[Event "188th GK tournament"] [Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl"] [Date "2020.05.04"] [Round "?"] [White "loverustler"] [Black "Paul H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1742"] [BlackElo "1861"] [PlyCount "102"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1/172800:0"] {[%evp 0,102,25,10,40,22,22,-15,31,31,31,33,66,53,57,27,36,-17,-21,-24,-16,-28, -20,-47,-28,-56,-37,-59,-80,-100,-130,-130,-188,-179,-111,-148,-163,-287,-101, -93,-91,-91,-112,-108,-108,-129,-155,-185,-139,-157,-99,-97,-98,-182,-137,-167, -164,-167,-141,-160,-121,-156,-143,-142,-143,-162,-142,-220,-221,-229,-217, -227,-205,-205,-223,-221,-189,-276,-220,-246,-239,-251,-258,-298,-364,-366, -384,-428,-446,-457,-414,-673,-748,-691,-712,-807,-807,-1499,-2297,-2361,-1489, -1954,-1669,-2153,-2391]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bc4 {The Smith Morra Gambit.} Bg7 7. O-O d6 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Rd1 Bd7 (9... Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bf1 Nd7 13. Bg5 Rc8 14. Rac1 (14. Rxd6 Nde5 15. Rxd8 Nxf3+ 16. gxf3 Rfxd8 $19)) 10. a3 O-O 11. Bg5 Rc8 12. Rac1 {Normal development so far. White is a pawn down and will try to justify this with activity.} Bg4 13. Bf4 $2 (13. Qe3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 $15) 13... Nh5 {White has this free move which attacks the bishop.} 14. Be3 Ne5 15. Bd5 {I spent a lot of time on this next move. White is threatening b7 but what is the best way to defend it?} e6 16. Bxb7 Rb8 {[%csl Rb2][%CAl Gb8b2,Gg7b2] This is what I calculated. Black gets a lot of activity for the pawn and after Nxf3, Rb2 is a big threat.} 17. Ba6 Qf6 $6 {A well-intentioned move trying to keep the pressure on f3.} (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qh4 19. Kg2 f5 20. exf5 Rxf5 $19) 18. Bd4 (18. Qf1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxb2 20. Kh1 Qxf3+ 21. Qg2 Qxg2+ 22. Kxg2 $19) 18... Nxf3+ $2 {Missing a intermezzo move.} (18... Nf4 $1 19. Qe3 Bh6 $19 {/\Nh3}) 19. gxf3 Qxf3 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qxf3 Bxf3 22. Rd2 Nf4 23. Bf1 Rfd8 {Paying too much attention to the defense of the pawn.} (23... Rfc8 $1 {Now Be4 is a threat.} 24. Re1 {Getting out of the pin an defending e4.} (24. Rxd6 Rxb2 25. Rd4 {Defending e4 as Black was threatening Be4.} Rb3 26. Na2 Rxc1 27. Nxc1 Rxa3 $19) 24... Rc5 {[%CAl Gc5g5] /\Rg5} 25. h4 $19) 24. b4 d5 $2 {I didn't like this weakness and wanted to liquidate it. Unfortunately, this gets White back into the game.} (24... Rdc8 25. Rdc2 (25. Rxd6 a5 26. b5 Rc5 27. h4 Rbc8 28. Rc6 R8xc6 29. bxc6 Bxe4 $19)) 25. exd5 exd5 $6 (25... Rbc8 26. Ba6 Rc7 27. d6 Rc6 28. Bf1 (28. Bb7 Rxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxb7 30. Rc7 Bd5 $19)) 26. Ne2 (26. Nb5 Rbc8 27. Rc5 (27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Nxa7 $4 Rc1 $19)) 26... Ne6 $6 (26... Bxe2 27. Bxe2 Rbc8 28. Rcd1 Rc3 $19) 27. Ng3 (27. Nd4 {Another try to liquidate and hope to blockade the passer.} Nxd4 28. Rxd4 Rbc8 29. Ra1 $17) 27... d4 {An obvious but important move. Black has to get his passer closer to its queening square.} 28. Bg2 Bxg2 (28... Ng5 $2 29. h4 Bxg2 30. hxg5 Bb7 $15) 29. Kxg2 Rbc8 (29... a5 { Breaking up the queenside pawns. White has enough on his hands dealing with the d4 passer and his knight all the way on g3.} 30. Rc4 axb4 31. axb4 Kf6 32. Nf1 Rb5 33. Ra2 g5 34. Ra6 Kf5 35. Nd2 Rdb8 36. Ra4 h5 $19) 30. Rcd1 f5 (30... d3 31. Kf3 Rc3 32. a4 f5 $19) 31. Ne2 Rc4 {The only move to hold d4. It's interesting how much closer the game has become from ealier. Black still has a comfortable advantage but it's one he has to fight for.} 32. Rd3 Kf6 {Bringing the King closer to the action.} 33. f4 $2 {Keeping the active King out of e5.} Rc2 {The White king is pinned and he is about to lose more material.} 34. Kf3 Rxe2 35. Kxe2 Nxf4+ 36. Kd2 Nxd3 37. Kxd3 g5 $19 {Black's two extra pawns is too much to manage. Black will continue to push his pawns and use his King to escort them to their queening squares.} 38. Kc4 f4 39. Kd3 Kf5 40. Rg1 h5 41. b5 g4 42. a4 f3 43. a5 Kf4 44. b6 axb6 45. axb6 h4 46. b7 g3 47. hxg3+ hxg3 48. b8=Q+ Rxb8 49. Kxd4 Rd8+ {Kicking the King off the file and preventing him to aid the rook.} 50. Kc3 f2 51. Rf1 Kf3 {White resigns.} 0-1