[Event "5 0 blitz"] [Site "Bellevue"] [Date "2024.03.10"] [Round "?"] [White "Garcia, Leo"] [Black "Harwood, Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A01"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [EventType "blitz"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,30,22,-23,-9,-23,7,-2,-4,0,-6,-7,-1,-1,-21,-10,-23,-27,-4,-50,13,-50,-9,-53,-60,-49,-53,-53,-50,-108,-83,-710,-729]} 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 c5 3. d3 ({Relevant:} 3. e3 Nf6 4. f4 g6 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Bxd7+ Qxd7 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Qe2 O-O 9. d3 Nc6 10. Nbd2 d4 11. e4 b5 12. O-O Ng4 13. Rfe1 Bh6 14. g3 e5 15. fxe5 Rae8 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bc1 Be3+ 19. Kg2 Nf2 20. Ng1 Nxe5 21. Nf1 Bxc1 22. Raxc1 f5 23. Qxf2 fxe4 24. Qd2 e3 25. Nxe3 Qc6+ 26. Kh3 dxe3 27. Rxe3 Qe6+ 28. Kg2 Qd5+ 29. Kh3 Ng4 {0-1 Nakamura,H (2780)-Giri,A (2760) AI Cup Div 1 L Chess.com INT rapid 2023 (1.1)}) 3... Nc6 {This is all unchartered territory. My goal is to smoothly develop my pieces and await developments.} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 g6 (5... Qc7 {seems more reasonable, securing e5 and continuing development.} 6. e4 e5 7. g3 Bg4 8. h3 Bh5 9. Bg2 O-O-O $15) 6. e4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 {seems to be reasonable - planning e5 etc. But b6 is equally strong.} 9. Re1 $6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Ne4 b6 12. d4 Bf5 13. Ng3 Nc3 14. Nxf5+ gxf5 15. Qd2 Nxe2+ 16. Qxe2 Nxd4 17. Qe5+ f6 18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Rad1 Qe4 21. Rfe1 Qxc2 22. Rd7 Rad8 23. Qc7 Rxd7 24. Qxd7 Rg8 25. Qxe7 Qc3 26. g3 f4 27. Qf7 fxg3 28. hxg3 Qxe1+ 29. Kg2 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Qe5 {0-1 Gardezi,A (2006)-Valle,L (2268) Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Nov Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (7)}) 9... b6 (9... Nxe4 $1 10. Bxg7 Nxd2 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3 Qd6 13. a3 b6 14. b4 $15) 10. Rc1 Bb7 (10... e5 {taking space in chess is also a good idea.} 11. c3 Bd7 12. a3 a5 13. a4 Qc7 14. g3 Rad8 15. Qc2 $15) 11. exd5 {Leo misses his chance to play e5 and disrupt my knight placement, not to mention my b7 bishop's diagonal.} Nxd5 (11... Qxd5 12. Bf1 {protecting g2 from the queen and bishop.} Rad8 13. Nc4 Bh6 14. Rb1 Nd4 15. Nce5 Nd7 16. c4 Qd6 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 $15) 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Nc4 e5 $1 {Space....the final frontier.} 14. a3 b5 (14... Nd4 $1 {threatening Nc3, winning material.} 15. c3 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 e4 17. Rxe4 Rxe4 18. dxe4 Nxc3 $1 19. Qc2 Nxe4 $17) 15. Ncd2 $4 {suffocating his queen and allowing...} Nc3 {White resigns.} 0-1