These games were played by Vladim Djordjevic (1453) at our January 2005 Swiss tournament. Vladim finished with one and a half points after several hard fought games. Unfortunately paired against the top seed in the first round, the tournament did not get off to a good start, and the second round also proved difficult with a draw against Donald Reyes (1169).
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Aleksanda Stamnov - Vladim Djordjevic [B01]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (1) 2005
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Nf3 Nick diFirmian in MCO-14 refers to this move as "wimpy", but there is no arguing with success. The normal line given is
4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 (5. Bc4 c6 6. Bd2 Bf5 7. Nd5 Qd8 8. Nxf6+ gxf6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Bb3 a5 and White still has his initiative.)
5... Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 e6 9. Bg2 c6 10. h4 Be4 with advantage to White.
4... Bg4 5. b4 Qh5 Not 5... Qxb4 6. Rb1 Qc5 7. Rxb7 and the rook cannot be harassed as 7... Qc6 is met by 8. Bb5
6. Be2 c6 This is questionable. Black needs to develop pieces and find shelter for the king first.
6... e6
or
6... e5
or
6... Nf6
would be preferable.
7. Ne4 e6 8. O-O Nd7 The White b pawn remains untouchable because of the same Rb1 maneuver.
9. d4 Ngf6 10. Ng3 Qd5 Despite being centralized, the queen has very little scope. Only this square and d6 allow her to rest unmolested, and that not for long. More importantly, the queen is useless in defending Black's other pieces, as she can easily be forced to a square where she will likely have to abandon anything dependent on her.
11. Bf4 Nb6 12. c3 Nh5 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Re1 Be7 15. a4 Qf5 16. Qd2 Nd5 17. Be5 Bf6? Black forgot how restricted the queen is, even though that has been the dominant theme of the game.
Instead 17... Bxf3 18. Bxf3 O-O 19. Be4 Qh5 does not make his situation any worse, though it is no better.
Alternately,
17... Qg4 18. Bg3 Bg6 19. Ne5 Qg5 20. f4 Qf5 21. Bg4 is playable if uncomfortable.
18. Bd3 and the queen is lost after 18... Qg4 19. h3. White resigns.
1-0
Vladimir Djordjevic - Don Reyes [B07]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (2) 2005
Vladim Djordjevic - Ken Marshall [B01]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (3) 2005
Jeremy Crouse - Vladim Djordjevic [B01]
McHenry Area Chess January Swiss (4) 2005
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