[Event "Montreal op"]
[Site "Montreal CAN"]
[Date "2014.09.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Munro, Allan"]
[Black "Nicula, Marius"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2233"]
[Annotator "Doe,John"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.09.05"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 {The classical variation of the French defense.
The other option was 3... Bb4, leading to the Winaver variation.} 4. e5 Nfd7 5.
f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 {White's plan is pretty simple here. He wants to quickly
castle queenside, by playing Be3 and Qd2. After that, he will most likely try
to attack Black on the king side. On the other hand, Black has a lot of
counterplay on the queen side and the c-file should soon be available for his
rooks.} 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. O-O-O Rb8 $6 {An odd move.
Playing a6, followed by b5, is a much more logical choice. Black probably does
not want to push b5, sacrificing the pawn, and thus loses a tempo.} 11. Kb1 {
Not a forced move, but it could always be useful. Another logical continuation
would have been h4, with the idea of bringing the rook in h3. N} a6 12. Qf2 $5
({Also worth considering was} 12. f5 $5 {Threatening f6} exf5 $6 (12... Ne4 13.
Nxe4 dxe4 14. f6 {White has some advantage, although it might be hard to
convert it into a full point.}) 13. Nxd5) 12... Nd7 $6 (12... Qa5 {Would have
probably been more accurate, preventing White from playing Bd3. Black might
further continuate with Na4.}) 13. Bd3 Nb4 $2 (13... b5 {Would have given
Black better counterplay.}) 14. g4 $2 {White missed a good opportunity to
launch a powerful attack.} (14. f5 $1 Nxd3 15. Rxd3 b5 16. Qg3 Kh8 17. Ng5 $18)
14... Qa5 {After a few innacurate moves, Black is in a difficult position, as
his attack might be too late. Still, a move like b5 would have probably been
somewhat more aggressive.} 15. Rhg1 Nc5 $6 {Black should see a huge flashing
red light above the board. The d3 bishop represents an enormous threat and
Black should have captured it to avoid any tactics.} 16. Rg3 Bd7 $2 {Black
missed his last chance to take the bishop. Now that White has all his pieces
aiming at Black's king, he can start the attack.} 17. Bxh7+ $3 Kxh7 18. Rh3+
Kg8 19. Ng5 $1 Bxg5 {Black didn't have the choice, as White threathened to
play Qh4... But it's still too late.} 20. Bxc5 {Obviously not taking in g5} Bd8
21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. Rh8+ Ke7 23. Qh4+ f6 24. Qh7 Kf7 25. Rg8 1-0
