[Event "Eastside Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Bharthy Mohan Aarav Sai"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "1680"] [BlackElo "1861"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "95"] [GameId "2151199476879864"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "5"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,95,13,32,16,19,18,16,6,15,-63,3,9,11,17,6,0,-4,0,-9,37,41,41,50,37,43,60,50,60,39,95,83,73,186,92,95,87,39,43,51,107,37,10,30,33,9,13,32,13,-24,47,44,38,26,93,73,99,47,67,116,125,63,128,133,123,77,4,66,153,65,178,131,183,191,184,187,205,224,213,172,200,353,555,452,503,335,297,413,744,372,836,464,934,828,1739,2237,29987,29988]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 {Once again, an Alapin. Not only do many kids play this opening, but they play it quickly. That's probably because the main ideas (piece placement and pawn structure) are straightforward and easy to learn.} Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. Nc3 (8. Bd3 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Nd7 11. Nc3 N7f6 12. O-O O-O 13. Ne5 b6 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Bb7 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. a3 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 f6 24. Nd3 Kf7 25. f3 g5 26. Kf2 Ke7 27. Ke3 Kd6 28. Nb2 e5 29. Nd3 h6 30. dxe5+ fxe5 31. g3 a5 32. h4 gxh4 33. gxh4 b5 34. f4 exf4+ 35. Nxf4 Ke5 36. Ng6+ Kf6 37. Nf4 Bc6 {½-½ Megaranto,S (2505)-Kramnik,V (2753) Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Jul Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (7)}) 8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 $6 {[#]} (9... Qc7 10. c4 b6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O (12. Bxh7+ $4 Kxh7 13. Ng5+ Kg8 14. Qh5 Bb4+ 15. Kf1 Qxc4+ 16. Kg1 Qc2 $19) 12... Nd7 {This Nd7 idea is a key defensive idea for Black. It stops c5, covers the e5 square and can be used defensively for a Nf8 move.} 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. a4 Rad8 16. a5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Bd6 19. Rad1 e5 20. c5 bxc5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. dxe5 (22. Bxf7 Rf8 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Qg3 Qxf7 27. Qxe5 $11) 22... Nxe5 23. Qh5 Ng6 $11) 10. Bd3 $146 h6 (10... Qc7 11. O-O h6 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Rb1 b6 14. c4 Bd7 15. Bd2 Rae8 16. Rfc1 Ba3 17. Rc3 Bb4 18. Rc2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Rd8 20. d5 Ne5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Re1 Qd6 23. Be4 exd5 24. cxd5 Rfe8 25. Bf3 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Kf8 27. h3 Re8 28. Qd2 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Qc2 Bd7 31. Qh7 Qf6 32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qb8 a5 34. Qc7 Qd6 35. Qc3 f6 36. Qe3+ Kd8 37. Qd3 b5 38. Qg6 Qe7 39. Qd3 Kc7 {1-0 Kilic,E (2415)-Bruzon Batista,L (2610) Titled Tuesday intern op 07th Feb Early Chess.com INT blitz 2023 (11)}) (10... O-O 11. O-O (11. Bxh7+ Kxh7 12. Ng5+ Kg6 13. h4 Kf6 14. h5 Ke7 15. h6 gxh6 16. Qf3 Kd7 17. Rxh6 Qa5 18. Nh7 Rd8 19. Qxf7+ Ne7 20. Qxe6+ Kc7 21. Qc4+ Kb8 $11)) 11. O-O O-O 12. Bc2 Bd7 (12... Ne7 {The knight should route to g6 to shield the King from any Qd3 ideas.} 13. Ne5 f5 (13... Bxe5 14. dxe5 Qxd1 $2 15. Rxd1 Re8 16. Ba3 $18)) 13. Qd3 f5 14. Rd1 (14. Re1 {is better, pressuring e6 with ideas of Bb3 etc.} Kh7 15. Bb2 Qf6 16. Rad1 Rad8 $16) 14... Ne7 (14... Rc8) 15. Bb3 Kh8 16. c4 Rc8 17. c5 Bb8 18. Bb2 {This was a critical position in the game. The only move I considered was Nd5 which happens to be the strongest move but would allow things to fizzle out to a draw.} Nd5 19. Bxd5 exd5 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Be6 $6 (21... Qg5 $11) (21... Qe7 22. Rac1 f4 23. Qxd5 Ba4 24. Re1 Qg5 25. f3 Rcd8 26. Qc4 Rd2 27. Re2 Rfd8 28. Bc3 Rd1+ 29. Re1 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Bc6 31. Kh1 Qf5 32. e6 Rd3 33. e7 Re3 $11) 22. Qf3 Rf7 23. Bd4 $11 Rc6 (23... f4 {Opening the scope of the bishop. I considered this but was worried about the pawn being taken with Rd4xf4. That shouldn't matter though. Opening my bishop diagonal is worth a pawn.} 24. h3 Rc6 25. a4 Bf5 26. Bb2 (26. Qxf4 Rg6 27. e6 Bxe6 28. Qe3 Qh4 29. Kh2 Kh7 $11) 26... Be6 27. Bd4 $11) 24. Rab1 Qf8 25. Rb3 Qc8 (25... f4) 26. h3 Rd7 (26... f4 {Again and again...}) 27. Rdb1 Rf7 {I was just shuttling, hoping for a draw.} 28. a4 Rcc7 29. a5 Qd7 30. Rb4 Kh7 31. Ra1 Qc8 32. Qe2 f4 33. Ra3 g5 $2 {Too aggressive and weakening.} 34. a6 Rc6 35. axb7 Rxb7 36. Qc2+ Kg7 37. Rxb7+ Qxb7 38. Qa2 Rc7 39. Ra6 Re7 40. c6 Qc7 {The rest of the game is a matter of technique which my opponent handles quite nicely.} (40... Qb4 41. Qa1 Rc7 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Qxa7+ Kg8 44. c7 Qf8 45. Bc5 Qc8 $18) 41. Rxa7 Qd8 42. Bb6 $6 (42. Ra8 Qc7 43. Qa3 Kf7 44. Qd6 $18) 42... Qe8 43. c7 Kf7 44. Qc2 Qg8 45. Qc6 f3 46. Bc5 Qe8 47. c8=Q Qxc8 48. Rxe7+ {Black resigns. Another loss in the Alapin, largely due to passive play.} 1-0