JEFF CAVENEY Wins 1st Place at the CICL Individual ChampionshipRKCF would like to congratulate, Expert Jeff Caveney. for winning 1st Place at the 'Chicago Industrial Chess League Individual Championship' on May 8, 2010. Jeff is an excellent chess teacher and an incredibly strong player. Jeff told us all his opponents played well, and he annotated his game against Expert Andrew Hubbard for the 'Knights News'. Thank you Jeff.
CICL Individual Championship
Round 2, Board 1
White: Andrew Hubbard
Black: Jeff Caveney
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 d6
8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Qc7
12.Nbd2
This is the main line of the Ruy Lopez, and this position was just as familiar to chess players in 1910 as it is in 2010.
12...Rd8
13.Nf1 cxd4
14.cxd4 exd4
15.Nxd4
White also could have delayed this recapture and played 15.Bf4 first.
15...d5
16.e5 Ne4
17.Nd2
This is a mistake because it blocks in the bishop on c1.
17...Bc5
18.Bxe4 dxe4
19.N4b3 Nxb3
20.Qxb3 Rd3!
Activating the rook and pushing the queen back.
21.Qd1 Bxf2+!
With a big lead in development, White's pieces tied up, and no protection for his king, now is the time to sacrifice the bishop to expose and attack the king.
22.Kxf2 Qb6+
23.Kf1
23.Ke2 could have led to the same position as the game after 23...Re3+ 24.Kf1.
23...Rxh3!!
Temporarily sacrificing a rook too to strip away all the pawns in front of the king. Black will soon start getting his material back with interest.
24.Nf3
Hubbard fights hard to stay alive in a lost position. The main lines were 24.Nxe4 Rh1+ 25.Ke2 Bg4+ winning the queen and 24.gxh3 Bxh3+ 25.Ke2 Bg4+ 26.Kf1 Bxd1 27.Rxd1. White has a rook, bishop and knight for the queen, but Black also has 3 extra pawns, and most important all White's pieces are undeveloped and tied up doing nothing. A move like 27...Qh6 looks strong, threatening to harass the king with checks, the tactical point being 28.Nxe4 Qh1+ 29.Ke2 Qxe4+.
24...Rh1+
25.Ke2 exf3+
26.Kxf3 Bb7+
27.Ke2 Rh2
28.Rg1 Qg6
29.Qd4 Rxg2+
30.Rxg2 Qxg2+
31.Ke1
Amazingly White isn't dead yet, but the endgame will eventually be winning for Black if he plays accurately. The two extra passed pawns on the kingside are too much, even with opposite colored bishops.
31...Bf3
32.Qf2 Qh1+
33.Qf1 Qh4+
34.Qf2 Qe4+
35.Qe3 Rd8
36.Qxe4 Rd1+
37.Kf2 Bxe4
38.b3 h5
39.Ke3 Bd5
40.Bb2 Rxa1
41.Bxa1 g5
Here with under 5 minutes on the clock I stopped writing the moves down. The following are the rest of the moves as best I can remember them.
42.Bc3 Kh7
43.Kd4 Be6
44.Kc5 Kg6
45.Kb6 h4
46.Be1 Kf5
47.Kxa6 Bd7
Black didn't bother to protect the a6 pawn, since the king could drive the bishop away from that diagonal. But Black does bother to protect the b5 pawn, because the bishop has more room on this diagonal, and because two pawns would be much more dangerous counter play for White than one pawn on the queenside.
48.Kb6 Kg4
49.Bf2 Kf3
50.Bc5 Be6
Now Black can give up the b5 pawn because his own h-pawn is so close to queening. 50...Be6 stops White from playing e6 himself and then Bd6 covering h2.
51.a4 bxa4
52.bxa4 h3 White resigns 0-1.
CICL Individual Championship
Round 2, Board 1
White: Andrew Hubbard
Black: Jeff Caveney
1.e4 e5
2.Nf3 Nc6
3.Bb5 a6
4.Ba4 Nf6
5.O-O Be7
6.Re1 b5
7.Bb3 d6
8.c3 O-O
9.h3 Na5
10.Bc2 c5
11.d4 Qc7
12.Nbd2
This is the main line of the Ruy Lopez, and this position was just as familiar to chess players in 1910 as it is in 2010.
12...Rd8
13.Nf1 cxd4
14.cxd4 exd4
15.Nxd4
White also could have delayed this recapture and played 15.Bf4 first.
15...d5
16.e5 Ne4
17.Nd2
This is a mistake because it blocks in the bishop on c1.
17...Bc5
18.Bxe4 dxe4
19.N4b3 Nxb3
20.Qxb3 Rd3!
Activating the rook and pushing the queen back.
21.Qd1 Bxf2+!
With a big lead in development, White's pieces tied up, and no protection for his king, now is the time to sacrifice the bishop to expose and attack the king.
22.Kxf2 Qb6+
23.Kf1
23.Ke2 could have led to the same position as the game after 23...Re3+ 24.Kf1.
23...Rxh3!!
Temporarily sacrificing a rook too to strip away all the pawns in front of the king. Black will soon start getting his material back with interest.
24.Nf3
Hubbard fights hard to stay alive in a lost position. The main lines were 24.Nxe4 Rh1+ 25.Ke2 Bg4+ winning the queen and 24.gxh3 Bxh3+ 25.Ke2 Bg4+ 26.Kf1 Bxd1 27.Rxd1. White has a rook, bishop and knight for the queen, but Black also has 3 extra pawns, and most important all White's pieces are undeveloped and tied up doing nothing. A move like 27...Qh6 looks strong, threatening to harass the king with checks, the tactical point being 28.Nxe4 Qh1+ 29.Ke2 Qxe4+.
24...Rh1+
25.Ke2 exf3+
26.Kxf3 Bb7+
27.Ke2 Rh2
28.Rg1 Qg6
29.Qd4 Rxg2+
30.Rxg2 Qxg2+
31.Ke1
Amazingly White isn't dead yet, but the endgame will eventually be winning for Black if he plays accurately. The two extra passed pawns on the kingside are too much, even with opposite colored bishops.
31...Bf3
32.Qf2 Qh1+
33.Qf1 Qh4+
34.Qf2 Qe4+
35.Qe3 Rd8
36.Qxe4 Rd1+
37.Kf2 Bxe4
38.b3 h5
39.Ke3 Bd5
40.Bb2 Rxa1
41.Bxa1 g5
Here with under 5 minutes on the clock I stopped writing the moves down. The following are the rest of the moves as best I can remember them.
42.Bc3 Kh7
43.Kd4 Be6
44.Kc5 Kg6
45.Kb6 h4
46.Be1 Kf5
47.Kxa6 Bd7
Black didn't bother to protect the a6 pawn, since the king could drive the bishop away from that diagonal. But Black does bother to protect the b5 pawn, because the bishop has more room on this diagonal, and because two pawns would be much more dangerous counter play for White than one pawn on the queenside.
48.Kb6 Kg4
49.Bf2 Kf3
50.Bc5 Be6
Now Black can give up the b5 pawn because his own h-pawn is so close to queening. 50...Be6 stops White from playing e6 himself and then Bd6 covering h2.
51.a4 bxa4
52.bxa4 h3 White resigns 0-1.
