TARDI vs SCHWERTECK – EUROPEAN CLUB CUP 2018 ROUND 6

Oscar Tardi

This game is from round 6 of the 2018 European Club Cup. It is between Oscar Tardi with White against Michael Schwerteck with Black.

This game features a Scotch Game. To learn more about the Scotch Game, here is the best instruction book I could find on Amazon.

Tardi,Oscar (1931) - Schwerteck,Michael (2077)

34th European Club Cup 2018 Halkidiki (6), 17.10.2018

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.exd5 cxd5 8.0–0 Be7 9.b3 [9.Nc3 0–0 10.Bg5 Be6 11.Qf3 h6 12.Bxf6 Bxf6 13.Na4 Rb8 14.Rab1 Qd6 15.b3 c5 16.Rbd1 Rb4 17.Bc4 Qe5 18.Rfe1 Qg5 19.Be2 Rf4 20.Qg3 Bd4 21.Bf3 Qf6 22.c3 Be5 23.Nxc5 Re4 Sevillano,E (2440)-Krasenkow,M (2575)/Dhaka 1995/CBM 048/0–1 (59)] 

9...0–0 10.Bb2 C45: Scotch Game

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10...Bg4N [10...c5 11.Nd2 Be6 12.Nf3 h6 13.Ne5 Qc7 14.Be2 Rad8 15.Ng4 Ne4 16.Ne3 Bd6 17.h3 Bh2+ 18.Kh1 Bf4 19.Qd3 Qe7 20.Bf3 f5 21.Rad1 Bb8 22.Qa6 d4 23.Nc4 Rf6 24.g3 Bc8 25.Qa5 Ogonowska,K (1887)-Paprocki,J (2217)/Barlinek 2007/CBM 118 ext/0–1] 

11.Qc1 Bh5 12.Nd2 Qd7 13.Re1 Rfe8 14.Nf1 Bg6 15.Bxg6 hxg6 16.Qd2 Rad8 17.Qa5 

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17...c5 Black prepares the advance d4 

18.Rad1 Bf8 19.Ne3 Qc6 20.h3 Prevents intrusion on g4 

20...d4 Black threatens to win material: d4xe3 

21.Nc4 The knight feels good on c4 

21...Nd5 

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22.Qd2 [22.Qxa7?? the pawn is something White will choke on 22...Ra8 23.Na5 Qb5–+] 

22...Qf6 23.a3 Consolidates b4 

23...Nf4 24.Bc1 Nd5 25.Rxe8 Rxe8 26.Re1 White threatens to win material: Re1xe8 

26...Re6 27.Kf1 White king safety dropped 

27...Be7 28.Qa5 Rxe1+ 

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29.Kxe1?? gives the opponent counterplay [¹29.Qxe1 the only rescuing move 29...Qc6 30.Qe5=] 

29...Qe6+–+ 30.Kf1 Nc3 

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31.Qxa7?? leading to a quick end [¹31.Ne3 Qd6 32.Ng4–+] 

31...Qe2+ 32.Kg1 Qe1+ 33.Kh2 

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34.Qb8+ Kh7 35.h4 Qxf2 36.Qc8 Qg1+ 37.Kh3 

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37...Qh1+ [37...Qh1+ 38.Kg4 Qxg2#]  0–1