Master game · French Defense
Kurnosov, Igor vs Andreikin, Dmitry, 2012
19. TCh-RUS 2012. A French Defense game with annotated key positions you can drill.
White
Kurnosov, Igor (2657)
Black
Andreikin, Dmitry (2689)
Event
19. TCh-RUS 2012
Date
2012
Opening
C11m French Defense
Result
1-0
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3 11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 a6 13. Bxd7+ Bxd7 14. Rb3 Qe7
15. Rxb7 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 Qd8 17. Bb6 Qc8 18. Rc7 Qd8 19. Qd4 Rb8 20. O-O Rc8 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Rb1 Be7 24. Ba7 Bc8 25. Rb8 O-O 26. f6 Ba3 27. Rb3 Bc1
28. Bc5 Re8 29. Ne2 Bh6 30. Rh3 Qb5 31. Kf2 Qc4 32. Qxc4 dxc4 33. Be3 Bxe3+ 34.
Kxe3 gxf6 35. exf6 e5 36. Rh4 Re6 37. Rxc4 Bd7 38. Rc7 Be8 39. Rc5 Kf8 40. c4
Bc6 41. g3 Rxf6 42. Rxe5 Rf3+ 43. Kd4 Rf2 44. h4 Bf3 45. Nc3 Rg2 46. Re3 Rxg3
47. Ne4 Rh3 48. Ke5 h6 49. c5 Bg2 50. Rxh3 Bxh3 51. Kf6 Be6 52. c6 Bxa2 53. Nc5
Ke8 54. c7 Be6 55. Nxe6 1-0
Key positions
The masters found these critical moments. Drill them in spaced repetition to internalise the ideas.
15. Rxb7!
18. Rc7!
26. f6!
32. Qxc4!
33. Be3!
38. Rc7!
42. Rxe5!
43. Kd4!
44. h4!
45. Nc3!
50. Rxh3!
52. c6!
53. Nc5!
54. c7!
55. Nxe6!
Drill the key positions in spaced repetition
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