IM title in September of the 2006 year (awarded in february of 2007) ;
European U16 Champion in 2006 ;
2nd place in the strong closed GM tournament of La Roche Sur Yon 2007 ;
2nd place in European & World U18 Championship in 2007 ;
1st place with my team Clichy Echecs 92 in the French Championship 2007 (1st division).
Edouard,R (2507) - Petrosian,T (2606)
24e Open de Cappelle la Grande Cappelle la Grande, France (8), 2008
[Romain Edouard]
This game was round 8 in the Cappelle la Grande 2008 open. This tournament is, to my mind, one of the best organizations of the planet, and, this year, I even had the chance to play it with a great friend, which made be in great conditions to play my games. Unfortunately a "click" missed to me to beat some GMs, as in this game, so I couldn't manage to make a GM norm.
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 Bf5 4.Nf3 e6 5.Be2 Nd7 6.0–0 Bg6 7.Nbd2!?
A recent idea is to put the knight on b3. The idea is that ...c5 will often be a mistake (due to too much changes on c5, leaving a great d4-square for White) and that White is going to advance with Bd2-Qe1–Bb4, or Bd2-a3-Bb4, or Bd2-Na5-b4/c4 or sometimes some Bg5 before. Sometimes White can also try Ne1 with f4 plans. [7.b3 Nh6 8.c4 Nf5 is more classical, with ideas like 9.Nc3 Bb4! then ...Qa5, and Black is near by equalizing.] 7...Nh6 8.Nb3 Be7 [8...Nf5 looks better to me : 9.Bd2 (9.Bg5 Be7 10.Bxe7 Qxe7 11.c3 0–0 12.Na5!? Rab8 13.Qd2 looks lightly better for White, but probably near by nothing.) 9...Be7 10.Bd3 and in this position I think White is likely to keep with g4 and soon f4.] 9.Bxh6! I think the best move. Black just stands ridiculous with those h-pawns because the Bishop already came in e7. Now ...Bf8-...Bg7-...f5 is too much slow. 9...gxh6 10.Qd2 h5 11.c3!? Now that I gave my dark-squared bishop I try to put my pawn on dark-squares and plan to play Nc1–Nd3-Nf4 in most of cases. 11...Qb6 12.Bd3?! [12.Nc1 …0–0–0!? 13.Nd3 Be4 14.a4 was my first idea and is much better than 12.Bd3.] 12...Rc8?! [12...0–0–0! with ...Rdg8 and ...Be4 ideas should equalize for Black, I think.] 13.Rab1!?White achieved slight edge
I want to protect b-pawn and get some Nc1 and b4 ideas. [13.Nc1! c5 14.Ne2! was much better, I overlooked that after 14...cxd4 15.cxd4 Bxd3 16.Qxd3 Qxb2 17.Rab1 Qc2 I had 18.Qe3! with a great position.] 13...c5 Hard decision, but what else? 14.dxc5 Nxc5 15.Nxc5 Bxc5 16.Kh1!? This move aims to move the Knight on f3 and to play f4. [16.b4 Be7 17.Rfe1 is also good for White but I didn't like that much weakening the c3-pawn.] 16...0–0 [16...Bxd3? 17.Qxd3 Bxf2 18.Ng5 is terrible for Black.] 17.Ng5!?
17...f6 Otherwise after f4 Black's position is very difficult. 18.exf6 Rxf6 19.f4?! Too ambitious. [19.Rbe1!? Bxf2 20.Bxg6 hxg6 21.Rxe6! Rxe6 22.Nxe6 Qxe6 23.Qxf2 with an edge] 19...Be3 20.Qe2 e5? [20...Rcf8! was the move I had underestimated, after that I have to play carefully with 21.Bxg6 (21.Rf3?! Bxf4 22.Nxh7 Kxh7 23.Rxf4 Kh6!? is at least = for Black.) 21...hxg6 22.Qd3! Kg7 23.g3 e5 24.Qxd5 exf4 25.Qd7+ Kh6 26.h4 Qc6+ 27.Qxc6 bxc6 28.Rbe1 following Kh2, and Black still has problems according to Rybka.; 20...Bxf4? is of course wrong because of 21.Nxh7! Kxh7 (21...Bxh7 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Rxf4±) 22.Rxf4 Bxd3 23.Qxd3+ with large advantage] 21.f5!
