[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.10.10"] [Round "?"] [White "rasemgamm (1942)"] [Black "Paul H. (1994)"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B23"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "120+1"] {[%evp 0,70,35,18,40,18,16,5,43,-4,20,16,-1,0,55,-4,22,-3,-27,-49,-1,-49,1,-43, 6,6,28,26,111,-50,-50,-50,99,329,946,-30,0,0,0,-77,-77,-72,-67,-121,-136,-267, -257,-257,-218,-275,-292,-284,-284,-337,-256,-367,-211,-210,-280,-303,-225, -252,-229,-326,-368,-375,-20,-14,-16,-83,-138,-161,-41]} 1. e4 c5 2. f4 { B21 Sicilian Defense: McDonnell Attack} Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 e6 ({Relevant:} 6... Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8. Be2 Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. h3 b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. O-O b4 13. Nd1 Nh5 14. Kh2 e5 15. f5 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Nd4 18. Qd2 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Be5+ 20. Kh1 Qh4 21. Qf2 Qxf2 22. Rxf2 gxf5 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Rb1 Ba2 26. Ra1 Be6 27. Rb1 Kg7 28. b3 Bd4 29. Re2 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 Rfe8 31. Rbe1 Bd7 32. Bd5 Rxe3 33. Rxe3 Re8 34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Rf3 Be6 36. Bc6 {Escobar Forero,A (2481)-Arenas Vanegas,D (2421) Quibdo 2015 0-1 (83)}) 7. Qd2 {Already with this move, White is showing his intention: He will probably castle long and push is g and h pawns to mate me.} Nge7 8. g4 $6 { As predicted, here comes the pawn storm. h4 was better though because I can defend with either h5 or Nd4. However, this is a lot easier than it sounds.} O-O $146 ({For example,} 8... Nd4 9. Bg2 Nec6 10. O-O h5 $1 11. g5 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Bg2 O-O $11) 9. h4 {Not even taking time to castle! Positions like this are tough to assess. Technically, Black is better here but I can tell you I didn't feel better. Precise calculation is needed to avoid disaster. } f5 $6 (9... Qb6 {A very hard move to find. Attacking b2 but also strengthening the grip on d4.} 10. O-O-O d5 {/\d4} 11. Bf2 d4 12. Ne2 f5 $15 { White pieces are uncoordinated and Black is beginning to unwind.}) 10. g5 $6 ( 10. gxf5 exf5 11. h5 $1 Nd4 12. Be2 b5 13. O-O-O h6 14. Kb1 Bb7 15. Rhg1 $14) 10... b6 (10... b5 $1 11. h5 b4 12. Nd1 e5 13. Qh2 exf4 14. Bxf4 fxe4 15. dxe4 $13) 11. O-O-O Bb7 {A simple developing move but it is a mistake. Defense precautions are needed.} (11... b5 12. Qh2 b4 13. Na4 Ba6 $11) 12. h5 {[#]I'm worse. It's time to switch gears. Counterplay is great but I need to defend against mate.} d5 $2 {Once again, Stockfish likes b5 and for a good reason. The bishop on the g7 long diagonal is black's strongest piece. b5-b4 pushes back the knight and allows counterplay with either Qa5 or Rb8.} 13. Qh2 $1 d4 14. hxg6 (14. Bd2 Qd7 15. Ne2 {[%CAl Gg8f7,Gf7e8,Ge8d8,Gd8c7]} Kf7 $1 16. Re1 Ke8 17. Bg2 Kd8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qh7 Rg8 20. exf5 exf5 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. fxe5 Qd5 24. Nf4 Qxa2 25. Kd1 Kc7 26. Nxg6 Nd5 $18) 14... hxg6 15. Bd2 dxc3 $4 {Forgetting that once White gets his bishop on c3, I am lost.} 16. Bxc3 Nd4 17. Ne5 $2 (17. Qh7+ Kf7 18. Ne5+ Ke8 19. Qxg7 $18) 17... Re8 $6 (17... Rf7 $1 {A very hard move to find.} 18. Kb1 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Rg7 20. Bg2 Qc7 $17) 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Nxg6+ Nxg6 20. Qxg6 Qe7 21. Rh7 $4 Qf7 22. Rxg7 Qxg7 23. Qh5 Ke7 24. exf5 exf5 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. g6 Rf8 27. Re1+ Kd7 28. Bh3 Rae8 29. Bxf5+ Kc7 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Kd2 Qe7 32. Qh7 Kb8 {The wrong direction. The King should be headed back to the kingside.} (32... Kd6 33. Qxe7+ Kxe7 34. Be4 Bc8 35. c3 dxc3+ 36. bxc3 Kf6 $19) 33. Qxe7 Rxe7 34. Bg4 {[%CAl Gb8c7,Gc7d6]} Bc8 (34... Kc7 35. c3 (35. f5 Kd6 36. f6 Re5 $19) 35... Kd6 36. cxd4 Re8 37. f5 Ke7 38. d5 Bxd5 39. b4 $19) 35. f5 Rg7 {White lost on time.} 0-1