The World Champion Has Used Yury Bukayev’s Advice on 4…Be7 in Game 11 of the Match with Enough Success

 The World Champion Has Used Yury Bukayev’s Advice  

on 4…Be7 in Game 11 of the Match with Enough Success  

(by Yury V. Bukayev) 

 

Let’s analyse the opening stage of today’s main chess game GM Lei Tingjie – WCC GM Ju Wenjun (Game 11 of the World Chess Championship Match 2023: https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=2548557  ):  

 

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 Be7  

In my recent analytical publication (https://jeromegambit.blogspot.com/2023/07/lei-tingjie-has-beaten-ju-wenjun-in.html) on Game 5 (and partially on Game 3) I have written about opponents’ moves 4.d3 Bc5: “This sequence is very popular among top chess players in the modern time, but I don’t recommend both 4.d3?! and 4…Bc5?!, if you want to make the best move. Thus, after 4…Be7! White doesn’t have an advantage”. Thus, Ms. Ju has used my advice on 4…Be7 today. 

 

5.Nc3 d6 6.a4 0-0 7.Bg5 Be6 

Black has a very good alternative: 7…h6! AN 8.Bh4 [8.h4? hxg5 9.hxg5 Ng4!, and Black has a large advantage; 8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nd5 g6 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 11.h3 Be6 or 11…Kg7, and Black stands slightly better in both cases; 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nd5 Bxd5 10.exd5 Nb4 11.c3 Nbxd5 12.Bxd5 Nxd5 13.Qb3 Nxe3 14.fxe3 Rb8!?, and Black has a large advantage] 8…Nh7!? 9.Bg3 [9.Bxe7 Qxe7 =] 9…Bg4! 10.h3 Bh5 11.Bh2 Ng5 12.g4 Nxf3+ 13.Qxf3 Nd4, and after 14…Bg6 Black has a good position.  

It is very interesting that after 9…Re8 10.0-0!? (10.h3) 10…Bg4 11.h3 Bh5?! White plays 12.Nxe5!!, and after the natural move 12…Bxd1? White gets a very large advantage after 13.Nxf7!: if 13…Qb8 (Black gets an enormous material advantage) 14.Ne5+! Kh8 15.Ng6#, and it is much more complicated than the Legal’s Mate – one of topics of this famous blog. 

 

8.Bxf6 Bxf6 9.Nd5 Bxd5 

The move 8.Bxf6 isn’t the best one, although it is impossible for White to get an advantage here. After 9…Bxd5 the game’s position is almost even. Black has a very good alternative: 9…g6! AN (with the idea 10…Bg7!) 10.Nxf6+ Qxf6 (here Black plans to capture White’s Bishop) 11.Bxe6 Qxe6! with the following …f7-f5!, and Black stands better.  

 

And let me finish this research. I recommend the Women’s World Champion Ms. Ju to choose more strong and more aggressive opening system in the 12th classical game of the Match, its result depends on its early opening stage enough strongly. Thus, I recommend her to play 1.e4, 1.c4 or 1.d4 instead of 1.Nf3. 

 

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