This week's game is from the London FIDE Open, in which Eric Hansen tied for 2nd place. Eric carefully positionned all his pieces and prepared a very nice trap for his opponent.
[Event "London FIDE Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015. 09"] [Round "7"] [White "Hansen, Eric"] [Black "Martins, David Pt"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2577"] [BlackElo "2372"] [Annotator ""] [PlyCount "53"]}
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bc1 $5 {Not the most
common move, but it has still been played by some of the World's top players.}
(6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 {Is the most common variation.}) 6... Nfd7 (6... Ne4
7. Qg4 g6 (7... Nxc3 8. Qxg7 $16)) 7. Qg4 {This shows the downside of Bb4 :
the bishop does not protect the critical g7 square. Black can now push g6 or
protect it with its rook or its king, but in all cases its situation is
weakened, hence justifying White's earlier loss of tempo.} Bf8 (7... Kf8 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 c5 {Had to be considered. While at first glance this may seem
better for White, it is quite likely that Black is used to play this kind of
position.}) 8. Nf3 a6 9. Be3 c5 10. dxc5 Nc6 11. O-O-O {In these setups, White
usually want to castle queenside. It allows to quickly solidify the center and
White is ready to launch an attack if White castles.} Qa5 12. Kb1 Nxc5 13. h4 {
While this move may not seem useful, it actually frees the h3 square for the
rook, which is actually a great square to protect the third row and bring more
pieces in the action.} Bd7 14. Rh3 Rc8 15. a3 {This move obviously prevents
Nb4, but may also hide some b4 threats in some cases!} Nd8 $6 {Black realized
the c6 knight wasn't doing much. However, it seems like he failed to realize
that d8 is probably not the best square. e7 was much better} (15... Ne7 16. Nd4
h5 17. Qg3 Na4 {And Black has a decent game}) 16. Nd4 b5 $2 {The move seems
obvious. But White has a very surprising tactical resource!} 17. b4 $1 Qxa3 18.
Na2 {Effectively trapping the queen!} Ne4 19. Bc1 Nxf2 {Although its queen is
lost, Black definitely has some counterplay and White needs to be careful} (
19... Qa4 20. Ra3) 20. Qe2 Qxh3 21. gxh3 Nxd1 22. Qxd1 {White now has a queen
and a knight against two rooks and two pawns, which should be more than enough.
} Be7 23. Qg4 Kf8 24. Bd3 Nb7 25. Bd2 Ra8 26. Nc3 Rd8 27. Nce2 {There is
literally nothing Black can do. All its pieces are tied up and White
threathens to play Ng3-h5 (among others)} 0-1
