[Event "Amateur East"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.02.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Molner, Mackenzie"] [Black "Ayyapan, Santhosh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A33"] [Annotator "macmo"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] {[%evp 0,77,19,-18,30,19,17,-4,-9,-15,-11,6,20,-10,24,29,35,30,69,50,107,119, 114,111,119,101,150,152,153,157,178,185,184,128,133,118,138,127,170,151,152, 141,226,157,219,213,287,250,330,355,357,337,450,473,478,465,506,526,520,513, 520,534,644,798,961,985,1209,1212,1823,1627,29987,29984,29987,29988,29991, 29992,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Ndb5 a6 $2 {This is already a serious mistake. White gains complete control of the dark-squares after playing Nd6+.} (6... d5 {This is the mainline. Black fights back for control of their dark-squares, not letting white establish a bind on d6.} 7. Bf4 (7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Qxd5 Qxd5 $2 (9... Bb4+ $1 {Throwing in this move is important. Black can't happily capture on d5 due to a family fork on c7.} 10. Bd2 Be6 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 10. Nc7+ {[%csl Ra8,Rd5,Re8][%CAl Rc7e8,Rc7a8,Rc7d5]}) 7... e5 8. cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 {This leads to an interesting endgame that I was hoping to press with using my experience.}) 7. Nd6+ Bxd6 8. Qxd6 Qe7 {[%csl Ra6,Rb7,Rc8,Rd7,Re6,Rf7] } 9. Bf4 Nh5 (9... Qxd6 10. Bxd6 {[%csl Rb6][%CAl Rc3a4,Ra4b6]}) (9... O-O 10. Qxe7 Nxe7 11. Bd6 Re8 {[%csl Re7,Rf5][%CAl Re7f5]} 12. e4 {[%csl Gf1,Gf5][%CAl Ge4f5]}) 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bc7 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]} Nf6 12. e4 {[%csl Gb5,Yd6,Gf1] [%CAl Gb7b5,Gf1b5,Ya1d1,Yd1d6]} Ne8 13. Bb6 {[%csl Gd1][%CAl Gd1d6]} d6 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. c5 $1 {[%csl Re7][%CAl Rc5d6,Gb6c5] Despite the early queen trade, the king is not comfortable in the center yet. An important strategy when attacking the king is to open up lines and diagonals towards the king. after Black's d-pawn is traded the Black king will be under serious pressure.} (15. Be2 Nf6) 15... dxc5 16. Be2 (16. Bxc5+ $1 Kd8 17. Na4) 16... Nf6 17. g4 { [%CAl Gg4g5,Gf6e8]} h6 18. h4 Rag8 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Ne8 $2 $18 {The knight is too passive here although Black would be lost after other moves as well.} 21. f4 g6 22. e5 Ng7 23. Ne4 Ne8 24. Bxc5+ Kd8 25. Bb6+ Kc8 {[%csl Rc5,Gd7] [%CAl Re4c5,Rc5d7]} 26. Rxh8 Rxh8 27. Nc5 Nb8 {[%csl Gb6,Gc7,Gd8][%CAl Gb6d8]} 28. Bf3 Nc7 29. Bxb7+ Kd8 30. Nxd7 Nxd7 31. Bc6 Kc8 32. Rxd7 Nb5 {[%csl Ga3, Ga7,Gb5,Gc3,Gc7,Gd4,Gd6][%CAl Gb5d4,Gb5d6,Gb5c3,Gb5a3,Gb5c7,Gb5a6,Gb5a7]} 33. a4 Rh1+ {[%csl Rb6,Rc6][%CAl Gd7d8,Gd7a7,Ga7a8] Here my opponent tried a common strategy when under attack which is to sacrifice material to get rid of your opponent's powerful attackers. I didn't accept the sacrifice and instead played for mate with the powerful pieces near the Black king.} 34. Kd2 Rh2+ 35. Ke1 Rh1+ 36. Kf2 Rh2+ 37. Kg3 Rh8 38. axb5 axb5 39. Ra7 b4 40. Ra8# 1-0