[Event "2024 Carol Kleist Memorial"] [Site "Redmond, WA"] [Date "2024.05.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "Rupel, David"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "1974"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "104"] [GameId "2049725796154791"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,104,30,14,38,6,6,2,15,1,7,10,7,3,15,6,5,3,4,8,-2,-4,24,28,35,33,47,47,57,66,70,0,0,0,37,-33,-36,-69,-57,-77,-53,-198,-209,-207,-209,-244,-254,-272,-289,-326,-256,-303,-301,-341,-362,-438,-398,-414,-309,-920,-354,-354,-359,-480,-477,-498,-489,-518,-498,-527,-459,-508,-511,-531,-441,-469,-436,-436,-436,-459,-441,-589,-510,-536,-543,-546,-474,-541,-441,-449,-488,-493,-485,-509,-515,-593,-612,-733,-743,-750,-764,-769,-1033,-1357,-1272,-1903,-2157] Dave has been close to 2200 in his career and for good reason - he plays very accurately.} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 d6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. c3 Nge7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 h6 $6 {played probably to stop Bg5 but this is too slow.} ({Relevant:} 10... b6 11. Nc3 Ba6 12. Re1 Qd7 13. a3 Na5 14. h4 h6 15. Nh2 Bc4 16. b4 Nb3 17. Rb1 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 a5 19. Ng4 axb4 20. axb4 O-O 21. Ne4 dxe4 22. Rxc4 Qb5 23. Rc2 Qxb4 24. Bxe4 Rac8 25. Re3 Rxc2 26. Bxc2 Rd8 27. Rd3 h5 28. Ne3 Nc6 29. d5 Nxe5 30. Rd2 Qxd2 {0-1 Demchenko,A (2640)-Donchenko,A (2630) Titled Tuesday intern op 09th Aug Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (9)}) (10... O-O 11. Re1 Nf5 12. Nc3 f6 13. h4 h6 $16 (13... fxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 15. Na4 Qb4 16. Bd2 Qg4 17. Bc3 $16)) 11. Nc3 a6 $6 {another passive move.} 12. g4 $6 $146 {Aimed to stop Nf5 but as it turns out, this move is not needed. Bh3 can be used to exchange the knight.} (12. h4 {This move looks more natural. Expanding on the kingside and awaiting future events.} Nf5 13. Re1 O-O 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. Bh3 Qb6 16. Kg2 Rac8 17. Bd2 Qxb2 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Nf4 $14) ({Predecessor:} 12. h4 Nf5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. Qd2 Kh7 15. Rac1 Bd7 16. Kh2 b5 17. Kh3 Qb6 18. Ne2 Rfc8 19. g4 Nfe7 20. h5 Qa5 21. Ng3 Qxd2 22. Bxd2 f5 23. hxg6+ Nxg6 24. gxf5 exf5 25. Nh5 Be6 26. Kh2 Nd8 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1 29. Bxc1 Nc6 30. Bf1 Nge7 31. Nf4 Nd8 32. Bd3 Kg8 33. Nh4 Bc8 34. Bd2 Ne6 35. Nxe6 Bxe6 36. Bb4 Kf7 37. Bxe7 Kxe7 38. Nxf5+ Bxf5 39. Bxf5 h5 40. f4 Bh6 41. Kg3 h4+ {½-½ Petrosyan,M (2607)-Ghazarian,K (2181) PNWCC Online blitz JP 11th Lichess.org INT 2020 (10)}) 12... b5 13. Be3 h5 $2 {At first I thought wanted control of f5 but I soon realized that this was to open the h-file.} 14. h3 Bd7 {[#]Let's pause to look at this position. White is much better with control of the center and an attack on the Black king.} 15. Nd2 (15. Bg5 Bh6 16. Bxh6 (16. Bf6 Rh7 17. gxh5 Qb6 18. Re1 Rc8 $16) 16... Rxh6 17. Qd2 $16 {Black loses the right to castle on the kingside and his king is stuck in the middle of the board.