[Event "Redmond Champs Qualifier"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.02.01"] [Round "1"] [Board "2"] [White "Skkandamm, Kiann"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "pharwood"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1575"] [BlackElo "1888"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "54"] [GameId "2140642895643234"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "2"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,54,16,27,30,69,34,59,7,53,35,31,15,21,15,3,23,18,18,18,45,-17,-8,-65,-24,-72,-91,-76,-89,-84,-4,-59,-16,1,41,32,57,40,55,45,64,88,80,-43,-69,-116,-97,-215,-149,-217,-152,-160,-135,-288,-285,-340,-108]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 {This is a main line Accelerated Dragon.} Nf6 7. Nxc6 {A sideline to be sure but not wrong.} (7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d5 9. exd5 Na5 10. O-O Nxb3 11. Nxb3 b6 12. d6 exd6 13. a4 Re8 14. Re1 Bb7 $11) 7... bxc6 8. e5 Ng8 {Black will reroute his knight to h6 and will do so with a free tempo by applying pressure on the lone e5 pawn.} 9. f4 Nh6 10. Bd3 O-O {A reasonable move to finish development but a bit passive.} ({Black should go right after the center with} 10... d6 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. h3 dxe5 14. g4 f5 15. Bc4+ Nf7 16. fxe5 Rb8 17. Rhe1 $11 Rb4 18. Qf1 fxg4 19. hxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd4 h5 21. a3 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Kh7 23. Bf4 Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Rxg4 hxg4 26. Qxg4 Rf5 27. Rg1 Rg5 $1 $11) 11. Be4 $6 {A move I don't understand. White grabs the long diagonal and indirectly pressures the a8 rook but at the cost of giving Black a free tempo.} ({Relevant:} 11. O-O d6 12. Be4 d5 13. Bf3 f6 14. Nxd5 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nf5 16. Bc5 Ba6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxe7 Bxf1 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Kxf1 Bxe5 22. Bxc6 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Bd4 24. c4 Bb6 25. Bd5+ Kg7 26. Re1 Rf8+ 27. Bf3 g5 28. Re5 Kf6 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. Rb5 Rc8 31. Bd5 Rc5 32. Rb3 Ra5 33. Rb2 Bd4 34. Re2 Ra3 35. Re4 Be5 36. c5 Bxh2 37. Re6+ Kf5 38. Re7 Rc3 39. c6 Rc1+ 40. Ke2 Bg3 {1-0 Bornholdt,J (2294)-Tobares,L (2189) Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Feb Late Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (3)}) 11... Qc7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 11... Ba6 12. Qf3 Rb8 13. f5 d5 14. exd6 exd6 15. f6 Bxf6 16. Bxh6 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qh4+ 18. g3 Qxh6 19. Bxc6 Rbc8 20. Rd1 Rxc6 {0-1 Perez Celis,A (1819)-Garcia Gata,J (2090) ESP-ch El Sauzal 2010 (8)}) ({The direct} 11... Rb8 {pressuring b2 was better but I didn't like my a7 pawn hanging.} 12. Rb1 d5 13. Bf3 f6 $1 14. Bxa7 Rb7 15. Bd4 Nf5 16. O-O fxe5 17. fxe5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rf5 19. Rbe1 e6 $17) 12. Bc5 $2 {Another odd move that pressure the e7 pawn at the cost of yet another tempo.} Re8 (12... f5 {Playing actively is almost always the best approach.} 13. Bd3 Bxe5 $1 14. g3 Bg7 15. Qd2 Nf7 16. O-O-O d6 17. Ba3 d5 18. Rhe1 Nd6 19. Be2 Ne4 20. Nxe4 fxe4 $17) 13. Qf3 d5 (13... d6 14. Bd4 Rb8 15. O-O (15. Bxc6 Bg4 16. Qe4 Bf5 17. Nd5 Bxe4 18. Nxc7 Bxc6 19. Nxe8 Rxe8 $19)) 14. Bd3 Bg4 $2 {Attacking the queen but why?} (14... f6 {Active play!} 15. h3 fxe5 16. fxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Qe2 Qg5 18. Qd2 Qxd2+ 19. Kxd2 e5 20. Rad1 a5 $19) 15. Qf2 f6 16. h3 Be6 17. exf6 exf6 18. O-O $11 Qd7 $6 $14 ({When there isn't a clear plan, always try and improve the scope of your pieces. f5 restricts g4 ideas and opens the g7 diagonal.} 18... f5 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qb6 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. a4 d4 23. Nb1 Re7 24. Re1 Kf8 25. Nd2 Nf7 26. Nf3 c5 $11) 19. Rae1 Nf5 20. g4 Nd6 21. Bd4 $2 f5 $1 22. g5 $2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Bxg7 Qxg7 25. Qg3 Bf5 26. Kh2 d4 27. Ne2 Rad8 {Both of us were low on time and could not record the rest of the game. I was able to push my pawn majority, trade queens after which White resigned.} 0-1