Training Match

Last Thursday I was playing two games against 11-years old Uros Cvetanovic. This was training match, two games with time control of 25 minutes. Uros Cvetanovic is three-time Serbian U10 champion and this year he was 2nd in U12 Group. His first coach was Dragan Novakovic and now he's working with FM Boroljub Zlatanovic.

I was very happy about the first game, although I lost on time. Second game was not that good. Uros played passive and I won a piece on move 23 with Black pieces in Italian opening.


Goran Urosevic - Uros Cvetanovic
2.2.2006. first game

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. g4 h6
(8...e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. g5 was very sharp)

9. Qf3 Bd7?
(I don't like Bd7 at all. Very slow move for this kind of edged position. White now grabs huge initiative and I dare to say, with accurate play, Black has little hope to save the game. 9... b5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 was better. Also 9...g6 was possible)

10. g5 hxg5 11. fxg5 Nh5 12. g6! Nf6 13. gxf7+ Kxf7 14. O-O-O Nc6



15. Nxc6!
(This was important decision. The trade brings Bd7 to active position and I will have some problems with this diagonal and pressure on pawn e4. However, I thought this will be less evil then Nc6 camping on e5 square in next move. I was very happy to find later that Fritz supports my reason)

15...Bxc6 16. Rg1 Rc8 17. Bd3
(Well, now I missed better line starting with 17. Bc4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Qxc4 and here I didn't see fantastic 19. Rxg7+ blow)

17... b5 18. Qg3 b4 19. Ne2 Ke7
(Uros is moving away from Qg6 check. 19... Bxe4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4 21. Qg6+)

20. e5!
(This move opens the gates around Black King)



20... Nd5
(20... dxe5 21. Bc5+ Kd8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Bxa6+ Bd5 24. Bxc8 Kxc8 25. Qxg7)

21. Bg5+
(Stronger was Nf4! and White would win faster. I am usually trying to avoid trades while attacking in order to keep full potential. But Nd5 is important defending piece and my Ne2 does nothing. Funny enough, I was teaching my students to trade opponent's key defenders while attacking, and I miss that opportunity in my own game. 21. Nf4 Nxe3 (21... Nxf4 22. exd6+ Qxd6 23. Bxf4; 21... Rh6 22. Nxd5+ Bxd5 23. Qxg7+ Bxg7 24. Rxg7+ Kd8 25. Bg5+ Ke8 26. Bxh6) 22. Qxe3 Rh6 23. exd6+ Qxd6 24. Bg6)

21... Kd7 22. Rgf1 dxe5 23. Rf7+ Be7 24. Bxe7 (24. Bxa6) 24... Nxe7 25. Qxg7 Kd6 26. Be4+ (26. Ng3 Rhg8 27. Qf6) 26... Bd5



27. Rxd5+! Nxd5
(27... exd5 28. Rf6+ Kd7 (28... Kc5 29. Qg1+ d4 30. Nxd4 Rhd8 (30... exd4 31. Qg5+) 31. Ne6+ Kb5 32. Nxc7+) 29. Bf5+ Ke8 30. Qf7+ Kd8 31. Qf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8#)

28. Rxc7 Nxc7 29. Qg1 Rb8 30. c3 Nb5 and after few more moves I lost on time