Friday, November 6, 2009

Return of the Euwe Defense

It's been a while, but I've been struggling with a few health problems.

Anyway, here's a recent Blackmar-Diemer in the venerable Euwe Defense. I've always enjoyed playing against the Euwe. Maybe it's time to show a few more games with this variation.

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Marmey, C. - Cristofari, A.
1/2-1/2 (Corsica Masters) 10/28/2009
[#] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3 exf3 5.Nxf3 e6 6.Bg5 c5 Diemer liked to say that 6...c5 was Euwe's refutation of the BDG, and that his own response 7. Bxf3 was the refutation of Euwe's refutation. 7.d5 Be7 8.Bb5+ Kf8 9.O-O a6 10.Bd3 exd5 11.Ne5 Nc6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Nxd5 Qxd5 14.Bxf6 Bxf6 15.Bg6+ Kxg6 16.Qxd5 h6 17.Qe4+ Kf7 18.Rae1 h5 19.Qd5+ Kg6 20.Qe4+ Kf7 21.Qd5+ Kg6 22.Qe4+ [1/2-1/2]