Monday, November 23, 2009

Two Draws in the Alapin-Diemer

An Alapin-Diemer Gambit turned up in today's TWIC. White's offer of the f-pawn is met by its old nemesis, e7-e5. Two draws in this line for you:

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Knoop, W (2059 - Van de Griendt, JW (2352)
1/2-1/2 (TCh-NED 2009-10) 9/26/2009
[#] 1.d4 e6 2.e4 d5 3.Be3 dxe4 4.Nd2 Nf6 5.c3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Nxe4 Qxd1+ 9.Rxd1 Nxe4 10.fxe4 Be6 11.b3
[11.Bd4 Nc6 12.Bb5 a6 13.Bxc6+ bxc6 14.a3 O-O-O 15.b4 Bb3 16.Rd2 Re8 17.Re2 Bc4 18.Re3 Bd6 19.g3 f5 20.Ne2 Be5 21.Kd2 Bxe2 22.Rxe2 Bxd4 23.cxd4 fxe4 24.Rhe1 Rhf8 1/2-1/2 Hashemi,A-Liepold,S/Bayern 2003/EXT 2004]
11...a5 12.Nf3 Nxf3+ 13.gxf3 Be7 14.Rg1 Bh4+ 15.Bf2 Bxf2+ 16.Kxf2 O-O 17.c4 Rfd8 18.Be2 Kf8 19.Ke3 Rxd1 20.Rxd1 Ke7 21.f4 [1/2-1/2]