[Event "Holiday Invitational 2020"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.01.28"] [Round "5"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "Chessmaster XI (Turk)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "1867"] [BlackElo "2038"] [PlyCount "141"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventRounds "1"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,79,27,10,51,-20,9,-31,-31,-22,-22,-81,-63,-51,-53,-46,-2,6,64,18,27, 24,20,-19,0,5,7,-16,-16,-25,-7,-14,-12,-16,-11,-12,24,32,22,30,26,25,42,37,62, 56,107,97,105,98,95,93,100,91,88,91,119,127,324,339,370,337,351,299,324,341, 321,354,380,387,387,395,400,391,413,428,506,482,644,408,483,379]} {Game 5. Halfway through the ten game match.} 1. e4 Nc6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 e5 5. g3 $6 {Somewhat slow. I am steering this into King's Indian Attack territory. Be2 is more direct.} (5. Be2 Bc5 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Ne4 Bb6 8. O-O $11) 5... Bg4 (5... dxe4 6. dxe4 Bc5 7. h3 O-O 8. Bg2 Qe7 9. c3 Rd8 10. Qe2 $15) 6. Bg2 (6. h3 Be6 $11) 6... dxe4 (6... Nxe4 {A typical computer move that wins a pawn and maintains an edge for Black.} 7. dxe4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nd4 10. c3 Nxf3 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 O-O-O+ 13. Ke2 Nh4 14. gxh5 $15) 7. dxe4 Nd4 { Like a typical human, CM is imitating how a 2000-rated played might play this position -- premature moves and aggressive attacks.} 8. O-O Be7 {Qc8 is another idea as it prevents h3.} 9. Re1 Qd6 $6 10. c3 (10. h3 {Putting the question to the bishop right away and encouraging exchanges.} Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bc5 14. b3 $14) 10... Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 Be6 12. Qa4+ $6 {I wanted to prepare Nc3 and provoke Bd7 with the idea of playing Qb3 or Qc2.} Qd7 {After a long think, I decided to take the queens off. Let's see how well Turk plays in the late middlegame.} 13. Qxd7+ (13. Bd1 {Trying to get my lesser bishop active on the recapture but Black is still better.} a5 14. Nf3 Bd6 15. Bg5 Qxa4 16. Bxa4+ Nd7 $15) 13... Nxd7 {Black has a slight edge here. His bishops are more active and he has better development.} 14. Nb3 $2 { Not sure what I was thinking here. This just walks into a5 and Black is better. I had an idea of Nb3-a5 hitting b7 but a5 stops all that.} (14. Be2 {/\Bc4 to trade of his better bishop.}) 14... b6 $6 {Stopping Na5 but just playing a5 was stronger.} (14... a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nd2 Bc5 17. Nf1 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 O-O-O 19. Bd1 Nc5 20. f3 $15) 15. Be3 O-O (15... a5 16. Be2 O-O-O 17. f3 Kb7 18. Rad1 $15 ) 16. Be2 {[%CAl Ge2a6,Ge2h5,Ge2f1,Ge2d1] Finally! Chess is about improving your pieces and this one needed greater scope. The game is now equal. Both sides mirror the other in terms of piece placement. My goal is to slowly advance my pieces and wait to see how things develop. This is a good example of exericising chess patience.