[Event "2024 WA Senior Chess Championship"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2024.05.18"] [Round "2"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "Schill, William"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "1873"] [BlackElo "2273"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "64"] [GameId "2046777463281119"] [EventDate "2024.05.17"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "5"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,64,22,24,44,9,24,12,30,5,-5,9,17,4,14,-18,-11,-3,23,-38,-13,-56,-41,-44,-64,-79,-23,-27,-36,-47,-45,-44,-52,-55,-35,-40,-42,-82,-79,-88,-91,-98,-83,-157,-113,-149,-150,-155,-144,-250,-256,-249,-252,-267,-257,-280,-291,-389,-408,-403,-459,-563,-412,-419,-492,-442,-415]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. c3 e5 ({Relevant:} 7... d6 8. Nbd2 e5 9. a3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. bxc5 dxc5 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 Be6 14. c4 Nd4 15. a4 b5 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Rfc8 19. Bh3 Rd8 20. Bd2 Qb7 21. Qc2 Ne8 22. Rfc1 Bf8 23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. dxc6 Nc7 25. Ba5 Bd6 26. Bb6 Rdb8 27. a5 Re8 28. Bd7 Re7 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. f4 f6 31. Ra2 Rf8 32. Raf2 Ref7 33. h4 h5 34. Kg2 Na8 35. f5 g5 36. Be6 g4 37. Bxf7 {1-0 Nakamura,H (2768)-Timofeev,A (2567) Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Nov Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (3)}) 8. Na3 (8. c4 {After Black plays e5, it's natural to lock the center and begin play on the queenside: a3, Rb1 followed by a well-timed b4 etc.} a6 9. a4 Rb8 10. Nc3 d6 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 $11) 8... d5 9. Qe2 $2 {Bill pointed out that this move was suspect and Stockfish agrees with him.} (9. Bg5 {The move that Stockfish historically frowns upon but fine here. In most KIA lines, the, this bishop usually stays on c1 and the knight moves to c4-e3 etc.} Be6 10. exd5 Bxd5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Nd2 Nh5 (13... h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nb3 Qe7 16. Nd5 $11) 14. Bf3 f6 15. Bh4 Rad8 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. Qxh5 Rxd3 $11) ({Also good and probably best is} 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 h6 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 Bf5 13. a5 Rb8 14. h3 Qc7 {the tactics that Stockfish suggests are beyond what any human would play but still entertaining.} 15. Nfxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxd5 Red8 17. Rxe5 Bxe5 18. Qf3 Rxd5 19. Qxd5 Bxg3 20. fxg3 Qxg3+ 21. Qg2 Qe1+ 22. Kh2 Re8 23. Bxh6 Qxa1 24. Nd6 Re5 25. Bf4 Qe1 26. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 27. Qg3 Qe2+ 28. Qg2 Qxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Bxd3 30. Kf3 b6 31. axb6 axb6 32. Kf4 f6 33. h4 Kf8 34. Nc8 b5 35. Ke3 Bf1 36. Kf2 Bc4 37. Nd6 Ke7 38. Ne4 Ke6 39. Nxc5+ Kd6 40. b4 $11 {[%eval -13,42]}) 9... d4 $6 $146 ({Stockfish likes the very nuanced} 9... h6 $5 {perhaps to prevent Bg5?} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nc4 Re8 12. a4 b6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. h3 Bb7 $15 {White has problems developing his c1-bishop, not to mention the weakness on d3.}) 10. c4 $2 {A very commital decision. My intention was to expand with a3-a4 and using Nc2 and Rb1 as reinforcements. The problem with that is Black has a similar strategy.} (10. Nc4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 b5 13. Nd2 Qd6 14. Kg2 $11) 10... Ne8 (10... a6 11. Bd2 Rb8 12. Nc2 b5 13. b3 h6 14. Rfb1 $17) 11. Nc2 {This was a bit of head fake to me. I thought f5 was coming but he redeploys the knight to d6 where it can help participate in a future b5 expansion.} Nd6 12. Rb1 {This move states my intention to play b4, but the more flexible Bd2 was better.} (12. Bd2 Bg4 13. h3 Be6 14. a4 $17) 12... b5 (12... a5 13. Nd2 Be6 14. f4 $1 Qd7 15. a3 a4 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 $17) 13. cxb5 Nxb5 14. Nd2 Be6 15. a4 (15. f4 $5 {probably a good idea to create some threats on the other side of the board and activate my f1 rook and open the long diagonal for my g2 bishop..} Bxa2 16. Ra1 Be6 17. f5 Bc8 18. Nc4 a5 19. h4 $15) 15... Nd6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Ba3 (17. f4 {still a noteworthy idea.}) 17... Qa5 18. Rfc1 $2 {Senseless moves like these are areas I need to work on. The idea was probably to prevent Qc3 but I missed his next move.} ({Again,} 18. f4 {is the right approach here.}) 18... Bh6 {Obvious but strong. I saw this move the moment I played Rc1.} 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Nc4 $2 (20. Na1 {I looked at this defensive move but discarded it. Who puts their knight on a1 with any hope of it re-entering the game?} Rc7 21. Rb2 Rcb7 22. h4 Nb4 23. Rdb1 Qd8 $17 {White is completely defensive.}) 20... Nxc4 21. dxc4 Rc7 $1 22. Ne1 Rcb7 23. Qc2 Qc3 $1 {A decisive move that wins the game. The rest of the game is me hoping that my opponent will falter.} 24. Bf1 Bf8 {Carefully defending against any counterplay.} 25. Bd3 Rxb3 26. Qxc3 dxc3 27. Ra1 Nb4 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. Nc2 Rb2 30. Rab1 Rxb1 31. Rxb1 b3 32. Ne3 c2 {White resigns.} 0-1