[Event "188th GK tournament"] [Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl"] [Date "2020.04.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "loverustler"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [BlackElo "1734"] [Annotator "paul"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1/172800:0"] {[%evp 0,65,36,10,40,20,42,34,30,-13,15,9,9,12,5,-17,-14,-19,-14,-18,-9,-10, -10,-10,-10,-9,12,26,27,24,57,32,89,89,85,54,54,46,124,119,119,125,131,134,272, 301,345,355,416,440,676,505,822,379,384,380,392,294,1279,1468,1567,1610,1465, 1340,1780,1780,29977,29978]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1 h6 {Passive, but Black wants to play Be6 and not deal with Ng5.} (8... e5 {This would make more sense. Locking the center and playing for expansion on the queenside.} 9. a3 b5 10. h3 Rb8 11. Be3 a5 12. a4 b4 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Rc1 Re8 15. d4 bxc3 16. bxc3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18. Nc4 Nxe4 19. dxc5 Na2 20. Nxd6 Nxd6 21. Rc2 Bf5 22. Rxa2 Nc4 23. Qxd8 Rbxd8 24. c6 Rc8 25. Nd2 Ne5 26. g4 Nd3 27. Rb1 Be6 28. Rc2 Nb4 29. Rc5 Ba2 30. Rf1 Bf8 31. Rxa5 Nxc6 32. Rb5 Ne5 33. Ra1 Bc4 34. Nxc4 Nxc4 35. Bd4 Red8 36. Bf6 Rd6 37. g5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 {Amin,B (2686)-Giri,A (2764) chess.com INT 2020 1-0}) 9. a4 {Clamping down on b5 and preparing Na3-c2, a typical plan in these Kings Indian Attack lines.} Be6 {As expected Be6 is played althought I am not sure why. e5 is still an option as it seizes the center and Black can still play Be6 afterwards.} 10. d4 {This move has two purposes. The first is to control d4 but it also threatens d5, winning a piece. This is why I don't like Be6.} cxd4 11. cxd4 Bg4 {Moving the bishop or playing d5 was called for.} (11... d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Na5 15. Nd2 Qc7 16. Ba3 Rac8 17. Rc1 $11) 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Qc8 $6 {Targeting the h3 pawn which is easily defended. The c8 square should be reserved for a rook. Having the queen on c8 puts it in future danger once white finishes his development.} 14. Kh2 a6 (14... g5 $5 15. Be3 g4 16. Nh4 gxh3 17. Bf3 Qd8 18. Nf5 $14) 15. Be3 Kh7 16. Rc1 {Eyeing the queen an forcing Black to move her majesty off the c-file.} Qd8 17. Nh4 {Preparing f4, to expand in the center.} (17. e5 Ne8 (17... dxe5 $2 18. dxe5 Ne8 19. Bc5 Be6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 $16)) 17... Rc8 18. f4 Nb4 $2 (18... e5 $1 19. Nf3 (19. d5 $6 Nd4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Nf3 (21. Bxd4 $2 exd4 22. Ne2 Re8 23. Rxc8 (23. Qxd4 $4 Ng4+ $19) 23... Qxc8 $15)) 19... Re8) 19. e5 $14 {[%csl Rb7] [%CAl Gg2b7] The only move to grab the initiative. It hits the knight and opens the long diagonal for the bishop.} Ne8 20. Bxb7 (20. Be4 {Stockfish prefers this. It's a sophisticated move. Black's king position is weak and White has many ways to break through. Grabbing material on b7 pawn is not the strongest plan.}) 20... Rb8 21. Be4 {The bishop gets to e4, aiming at the king and keeping the b4 knight under control.} Bc6 $4 {This walks into the next move.} (21... Kg8 {Getting off the diagonal}) 22. d5 $18 Bd7 23. e6 $1 { The purpose is to weaken g6 after which White will have an unstoppable attack.} fxe6 24. Nxg6 {One of many ways to win. Each is a matter of degrees.} exd5 25. Nxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxf8+ Kg8 27. Bxd5+ (27. Nxd7 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxd7 29. Rb3 Rxb3 30. Qxb3+ $18) 27... Kxf8 28. Bd4 (28. b3) 28... Bf6 $4 (28... Bxd4 29. Qxd4 Nf6 30. Re2 Qa5 31. Bg2 Qxa4 32. Qe3 $18) 29. Qh5 {Threatening Qf7# and Qh6+} e6 30. Qxh6+ Kf7 31. f5 $1 {Not as complicated as it looks.} exd5 32. Rxe8 Bxe8 ( 32... Kxe8 33. Qg6+ Kf8 34. Bxf6 $18) 33. Rc7+ {Black resigns.} (33. Rc7+ Qxc7 $4 34. Qxf6+ Kg8 35. Qh8+ Kf7 36. Qg7#) 1-0