Posted on November 15th, 2015 by Richard
The usual way to play the English defence opening is 1.c4 b6 2.d4 e6 (see Browne vs Miles 1-0),
The game here shows an unusual White variation with 1.c4 b6 2.g3. White still won the game…
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[Event “Rubinstein mem 36th”]
[Site “Polanica Zdroj”]
[Date “1999.08.26”]
[Round “9”]
[White “Gurevich, Mikhail”]
[Black “Bunzmann, Dimitrij”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “A10”]
[WhiteElo “2643”]
[BlackElo “2596”]
[PlyCount “63”]
[EventDate “1999.08.17”]
[EventType “tourn”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “POL”]
[EventCategory “15”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.12.01”]
1. c4 b6 2. g3 Bb7 3. Nf3 Bxf3 4. exf3 c5 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qd1 e6 8.
Bg2 Rc8 9. O-O Na5 10. b3 b5 11. Nd2 bxc4 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. bxc4 Rxc4 14. Be3
Nf6 15. Bxa7 Be7 16. Qb3 Rb4 17. Qc2 O-O 18. a3 Rb5 19. a4 Ra5 20. Bd4 Nd5 21.
f4 Qc8 22. Qb2 Qa8 23. Rfb1 Bd6 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxg7 Rb8 26. Qf6 Rxb1+ 27.
Rxb1 Bc5 28. Qc3 Qa7 29. Bh6 f6 30. Qxf6 Bxf2+ 31. Kg2 Bd4 32. Qf8# 1-0
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