Daily Calculation exercises - Day 12 | 3.Bd3 against the French defense

IM AttilaTurzo

Apr 16, 2023, 4:57 AM | 6

I made 5 exercises from the game against Donat Daroczi, which we played in the 3rd round of the International Master Tournament in Budapest.

I missed this countermove at the end of a 6 moves long combination where I sacrificed a rook. What was the critical move?

How should white reach to the queen exchange offer?

Black just defended the c7 bishop. What should white do?

Looked like there is no more chance for a victory, I still found a way to challenge black:

Until the very end black had a chance for the draw. This was his last one:

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I played 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5. 3.Bd3 the Schlechter variation of the French defense.

I used this course to prepare for the game: The Tricky Schlechter Variation against the French Defense

I got a small edge out of the opening when he offered the exchange of the queens on b6. I was happy to capture it and create weak pawns. After a long maneuvering middlegame I made a rook sacrifice which gave away my big advantage and got an interesting material imbalance: pair of bishops and pawn for the bishop and rook.

Another long battle and shuffling and I was able to make a pawn break and go to an endgame with an extra pawn. He defended well until the end:

Rank after Round 3

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	6	IM	Turzo, Attila	HUN	2279	2,5	2,25	2
2	2		Gkavardinas, Antonios	GRE	2108	2	3,00	2
3	8	IM	To, Nhat Minh	HUN	2354	2	2,00	1
4	10	GM	Pacher, Milan	SVK	2395	1,5	3,25	1
5	3	FM	Leszko, Bence	HUN	2240	1,5	2,50	0
6	1	WIM	Sharma, Isha	IND	2216	1,5	2,25	1
7	9	CM	Levitan, Caleb Levi	RSA	2065	1,5	1,75	1
8	4		Tancsa, Tamas	HUN	2220	1	1,00	1
9	7	FM	Daroczi, Donat	HUN	2214	1	0,50	1
10	5	CM	Kshatriya, Nitin Vekhande	IND	2224	0,5	1,00	0

I ran in the morning and bath in the sunshine:

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Attila Turzo

International Master

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Daily Calculation exercises - Day 12 | 3.Bd3 against the French defense

Rank after Round 3

International Master and Chess Coach Attila Turzo