[Event "Washington Open 2022"] [Site "Redmond, WA"] [Date "2022.05.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Yan, Henry"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,84,25,14,14,18,3,16,12,7,20,17,17,16,25,32,31,8,8,11,14,4,18,3,31,22,27,-20,0,-19,-20,14,19,16,43,12,38,30,64,-24,12,-23,-40,-28,-1,-26,57,-63,4,-60,-52,-52,-44,-133,-102,-190,-210,-310,-319,-325,-333,-338,-332,-362,-320,-371,-330,-345,-344,-340,-336,-320,-353,-354,-350,-347,-347,-441,-443,-455,-462,-544,-409,-556,-560,-29997,-29998] With two wins in the first two rounds, I was going against Henry Yan, a 1800 rated player who had beaten Viktors Pupols in the last round.} 1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bf4 e6 4. e3 Bb4 (4... a6 {was more flexible.}) 5. Bd3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 (6... Nbd7 7. Nf3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nxc5 $15) 7. Nf3 O-O 8. h3 (8. e4 dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Qe2 Bb7 14. Rad1 Qe7 $11) 8... Bd7 {My idea was to play prevent Nb5 and prepare a possible Bc6.} (8... Bb4 {looks like an annoying pin.} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. a4 h6 11. Ne5 Ba5 12. Nxd7 Bxd7 13. Be5 a6 $11) (8... Re8 {is more direct with the plan of prepping e5.} 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Nd7 12. Bd4 $11) 9. O-O Nc6 10. e4 {?I spent almost 15 minutes on this move. I saw an opportunity to get the 2 bishops with Nb4 so I played it.} Nb4 $6 (10... Rc8 11. Rc1 (11. e5 Nh5 12. Bh2 g6 {White's h2 bishop is entombed.}) 11... Bb4 12. exd5 exd5 13. Ne2 Re8 $11) 11. e5 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 Nh5 $6 (12... Ne4 {This was another idea - sacrificing a pawn for the initiative.} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Bc6 15. Qe2 a5 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. b3 a4 18. Rab1 Qb4 19. c4 Rfd8 $14) 13. Bh2 $2 (13. Be3 {looks normal, keeping the bishop in play and trying to trade off Black's stronger c5 bishop.} Qb6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Nf3 Rac8 $16) 13... g6 (13... f5 $1 {Dynamic chess! At first this looks bad. After all, I am opening the long diagonal for the h2 bishop and giving the e5 square to the knight. The reason this is a strong move is that it stops g4 and addresses White's idea of Bf4-g5, white creates pressure on the dark squares.} 14. exf6 (14. g4 fxg4 15. hxg4 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 $19) 14... Nxf6 $11) 14. Qd2 {?Qh6} (14. g4 $1 {An odd-looking move that makes sense give the locked center.} Ng7 15. Ne2 a6 16. Ned4 Bb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Bxb6 20. a4 Rfc8 21. Rfc1 h5 22. b3 Ba5 $16) 14... Ng7 (14... f5 $5 {is still the right idea.} 15. exf6 (15. Qh6 $2 f4 $1 $19) 15... Nxf6 16. Rad1 Bc6 17. Be5 Nd7 18. Bd4 $14) 15. g4 $5 {Stockfish likes Bf4-e3 to trade off the bishop but this move was proposed earlier by the computer.} (15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Bg5 Rfc8 17. Nh2 h5 18. Rab1 Bc6 $16) 15... Be7 $6 {Stopping h4, but was this really a threat? I also saw Qh6 followed by Ng5 so Be7 stops this too.} (15... Rc8 16. Bg3) (15... Qe7 16. Bg3 (16. h4 $2 Rac8 17. Ne2 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Bb6 $11) 16... Ne8 17. Ne2 f6 18. Rfe1 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Nf6 20. Nf4 Ba4 21. b3 Ne4 22. Nxd5 Nxd2 23. Nxe7+ Bxe7 24. bxa4 Rac8 $14) 16. Qh6 $6 f6 $2 (16... g5 $1 17. Ne2 f5 18. Ned4 Rc8 19. c3 $11) 17. Bf4 Rf7 (17... fxe5 18. Bxe5 Ne8 19. Qe3 Nd6 20. b3 Nf7 21. a4 Rc8 22. Ne2 Rxc2 $11) (17... Ne8 18. Rad1 fxe5 19. Nxe5 Bf6 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Bg3 $11) 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bg5 Ne8 $1 {A rare, strong defensive by me move that equalizes.} 20. Bxf6 $6 (20. Rae1 Bg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bxd8 Rxf3 23. Bg5 Nd6 24. Kg2 Rf7 $11) 20... Qxf6 {The position has changed. Black has managed to halt White's attack and is starting to coordinate his pieces. White, on the other hand has an open kingside and his pieces are not well coordinated.} 21. Ng5 Re7 22. Rad1 Qg7 (22... Bc6 23. Rd2 Rc8 $13) 23. Qh4 (23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rfe1 Kf8 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Nf3 Rc8 27. Rde3 h6 28. Nd4 Kf7 $14) 23... Nc7 24. Qg3 Bc6 $11 {The key idea for Black is to push e6-e5 and occupy the center.} 25. Rfe1 (25. f4 {to prevent e5.} d4 26. Ne2 e5 27. f5 Rf8 $11) 25... e5 $11 26. a4 $2 (26. Nf3 {an awkward move that looks like it walks into e4 but Black has to be careful. If e4 then Nd4 and White has a nice blockade.} Rae8 27. g5 e4 28. Nd4 $11) 26... e4 $1 {Grabbing more space and preparing h6, trapping the knight.} 27. Qd6 $4 h6 $1 28. Nf3 Rd7 29. Qb4 exf3 $19 30. Nb5 Bxb5 31. axb5 b6 (31... Qf6 {a strong move that prevents b6 and prepares to infiltrate into h4.} 32. Rd3 Rf8 33. Qc3 Qxc3 34. bxc3 Rff7 $19) 32. c4 Rad8 33. cxd5 Nxd5 34. Qb3 Qf7 35. Rd3 Nf4 $1 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Rxf3 g5 {Cementing the knight with a winning advantage.} 38. Ree3 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rb1 40. Ra3 Rd7 {There was no need to defend a7 but defense is a weakness of mine and I wanted every opportunity to practice it.} 41. Rab3 Rdd1 42. h4 (42. Rxf4+ gxf4 43. Rb4 Kg7 44. b3 Rd3 45. Kg2 Rbxb3 46. Ra4 $19) 42... Rh1+ {Mate in one is threatened. White resigns.} 0-1