[Event "Crossroads Invitational 58 Arena"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.02.27"] [Round "?"] [White "FritzScholz"] [Black "InnerPiece"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A35"] [WhiteElo "1985"] [BlackElo "2100"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "180+2"] 1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. e3 e6 7. Be2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 Nf5 (9... b6 {This is a developing move I neglected to play but should have.} 10. Bd2 d5 11. e4 Bb7 $15) 10. Kh2 h5 $6 {Giving White a target to play g4, Rg1 and so on.} 11. a3 (11. g4 hxg4 12. hxg4 Nh6 13. Rg1 d5 14. e4 d4 15. Na4 f5 16. gxf5 exf5 17. Rxg6 Rf6 18. Rxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxc5 Ng4+ 20. Kg3 $14) 11... b6 12. Ng5 {Occupying the gaping hole I created on g5 - yet another reason why h5 does not work.} Bb7 ({g4 is coming so I should have considered playing} 12... Nfe7 13. e4 Nd4 $15) 13. g4 hxg4 14. hxg4 Nh6 {White has overextended himself. His king is vulnerable and he has problems on the a8-h1 diagonal. Still, he has a knight on g5 and an open h-file to work with. This is double-edged though. Opening up the position further will bring more pressure against his king.} 15. Qe1 (15. Bf3 {Contesting the long diagonal.} Qd7 16. Nce4 d5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nf2 $15) 15... d5 {White's king is vulnerable and he has not completed his development. It's time to open the position.} 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Qh4 f6 $4 {An inexplicable error allowing a knight fork on e6.} (17... d4 18. Nce4 Re8 19. f5 Ne5 20. f6 (20. exd4 Qxd4 21. f6 (21. Nf3 $2 Nhxg4+ 22. Kh3 Nxf3 23. Rxf3 Ne5 24. Rg3 Nxd3 $19) 21... Bf8 $19 ) 20... Bf8 {Althought this looks scary, Black is winning.}) 18. Nf3 {White misses his chance.} Ne7 $2 {Securing f5 and opening the bishop's diagonal. This is unnecessary though.} (18... d4 {I didn't want to play this because I wanted to undermine White's dark-squared bishop.} 19. Ne4 c4 $1 20. Qh3 dxe3 21. Bxe3 cxd3 22. Rfd1 Nd4 23. Bxd3 Nxf3+ $19) (18... f5 19. gxf5 d4 20. exd4 Nxf5 21. Qxd8 Raxd8 22. dxc5 Rfe8 23. Bd1 Rxd3 $17) 19. e4 $1 {Now White is creating some threats.} d4 (19... Kf7 $5 {[%csl Yh2][%CAl Gf8h8,Gh8h2] /\Rh8}) 20. Nd1 f5 $4 {My idea was to undermine the light squares and help my bishop's activity. The problem is that White can open the g-file and create problems for my king.} (20... Bxe4 $1 21. dxe4 d3 22. Nf2 g5 23. Qg3 (23. fxg5 dxe2 24. Re1 fxg5 25. Qg3 (25. Nxg5 Ng6 {And White will either lose his queen or the knight on f2.}))) 21. Ng5 $4 {This looks simple enough - the g5 square is open so why not put a knight on it?} Qd7 $4 (21... fxe4 $1 22. dxe4 d3 23. Bf3 d2 $19) 22. gxf5 $14 gxf5 23. Nf2 $1 {Getting more pieces involved in the attack. Rg1 is coming soon as well.} fxe4 24. Nfxe4 $2 (24. dxe4 Rae8 25. Bc4+ Kh8 $18) 24... Nef5 25. Bg4 Nxg4+ 26. Qxg4 Bxe4 $2 {Terrible. After de4, the queen is pinned.} (26... Qc6 27. Rf3 Qg6 28. Bd2 c4 $11) 27. dxe4 Nh6 $4 {Frustration more than anything.} (27... c4 28. Rg1 Rae8 29. Bd2 Re7 30. exf5 Qxf5 31. Qf3 $18) 28. Qxd7 Rad8 29. Qh3 Rde8 30. f5 Be5+ 31. Kg2 Bg7 32. Ne6 Rf7 33. Bxh6 Bxh6 34. Qxh6 Rh7 35. Qg6+ {A real disaster for me that culminated early with passive moves and not playing actively.} 1-0