[After 21.Nxh7 Kxh7! (21...Bxh7 22.Bxh7+ Kxh7 23.Qxh5+ Kg7 24.Qg4+ White wins) 22.fxe5 Rff8 23.Qxh5+ Bh6 Black can hold the game.] 21...Be8 [21...Bxg5? 22.fxg6 e4 only move 23.gxh7+ Kh8 24.Qxh5±] 22.Ne6 e4 23.Bc2 Kh8 [23...Bb5? doesn't work because of 24.Qxh5 Bxf1? 25.Qg4++-] 24.c4?! [24.Qe1! with Qh4 and Qg3 ideas was near by immediately winning, but I thought 24.c4 was even stronger.; 24.a4!? is also simple and excellent.] 24...Rxc4 25.Bb3 Rc8 26.Qe1!± White plans Qg3-Qe5, and Black is just near by losing. [26.Bxd5? Bb5„] 26...Bc6 [26...Bb5 27.Qg3 Bh6 28.Rfc1!? Re8 29.Bxd5 is an obvious edge for White] 27.Qg3 Bh6 28.Bxd5 [28.Qe5 Bg7 29.Bxd5 is the same as the game, as 29...Rxe6? doesn't work because of (29...Qb5? 30.Nxg7+-) 30.Qxe6 Re8 31.Qf7 Rf8 32.Qxh5! Bxd5 33.f6 winning] 28...Bxd5 29.Qe5 Bg7 30.Qxd5
30...Qc6 only move 31.Qd1 e3 32.Qxh5 Rg8 33.Qf3!? Qb5 [33...Qxf3 34.Rxf3 Bh6 35.h3+- following g4.] 34.g4 [34.Qe4! wins. It's hard to understand how it's possible not to play this logical move!] 34...Qe5 35.Rbe1 Bh6 36.h4 Rc8 [36...Re8 was the only move, but: 37.g5 Rexe6 38.gxf6 Rxf6 39.Re2 and White should win easily.] 37.g5 Rc2
38.Re2?? Crazy move! I just played it automatically because of time trouble, and I didn't think Black was just losing a piece if I just avoided the mate! [Both 38.Qh3; or 38.Nf4 win] 38...Rxe2 39.Qxe2 Rxf5 40.Rxf5 Qxf5 41.Qxe3 Bg7 42.Nxg7 only move [42.Nc5 Qb1+ 43.Kg2 Qxb2+ 44.Kf3 Qxa2=] 42...Qb1+ 43.Kg2 Qxb2+
Here I just played Qf2 desperately because I thought the rest was also draw. It's a mistake but I think my thoughts were right. 44.Qf2 [44.Kf3 Kxg7 45.Qxa7 Kg6! 46.Qa4 (46.Qe3 Qxa2 47.Qd3+ Kg7 48.Qc3+ Kf7 49.Qc7+ Kg6 50.Qb6+ Kg7 51.Qxb7+ Kg6 52.Qe4+ Kg7 and I doubt White can win this.) 46...Qc3+ with ...Kh5 ideas is just draw.] 44...Qxf2+ 45.Kxf2 Kxg7 46.Kf3 b5 47.h5 b4 48.Ke4 a5 49.Kd4 a4 50.Kc4 b3 51.axb3 axb3 52.Kxb3 Kf7 53.Kc4 Ke6 54.Kd4 Kf5 After this game I had to beat GM Miroshnichenko (2647) as Black to make the norm. Quite hard! I finally lost this game and finished very far from top places. ½–½
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