Center Counter to BDG -- Part 3

Here's our final example of the transposition from a Center Counter to the Blackmar-Diemer, again played by now international master Bela Molnar. It's another Euwe Defense, with the thematic challenge of White's d-pawn with c7-c5.


Molnar,Bela - Kadas,Gabor
Salgotarjan Balazs mem op Salgotarjan (7), 1997
BDG, Euwe Defense

1.e4 d5 2.d4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bd3 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.Bg5

The identical position occurred in a well-known Diemer game, but with Black a tempo behind because he had twice moved his Bishop--from f8 to e7 and then capturing the pawn on c5. That game went  9.Qe2 Be7 10.0-0-0 Nd5 11.Bb5+ Bd7 12.Rxd5 exd5 13.Nxd5 f6 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Bxf6 Bxb5 16.Qxb5+ Kf7 17.Qh5+ Kxf6 18.Qh6+ Kf7 19.Ne5+ Kg8 20.Qe6+ Kg7 21.Qf7+ Kh6 22.Ng4+ Kg5 23.h4+ 1-0 Diemer - Terzi, Rastatt 1953.

8...Be7 9.0-0 0-0 10.Qe1 Nc6 11.Qh4 g6  12.Rad1 Qb6+?? 13.Kh1+- Kg7 14.Ne5!

14...Nxe5??

14...Ng8 15.Nxf7! Qd4+- (15...Rxf7? 16.Rxf7+ Kxf7 17.Qxh7+ Kf8 (17...Ke8 18.Bxg6+ Kf8 19.Qf7#) 18.Bxg6 Ne5 19.Bh6+ Nxh6 20.Qxh6+ Kg8 21.Qh7+ Kf8 22.Qh8#)

15.Bxf6+ Bxf6 16.Qxf6+ Kg8 17.Qxe5 Qxb2 18.Rb1 Qa3 19.Nb5 Qe7 20.Nc7 f6

21.Nd5! 1-0.

21...fxe5 22.Nxe7+ Kg7 23.Rxf8 Kxf8 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxb7+-