[Event "Prague ol (Men)"] [Site "Prague CSR"] [Date "1931.07.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Fricis Apsenieks"] [Black "Arthur William Dake"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B13"] [BlackElo "2330"] [Annotator "Doe,John"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "1931.07.11"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 {This line is appealing to amateurs because it is a simple and easy to learn answer to the Caro-Kann. By clarifying the central tension white gives himself a clear plan of attack using the half open e-file and the e5 square. And, it can be hard to meet even for GMs as players like Fischer, Timman and Browne, among other, discovered. Black is not without resources but he needs to know what he's doing.} Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 {Also popular is 5...Qc7.} 6. h3 {Black will now have difficulties developing his B because white has prevented ...Bf4 with 4th move and with this move prevents ...Bg4.} e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. f4 {Clearly Apscheneek has aggressive intentions or else he would have played the normal Nf3 and castled.} a6 9. g4 {Who would have guessed that when he played his last move Apscheneek intended this?!} b5 {Dake is equally aggressive and invites white to play 10. g5 which can be met by 10...Ne4 inviting white to win a P with 11.Bxe4 dxe4 12. Qxe4. But that would be too dangerous because after 12...Bb7 white's Q and R are on the same diagonal as the B and after ...Qc7 defending the B there is the threat of ...Nxd4. Also, white's K is wide open.} 10. b4 Bb7 11. Nf3 Qb6 { The idea of 11...Ne4 is still feasible.} 12. a4 {Playing on both sides of the board.} bxa4 13. Rxa4 Ne4 {White still can't safely take the N and must defend against the fork on g3.} 14. Rg1 {With his next move Dake chose not to play an interesting sacrifice. 14...Nxc3 15.Nxc3 Nxd4 16.Nxd4 Qxd4 attacking the N on c3 and the R on g1. Not surprising... Dake had a solid, positional style.} g6 { Intending ...f5 to hinder white's K-side play.} 15. Be3 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Qa2 {With his K-side attacking chances stymied, white turns his attention to black's a-Pawn and d-Pawn.} Nf6 {Both sides now engage in repositioning their Ns.} 18. Nbd2 Nd8 19. Nb3 Ne4 20. Bd2 Ne6 21. Nc5 {This attacks the a-Pawn four times while it is only defended three times. Nevertheless, it would not be safe to take it if black castles because of 21...O-O 22.Bxa6 Bxa6 23.Nxa6 Qb5! 24.Nc4 Nxf4! threatening ...Qe2 mate and ...Nxc3. So, if now 21...O-O 22. Ne5 and white stands well.} N6xc5 {Black still should have castled as the lesser evil because white not gets a protected passed P.} 22. bxc5 Qe6 23. Ne5 O-O 24. Rb4 {White gets good play on the open b-file and at this point has a strategically won game.} Qc8 25. Qb3 Ra7 26. Rb6 Bh4+ 27. Ke2 Bd8 28. c6 { White can win in a variety of ways. Besides the move he selected, he could also have sacrificed a N with 28.Nxg6 followed by the excavation of black's K.} Bxb6 29. Qxb6 Qa8 30. Bxe4 fxe4 31. Nxg6 hxg6 32. cxb7 Rxb7 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Qh5+ {White mates in 3.} 1-0

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