[Event "Crossroads Invitational Arena"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.03.21"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "jreadey"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2089"] [BlackElo "2227"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "146"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "180+2"] {[%evp 0,146,22,22,72,35,53,46,46,20,3,3,15,17,4,11,0,-34,-21,-25,-12,-23,-8, -27,-15,-31,-22,-19,-23,-24,14,12,6,-18,5,-12,-12,-9,-3,-25,-15,-75,-63,-78, -47,-62,-62,-61,-69,-65,-78,-79,-61,-79,-72,-182,-193,-215,-56,-239,-19,-33, -25,-52,-8,-30,10,-131,-120,-136,-202,-202,-163,-338,-424,-997,-66,-79,-96, -133,-139,-130,-82,-89,-86,-96,-96,-96,-86,-272,-258,-287,-285,-285,-295,-325, -326,-314,-318,-327,-324,-335,-373,-419,-324,-430,-418,-477,-460,-508,-357, -375,-388,-388,-332,-326,-338,-361,-377,-390,-390,-400,-417,-478,-412,-552, -579,-691,-96,-96,-116,-40,-4,-2,-1,-525,-639,-657,-962,-962,-962,-992,-525, -992,-525,-1884,-1934,-29985,-29988]} 1. e4 d6 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Re1 e5 8. c3 Re8 9. a4 {A typical idea in the Kings Indian Attack. White wants to play Nbd2-c4 and not get pushed back with b5. However, with the center locked, b4 is a better approach.} (9. Nbd2 a5 10. a4 h6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Qb3 Qc8 13. Nfd2 b6 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Nd6 cxd6 18. Qxd5 Qd7 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. axb5 d5 22. Bd2 Rad8 23. Nc2 Nf5 24. b4 a4 25. Rxa4 Nd6 26. Ra6 e4 27. d4 Nc4 28. Bf4 g5 29. Bc7 Rc8 30. Ra7 Bf6 31. Ne3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Bd8 33. Bd6 Re6 34. Rd7 Bf6 35. Bc7 Kf8 36. Be5 Bxe5 37. dxe5 Rxe5 38. Rd6 d4 {Areshchenko,A (2677)-Visakh,N (2388) Al Ain 2015 1-0}) 9... a5 $146 10. Na3 {There are other ways to get to c4 - this is one of them. Also, Na3-c2 reinforcing d4 is an idea too.} b6 11. Bg5 {The c1 bishop is always the problem child of the KIA. Where to place it? Usually, the answer comes later in the game. Playing Bg5 is not wrong but it isn't helpful.} (11. d4 {Grabbing the center by pushing White's backward pawn.} exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 (12... Bb7 $4 13. e5 $18) 13. cxd4 Bb7) 11... h6 {And this is why. Black helps his position, forcing the bishop to move again.} 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 Bg7 14. d4 Bg4 15. d5 Ne7 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nb5 Rf8 {Preparing f5.} 18. Rad1 $6 { Centralizing a rook can hardly be criticized but better was Qe2, being able to recapture Bxb5 with the Queen.} Kh7 19. Nh2 (19. Nh4 {The same idea as Nh2 but the knight on h4 helps to defend against f5.} Bf6 20. Nf3 Bg7 $11) 19... f5 20. f3 $2 {Hemming in the g2 bishop and taking away the f3 square for the knight.} (20. Nf3 f4 21. g4 g5 22. b3 Bc8 23. Bf1 Bb7 24. c4 Ng6 25. Bd3 Qd7 26. Kg2 Bf6 $11) (20. Qe2 f4 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Nf3 g5 23. g4 $11) 20... h5 $6 (20... f4 { At first this looks like Black is trapping his g7 bishop. The fight is on the kingside so the bishop is likely to be placed at f6 where it can participate in future pawn advances.