Chan, Waylon (1698)
Scarpa, Mario (1344)
Result: 0-1
Scarpa, Mario (1344)
Result: 0-1
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1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 d4 Once there, the pawn on the d-file can be a proper wedge in the opponent's formation, as well as in his morale... 4. Nf3 This counters the Lasker's Trap that White was planning... and likely this is precisely the reason why White moved Nf3 instead of e3. 4... Nc6 5. g3 Be6 6. Bg2 Bxc4 7. O-O Qd7 8. b3 Be6 9. Bb2 O-O-O Let's mount the pressure on d4 10. Ng5 Nxe5 11. f4 Is this a blunder or a trap? Black is not sure, but it looks like the former... plus, there is a very tempting opportunity for the Knight to fork Queen and Rook 11... Ng4 12. f5 Bxf5 13. e4 Ne3 14. Qf3 Probably White was thinking of 14.... Nxf1 (which is tempting) 15.exf5 leaving room the the laser beam to hit on b7... but Black won't have any of that. 14... Bg4 15. Qf4 Nxf1 16. Nxf7 Ne3 17. Nxh8 Nh6 Now the white Knight is stuck in the remotest corner of the board, thus rendering itself useless... or at least harmless and teethless for the time being. 18. e5 Black fears another try from White to move Qe4 in the pursuit of laser-beaming b2. Therefore, he puts that danger at rest 18... Nxg2 19. Kxg2 Bh3+ From here on, Black smokes out the King and keeps throwing everything at it 20. Kg1 Qd5 21. Qd2 Bc5 22. Ba3 Rf8 23. Qf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Ng4+ 25. Ke1 Qxe5+ 26. Kd2 Qe3+ 27. Kc2 Qe2+ 28. Nd2 Ne3+ White resigns