[Event "Mario Covas 4th"]
[Site "Santos"]
[Date "2004.08.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leitao, Rafael Duailibe"]
[Black "Rodriguez Vila, Andres"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2567"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.??.??"]
1. d4 {Some players start with d4 then transpose to e4 opening when black
responds 1...d6 or 1...g6 which is Pirc Defense/Modern Defense.} g6 2. e4 d6 3.
Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be3 Ng4 {Yes, we must study this line because it
disrupts the best place for bishop at e3 and must react.} 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c6
8. Qd2 {Still, white can castle at queenside if the plan is to play
aggressively.} b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. h3 Nf6 11. e5 {White is not wasting time, hits
the center, and attacks the knight to drive away from the defensive post.} Nh5
12. g4 {When black played 5...Ng4, it awakened white's sleeping giant within,
then executed multiple attacks.} g5 13. gxh5 gxh4 {Now, black's kingside is
opened, black king stays in the middle. At this stage, tactics and piece
maneuvering is needed to pressure black's weak position.} 14. Rg1 Kf8 {GM
Rodriguez decided to defend the bishop instead of just moving Bf8. There is a
possibility that GM Leitao will play Rg7!!} 15. Qf4 dxe5 16. dxe5 Qc7 17. O-O-O
Nd7 18. Bf5 Nc5 ({If} 18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd8#) 19. Rxg7
{Yes, pretty obvious that this move is significant and the rest is easy for
white.} Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kf8 21. Qg4 {Fantastic!!!} Bxf5 22. Qg7+ Ke8 23. Qxh8+
Kd7 24. Qxa8 {Black Resigned: Black is piece down and the check at d1 is
unavoidable. Very nice game by GM Rafael Dualibe Leitao!! I hope you learned
some ideas about how to deal with black's 5. Ng4 move. Thank you for
supporting my website...Keep cool...} 1-0