[Event "188th GK tournament"] [Site "http://gameknot.com/"] [Date "2020.04.18"] [Round "?"] [White "banora"] [Black "Paul H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "1898"] [BlackElo "1911"] [PlyCount "40"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,40,34,-14,22,30,14,23,33,36,48,42,65,36,72,38,-1,1,1,-17,14,0,2,-13,5, -107,-94,-111,-122,-126,-109,-127,-119,-135,-126,-264,-263,-312,-285,-326,-283, -494,-492]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 $6 {A mistake. Playing Nf6 is important here so I can meet d4 with a later d5.} (4... Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 $11) 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 {d5 is not possible which underscores my earlier mistake} Nf6 $16 {Better late than never but now white can play d5 with a very nice game.} 7. Be2 $2 {A passive move. Banora had this problem in the last game and here it is again.} (7. d5 {Grabbing space is important here. My pieces are uncoordinated and not fully developed. They are about to be displaced ever further.} Nb8 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na6 10. Re1 $16) 7... d5 $11 { Practically forced as this is the only way to fully contest the center.} 8. O-O O-O 9. Re1 Bf5 (9... Bg4 $5 {This is a better move. Black wants the option to remove the defender of d4 and possible trade of bishops. Bf5 grabs space but is not as flexible.} 10. c5 (10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. h3 Be6 12. Be3 (12. Ng5 $2 Bxd4 13. Nb5 Bc5 14. Qa4 (14. Nxe6 fxe6 $17)) 12... h6 $11) 10... Ne4 11. Be3 Nxc5 $1 12. dxc5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 d4 14. Qb3 dxe3 $11) 10. Bf4 (10. a3 Rc8 11. h3 a6 12. c5 Ne4 13. Na4 e5 14. Be3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qh4 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Nb6 Rcd8 19. Re2 Qh6 20. Qa4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qg7 22. Rd1 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxc5 24. Rxd5 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 (24) Tikkanen,H (2573)-Grandelius,N (2570) Falun 2012}) ({ Relevant:} 10. a3 Rc8 11. h3 a6 12. c5 Ne4 13. Na4 e5 14. Be3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Qh4 17. Bf1 Rfe8 18. Nb6 Rcd8 19. Re2 Qh6 20. Qa4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qg7 22. Rd1 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Nxc5 24. Rxd5 Ne6 {1/2-1/2 (24) Tikkanen,H (2573) -Grandelius,N (2570) Falun 2012}) 10... Rc8 $6 {[#] This is the time to break up the center with dc4. It exposes the d4 weakness and takes advantage of my active pieces.} (10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 Rc8 {Targeting the c4 bishop and pressuring the isolated pawn on d4.}) 11. b3 $146 {Reinforcing c4 but this creates more weaknesses.} (11. c5 Ne4 12. Bb5 Bg4 13. Bxc6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rxc6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rb3 Rf6 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. Reb1 Qf5 22. Bg5 Re6 23. Rxb6 h6 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Kh7 26. Be3 Rc6 27. Rb3 e5 28. Qb5 Qe6 29. a4 Rc4 30. a5 exd4 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. a6 Qe5 33. g3 Qe4 34. Qd7 Rc1+ 35. Bxc1 Qe1+ {0-1 (35) Schaefer,M (2246)-Kettler,B (2283) Germany 2006}) ({Predecessor:} 11. c5 Ne4 12. Bb5 Bg4 13. Bxc6 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Rxc6 15. Rb1 Qd7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 b6 18. cxb6 axb6 19. Rb3 Rf6 20. Qg3 Rc8 21. Reb1 Qf5 22. Bg5 Re6 23. Rxb6 h6 24. Rb8 Rxb8 25. Qxb8+ Kh7 26. Be3 Rc6 27. Rb3 e5 28. Qb5 Qe6 29. a4 Rc4 30. a5 exd4 31. cxd4 Bxd4 32. a6 Qe5 33. g3 Qe4 34. Qd7 Rc1+ 35. Bxc1 Qe1+ {0-1 (35) Schaefer,M (2246)-Kettler,B (2283) Germany 2006}) 11... Re8 $6 {Missing Ne4 which would grab more space and open the g7-a1 diagonal.} (11... Ne4 12. Rc1 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 dxc4 14. Rxc4 (14. bxc4 $4 Nxd4 $19 )) 12. Qd2 $2 {White wants to play Bh6 and trade off my g7 bishop but this simply loses a pawn.} (12. Ne5 Ne4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Be3 Qa5 $11) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 (13. Qc1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Nxd4 $19) 13... dxe4 {The knight has to move and Black wins the d4-pawn.} 14. Nh4 Nxd4 15. Nxf5 Nxf5 {Inexact. gf5 strengthens the center more.} (15... gxf5 16. Rad1 e5 $17) (15... gxf5 16. Rad1 e5 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Bf1 Rcd8 $17) 16. Rad1 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 $4 {I have no idea why he played this. Recapturing with the bishop is pretty obvious. This is the one move that loses.} (17. Bxd2 Nd4 18. Be3 e5 {Black has a lasting advantage but is not winning.}) 17... Bc3 $19 18. Red1 Bxd2 19. Rxd2 Red8 (19... e5 20. Bg5 h6 21. Bf6 Re6 22. Bd8 Nd4 $19) 20. Rc2 $4 {Rb2 is better but White is lost regardless.} Nd4 {White resigned. My opponent made some surprising oversights in this game despite it being a correspondence game.} 0-1