[Event "Rated Blitz game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.06.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "amarudni"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2176"] [BlackElo "2207"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,51,27,10,73,31,32,26,29,40,45,35,104,105,151,158,139,147,156,156,256, 270,279,287,278,282,282,281,277,233,234,247,241,221,223,229,235,138,136,146, 138,139,166,138,133,128,140,141,237,138,290,294,712,729]} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 { B10 Caro-Kann Defense: Breyer Variation} d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 $6 {There was no reason to release the tension in the center but this is certainly playable.} ( 3... e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. O-O) 4. dxe4 e5 $6 ({ Black has to prepare the e5 move with either Qc7 or Nd7.} 4... Qc7 $14 5. Ngf3 Nd7 6. a4 {An expansive move designed to gain space and meet Nb6 with a5.} e5 7. Nc4 (7. Bc4 $5 h6 {keeping the knight out of g5.} 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Nh4 Nb6 10. Bb3 a5 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Re1 Nc5 13. Bc4 Bd6 14. Qf3 $36) 7... Ngf6 8. Bd3 Nc5 9. O-O Be6 10. Qe2 $14) 5. Ngf3 {This is the problem. Nf3 gains a tempo and Black has to defend his e-pawn.} Bd6 $2 {An obvious looking more but a blunder. I saw this type of position months ago during another blitz game on Lichess. The post-game analysis revealed Nc4 was winning for White.} (5... Nd7 6. Nc4 Qc7 7. Bd2 Ngf6 8. Bd3 a5 9. a4 Bc5 10. O-O) 6. Nc4 $1 {At first, Bb4 looks concerning but after c3, Black's e5 pawn is lost. Trading queens does not help, in fact, it makes things worse.} Bc7 $6 {An alternative to Bb4 but it leads to the same problem.} (6... Bb4+ 7. c3 Qxd1+ 8. Kxd1 Bc5 9. Nfxe5 Be6 10. Nd3 Be7 11. Nf4 $18) 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Ncxe5 Be6 9. Bc4 {Contesting the diagonal and forcing more trades.} Nf6 $2 {My opponent is playing almost instantly. He either doesn't understand that he is lost or thinks I cannot convert the position.} (9... Bxc4 10. Nxc4) 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf7+ Ke7 12. Nxh8 Nbd7 13. Ng6+ {My knight is lost anyway so this forces him to capture with the pawn, ruining his kingside pawn structure.} hxg6 14. O-O (14. Bg5 Rh8 15. O-O-O e5 $18) 14... Nxe4 15. Re1 {[%csl Re6][%CAl Ge1e6]} Ndf6 16. Ng5 (16. Bg5 Nxg5 17. Nxg5 e5 18. Rad1 $18) 16... Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Rh8 18. Rad1 $6 {I simply missed the my h2 pawn was hanging.} (18. g3 e5 19. f4 Ke6 20. fxe5 Ng4 21. h4 Nh6 22. Kg2 Nf7 23. Be3 a5 24. Rad1 {Black cannot take on e5 as his king would come under fire.}) 18... Bxh2+ 19. Kf1 Bc7 20. Ke2 $1 {A nice move to clear the back rank for my rooks (I can now play Rh1). It also allows Kf3, protecting ideas of Rh2. } Rh5 21. Be3 $6 {Bf6 was needed, now Black gets some counterplay.} (21. Bxf6+) (21. Bxf6+ Kxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rh1 {Forcing trades as Rh7+ wins the c7 bishop. } Re5+ 23. Kf1 Rd5 24. Rh7+ Kd6 25. Rxd5+ cxd5 26. Rh6 $18) 22. Rd7 Bb6 23. Rxb7 $18) 21... a6 22. Rh1 Ra5 23. a3 (23. Rh8 g5 24. a3 Bf4 25. Rc8 Nd5 26. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 27. Kf1 Rc5 28. c3 Nd5 $18) 23... Nd5 $6 (23... Re5 24. Kf1) 24. Rd3 $6 {(4.89 ? 3.16) Inaccuracy. Bg5+ was best.} (24. Bg5+ Kf7 25. c4 Nb6 26. Be3 c5 27. Bc1 (27. Bc1) (27. b4 cxb4 28. Bxb6 Bxb6 29. Rd7+ Kf6 30. Rxb7 Bd4 31. axb4 $18) 27... g5 28. b3 Kf6 29. Rh8 Bf4 30. Bxf4 gxf4) 24... Bf4 $2 {Hoping for me to take and winning back the exchange.} (24... Nxe3 25. fxe3 Rg5 26. Rhd1 Rxg2+ 27. Kf1 Rxc2 28. Rd7+ Kf6 29. Rxc7 Rxb2 30. Rdd7 Ra2 31. Rxb7 Rxa3 32. Ke2 g5 33. Rxg7 $18 {The split pawns are no match for the extra rook.}) 25. Rxd5 $1 Bxe3 $6 {(5.76 ? 9.15) Inaccuracy. exd5 was best.} (25... exd5 26. Bxf4 d4 27. Rh8 g5 28. Bc7 d3+ 29. cxd3 Rc5 30. b4 Rc3 31. Ke3 Rxa3 32. Bb6) 26. Rxa5 {Black resigns. A strange game where my opponent barely used 30 seconds on his clock.} 1-0