[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.07.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "SAULOTORRES"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "2058"] [BlackElo "1987"] [PlyCount "63"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,63,28,18,56,22,22,22,37,4,0,6,12,15,15,-17,-11,-23,-6,-11,-6,-14,5, -16,-2,-2,-15,5,10,23,61,64,109,76,103,102,104,104,102,80,80,81,95,101,87,54, 58,58,58,58,58,7,89,48,32,30,50,50,144,144,139,141,138,67,136,141] This my third classical chess game playing on the DGT Smartboard. At a provisonal ELO of 2058 I am slowly making my way towards an official rating. I saw that someone rated 1987 was in the lobby looking for a 20 15 game so, I accepted.} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Nbd2 (7. a4 { This is probably a good idea to prevent Black from expanding with b5.}) 7... O-O (7... b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 10. