The "Jeunes Espoirs" tournament which translates to Young Hopes was held in late June to give Quebec chess juniors a chance to play against one another. I chose a game which features an attack which could have been parried but ends up working due to several inaccuracies by black. A good exercise is to play over various lines and see where black could have improved his defense.
[Event "Jeunes Espoirs 2013"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2013.06.22"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhu, Hong Rui"]
[Black "Luo, Zhao Yang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2077"]
[BlackElo "2107"]
[Annotator "MacKinnon,Keith"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2013.??.??"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bf4 {Part of white's
idea (along with the natural development of his pieces) is to delay Nf3 so
that black is unable to pin the knight with ...Bg4} Bg4 7. Qb3 Qd7 (7... Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rfe1 {is another way the game could have
continued}) 8. Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Bxf3 {A strange looking move but one that is
backed by theory. The justification is that since black's pawns are on light
squares, he is able to part with this bishop without weakening his position.} (
9... Bd6 {scores well for black in the hundred or so games in my database} 10.
Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O (11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 O-O 13. O-O (13. Bb5 {white will be
unable to maintain his pawn advantage, but he can try} Rb6 14. Qa4 Ne7 {with ..
..Rfb8 or ...Qb8 to come. the initiative will certainly be with the black
player}) 13... Rb6 14. Qa4 Rxb2) 11... O-O $11 {and black should enjoy full
equality here}) 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Bg3 (11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rae1 {and
I prefer white although I'm partial to the bishop in this type of position})
11... O-O 12. a4 Rab8 13. O-O Bxg3 14. fxg3 {Often, a capture from the
outside-in with hxg3 is the automatic reaction, but, here, fxg3 is interesting
because it opens up white's rook.} Qc7 15. Rae1 a6 16. Ne5 (16. Ng5 $5 {with
the threat of Rxf6. It keeps the position more dynamic and offers white better
attacking chances}) 16... Nxe5 17. Rxe5 b5 $1 18. axb5 axb5 19. Qd1 {White
realizes that his only chance is to play for an attack on the kingside, so he
attempts to transfer his queen to that side of the board. The immediate threat
is Rxf6} Qe7 20. Qd2 b4 21. Qg5 Rfe8 (21... h6 22. Qd2 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rfc8 $15 {
White's attack has been stopped and now he has an awful backwards pawn on c3.})
22. Qh4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Rb3 24. Re3 h6 25. Ref3 Ra8 (25... Ne4 {unnecessary at
this point. leads to approximate equality} 26. Rxf7 Qxh4 27. gxh4 Rxc3 28. Bb5)
26. g4 Ra2 $2 {way too slow...} 27. g5 hxg5 (27... Ne4 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Rxf7
Kxf7 30. Qf4+ Ke8 31. Bxe4 dxe4 32. Qxe4 $16 {and it is extremely unlikely
that black can hold}) 28. Qxg5 $18 Kf8 29. Rg3 Ne8 30. Qh5 f5 $2 (30... Qa7 {
last chance} 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Rgf3 Nd6 33. Bg6 $1 Ra1 34. Qxg7 $18) 31. Qh8+
Kf7 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Rxf5+ Ke6 34. Re3+ (34. Re5+ {even easier than the game,
but of course the line in the game is sufficient as well} Kd6 35. Rg6+ Kd7 36.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. h4) 34... Kxf5 35. Qh7+ Kf6 36. Qh4+ g5 37. Qh6+ Kf5 (37... Kf7
38. Qh7+ Ng7 39. Rxe7+ Kxe7 40. Qxg7+ {and white will win thanks to his passed
pawns after capturing on g5 (and avoiding checkmate on b1)}) 38. Rf3+ Ke4 39.
Qg6# {My general feeling about this game is that black got out of the opening
with a solid position but then fell prey to wihte's superficial attack.
White's attack only became a reality after a bad plan which was much too slow
(Ra8-a2)} 1-0
