Hi All,
I urge you to look over these games. Keep in mind that these players are not
masters nor even experts. In virtually all cases, the winning move was not
some dizzying bolt from the blue that made the opponent look foolish. There
will be some tactical blunders, it's true. But I'm betting that you will
spot most of them on your own. As you review, keep in mind that chess,
generally, is a game of gradual accumulation of advantage. It's quite
instructive to see how Grandmaster Lalik achieves this in each of the
variety of openings and defenses he plays. It's also quite instructive to
recognize that he does not play just one opening all the time. Nor does he
play always the same defense to 1. d4 or 1. e4. I hope that looking over
these games will inspire you to try your hand the next time GM Lalik offers
a simultaneous. The games are below.
Best regards,
Jim t
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Codina, Teresa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Na5 11. Bc2 Nc4 12. Bc1 c6 13. b3 Nb6 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3
Qc7 16. a4 Nbd7 17. Nd2 d5 18. exd5 cxd5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf5 Bd6 21. Bb2
b4
22. c4 dxc4 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 Qc6 25. Nxc4 Rad8 26. Rad1 Rd7 27. Rxd7
Nxd7
28. Qe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Nf6 30. Re7 h6 31. Ra7 Re8 32. Rxa6 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re2
34.
Ra8+ Ne8 35. Bf5 g6 36. Bd7 Kg7 37. Rxe8 Rxf2 38. a5 Rb2 39. Nxb2 1-0
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yeter, Orhan"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Bg7 7. d4 b5 8.
Bb3
exd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. h3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Na5 13. Bc2 Bb7 14. b4 Nc4 15.
Qc1 g5 16. Bg3 f5 17. exf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nbd2 Nxd2 20. Nxd2 Bxd4
21.
Qc2 Rf7 22. Qg6+ Bg7 23. Rae1 Qf6 24. Qxf6 Bxf6 25. Re6 Bd5 26. Re2 Re7 27.
Rxe7 Bxe7 28. Re1 Kf7 29. a3 a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. Re3 c5 32. Rd3 Bc4 33.
Nxc4
bxc4 34. Rc3 d5 35. Bc7 Ra4 36. Rf3+ Ke6 37. Re3+ Kd7 38. Be5 d4 39. Rf3 Ke6
40. Bg7 h5 41. Kf1 g4 42. hxg4 hxg4 43. Rf4 c3 44. Re4+ Kf7 45. Bh6 Rxa3 46.
Rxg4 c2 47. Rf4+ Kg6 48. Rh4 Bxh4 0-1
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Moumtaz, Abderrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qh5 h6 10. Nxd5 Be6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. O-O Bf5 14.
Bxf5 Qxf5 15. Qxf5 Nxf5 16. b4 b5 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. a4 a6 19. axb5 axb5 20.
Ne5
Rfd8 21. Ra7 Ne7 22. Raxc7 Rxc7 23. Rxc7 Nd5 24. Rb7 Nxb4 25. Rxb5 Nd5 26.
g3
Nf6 27. Rb7 Ne4 28. Nxf7 Nd6 29. Nxd8 1-0
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Casey, Eamonn"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8.
Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Bxa6 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Qa6 12. Qxa6 Nxa6 13. O-O Nb4 14. a3
Nd3
15. Rab1 Rfb8 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bg5 Ngxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxe7 f5 20. d6 Nxb2
21. Rfc1 Nd3 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Rb1 Rxb1+ 24. Nxb1 Kf7 25. a4 Ke6 26. a5 Nb4
27. Nd2 Bxd6 28. Bd8 Bb8 29. Bb6 Kd5 30. Kf1 Kc6 31. Ke2 Kb5 32. Ke3 Nc6 33.
Nb3 Bd6 34. Kd2 c4 35. Nc1 Bf4+ 36. Kc2 Bxc1 37. Kxc1 Nxa5 38. Bc7 d5 39.
Kc2
d4 40. Be5 Kc5 41. f4 Kd5 42. Kd2 Nb3+ 43. Ke2 c3 44. Kd3 Nc5+ 45. Kc2 Kc4
0-1
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Dal, Ibrahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 Nfd7 5. d4 c5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxd5 Nb4 10. Qd1 Be7 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. O-O O-O 14.
Be3
Nca6 15. Rac1 Bf5 16. Rfd1 Bb6 17. Nd4 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rac8 19. Bf1 Nc6 20.
Nd5
Rfe8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22. Bc3 Be6 23. b3 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Nxe5 25. Rdd1 Ng6 26. g3
Re6 27. Bd4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 h6 29. Bxa7 Ne5 30. Kg2 Nd3 31. Rd1 Rd6 32. Kf1
Rd7
33. Be3 f5 34. Ke2 Ne5 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Kd3 Kf7 37. Kc4 Ke6 38. Kb4 Kd5 39.
Ka5 g5 40. Kxa6 Ke4 41. a4 f4 42. gxf4 gxf4 43. Bb6 Nxb6 44. Kxb6 Kf3 45. a5
Kxf2 46. a6 f3 47. a7 Kg1 48. a8=Q f2 49. Qg8+ Kxh2 50. Qf7 Kg2 51. Qg6+ Kf3
52. Qxh6 Ke2 53. Qf6 f1=Q 54. Qxf1+ Kxf1 55. b4 Ke2 56. b5 1-0
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bacha, Mehdi"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. d4 e6 2. e3 c5 3. Bd3 d5 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nd7 6. Bxc4 a6 7. Nc3 Ngf6 8.
