Verslaggever: Davi Leonel
On September 15 we played the first game of the Interclubs season. Leuven Centraal X Leuven Centraal! By the rules, if there are 2 teams from the same club in the same group, their match should be before any other. So, we played the round before the first round!
Leuven Centraal 10 is formed only by kids:
Peeters, Rik (1730); Vancoillie, Leander (1692); Thienpont, Alexander (1675); Van Campenhout, Andreas (No rating).
Leuven Centraal 11 by 2 fathers and their kids:
Me, (Leonel, Davi) (1977) and Vincenzo (No rating)
Vasylchenko, Maksym (1849) and Oriiana (1438)
The games were:
1- Peeters, Rik (1730) X Leonel, Davi (1977)
2- Vasylchenko, Maksym (1849) X Vancoillie, Leander (1692)
3- Thienpont, Alexander (1675) X Babii, Oriiana (1438)
4- Leonel, Vincenzo X Van Campenhout, Andreas
Six kids! And they showed their talent on the games!
On board 4, Andreas did a fork and won a bishop on move 15, controlling the game on an amazing way to the end. 95% of precision! Congratulations! “Leuven 10″ 1×0 “Leuven 11“.
On my board, 1, after an opening threat on a Grunfeld sideline, I won a bishop on move 11. Rik still tried to survive on a brave way, creating a lot of problems, but at the end I was able to control the game. “Leuven 10″ 1×1 “Leuven 11“.
On board 3 we had a positional game. The kids played correctly the main line of the Canal Attack (Sicilian) to the move 10! Very impressive! Congrats! Alexander won 2 pawns in the middle game. Oriiana was able to recover 1, but the endgame was completely in favour of Alexander, who was able to promote a distant pawn in a very good technic. “Leuven 10″ 2×1 “Leuven 11“.
And on the board 2 we had an amazing game! See below. Both had their chances to win, and at the end the draw was a fair result.
“Leuven 10” 2.5×1.5 “Leuven 11”. Congrats to the kids!
Follow the game:
[White ” Vasylchenko, Maksym”]
[Black “Vancoillie, Leander”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
1. d4 d5
2. c4 e6
3. cxd5 exd5
4. Nc3 Nf6
5. Bf4 Bf5
6. Qb3 Nc6
7. Qxb7
Generally, capture the poisoned pawn (b7, b2) is not a good idea. This allows a lot of initiative to the opponent. Here, is not a mistake, but a simpler e3 looks a bit better. (7. e3)
7… Nxd4
8. O-O-O Ne6
That is a mistake. If you give a pawn by the initiative, move the pieces back is not an option.
(8… Rb8 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Rc8 11. Rxd4 Rxc7)
Long line, but a lot of exchanges. Black is better. Is a pawn down, but the difference on development is considerable, and the white king is on open fire.
9. Qc6+
Good, but Rxd5 is a piece for free: (9. Rxd5 Nxd5 (9… Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Rxf5) 10. Qc6+)
9… Nd7
10. Nxd5 Rc8
11. e4 Bd6
12. exf5 Nxf4
13. Bb5 Nxd5
14. Rxd5
The previous moves were an open battle. white in a strong attack, and black fighting to survive in a brave way. On these cases, generally the engines can point a lot of mistakes. And this is the case here. But we are humans, so, all moves make sense on some way. White looks better, but this position allow the first brilliant move of the game. Can you see it?
14… O-O!!
Sacrificing a Knight! And moving the king out of the fire. It is a correct move. Trying to save the knight is a slow death. White doesn’t have any good move. So, why not accept it? The next moves are also not perfect by the same reason of the previous. Again: we are humans.
15. Qxd7 Qg5+
16. Rd2 Bf4
17. Nf3
This is a big mistake. Black has no option. The only move available is the one to destroy the white position.
(17. g3 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2)
17… Qxg2
White is lost. Just a miracle can save it.
18. Rg1 Qxf3
19. Kc2 Bxd2
20. Qxd2 Qxf5+
21. Bd3 Qc5+
22. Kb1 Rcd8
This time, all the previous moves was correct. Except this one. This one allows a brilliant sequence of moves to save the game to a draw. White is threatening Qh6. At this moment, it is a draw on the same way of the game.
But it is possible to defend it on some ways. The main ones:
(22… Rb8 23. Qh6 Rxb2+ This will be mate!)
(22… Rce8 23. Qh6 Re1+ 24. Rxe1 gxh6)
23. Qh6
It is a draw. No way to avoid it. Can you see it?
23… g6
24. Bxg6 hxg6
25. Rxg6+
Brilliant sequence sacrificing 2 of the last 3 pieces!
25… fxg6
26. Qxg6+ Kh8
27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. Qg6+ Kh8
29. Qh6+ Kg8
30. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2