[Event "Crossroads Open 111 Arena"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2022.03.26"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "jreadey"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "2202"] [BlackElo "2409"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [TimeControl "180+2"] {[%evp 0,71,27,10,71,24,56,37,43,14,5,3,8,8,3,-1,7,-18,-18,-18,-17,-10,-12,-32, -9,-7,7,-5,-10,-3,14,-14,-7,-10,5,5,22,25,29,11,26,14,16,9,27,12,40,47,53,0,84, 55,90,90,94,67,71,57,59,58,198,196,195,157,29991,155,377,362,575,568,577,571, 1172,1257]} 1. e4 d6 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 ({Relevant:} 7. a4 a5 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Nc4 Be6 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. Qd2 b6 14. Ne3 Rad8 15. c4 Bh3 16. Nd5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Kh7 18. Re2 Nb8 19. d4 Nc6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Rd1 Qc8 22. Bc3 Nd7 23. Qb2 Nc5 24. h3 Rd7 {1/2-1/2 (24) Petrosian,T (2601)-Mamedyarov,S (2772) Moscow 2019}) 7... Re8 8. c3 a5 {[#]} 9. a4 $1 $146 {Preventing b5 and allowing the flexibility of Na3-b5 or Na3-c2.} ({ Predecessor:} 9. Nbd2 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. d4 exd4 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd5 Bg7 15. Ne4 Nd7 16. Ng5 Ne5 17. Bf4 h6 18. Bxe5 hxg5 19. Bxc7 Be6 20. a4 Qd7 21. Bxe6 Qxc7 22. Bd5 Qb6 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. Rd1 Bf6 25. Bc4 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qc7 27. Qd5 Kg7 28. Kf1 b6 29. Ke2 Be5 30. h3 Bd6 31. Kd3 Bc5 32. f3 Qe7 33. Kc2 Bf2 34. g4 Bc5 35. Kb3 Qf6 36. Qb7 Qf4 37. Bd5 Be3 38. Qd7 Bc5 {Jakubiec,A (2508)-Mroziak,M (2378) Czech Republic 2019 1/2-1/2}) 9... Nc6 10. Na3 { Black also relinquishes control of the b5 square, which makes a nice outpost for a knight.} h6 {Preventing the annoying Bg5.} 11. h3 {Stopping Bg4 but this wasn't that much of a threat. Bd2 was better.} (11. Bd2 Bg4 12. Nc2 Qd7 $11) 11... b6 $6 {Black's light squares are very weak. He might be looking to play Ba6 but this looks slow.} (11... Bd7 12. Nb5 Na7 13. Nxa7 Rxa7 14. d4 $11) 12. d4 $1 {With Black still trying to complete his development, it's time to strike in the center.} exd4 13. Nxd4 $1 {The right capture. The g2-a8 diagonal is very weak and this is the best way to take advantage of it.} Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bb7 15. e5 $5 {[%csl Rb7][%CAl Gg2b7] Threatening ef6 and Bxb7.} (15. f3 $11) 15... Nd5 16. Qb3 dxe5 17. dxe5 c6 18. Nc4 {Bringing the knight into play and protecting e5 with ideas of Nd6.} Qc7 ({Re-routing the bishop with} 18... Bc8 { is an interesting idea.} 19. Bd2 Be6 20. Rad1 $11) 19. Nd6 ({I looked at the interesting} 19. Bf4 $5 {but rejected it. Turns out, this is a good move!} Rad8 (19... Nxf4 $2 20. gxf4 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Gc4d6]} Bf8 21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Nxb6 Rad8 23. Red1 $16)) 19... Rxe5 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Bxh6 Nb4 23. Re1 Bf6 {White has a persistent edge but still needs to create threats to keep the advantage.} 24. Qf3 Bg7 $4 25. Bg5 $2 (25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ f6 27. Re6 Rf8 ( 27... Qf7 28. Qe3 Ra7 29. Bxc6 Nxc6 30. Rxc6 $18) 28. Bxc6 $18) 25... Qd7 26. Re7 Qd5 27. Qe3 Qd1+ 28. Kh2 Nd5 29. Re8+ Rxe8 $4 {A simple recapture but this is losing.} (29... Kh7 30. Qe4 Rxe8 31. Qxe8 f6 $11) ({The correct move is} 29... Kh7 30. Qe2 Qxe2 31. Rxe2 Bh6 32. Bxh6 Kxh6 33. Rd2 $11) 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Qxf7 Qxa4 $4 {With his king under full-scale attack, now is not the time to be snatching pawns.} 32. h4 $4 (32. Bxd5 cxd5 33. Bf6 Qd7 34. Qxd7 Kh6 35. Qxg7+ Kh5 36. g4#) 32... Qd4 33. h5 gxh5 34. Qxh5+ Kg8 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Be4+ { Black forfeits on time.} 1-0