Nf3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 b5 11. Nxb5 Nb6 12. Qa5 Nxc4 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14.
Bc1
axb5 15. b3 Na3 16. Ne5 Bb7 17. Bb2 cxd4 18. exd4 Nc2 19. Rac1 Rdc8 20. g3
Rxa2
21. Rb1 Ne4 22. Ra1 Nxa1 23. Bc1 Nxb3 24. Be3 f6 25. Nf3 Nc3 26. d5 Bxd5 27.
Ne1 Ne2# 0-1
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Erten, Ozlem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 Nf6 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. d4 e5 7. d5 Nb4 8.
Nxe5 Bd6 9. Nc4 O-O 10. Be2 Nd7 11. O-O Re8 12. a3 Na6 13. b4 c6 14. Nxd6
1-0
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Guillaume, Mickael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. d4 e6 2. e4 d5 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 f6 5. Bd3 Na6 6. a3 Ne7 7. O-O Bd7 8. Re1
Qc7 9. e5 h6 10. b4 b6 11. Bxa6 b5 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Qd3 g6 15.
exf6
Rg8 16. fxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxd5+ 1-0
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Acikgoz, Tuncay"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nc3 a6 4. a4 e5 5. dxe5 Qxd1+ 6. Nxd1 Nc6 7. e4 Nxe5
8.
Ne3 Nd3+ 9. Bxd3 cxd3 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Nf3 Be6 12. Nc3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Bb4 14.
Rc1
Nf6 15. Nd2 Rhe8 16. O-O Bd7 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Rfe1 Nh5 19. Be3 f5 20. Bg5 Rd7
21. exf5 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rf7 23. g4 Nf6 24. h3 Bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxa4 0-1
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Hague, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h6 5. g4 Bh7 6. e6 fxe6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. Bxh7
Nxh7 9. Qd3 Kd7 10. Nf3 Qb6 11. Ne5+ Kc7 12. Nf7 Rg8 13. Qxh7 Qxd4 14. Nc3
Qxg4
15. Qxg8 Nd7 16. Qh7 Nf6 17. Qd3 Ne4 18. Ne5 Qg2 19. Qf3 Qxf3 20. Nxf3 Nf6
21.
Bf4+ Kd7 22. Ne5+ Ke8 23. O-O-O Rd8 24. h5 d4 25. Ne2 c5 26. c3 b6 27. cxd4
cxd4 28. Nxd4 Rc8+ 29. Kb1 Nd5 30. Nxe6 1-0
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Altinok, Selim"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D05"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 e6 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8.
e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Be7 11. Be3 Nb4 12. Bb1 Nbd5 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Qe2
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Nd3 Nf6 17. Rd1 Bd7 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne5 Rfd8 20.
Rd2
Be8 21. Nc4 Qb4 22. Ne5 Bxe5 23. a3 Qa5 24. b4 Qc7 0-1
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Altinok, Kerim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 c5 8.
Nf3
cxd4 9. Bg5 Qf5 10. Bd3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Rb1
Be7
15. Ng5 h6 16. Rb5 Qc7 17. Qh5 O-O 18. Nh7 Rd8 19. Bb1 e5 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21.
Qxh6 Rd6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Bh7+ Kh8 24. Bg6+ Kg8 25. Bh7+ 1/2-1/2
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mialon, Franck"]
[Black "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Qxd4 Nc6 4. Qd1 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Bxc6 Bxc6
8.
Qf3 g6 9. Bg5 Bg7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. e5 Bxf3 0-1
[Event "Bogdan vs Skype, 2015.12.09"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2015.12.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Engstrom, Olle"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D96"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2015.??.??"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nfd7 7. e4 Nb6
8.
Qd3 O-O 9. Be2 N8d7 10. Be3 e5 11. Rd1 exd4 12. Bxd4 Qe7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14.
O-O
c6 15. a4 Nc5 16. Qd4+ Kg8 17. a5 Ne6 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. e5 Ng4 21.
Qe4 Ng5 22. Nxg5 Qxg5 23. f4 Qh5 24. h3 Nh6 25. e6 Bxe6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27.
Qxe6+
Kh8 28. Qe5+ Qxe5 29. fxe5 Rxf1+ 30. Kxf1 Re8 31. Rd7 Rxe5 32. Rxb7 Rxa5 33.
g4
Kg8 34. Ne4 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 Ra4 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Nxh7+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kf8 39. Ke3
Nf7 40. Nd7+ Ke8 41. Nc5 Rc4 42. Nd3 Ra4 43. Rc7 Ra6 44. h4 Nh6 45. Ne5 Ra4
46.
Kf3 Rb4 47. Rxc6 Rxb2 48. Rxg6 Rb3+ 49. Kf4 Rb4+ 50. Kg5 Nf7+ 51. Nxf7 Kxf7
52.
Ra6 Rb5+ 53. Kh6 Rb4 54. Rxa7+ Kg8 55. Kh5 Rb6 56. g5 Kh8 57. g6 Rb4 58. Kg5
Rb5+ 59. Kh6 Rb8 60. h5 Re8 61. Kg5 Kg8 62. h6 Rc8 63. Re7 Rc5+ 64. Kf6 Rc8
65.
Rg7+ Kh8 66. Rd7 Rc6+ 67. Kf7 Rc8 68. Ke7 Rg8 69. Rd8 Rxd8 70. Kxd8 Kg8 71.
Ke7
Kh8 72. g7+ Kg8 73. Kf6 1-0
