[Event "Crossroads Mall 5 0 blitz"] [Site "Bellevue"] [Date "2024.04.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Scholz, Fritz"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,58,32,18,39,26,12,-9,-5,-3,-6,-6,-6,-30,-11,-12,-16,-49,-27,-69,-56,-64,-64,-78,-79,-212,-34,-114,23,-166,-143,-394,-439,-470,-410,-621,-581,-582,-589,-593,-241,-256,-300,-339,-347,-341,-370,-373,-379,-394,-309,-547,-551,-564,-588,-1086,-1114,-29989,-29986,-29991,-29992]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. e5 {After this move, White stands much worse. The reason for this is because the scope of White's c1 bishop is greatly reduced.} Nc6 4. Nf3 Bf5 {With the dark squares blocked, it's time to seize the light squares.} 5. d3 $6 {Now White is blocking in his f1 bishop.} ({Better is} 5. Bb5 Qb6 {[%CAl Gb6g1]} 6. a4 a6 7. Bxc6+ Qxc6 8. O-O e6 9. d3 Ne7 10. a5 O-O-O $11) (5. Nh4 Nh6 6. Nxf5 Nxf5 7. g4 e6 $1 8. gxf5 $2 Qh4+ 9. Ke2 Qh5+ 10. Ke1 Qh4+ 11. Ke2 Nd4+ 12. Ke3 $19 g5 13. fxg6 Bh6 14. Bb5+ Ke7 $1 15. Qf1 fxg6 16. c3 Rhf8 17. cxd4 Rxf4 18. Kd3 Rxf1 19. Rxf1 Qe4+ 20. Kc3 Qxd4+ $19) 5... e6 {[%csl Rh4]} 6. c3 h5 {[%csl Gh6] locking down g4 and preparing Nh6. Note that the f5 square can often be used as a transfer square for the knight.} 7. Be2 {A natural move but all of White's earlier pawn moves leaves him with limited mobility and lack of development.} Nh6 {This is an opening Fritz and I play often. Black is better here, solely because of White's 3. e5, sealing in his c1 bishop.} 8. a3 $6 {The idea of expanding on the queenside. Na3 is suggested by Stockfish, but any developing move would suffice here.} (8. Na3 Bg6 9. Be3 Be7 10. Nc2 h4 $5 11. h3 Nf5 12. Bf2 Ng3 13. Bxg3 hxg3 14. O-O $15) 8... Qb6 (8... h4 {Good chess is about square control, and it's moves like these that restrain my opponent's expansion ideas.} 9. a4 (9. h3 $6 Bg6 10. O-O Nf5 11. b4 Be7 12. Re1 O-O $17) 9... h3 10. g3 Qd7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Na3 $15 f6 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Bxb4 15. Bb2 Be7 $15) ({Stockfish 16.1:} 8... Be7 9. a4 h4 10. Na3 Qb6 11. Nc2 Bg6 12. O-O Nf5 13. Kh1 d4 14. Na3 Qc7 15. Nc4 Rd8 16. Qe1 b6 17. Nfd2 a6 18. Ne4 Na5 19. Nxa5 bxa5 20. c4 Ne3 21. Bxe3 dxe3 22. Rf3 Bxe4 23. dxe4 g5 24. g3 Bf8 25. fxg5 Qxe5 26. gxh4 Bd6 27. Rh3 Rb8 28. Ra3 Qxe4+ 29. Bf3 Qxc4 30. Rxe3 Rxb2 31. g6 Ke7 32. h5 Rhb8 33. Be4 {[%eval -128,38]}) 9. Nh4 Be7 (9... Bh7 {retreating is better even if it hangs a pawn.} 10. Nf3 (10. Bxh5 Be7 11. Nf3 g6 12. Bg4 Nxg4 13. h3 Nh6 $19)) 10. Nxf5 Nxf5 11. Bxh5 g6 12. Bf3 O-O-O $6 (12... Ng3 $1 13. Rg1 Rxh2 $19) 13. O-O g5 $2 (13... f6 $1 {attacks the pawn chain at its base.} 14. exf6 Bxf6 $17 {[%csl Re6]} 15. h3 e5 16. Kh2 Kb8 {A deep move getting out of the future pin of Bg4.} 17. Bg4 Nh6 18. b4 c4 19. fxe5 Nxg4+ 20. Qxg4 Nxe5 21. Qg3 Qd6 $19) 14. Qe2 (14. Bg4 d4 (14... Nh6 15. Bh3 Rdg8 16. fxg5 Bxg5 17. Bxg5 {and black trades off his ugly bishop.}) 15. Bxf5 c4 16. Kh1 exf5 17. Nd2 cxd3 18. Nc4 Qa6 19. Qxd3 Na5 20. b3 Nxb3 $17) (14. fxg5 Nxe5) 14... Rdg8 (14... c4+ $1 {I found this move later but its wins here as well.} 15. d4 Nfxd4 $19 16. cxd4 Nxd4 $19 17. Qf2 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bc5 $19) 15. g3 gxf4 16. Bxf4 {I took a lot of time on this move to make sure it worked...} c4+ 17. d4 Ncxd4 $1 {Same sequence as earlier and winning.} 18. cxd4 Nxd4 (18... Qxd4+ {is even stronger.} 19. Rf2 (19. Kh1 Qxf4 $3 20. gxf4 Ng3+ 21. Kg2 Nxe2+ 22. Kf2 Rxh2+ 23. Ke1 Nd4 {[%csl Rc2,Rf3] #12}) 19... Qxf4 $19) 19. Qe3 Bc5 ({The obvious} 19... Nxf3+ {should have been played as White cannot capture with the queen - I missed this.} 20. Rxf3 Bc5 21. Qxc5+ Qxc5+ $19) 20. Kh1 Nc2 21. Qd2 Nxa1 22. Nc3 Nb3 23. Qe2 Nd4 {The knight keeps hopping into critical squares, causing disruption for my opponent.} 24. Qg2 Nf5 (24... Nxf3 25. Rxf3 Qc6 $19) 25. Bxd5 $2 Be3 $1 26. Bxb7+ Kb8 $1 27. Bf3 Bxf4 28. Na4 Qd4 (28... Nxg3+ 29. Qxg3 Bxg3 30. Bh5 (30. Nxb6 Rxh2+ 31. Kg1 Bxe5+ {[%mdl 32768]})) 29. Ba8 {[%csl Gb7]} Nxg3+ {White resigns.} 30. Qxg3 Bxg3 31. Kg2 Bxe5+ 32. Kf3 Rh3+ 33. Ke2 Qd3+ 34. Kf2 Bd4+ 35. Ke1 Re3+ 0-1