Boyd, James vs Adil Charles
NCO 190 · Round 3 · 2005.01.07 · 0-1 · C10 French Defense: Rubinstein Variation
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PGN
[Event "NCO 190"]
[Site "San Diego North County CC"]
[Date "2005.01.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Boyd, James"]
[Black "Adil Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[WhiteElo "1740"]
[BlackFideId "10858245"]
[ECO "C10f"]
[Source "Codekiddy"]
[SourceQuality "3"]
[ImportDate "2026-01-06"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 { The French Defense. } 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 c5 ( 4... Nc6
{ RR } 5. Nf3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nf6 8. c3 Qd7 9. Qe2 O-O-O 10. b4 Bxb4 11.
Bb2 Be7 12. c4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f6 14. Rad1 Bb4 15. a3 Ba5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5
Ne7 18. Nd4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Qc4 Kb7 21. Rc1 c5 22. Nb3 Rc8 23. Rfe1 Bxe1
24. Rxe1 Rhe8 25. Rf1 Qe6 26. Bc1 Qe4 27. Qb5 Ka8 28. Nd2 Nc3 29. Qa6 Qa4 30.
Qd3 Ne2+ 31. Kh1 Nxc1 32. Rxc1 Qd4 33. Qf3+ Kb8 34. Nf1
{ 0-1 Rohde,M-Stenzel,H/ Mineola 1994/EXT 2002 (34) } ) 5. Bb5+ ( 5. dxc5
{ RR } 5... Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 f5 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. cxd6 Nf6 9. Bf4 Ne4 10. Ke1 Nc6
11. Bb5 Bd7 12. f3 Nf6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. Ne2 Nd5 15. c4 Nb6 16. Rc1 Rd8 17. Kf2
Nd7 18. b4 Nb6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Be5 O-O 21. c5 Nd5 22. b5 Nb4 23. Rhd1 Rc8 24.
a3 { 1-0 Lorenzini,M-Gonzalez,D/ Buenos Aires 1997/EXT 2001 (24) } ) ( 5.
Nxc5 { RR } 5... Bxc5 6. dxc5 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nf6 8. Nf3 O-O 9. c3 a5 10. Ne5 (
10. Be3 { RR } 10... Ng4 11. a4 Nd7 12. b4 Nxe3+ 13. fxe3 Nf6 14. Bc4 Rd8+ 15.
Kc2 Bd7 16. Kb3 Bc6 17. Rhe1 Kf8 18. Re2 Ne4 19. Nd4 e5 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Kc2
Ke7 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Bc4 Rdb8 24. b5 Rc8
{ Boros,D-Gazic,J/ Budapest 2001/CBM 84 ext/1-0 (53) } ) 10... Rd8+ 11. Ke1 Rd5
12. f4 Rxc5 13. Be3 Rc7 14. Rd1 Nfd7 15. Bb6 Rc6 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Bf2 f6 18.
Bc4 Kf7 19. Rd6 Nd8 { Resika,N-Gazic,J/Budapest 2001/CBM 84 ext/1-0 (44) } )
5... Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nxc5 Bxc5 8. dxc5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1
{ White is a pawn ahead, but it is doubled. Black needs to play carefully to keep the position balanced. }
9... Ne7 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. b4 Rd8 12. Ke2 Nd5 13. Bd2 N7f6 14. c4 Ne7 15. Rhd1
Ne4 16. Be1 O-O 17. Nd4 Ng6 18. g3 Ne5 19. f3 Nf6 20. Rac1 Rd7 $6 21. f4
{ 21. b5 is also good. } 21... Nc6 22. Nb5 a6 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Nd6 Rb8 25. Bf2
Ne7 26. g4 h6 27. Rd1 Nf6 28. h3 Nc6 29. b5 axb5 30. cxb5 Nb4 31. a3 Nbd5 32.
Kf3 Kf8 33. Bd4 Ke7 34. Rd3 Nd7 35. Ne4 f6 36. Nc3 Nc7 37. a4 Rd8 38. Bf2 $4 (
38. c6 bxc6 39. bxc6 Nb8 ) 38... e5 $4 ( 38... Ne5+ 39. fxe5 Rxd3+ 40. Ke4 Rxc3
) 39. Nd5+ Nxd5 40. Rxd5 Ke6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. f5 Rc8 43. Re6+ Kd8 44. c6 bxc6
45. bxc6 Ra8 46. a5 Rxa5
{ Here Jim accidently played the illegal move Bxa5. To his credit he also realized that by the touch move rule, he must move his Bishop. Fortuately White is winning. }
47. Bg1 Nf8 48. Bb6+ ( 48. Bb6+ Kc8 49. Re8# ) 0-1