[Event "Washington Open - Adult Section"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "Larson, Gerald"] [Site "Redmond"] [Round "4"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2024.12.01"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "1865"] [BlackElo "2042"] [PlyCount "72"] [GameId "2118397728453292"] [EventDate "2024.09.22"] [EventType "game"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,72,19,20,-19,-6,-26,-3,-2,-6,-11,-9,-5,1,0,0,2,-7,-12,-18,12,-15,41,23,48,36,-5,14,30,38,65,-46,-61,-79,-108,-106,-42,-177,-62,-174,-75,-106,-81,-132,-275,-251,-217,-452,-426,-467,-464,-493,-447,-469,-260,-317,-376,-355,-520,-513,-494,-470,-464,-634,-527,-577,-602,-630,-600,-543,-632,-594,-724,-1103,-1085]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. c3 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8. Na3 {The second best move from Stockfish.} ({Relevant:} 8. a3 {?b4-b5} O-O (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Bf5 12. Ne4 b6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. c4 Nc7 15. Nf6+ Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qd6 17. Bxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rae8 19. Nc6 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Re8 21. Qc3 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Bf1 $11) 9. b4 b6 10. b5 Nb8 11. c4 a6 12. Nc3 axb5 13. cxb5 h6 14. Nd2 Be6 15. Nc4 Qc7 16. a4 Nd7 17. Bd2 Kh7 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nf6 21. a5 bxa5 22. b6 Qb8 23. Rfb1 Nexd5 24. b7 Ra7 25. Nxa5 Qc7 26. Qb3 Nb4 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Qxb4 Rb8 29. Rc1 Qd7 30. Qb6 Rxa5 31. Rxa5 e4 32. Rc7 Qe6 33. Ra8 exd3 34. Rxb8 d2 35. Bf3 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 {1-0 Andreikin,D (2729)-Kramnik,V (2753) Titled Tuesday intern op 24th Sep Late Chess.com INT blitz 2024 (11)}) 8... O-O 9. Nc2 (9. Be3 Bg4 (9... f5 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. Ng5 f4 12. Bc1 d5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Qd1 Nxd5 15. Ne4 $11)) 9... f5 $6 {A bit early. Probably d5 or gaining space on the queenside with a5 made a little more sense.} 10. exf5 $6 {[#] In similar positions, chess engines recommend meeting f5 with gf5 but not the case here.} ({It is better to try and eat away at Black's center pawn mass with} 10. b4 cxb4 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. cxb4 h6 13. Qb3+ Kh7 14. Bb2 a6 15. a4 $11) 10... Bxf5 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... Nxf5 11. Ne3 d5 12. Qb3 Nxe3 13. Bxe3 Qd6 14. Ng5 Rd8 15. Ne4 c4 16. Nxd6 cxb3 17. Nxc8 Raxc8 18. axb3 a6 19. Bb6 Rd6 20. Bc5 Rdd8 21. Bh3 Ra8 22. Bb6 Re8 23. Bd7 Re7 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bc5 Rf7 26. Ra5 Rf3 27. Rfa1 Rxd3 28. Rxa6 Rxa6 29. Rxa6 Rd2 30. Rxc6 Rxb2 31. b4 d4 32. cxd4 exd4 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rxg7+ {1-0 Zhukov,M (2090)-Hernandez Gonzalez,W (2481) Titled Tuesday intern op 27th Apr Chess.com INT blitz 2021 (4)}) (10... gxf5 $5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6,Ge5,Gf5] This is what I was expecting. A solid pawn chain to control the center.} 11. Bg5 f4 12. b4 {I don't understand this move but I am guessing it has to do with undermining Black's pawn chain.