} Rfd8 17. Red1 Nf8 {After this move I saw the opportunity to advance in the center. f4-f5 is my idea.} 18. f4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 exf4 20. gxf4 Bd7 $6 ({Black should try to cover his weak d4 square with} 20... c5 21. Nd2 f5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Bc4+ Be6 24. f5 Bf7 $11) 21. Nd4 {Once again, the goal is to occupy squares and force weaknesses. From here the knight can go to b5 threatening c7 and provoking more weaknesses like a6.} g6 $2 {Another random move that I don't understand. Rd8 seemed more natural.} 22. Nb5 Bxb5 $2 23. Bxb5 {CM is giving me what I wanted -- the two bishops and control of the light-squares.} Bc5 24. Kf2 {Getting my king closer to the center - something critical in endgame play. Taking on c5 allows the rook to get active with Rb8. If Black trades bishops,my bishop is way better than his knight.} Ne6 25. Bxc5 (25. f5 gxf5 26. exf5 Ng7 27. Bxc5 bxc5 28. Rd5 Rb8 29. a4 a6 30. Bxa6 Rxb2+ 31. Be2 Kf8 {White was threatening Rd8, forcing the knight to e8.} 32. Rxc5 Ne8 33. Ke3 $18) 25... Nxc5 26. Bc6 {Ke3 is also good but look at how strong this bishop is. It protects e4, hits the rook on a8 and can come post itself onto d5 as needed.} Rb8 27. Kf3 (27. b4 Ne6 28. f5 Nd8 29. Bb5 gxf5 30. exf5 a5 31. Ke3 Nb7 32. Rd7 $18) 27... b5 {Black wants to play Rb6 to activate his rook and threaten my bishop.} 28. Rd5 Nxe4 $4 {A crazy piece sacrifice that loses on the spot. CM does this sometimes with a bigger plan up its sleeve. I thought a long time before I recaptured. White was already winning but this makes things even easier.} ({The more sensible move is} 28... Na4 {but I don't bother protecting b2 and instead play} 29. Rd7 a6 (29... Nxb2 30. Bd5 Rf8 31. Rxc7 a6 32. Ke3 Nc4+ 33. Kd4 {The White king is unstoppable.}) 30. Bd5 Rf8 31. Rxc7 Nxb2 32. Ke3 $18 {[%csl Ra6][%CAl Ge3d4,Gd4c5,Gc5b6]}) 29. Kxe4 Rb6 30. Rd8+ ({Stronger is} 30. Rc5 b4 31. c4 Rb8 32. Ba4 Rb7 33. Kd5 $18) (30. Bxb5 c6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Bc4 Rxb2 33. Rd7 Kh6 (33... Rxh2 34. Rxf7+ Kh8 35. Rxa7 $18) 34. Rxf7) 30... Kg7 31. Kd5 {[#]Securing the bishop and imprisoning Black's rook. Even with equal material, White's king is too far advanced to stop.} b4 ( 31... Ra6 32. a3 Ra5 33. Kd4 Ra6 34. Kc5 Ra4 35. Rd4 Ra6 36. Rd7 $18) 32. c4 Ra6 33. Rb8 $1 Ra5+ 34. c5 Rxa2 35. Rxb4 Ra1 36. Bd7 Rd1+ 37. Kc6 a5 38. Rb7 Rd4 39. Rxc7 (39. Kxc7 Rxf4 40. c6 Rf2 41. Rb5 Rxh2 42. Rc5 $1 $18 {Getting behind the pawn.}) 39... Rxf4 40. Be8 Kh6 41. Rxf7 Re4 42. Bd7 Re2 43. Kb5 Rxb2+ 44. Kxa5 Rxh2 45. c6 Rc2 46. Kb6 Rb2+ 47. Kc5 Rc2+ 48. Kd6 Rd2+ 49. Ke7 Rc2 50. Kd8 Rc3 51. c7 Kg5 52. Rxh7 Rc1 53. c8=Q Rxc8+ 54. Bxc8 Kf4 55. Rg7 g5 $22 {White cannot make a move without losing this pawn.} 56. Ke7 Kf3 57. Rxg5 Kf4 58. Kf6 Ke4 59. Bb7+ Kd4 60. Ke6 Ke3 61. Rg4 Ke2 62. Rg3 Kf2 63. Rf3+ Ke2 64. Ke5 Kd1 65. Rf2 Ke1 66. Rg2 Kd1 67. Kd4 Kc1 68. Kc3 Kd1 69. Be4 Ke1 70. Bd3 Kd1 71. Rg1# 1-0