Boylston Chess Club 8$ Open

July 13,1997

Kent Leung (age 12)-Leonid Shmuylevich

(Kent Leung is the 1997 Massachusetts Under-1250 Game/60 Champion)

Annotations by Eric Godin

1.e4 e5

2.d4 exd4

3.Qxd4

I remember Kent's first session with me in January 1997. He said "Against 1...e5, I want to castle Queenside."

3...Nc6

4.Qe3 b6

This dubious idea has been invented by many.

5.Nc3 Bc5

6.Qg3

Showing Black his mistake. If 6...Qf6, then 7.Nd5 wins.

6...g6

7.Bd2 Bb7

8.0-0-0 Bd6

9.Bf4

Instead 9.f4 appears crushing, but paradoxically the position is +=.

9...Bxf4

10.Qxf4 d6

11.Bb5 Qf6

12.Qe3 0-0-0

13.f4 Qe7

14.Nf3 f5

15.e5 Nf6

16.Rhe1 Ng4

17.Qe2 dxe5

18.h3 Rxd1

Black shouldn't yield the open file to White.

19.Rxd1 Nh6

20.Nd5 Qc5

21.b4!!

Kent envisions a grand combination.

21...Qf8

22.Bxc6 Bxc6

23.Qa6 Kb8

If 23...Bb7, then 24.Qxa7 e4 25.Ne5 Nf7 26.Nxb6 cxb6 27.Rd7 Nd6 28.Qxb6 +-.

24.Nxe5 Qe8

25.Ne7!

White's Knights abound.

25...Bb5

Instead Bb7 is the same.

26.Rd8!

Terrific.

26...Qxd8

27.Nc6 Bxc6

28.Nxc6 Ka8

29.Qxa7 Checkmate1-0

A masterpiece!