} Qe8 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. bxc5 dxc5 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rxe6 Qd7 18. Qe2 $11) 11. Ne3 d5 $6 12. Nxf5 gxf5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge5,Gf5] Now black has a strong center but lacks the bishop pair.} 13. Ng5 {Threatening Ne6 of course but the main idea is to play f4.} (13. Bg5 Qd7 (13... h6 14. Be3 d4 $2 15. cxd4 cxd4 16. Bd2 Ng6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. h4 f4 19. b4 $16) 14. Rb1 $5 Rad8 15. Qe2 Rde8 16. Rbd1 Kh8 17. Rfe1 Ng6 18. Bc1 $13 {with a complicated game.}) (13. Kh1) 13... Rf6 {I thought Qd7 was a better move and the computer agrees. However, the deeper plan is to play Rd6 to support a break in the center.} (13... Qd7 14. f4 h6 15. Nh3 e4 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. g4 h5 18. Bxe4 Bd4+ 19. cxd4 dxe4 20. dxc5 $11) 14. f4 e4 $6 {I was worried about this move and the idea of taking because I didn't want a protected passed-pawn in my camp. What I didn't realize is that a later move like g4 would quickly prevent that.} 15. c4 $2 {This is the turning point. Black is now in control.} (15. dxe4 fxe4 (15... dxe4 16. Qb3+ Qd5 17. Qxd5+ Nxd5 18. g4 $1 {Dislodging the anchor of e4.} h6 19. gxf5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Rd6 21. f6 Bxf6 (21... Bf8 22. Bxe4 Rad8 23. Rf5 Na5 24. h4 b5 25. Kg2 Nc4 26. Kf3 $18) 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bg5 Kg7 24. Rf5 Nh7 25. Bh4 Re8 26. Re1 Rh6 27. Bg3 Nf6 28. Rxc5 $18) 16. Bh3 $1 Kh8 17. Be6 Qe8 18. Bxd5 Rd8 19. Bf7 $3 Rxf7 20. Qh5 Bd4+ 21. cxd4 Rg7 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. f5 $18) 15... h6 16. Nh3 $4 {The first big mistake of the game. I took a lot of time analyzing cd5 but couldn't see how it worked out. To his credit, my opponent converted his advantage very cleanly.} (16. cxd5 Qxd5 17. Nxe4 $1 {A crazy move that only a computer would find.} fxe4 18. dxe4 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. e5 Rb6 21. b3 Bf8 22. Bd2 $15 {The bishop pair and passed e and f pawns give compensation for the piece.}) 16... Rd6 $1 17. cxd5 Rxd5 18. Qb3 $2 {Pinning the rook but little else. This move only help his attack.} (18. Nf2 {I'm lost, but it was still time to bring in other pieces to defend.} Bd4 19. Kh1 Bxf2 20. Rxf2 Rxd3 21. Qh5 Qd5 22. Rf1 Rd8 $19) 18... Na5 {And like that, I have to move my queenb again.} 19. Qc2 Rxd3 20. Kh1 $2 ({This is the time to play} 20. g4 {while his pieces have yet to find their idea squares. The a5 knight will come to c6 and d4. Rc8 will soon be played too. These moves happened in the game which is why the timing of this move is so critical.} Nec6 21. gxf5 Nd4 22. Qf2 e3 23. Bxe3 Nxf5 24. Bxc5 Rd2 25. Qe1 Rxg2+ $3 26. Kxg2 Qd5+ 27. Rf3 Qxc5 28. Qe6+ Kh8 29. Rd3 Nc6 30. Kh1 $19) 20... c4 21. Re1 $2 (21. g4) 21... c3 22. b4 (22. Qe2 cxb2 23. Bxb2 Rd2 24. Rad1 Rxe2 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rxe2 Rd1+ 27. Ng1 Nac6 28. h4 Nd4 29. Rf2 e3 $19) 22... Nac6 23. Be3 Nd4 24. Qf2 Nd5 25. Rac1 Rc8 26. Ng1 Nxb4 27. g4 {Too little too late.} Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Nd3 29. Qf1 Nxc1 30. Qxc1 c2 31. gxf5 Nxf5 32. Rxe4 Bb2 (32... Qd1 33. Re1 Qxe1 34. Qxe1 c1=Q 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Bxb7 Rf8 37. Kg2 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 Qxb7 $19) 33. Qxb2 c1=Q 34. Qb3+ Kh8 35. Qf7 Ng7 36. Re7 Qd4 0-1