[Event "Washington Open 2022"] [Site "Redmond, WA"] [Date "2022.05.29"] [Round "4"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "Pupols, Viktors"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B10"] [PlyCount "55"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,55,25,16,59,19,15,31,40,43,47,7,31,46,59,44,19,21,20,-10,25,1,22,23,66,62,66,71,67,47,40,49,62,56,39,32,36,27,39,45,117,123,146,78,452,486,705,306,531,495,815,598,615,637,659,637,650,669] Viktors Pupols is a legend in Seattle chess. He won the state championship in 1975 and he beat Bobby Fischer in the US Junior's in 1955. He is 88 years old but is still considered a formidable opponent.} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1 {All book so far.} f6 $2 {Overprotecting e5 but at a cost of hemming in the g7 bishop.} ({Relevant:} 8... Nd7 9. a4 a5 10. Nb3 Re8 11. c4 dxc4 12. dxc4 c5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Bxe7 Rxe7 15. Qc2 Nf8 16. Nbd2 Ne6 17. Nf1 Nd4 18. Qc3 Bg4 19. Kh1 Qb4 20. Qxb4 axb4 21. Nxd4 exd4 22. f3 Bd7 23. b3 Rae8 24. f4 Bc6 25. Nd2 d3 26. Rad1 Bc3 27. e5 Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 f6 29. Ne4 fxe5 30. Rf1 exf4 31. Nxc5 Re2+ 32. Kh3 fxg3 33. hxg3 d2 34. Nd3 Re1 35. Nf2 R8e2 36. Kg2 Bd4 37. Rxd2 Rxd2 38. Rxe1 {Martinez Alcantara,J (2620)-Grandelius,N (2663) Chess.com INT 2020 0-1}) (8... d4 9. a4 c5 10. Nc4 $11) 9. c3 Na6 {A strange move designed to leave the c8-h3 diagonal clear for the bishop. Unfortunately, this move isolates the knight on the queenside and as you will see, it never gets back into the game.} (9... Bg4 10. h3 Be6 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Nf3 dxe4 15. Ng5 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 $16) 10. Qc2 {[#]} ({I considered} 10. d4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 exd4 12. Rxd4 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Bf4 Qe7 15. Bd6 Nxd6 16. Nxd6 $16) 10... Be6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Nc4 Rfd8 14. Be3 Nc8 15. a4 Bf8 16. b4 Qf7 17. Qe2 Nb8 18. Nfd2 b6 19. Red1 Nd7 20. h3 Kh8 21. Kh2 g5 22. Bg2 Nd6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Bf1 Bc7 25. Nc4 Nf8 26. Kg1 Qg6 27. Qf3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 g4 29. Qh1 gxh3 30. Be2 Qg8 31. Nd2 Rd8 32. Qf3 Qg6 33. Kh2 Rd7 34. Rb1 Rg7 35. Rd1 Rd7 36. Ra1 Rf7 37. a5 f5 38. exf5 Bxf5 39. axb6 Bxb6 40. Bxb6 {Meinberger,L (2240)-Kordsachia,T (2310) Germany 1982 ½-½}) (10... Nc7 {Now would be the time to re-integrate the knight with Nc7.} 11. h4 Bg4 12. a4 Rc8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 f5 15. f3 Bh5 16. exd5 Nexd5 17. Nc4 $16) 11. d4 $1 {The move I could have played earlier but I wanted a little more development before playing it.} dxe4 $2 (11... exd4 12. Nxd4 Bf7 13. b4 Re8 14. Ba3 $5 Qd7 15. Rad1 b5 16. N2b3 $16) 12. Nxe4 exd4 13. Nxd4 {With tempo as Nd4 threatens Nxe6.} Bf7 14. Be3 $6 (14. Rd1 Nd5 15. c4 f5 16. cxd5 fxe4 17. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Qf6 19. Rd7 $18) 14... Nd5 {This is why Be3 was dubious.} 15. Bd2 Qd7 16. Rad1 {My development is now complete.} Rad8 17. Bc1 ({Apparently,} 17. c4 {works here even thought Ndb4 is a threat.} Ndb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Qb3 $1 Qe7 20. Nf5 $1 gxf5 21. Nd6 Qc7 22. Qxb4 $18) 17... Qc8 18. a3 $1 {An important prophylactic move.} Rfe8 19. c4 Ne7 20. Be3 b6 21. c5 $6 {Premature.} (21. b4 Nf5 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qa4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rxe4 25. Qxa6 Rxe3 26. fxe3 Qe6 27. Qxa7 $18) (21. b4 $1 Nb8 22. Qc1 f5 23. Ng5 Rd7 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. c5 b5 26. Qd2 Kg8 27. Qa2+ Kh8 28. Ne6 $18) 21... f5 $4 (21... Nxc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Qxc5 Bf8 24. Qxa7 c5 25. Nc2 $16) 22. Nd6 Qd7 23. Nxe8 (23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Nxc6 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Nxc5 27. Nxa7 Bxb2 28. Bf1 Bf6 29. Bh6 g5 30. Qh5+ Ng6 31. Bc4+ Re6 32. Nb5 $18) (23. Nxf7 Kxf7 24. Nxc6 Qxd1 25. Rxd1 Nxc6 26. cxb6 Rxd1+ 27. Qxd1 Rxe3 28. fxe3 Bd4 29. Qb3+ $18) 23... Qxe8 24. cxb6 c5 25. Nf3 axb6 26. Bg5 Bf8 27. Rxd8 Qxd8 28. Qe2 {Black resigns.} 1-0