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Lovely attacking game from Antonio!

Excellent game from Antonio Moneva-Jordan played in the final round of the Major in the Durham Congress! Notes are by Antonio himself.

"Antonio Moneva-Jordan Mark Waterhouse" 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. d4 a6 {a favourite of Bronstein's. Antonio knew very little of the Scandinavian Defence with 3... Qd6 and his opponent was moving quickly!} 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Bf4 Qb6?{This seems like a natural move, getting out of the pin but better was 11 ... Qd8. Here White was attracted to the move }12. Nxf7! Nd5? {played quickly, leaving White wondering if he had made an error. If 12 ... Rxf7 13 Rxe6 Bd6 or (13 ... Nxc6 14 d5 regaining material after 14 ... Kf8 15 dxc6 Bxc6 16 Re5) 14 Rxf6! gxf6 15 Qg4+ Kf8 16 Qe6 winning! The best response is 12 ... Kf7 13 Rxe6 Qxe6 14 Bxe6 Kxe6 15 Qe2+ Kf7 16 Re1 Re8 17 Qxe6 Kf8 18 Bxc7 when White is better, but not overwhelming so}13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Rxe7 Qf6 {The best move but black is still completely lost} 16. Bg5! Qg6 17. Qf3 Nc6 {preventing 17 ... Rxf7 18 Rxe8+ Rxf8 Qxf8 mate}18. Rxc7 Nxd4 19. Qxd5 Ne6 20. Re7 Rae8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Nd6 Rf8 23. Re1 {a quiet move bringing the last piece into play} Qxc2 24. Qxe6+ Kh8 25. Nf7+ Kg8 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qg8+ Rxg8 28. Nf7# 1-0

Antonio says "I love the final position. In Spain we call it 'el mate de la coz' where coz is a horse's kick". In this country we call this combination Philidor's legacy.

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