} 21. g4 Bf6 {[%csl Yg3][%CAl Gf6h4,Gh4e1] /\Bh4-g3 or Black can prepare a pawn storm given time.} 22. Qd3 Bh4 23. Re2 $17) 21. g4 f4 $6 (21... fxg4 22. fxg4) 22. c4 $4 {The idea was to get my knight back in the game. Nc3-e2 where it can help defend the kingside. but it comes at weakening a4 and allowing Black to control the dark squares on the kingside.} (22. g5 Qb8 23. h4 Rd8 24. Qf2 c6 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. c4 Be8 27. Bh3 Bf7 28. b3 Nc6) (22. g5 $1 {Stopping Bf6 and preventing a g6-g5 advance.} Qb8 (22... Ng8 23. h4 $11) ( 22... h4 $2 23. Qf2)) 22... Bf6 23. Re2 $2 (23. Ra1 $5 {An interesting idea. White will put rooks on a1 and b1 to play b4, the only pawn break on the board. } Ng8 24. Reb1 Bh4 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Ra5 27. Nf1 Nh6 28. Qc3 {Guarding against idea of taking on g4 mulitple times which would allow Black to play f3. } (28. Nd2 Ra6 29. Kf1 $17)) 23... Bh4 24. b3 {More passive play. b4 was needed to establish some pawn breaks.} Ng8 25. Rf1 Rf7 26. Nc3 $6 (26. b4 axb4 27. Qxb4 Rf8 28. Ra2 Ra5 29. Qc3 Nh6 30. Rb1 Nf7 31. Nf1 Ng5 32. c5 Bxb5) 26... Nh6 27. Nd1 $6 (27. Rd1 Rf8) 27... Bg3 28. Nf2 Rg7 $6 (28... Qh4) 29. Kh1 $6 ( 29. Rc1 Nf7) 29... Bxh2 $4 (29... Qh4) 30. Kxh2 Qh4 31. Kg1 Rh8 32. Qe1 Qg5 33. Nh1 $4 {Time pressure requires White to make a move but this makes things worse. My philosophy should be - it is better to lose on time than to make a move that has no purpose.} (33. b4 axb4 34. Qxb4 Ra8 35. Ra1 Ra5 36. Rea2 Qh4 37. Qe1 Qg3 38. Nd3 h4 39. Kh1 Qxe1+) 33... hxg4 $19 34. fxg4 Nxg4 35. hxg4 $6 (35. Rf3 Kg8) 35... Bxg4 36. Ref2 $6 (36. Rc2 Kg8) 36... Kg8 37. Ng3 fxg3 $4 { Played quickly. The rest of the game is played in a time scramble where each of us had less than 30 seconds on our clocks.} (37... Qh4) 38. Rf8+ Kh7 39. Rxh8+ Kxh8 40. Qxg3 Qh5 41. Rf8+ (41. c5 $1 dxc5 42. Rf8+ Kh7 43. Bf1 Bd7 44. Bc4 Kh6 45. Kf2 $17) 41... Rg8 42. Rf7 Rg7 43. Rf8+ Kh7 44. Qh2 $4 {Trading queens is the absolute last thing I should be doing here. I think that when most of us are in time pressure, our brain seeks to uncomplicate things by reducing the piece count.} (44. Qf2 Qg5 45. Qg3 Qe7 46. Qf2 Bd7 47. Bf1 Qg5+ 48. Bg2 Bh3 49. Kh2 Bg4 50. Qg3 Qh5+) (44. c5 $1 bxc5 45. Rf2 $11 Kg8 46. Qc3 Qg5 47. Qxa5 $11) 44... Qxh2+ 45. Kxh2 Bd1 {His light-squared bishop will eat up all the pawns sitting on light squares.} 46. Rf1 Bxb3 47. Bh3 Bxa4 48. Kg3 Re7 49. Be6 Kg7 50. Rh1 Bb3 51. Kg4 Bc2 $6 (51... Bxc4) 52. Kg5 $6 (52. Kf3 Bb3 ) 52... Bxe4 53. Rh6 a4 54. Rh3 Bf5 55. Bxf5 gxf5 56. Kxf5 Rf7+ 57. Ke6 Rf4 58. Rg3+ Kh6 59. Rh3+ $6 (59. c5 bxc5) 59... Kg5 60. Rc3 Rd4 61. Kd7 a3 62. Kxc7 a2 63. Ra3 Rxc4+ $4 (63... Rd2) 64. Kxd6 Rc2 65. Kxe5 b5 66. d6 b4 67. Ra8 $4 (67. d7 Re2+ 68. Kd4 Rd2+ 69. Ke3 Rxd7 70. Rxa2 b3 71. Rb2 Kf6 72. Rxb3 Ke6 73. Rb1 Ke7) 67... b3 68. d7 Rd2 69. Ra5 Kg4 70. Ra4+ Kg3 71. Ra3 Kf2 72. Ke4 $6 (72. Ke6 Ke1) 72... b2 73. Rxa2 b1=Q+ {Time forfeit Black wins on time.} 0-1