(1) Hamperl (FM),Fred - Jouault,Louis [B01]
3rd Spectrum Guernsey (3), 15.03.2008

Louis had travelled over from Jersey

1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.d4 e5
I'd seen Louis played this at the Torino Olympiad, I knew nothing about this move. I only had 5 minutes sat in my car to prepare between rounds.

5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Bb5+
This zwischen zug is important to slow Black's development stopping Nc6 if c6 is played.

6...c6
[6...Nc6 7.dxe5 (7.d5 0-0-0~~ ) 7...Bb4 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 9.0-0+/- ]

7.Be2 Bb4 8.Nxe5! Bxc3+ 9.Kf1!!
I had looked at a computer line to here. Before entering the line I decided to treat it like a puzzle, I knew there was compensation because of the computer evaluation and I would try and work it out at the board. It soon became apparant Black has to lose his castling rights as well.

9...Bxb2?
I guess the shock factor of Kf1 flustered him [9...Bxe2+ 10.Qxe2 Bxd4 11.Nxc6++- ; 9...Be6 10.bxc3 Nd7 (10...Qxc3 11.Rb1+/- b6 12.Bb2 Qa5 13.Nc4 Qa4 ; 10...Nf6 11.Rb1+/- ) 11.Rb1 0-0-0 12.Nc4+/- ; 9...Bxd4 10.Nxg4 Bb6 11.Bd2 Qf5 12.Bd3 Qe6 13.Qf3+- ]

10.Bxb2 Be6 11.Nc4 Bxc4
[11...Qc7 12.Ba3 Nf6 13.Nd6+ Kd8+- 14.Rb1 ]

12.Bxc4 Ne7
[12...Qb4 13.Qe2+ (13.Bb3+/- ) 13...Ne7 14.Re1+- ]

13.Qe2 Kf8 14.Re1 Qb4 15.h4 b5 16.Bb3
[16.Bxf7 I looked long and hard at this line and wasn't 100% sure it was better than Bb3 so I went for the safe option as I knew that was easily winning anyway. 16...Kxf7 17.Qe6+ Ke8 18.Qc8+ Kf7 19.Qxh8+- Qxb2 20.Rh3 ]

16...Nd7 17.Rh3 Nd5??
[17...Nf6 18.Bxf7 I was going to play this (18.Qe5 computer line 18...Re8 19.c3 Qa5 20.Rhe3 h5 21.Qd6+- ) 18...Kxf7 19.Qe6+ Ke8 20.Qxc6+ Kf7 21.Qe6+ Ke8 22.Rc3+- ]

18.Bxd5 cxd5 19.Ba3
I went on to win the tournament 1-0