[chessmind] Dennis Monokroussos: An isolani trap catches another victim

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Posted by Dennis Monokroussos:
An isolani trap catches another victim
http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1221717783.shtml


   [1]In my ChessBase show from six weeks ago, I presented a
   Smyslov-Karpov game in which both players missed a known tactical
   trick that gives White a large advantage.
   [smyslov_karpov_1971.jpg]
   Here Smyslov played 14.Bg5, but 14.d5! exd5 15.Bg5! would have given
   him a serious advantage. Not surprisingly, if two players of that
   caliber could miss that trick, there's a good chance that more
   ordinary players will, too. As an example, here's a recent game
   between Spanish IM Manuel Granados Gomez and Georgian GM and erstwhile
   Anand second Elizbar Ubilava from the Spanish Team Championship
   earlier this month.
   [gomez_ubilava_2008.jpg]
   It's White to move, and he chose the very natural 14.Rfd1. There are
   some differences between this game and Smyslov-Karpov, but once again
   the dynamic advance of the d-pawn carries the day: 14...d4! See if you
   can figure out the lines yourself, and then have a look at the game in
   full, with my notes, [2]here.

References

   1. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/posts/1218605126.shtml
   2. http://chessmind.powerblogs.com/files/gomez_ubilava_2008.htm