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Raymond Keene vs Hans Ree
Clare Benedict Cup (1970), Paignton ENG, rd 4, Apr-09
Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation (A04)  ·  1-0

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White to move.
ANALYSIS [x]
Notes by Raymond Keene. Fortunately for me, I had forgotten the ’theoretical’ continuation: 9 Ne1 Rb8 10 Nc2 Nc7 11 a4 b6 12 Rb1 (Korchnoi - Tal, Candidates’ match, 1968), which leads to a good position for Black. The text prepares b2-b3 followed by transposition into a kind of Panno King’s Indian where Black has the extra move ...f7-f5 - one that is both unaesthetic and seriously weakening.In order to transfer the queen’s knight to e6 via e2 and f4. With this move White also intends to rule out the possibility of combinations for Black involving ...Rb8 ...bxc4 ...f5-f4 and ...Bf5.This is rather stereotyped. If Black is going to fight against White’s strategic idea, he must play 13...e5!, e.g. 14 dxe6 Nxe6 15 Nf4 Nxf4 16 exf4 Bb7, and Black can generate some piece activity to compensate for his dubious pawn structure and diseased central squares. A key move. After this there are no more difficulties for White - if pressed for a judgement, I would be inclined to claim that Black is already strategically lost. The only hope I saw for my opponent lay in the manoeuvre ...b5-b4 followed by ...a7-a5-a4-a3 (if allowed) and then a king march from g8 to the queen’s wing. When I suggested this after the game Ree seemed unimpressed, but we could find nothing better for Black in our post mortem analysis.I could not understand this move.Or 15...h6 16 Ne6 Bxe6 17 dxe6 when Black’s king’s wing is isolated from his defensive pieces and White’s bishops sweep the board.Sheer desperation - since Black must ultimately lose control of the b-file. However, if 16...Bxg5 17 hxg5 Ne4 then 18 Ba1! followed by Qd2, with unpleasant threats on the long dark diagonal.The final mopping up operation begins. One can see at a glance just how bad Black’s position is.Also strong is 22 Re1.23...Qxd6 is of much more use to Black’s king but does not do much for his pawn formation, which is sufficiently shattered to guarantee a loss.26...Nxd3 allows 27 Re7+ etc., while if 26...Qa5 then 27 f4! wins.1-0

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Jan-30-09  YoungEd: I could be wrong, of course, but it seems like one key move for White here is actually 7. d5. At first I didn't understand it, since it seems to give Black's bishop more scope. But restraining Black's e-pawn makes the f-pawn remain a positional problem for Black the whole game.

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