How to Crush the Guimard French: Kang - A. Kekenj

Описание: What ideas are basic in the Guimard's French defence? What are the best attacking ideas for White in the Guimard French? What happens when Black's f7-f6 pawn-break is delayed or never played? How bad it is after trading the dark-square bishops? A beautiful sacrifice of White which puts a nail on the coffin of Black.

This game is played at the World Youth Chess Championship for boys U-16, in Oropesa del Mar (Spain), back in 1998. It is interesting from perspective of how the French defence (Guimard's line of the Tarrasch variation in the French defence) should be played as White, with couple of thematic mistakes or inaccuracies made by black (me). There are couple of moments in which you are invited to guess the move (mainly tactical situations). Overall, an exciting miniature, in which you'll see how accurate it is required to be when playing the French with black pieces. Otherwise, you get crushed the way I got here.

Level: Intermediate.

Kang Chanqui (CHN) - Kekenj Aleksandar (YUG)
Oropesa del Mar (W-Ch) 1998.
(French defence: Guimard defence, Tarrasch variation)

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Nb4 7. Be2 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 a5 12. a4 Be7 13. Ng5 Nb4 14. Bd3 Nxd3 15. Qxd3 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 O-O 17. Be7 Re8 18. Bd6 Nb8 19. Rfe1 Bd7 20. Re3 f5 21. Nc5 Bc6 22. Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxf5 Rxd6 24. exd6 Nd7 25. Re7 Qd8 26. Qf7+ 1-0

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