}) 15... hxg4 16. hxg4 Na5 {The critical position. How should White continue?} 17. b4 $2 {It is these kinds of commital moves that lose chess games. b3 is needed to control c4 and await events. Now, there is a gaping hole on c4 and Black begins to generate counterplay.} (17. b3 {This looks slow but it's still strong. Keep Black out of c4 and force him to re-route his (now) misplaced knight on a5.} b4 {This is what I was worried about but it isn't as scary as it looks. Yes, Black gets some scope for his d7 bishop but ias the cost of opening up some squares in his own camp.} 18. Ne2 Bb5 19. Nf3 Nec6 20. Re1 Bf8 21. Nf4 Be7 22. Qd2 Kd7 $5 23. Nh3 Kc7 24. Bh6 Rc8 25. Qf4 Qg8 $16 {these moves are too complicated for me to figure out what's going on.}) ({Stockfish 16.1:} 17. Bg5 Bh6 18. Bf6 Rh7 19. Nf3 Rc8 20. Ne2 b4 21. Re1 Qb6 22. Bg5 Bb5 23. Qd2 Bxg5 24. Nxg5 Rh8 25. Qf4 Kd7 26. Bf3 Rcf8 27. Kg2 Nec6 28. Rad1 Qd8 29. Rh1 Qe7 30. b3 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Nb7 32. Nh7 Rd8 33. Nf6+ Kc8 34. Rh7 Kb8 35. Qd2 Rc8 36. Nf4 Nbd8 37. Be2 Bxe2 38. Nxe2 a5 39. Qd3 Na7 40. Qxg6 fxg6 41. Rxe7 Rc2 42. Nf4 Nac6 43. Re8 Kb7 44. Nxe6 Nxe6 45. Rxe6 Rxa2 46. Rd6 a4 47. bxa4 b3 48. Rxd5 Ka7 49. Ne4 b2 50. Nd2 Rxa4 51. e6 Kb7 52. Rb5+ Kc7 53. Rxb2 Rxd4 54. Kg3 Rd6 55. e7 Nxe7 56. Ne4 $16 {[%eval 121,59]}) 17... Nc4 18. Nb3 $2 {The fatal mistake. Up to now White had a slight edge. From here forward Black retains an advantage. Allowing Nc4 was something I thought I could live with as I was fixated on playing Nc5. The problem is that Black's knight is more intrusive.} (18. Bg5 $11) 18... Nc6 19. a3 N6xe5 $1 20. Re1 $2 (20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Bd4 $1 Bh2+ 22. Kh1 Rh6 (22... Qh4 $6 23. Re1 e5 (23... Bg3+ $2 24. Kg1 Bh2+ 25. Kf1 $18) 24. Nxd5 $11) 23. Re1 Kf8 24. Qf3 Qh4 25. Rad1 Re8 26. Rd3 Nb2 27. Rd2 Nc4 28. Rd3 e5 29. Bc5+ Kg7 30. Qh3 Qg5 31. Qxh6+ Qxh6 32. Rh3 Qg5 33. Rxh2 $15) 20... Nxe3 21. Rxe3 Nc4 22. Re1 $2 (22. Rg3 Rh4 23. Qd3 Qg5 24. Qe2 Kf8 25. Rf1 Qf4 $19) 22... Kf8 $1 {another strong move, getting the king off the open file.} 23. Nc5 Ra7 24. Ra2 Qf6 25. Ne2 Rh4 {White is lost. Either the g-pawn or the d-pawn are about to fall.} 26. a4 Rxg4 27. axb5 Bxb5 28. Nc3 Rxd4 29. Qa1 $2 (29. Qe2 Rc7 30. Nxa6 Bxa6 31. Rxa6 Qf5 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Ra2 Qg5 34. Nb5 Rg4 35. Qxg4 Qxg4 36. Nxc7 Be5 37. Na6 Kf8 38. Ree2 Kg7 39. Nc5 Bc3 40. b5 Bd4 41. Nd3 g5 $19) 29... Rd2 (29... Rg4 30. f3 Qd4+ $19) 30. Rxd2 Qxc3 31. Rdd1 Qxb4 {The rest of the game is my desperate attempt to create some counterplay in a lost position. Kudos to my opponent for playing solidly throughout.} 32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Qc1 Qd6 34. Qg5 Be8 35. Qg4 Ne5 36. Qg3 Bf7 37. Rb1 Rd7 38. Rec1 Nc4 39. Rb8+ Ke7 40. Qb3 Nd2 41. Qb4 Qxb4 42. Rxb4 Nc4 43. Ra4 a5 44. Bf1 e5 45. Bxc4 dxc4 46. Rxa5 Rc7 47. Kf1 c3 48. Ke2 Bh6 49. Rxe5+ Kf6 50. Re3 Bxe3 51. Kxe3 Be6 52. Kd4 c2 {White resigns.} 0-1