[Event "Washington Open 2022"] [Site "Redmond, WA"] [Date "2022.05.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Gulotta, Jacob"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B35"] [WhiteElo "762"] [BlackElo "1857"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "48"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {My first opponent was rated 762. I initially misread the pairing chart and thought he was 1762! At any rate, he played closer to 1700 than 700.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 {Main line Accelerated Dragon.} Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O {All normal moves so far until...} 8. h3 $2 Nxe4 9. Qd3 $4 (9. Bxf7+ {is White's only change to stabilize things. He gets his pawn back at the expense of an open f-file and giving Black the bishop pair.} Rxf7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng5 Rf6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O e5 14. c4 h6 15. Ne4 Rf7 16. Nc5 d4 17. Bd2 a5 18. Ne4 Bf5 $15) 9... Nxc3 10. Qxc3 {[%csl Rc3][%CAl Gg7a1] putting the queen on a very awkward diagonal.} (10. bxc3 {isn't much better.} Ne5 11. Qf1 Qc7 $19) 10... d5 {[%csl Rc3][%CAl Gg7c3]} 11. Bb5 $4 {missing a winning tactic.} Nxd4 $1 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qa5+ $19 14. Qd2 Qxb5 15. O-O-O e6 $6 {Defending the pawn is not wrong but active play is what is required here. Bf5 is the move.} (15... Bf5 16. Qxd5 Qa6 17. Qb3 Rac8 18. Rd2 Be6 $19) 16. h4 f6 (16... e5 $5 17. f3 Be6 18. Rde1 $19) 17. g4 Bd7 18. g5 Rac8 (18... fxg5 19. hxg5 Qc4 20. Rh3 Qf4 $19) 19. c3 {My idea is to maneuver the queen to the f5 square where it can aid in the defense and consolidation of my position.} Qc4 20. Kb1 Qe4+ 21. Ka1 Qf5 {The queen is now centralized and able to participate in any attack White has to offer.} 22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rdg1 Be8 24. Rg2 Rc4 {The rook will come to f4 or h4. White resigns.} 0-1