[Event "5 0 blitz"] [Site "Bellevue"] [Date "2024.03.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Scholz, Fritz"] [Black "Harwood, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A03"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,77,32,-25,-27,-33,-8,-14,52,0,20,-7,18,14,53,15,23,3,-11,-32,-20,-83,-10,-15,-11,-15,-31,-73,-61,-85,-53,-53,-76,-75,11,10,40,34,87,94,274,282,253,287,287,265,268,268,252,-196,-214,-257,54,-180,-105,-127,-16,-21,61,42,109,66,703,720,714,725,1406,812,1357,1472,29977,29978,29979,1501,29977,1725,29999,29998,29999,29999]} 1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 $6 {Stockfish claims Black is better but I can't understand why. White is attempting to reinforce the center with d4 and this seems like a reasonable approach to me. I'm guessing that Stockfish doesn't like the placement of pawns on dark squares, which would inhibit the dark-square bishop.} ({Relevant:} 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe1 Re8 9. e4 e5 10. f5 gxf5 11. Bg5 dxe4 12. dxe4 f4 13. gxf4 exf4 14. Qh4 Qd6 15. Bxf4 Qd3 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nbd2 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Ne4 Kh8 20. Nd6 Rg8 21. Kh1 Raf8 22. Rg1 f6 23. Rad1 Qc2 24. Qh4 fxe5 {1-0 Maghsoodloo,P (2701)-Harutyunian,T (2552) Abu Dhabi op Blitz 27th 2021 (8)}) 3... d4 $6 {I was trying to restrict the White knight as afte cd4 cd4, The knight has trouble developing. But Black doesn't have to capture.} (3... Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. O-O Be7 $11) (3... Nf6 4. d3 (4. d4 Qc7 5. e3 Bf5 $15) 4... Nc6) 4. d3 $146 (4. e3 {This is a very hard move to find. The idea seems to be prepping Bb5 and quickly developing.} dxe3 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bc4 a6 7. dxe3 Nc6 8. e4 b5 9. Be2 e6 10. Nbd2 c4 11. O-O Be7 12. Kh1 Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Qe1 $14) 4... Nf6 5. e4 dxe3 6. Bxe3 b6 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O e6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 {[%csl Gd5,Re3,Rf4][%CAl Gf6d5]} Bd6 $2 {Played too quickly.} (10... Nd5 $17 11. Bf2 Nxf4 12. Nc4 b5 13. Ncd2 a6 $17) 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. g3 O-O 13. Nce5 Nd5 14. Bf2 f6 (14... Nxe5 15. fxe5 (15. Nxe5 Nxf4 $1 16. gxf4 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Qg5+ 18. Bg4 h5 $19) 15... f6 {[%CAl Gf8f1,Gc7h2] Needed to open the f-file and the c7-h2 diagonal.} 16. a4 Bxe5 17. a5 (17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bg4 Qd6 19. Qe2 Rf7 20. Rae1 Nf6 21. Bf3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Raf8 $19) 17... Bd6 18. Nd2 Qc7 19. Qe1 Rae8 $17) 15. Ng4 h5 $6 {Too impatient.} (15... Qe8 16. d4 Rd8 17. Qc2 Kh8 18. Rae1 cxd4 19. cxd4 b5 $5 20. Bxb5 $6 Qh5 21. Nh4 (21. Kh2 Nxf4 $1 22. gxf4 Bxf4+ $19) 21... g5 $1) 16. Ne3 $1 {A strong move that puts indirect pressure on the h5 pawn.} Nxe3 (16... g5 17. fxg5 Nxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxg3 19. d4 Qc7 20. Bc4 Rae8 21. Qe2 Kg7 22. gxf6+ Rxf6 23. Bg5 Rf5 24. d5 Bf4 $11) 17. Bxe3 $11 e5 $2 (17... Rf7 {A very deep move that anticipates Nh4, followed by g5 and after Bxh5, Black plays Rg7 - occupying the open g-file and pressuring the White king.} 18. Nh4 g5 19. fxg5 Rg7 $1 20. Bf3 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bxg3 22. Qe2 $11) 18. Qb3+ Kh8 (18... Kh7 19. f5 e4 20. dxe4 Bxg3 21. Qe6 Ne5 $11) 19. Nh4 Kh7 $4 (19... exf4 20. Ng6+ Kh7 21. Nxf8+ Nxf8 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 (23. gxf4 Qe8) 23... Qe7 24. Rf2 Qe3 25. Qf7 Qxg3+ 26. Kf1 Qxh3+ 27. Ke1 Qh1+ 28. Rf1 Bd5 29. Qxh5+ Qxh5 30. Bxh5 g6 31. Bf3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 $15) 20. Bxh5 $18 exf4 21. Bg6+ Kh8 22. Bxf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Qd2 $4 (25... g5 26. Rf5 gxh4 $19) 26. Kh1 g5 27. Nf3 Nxf3 $4 (27... Qe3 {I considered this move but rejected it for some reason.} 28. Nxe5 (28. Re1 Qf2 $19) 28... gxf4 29. Ng6+ Kg7 30. Nxf4 Rfd8 $19) 28. Rxf3 Kg7 29. Raf1 Qe2 30. Qd5 g4 $4 (30... Rad8 31. Qf5 Rde8 $16) 31. Rf4 gxh3 32. R1f2 Qe3 33. Kh2 Rad8 34. Rg4+ Kh6 35. Rh4+ Kg7 36. Rg4+ Kh6 37. Qf5 Rd2 38. Rh4+ (38. Qg6#) 38... Kg7 39. Qh7# 1-0