[Event "59th Chess.com Tournament (1800-1999) -"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.06.21"] [Round "?"] [White "BalancedDiet"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D40"] [WhiteElo "1859"] [BlackElo "2104"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "124"] [Beauty "6258841146953"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 $6 ({A small nuance but} 6... cxd4 {is stronger.} 7. exd4 Bb4 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 b6 10. a3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Bb7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Re1 Nd5 15. Bd2 Na5 16. Rc1 Nc4 17. Ne5 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 Qf6 19. Be4 Rc7 20. g3 Qd8 21. c4 Nf6 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Rcd1 Qd6 24. a4 Nd7 25. Nxd7 Rxd7 26. d5 Qc5 27. Re4 Rfd8 28. Rd4 h6 29. h4 exd5 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. cxd5 Rd6 32. Qd3 g6 33. Qe4 h5 34. Qe8+ Kg7 35. Qe5+ Kg8 36. Kg2 a6 37. Qe8+ Kg7 38. Qe4 Kg8 39. Rd4 b5 40. axb5 Qxb5 41. Qe5 Qc5 42. Qe8+ Kg7 43. Qe4 Kg8 {[%eval 0,83] =}) 7. Bg5 $6 (7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nb5 Qd8 10. dxc5 O-O $16 {and Black will have a tough time recovering the c5 pawn.}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 (8... h6 9. Bh4 (9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Nxd5 Qe6+ 12. Ne3 Bb4+ 13. Nd2 Nxd4 $11)) 9. Bd3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 O-O 11. O-O Bd7 ({It makes sense to play} 11... b6 {and then Bb7. The bishop exerts pressure on the center as well as the long diagonal.} 12. Re1 Bb7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nd5 15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Be4 g6 17. Rad1 Bf6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bg7 20. Nb5 Ba6 21. Qb3 Qf6 22. Nd6 Na5 23. Qa2 Rc2 24. Nxf7 Qxb2 25. Nh6+ Kh8 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. N7e5+ Kh8 28. Qxb2 Rxb2 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nd6+ Kh8 31. Re7 Be2 32. Rc1 Bxf3 33. gxf3 Rd2 34. Nf7+ Kg8 35. Be6 Re2 36. Ng5+ Kh8 37. Rcc7 {1-0 Ponkratov,P (2605)-Goganov,A (2564) RUS GP rap Serpukhov rapid 2018 (10)}) ({Stockfish 16 is very keen on} 11... h6 {which is a very slow, non-commital approach to the position.} 12. Bh4 a6 13. a4 $11) 12. Rc1 Rc8 {[#]} 13. Bd3 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13. Qe2 h6 14. Bf4 a6 15. a3 b5 16. Bb3 Na5 17. Ba2 Bc6 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Bd6 20. Bg3 Qc7 21. b4 Nc4 22. Na4 bxa4 23. Bxc4 Bd5 24. Qf1 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Qb7 26. Rdc1 Ne4 27. Bf4 Nf6 28. Bg3 Ne4 29. Bf4 Nf6 30. Bg3 Ne4 {½-½ Sosulin,E (2422)-Tishin,P (2431) Rilsk 2017 (4)}) (13. Re1 h6 14. Bf4 $11) 13... Nb4 14. Bb1 Nbd5 15. Ne5 Nxc3 (15... Bc6 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Rxc6 Rxc6 21. Qxh6 Qxd4 22. Qg5+ Kf8 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ $11 {with a draw by repetition.}) 16. bxc3 Nd5 $6 (16... Bc6 17. c4 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Bc2 Bf8 20. Bg5 Be7 $14) 17. Qd3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 $2 (18... Ba3 19. h4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Bc6 21. Qd2 f6 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. h5 $16) 19. Qg3 $2 (19. Qf3 $1 f5 20. Bxf5 $1 Bf6 (20... exf5 $4 21. Qxd5+ {#6}) (20... gxf5 $4 21. Qg3+ $18) 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bh3 $18) 19... Bf6 (19... Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. c4 Nf6 $14) 20. c4 Ne7 21. Rc3 (21. h4 Ba4 (21... Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 (22... Bxh4 $4 23. Bxg6 hxg6 (23... Bxg3 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. fxg3 $18))) 22. Qf4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 $11) 21... Nf5 22. Bxf5 exf5 23. f4 $6 {Reinforcing the knight but this is where White's attack somes to an end. Re1 was a better try with an equal position. Now, the h6 bishop has limited scope.} b5 24. c5 Be6 25. Qf2 Bxa2 $5 (25... Bd5 26. a3 Be7 27. Re3 f6 28. Nd3 Be4 $15) (25... b4 {Keeping the rook off the a-file and preparing a5. A good idea as these pawns create the threat of a passer.} 26. Rc2 a5 27. Qd2 Bd5 $15) 26. Ra3 Bc4 27. Rfa1 b4 28. Rxa7 Bxe5 29. fxe5 b3 30. h4 Qd5 {Beginning to get the queen active to help escort the b3 pawn.} 31. Be3 Rb8 ({Trading off the rooks with} 31... Ra8 {is very strong.} 32. Bc1 Rxa7 33. Rxa7 Qe4 34. h5 Bd5 35. Rd7 Ra8 $19) 32. Qb2 $4 Qe4 $19 33. Bg5 Bd5 34. Rc1 f4 (34... h6 35. Bf6 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. c6 Bxc6 $19) 35. Rf1 Ra8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. Rxf4 Ra1+ $1 38. Kh2 Qe1 39. Qf2 Qh1+ 40. Kg3 Ra2 $19 {Black has a crushing attack but my opponent was determined to play this out.} 41. Rxf7 Rxf2 (41... Qxg2+ $3 42. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 43. Kh3 Kxf7 {#14}) 42. Rxf2 Qe1 43. Bd2 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 b2 45. e6 b1=Q 46. e7 Kf7 47. Bg5 Qc2+ 48. Ke3 Qe4+ 49. Kf2 Qxd4+ 50. Ke2 Qxc5 51. Kd3 Bxg2 52. Ke2 h6 53. Be3 Qxe7 54. Kf2 Be4 55. Kg3 Qf6 56. Bf4 g5 57. hxg5 hxg5 58. Bxg5 Qxg5+ 59. Kf2 Qf4+ 60. Ke2 Ke6 61. Kd1 Qf2 62. Kc1 Qc2# 0-1