kg5-f4 65.Kh3-h4 Qe2-g4#]
62.Kf5-f4
[62.Kf5-g4 does not improve anything 62...Qd3-e3 63.Kg4-f5 Kh8xh7 64.Kf5-g4 Kh7-g6 65.Kg4-h4 Kg6-f5 66.Kh4-h5 Qe3-g5#]
62...Qd3-d4+
[62...Kh8xh7 63.Kf4-e5 Kh7-g6 64.Ke5-e6 Qd3-d4 65.Ke6-e7 Kg6-f5 66.Ke7-f7 Qd4-a7+ 67.Kf7-e8 Kf5-e6 68.Ke8-d8 Qa7-d7#]
63.Kf4-f3
[63.Kf4-g3 doesn't get the bull off the ice 63...Kh8xh7 64.Kg3-f3 Kh7-g6 65.Kf3-g3 Qd4-e3+ 66.Kg3-g2 Kg6-f5 67.Kg2-f1 Kf5-g4 68.Kf1-g2 Qe3-e2+ 69.Kg2-g1 Kg4-f3 70.Kg1-h1 Qe2-g2#]
63...Qd4-d5+
[63...Kh8xh7 64.Kf3-g2 Qd4-e3 65.Kg2-f1 Kh7-g6 66.Kf1-g2 Kg6-f5 67.Kg2-f1 Kf5-f4 68.Kf1-g2 Qe3-d2+ 69.Kg2-f1 Kf4-f3 70.Kf1-g1 Qd2-g2#]
64.Kf3-e3 Qd5-e5+
[64...Kh8xh7 65.Ke3-f4 Kh7-g6 66.Kf4-e3 Kg6-f5 67.Ke3-f2 Qd5-d2+ 68.Kf2-g3 Qd2-e3+ 69.Kg3-h2 Kf5-f4 70.Kh2-g2 Qe3-d2+ 71.Kg2-f1 Kf4-f3 72.Kf1-g1 Qd2-g2#]
65.Ke3-d3 Kh8xh7 66.Kd3-c4 Kh7-g6 67.Kc4-d3 Kg6-f6 68.Kd3-c4 Kf6-e6 69.Kc4-b4
[69.Kc4-d3 doesn't get the cat off the tree 69...Ke6-d5 70.Kd3-c2 Kd5-c4 71.Kc2-d2 Kc4-d4 72.Kd2-c2 Qe5-c7+ 73.Kc2-b3 Qc7-c3+ 74.Kb3-a2 Qc3-b4 75.Ka2-a1 Kd4-c3 76.Ka1-a2 Qb4-b2#]
69...Qe5-d4+ 70.Kb4-b5
[70.Kb4-a3 is not much help 70...Ke6-d5 71.Ka3-b3 Qd4-d3+ 72.Kb3-b4 Qd3-c4+ 73.Kb4-a3 Qc4-b5 74.Ka3-a2 Kd5-d4 75.Ka2-a3 Kd4-c3 76.Ka3-a2 Qb5-b2#]
70...Ke6-d6 71.Kb5-a5 Kd6-c6 72.Ka5-a6 Qd4-b6# 0-1