[Event "Crossroads Invitational IX Arena"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.07.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "Fritz S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "1960"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "180+2"] {[%evp 0,41,29,40,40,30,16,9,42,-8,1,-15,33,30,24,15,10,9,6,-14,56,-54,-21,-47, -29,-40,16,-19,2,-3,9,0,178,33,249,230,360,333,376,377,429,435,818,795]} 1. e4 c5 {B20 Sicilian Defense} 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 {Played later than in the previous game.} 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 (7. c4) 7... Nge7 8. c3 O-O 9. a4 {Preparing Nc4. This prevents Black from kicking the knight with b5.} f5 10. exf5 Nxf5 11. Nc4 (11. b4 {[%CAl Rg7a1] A strong move but I was worried about weakening the g7-a1 diagonal. In reality, this helps me since the dark squares around Black's king are terrible weakened.} cxb4 12. cxb4 a6 (12... e4 13. dxe4 Bxa1 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. b5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Ne4 $14)) 11... h6 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ne3 d5 14. Nxf5 gxf5 {Black has a nice center but a weak king.} 15. Nh4 e4 $6 16. dxe4 dxe4 17. Qh5 $1 {Black broke up his own center. His c8 bishop is locked behind his pawn structure and his kingside is under fire.} Re6 $4 18. Nxf5 {Now, everything is falling.} Qf6 19. Nxg7 Qxg7 20. Bxe4 (20. Bf4 Bd7 21. Rxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 Re8 23. f3 $18) 20... Ne5 21. Bd5 {Black resigns.} 1-0