C15: French: 3 Nc3 Bb4: Unusual White 4th moves
1.e4
e6
2.d4
d5
3.Nc3
Bb4N
[ 3...Nf6
4.Bg5
Be7
5.e5
Nfd7
6.Bxe7
Qxe7
7.Bd3
0-0
( 7...c5
8.Nb5
Nb6
9.Nd6+
Kd8
10.c3
Nc6
11.Bb5
Kc7
12.dxc5
Nd7
13.Bxc6
bxc6
14.Qd4
f6
15.Nxc8
Raxc8
16.exf6
gxf6
17.b4
Qg7
18.Qf4+
e5
19.Qg3
Qh6
20.h4
Rhg8
21.Qh3
Qg6
22.Kf1
Olson,E-Juhl,J/Copenhagen 1916/EXT 2000/0-1 (37); 7...a6
8.Nce2
c5
9.c3
Nc6
10.Nf3
f6
11.exf6
Qxf6
12.0-0
0-0
13.Qd2
e5
14.dxe5
Ndxe5
15.Nxe5
Nxe5
16.f4
Nxd3
17.Qxd3
Rd8
18.f5
b6
19.Rae1
Ra7
20.Ng3
Rf7
21.Rf4
d4
22.cxd4
Schiffers,E-Alapin,S/Frankfurt 1887/HCL/1/2-1/2 (26)) 8.Nce2
( 8.Nf3
f5
9.0-0
a6
10.Ne2
c5
11.c3
c4
12.Bc2
b5
13.g3
Nc6
14.Kg2
Bb7
15.h4
Nd8
16.Nf4
Re8
17.g4
g6
18.g5
Nf7
19.Rh1
Nf8
20.Qd2
Nh8
21.h5
Qg7
22.Rh3
Bc6
Gunsberg,I-Blackburne,J/Bradford 1887/EXT 99/1/2-1/2 (43)) 8...f6
9.f4
c5
10.c3
cxd4
11.cxd4
fxe5
12.fxe5
Qb4+
13.Qd2
Rf1+
0-1 Von Gottschall,H-Blackburne,J/Hamburg 1885/HCL (13)]
4.Bd3
Nf6
[ 4...c5
5.exd5
Qxd5
6.Kf1
Bxc3
7.bxc3=
]
5.Bg5
[ 5.e5
Ne4
6.Qg4
Kf8
7.Bxe4
h5+/-
]
5...Be7
[ 5...dxe4!?
deserves consideration 6.Bxe4
c5
7.dxc5
Qxd1+
8.Rxd1
Nbd7
9.Bxf6
Nxf6=
]
6.e5+/-
Nfd7
7.Bxe7
Qxe7
8.Nf3
c5
[ 8...0-0
9.Qb1+/=
]
9.dxc5
[ >=9.Nb5!?
Kd8
10.c3+/-
]
9...Qxc5
10.0-0
Nc6
11.Re1
a6
Consolidates b5
12.Na4
[ 12.Qd2
0-0+/=
]
12...Qb4
[ 12...Qa5
13.Nc3=
]
13.c3+/=
Covers d4
13...Qf4
14.b4
[ 14.g3
Qh6
15.c4
0-0+/=
]
14...b5
[ 14...Ncxe5
15.Nxe5
Nxe5
16.Nb6=
]
15.Nc5
Menacing [ >=15.g3!?
should be examined more closely 15...Qg4
16.Nb2+/=
]
15...Ndxe5=/+
16.Nxe5
Nxe5
17.h3
Controls g4
17...Nd7
[ 17...Nxd3
18.Qxd3
0-0
19.a4
bxa4
20.Rxa4=/+
]
18.Nb3
[ 18.a4
bxa4
19.Qxa4
Qc7=
]
18...Nf6
[ 18...Qc7!?=/+
]
19.a4=
bxa4
20.Rxa4
Qc7
21.Nc5
0-0
22.Qa1
[ 22.Qc2
e5=
]
22...Qd6
23.Nxa6
Bxa6
24.Rxa6
Rxa6
25.Qxa6
[ Inferior is 25.Bxa6
Ra8
26.b5
Nd7-/+
]
25...Qxa6
26.Bxa6
Ne4
[ 26...Rb8
27.Rc1=
]
27.c4+/=
Nf6??
[ >=27...Ra8
would hold out 28.cxd5
Nf6+/=
( 28...Rxa6?
looks attractive, but 29.Rxe4
Ra1+
30.Kh2+-
) ]
28.c5+-
Rb8
29.b5
Ne8
30.b6
Kf8
31.Rb1
[ 31.Rc1
makes it even easier for White 31...h6+-
]
31...Ke7
32.Bb5
g6
[ 32...Nf6
33.c6
Ne8+-
]
33.Bxe8
Rxe8
34.c6
Kd6
[ 34...Rg8+-
a fruitless try to alter the course of the game]
35.c7
[ >=35.Rc1
and the rest is a matter of technique 35...Rc8
36.c7+-
]
35...Kd7
[ 35...Kc6
36.f4+-
]
36.Kf1
[ 36.Rc1
Kc8
37.Rc6
Kb7+-
]
36...f5?
[ 36...Kc8+-
]
37.Ke2
[ >=37.Rc1
and White can already relax 37...Kc8
38.Rc6
Kb7+-
]
37...e5?
[ 37...Kc6+-
]
38.Rc1
Kc8
39.Ra1??
with this move White loses his initiative [ >=39.Rc5
secures victory 39...d4
40.Rd5+-
]
39...Kb7+/-
40.Rb1
e4?
[ >=40...Ra8!?+/-
]
41.Ke3+-
g5
[ 41...f4+
42.Kxf4
d4
43.Rc1+-
]
42.Kd4
f4
43.Kxd5
[ 43.Rb3
keeps an even firmer grip 43...h5+-
]
43...e3
44.fxe3
fxe3
45.Kd6
e2
[ 45...Rg8+-
]
46.Kd7
Rf8
[ 46...Rg8
doesn't get the bull off the ice 47.Re1
Rg7+
48.Ke8
Rg8+
49.Kf7+-
]
47.Re1
Rf7+
48.Ke8
Rf2
49.g4
Rf3
[ 49...h6
50.Rc1
e1Q+
51.Rxe1+-
]
50.Rxe2
Rxh3
[ 50...Rc3+-
praying for a miracle]
51.Rc2
Re3+
52.Kf7
[ 52.Kf8
Kc8
53.b7+
Kxb7
54.c8Q+
Kb6
55.Rb2+
Rb3
56.Rxb3+
Ka7
57.Qb7#
]
52...Rf3+
[ 52...Re7+
doesn't change anything anymore 53.Kxe7
Ka6
54.c8Q+
Ka5
55.Rb2
h6
56.Qa8#
]
53.Kg7
[ 53.Kg7
Kc8
54.b7+
Kxb7
55.c8Q+
Ka7
56.Rc7+
Kb6
57.Qb8+
Ka5
58.Ra7#
] 1-0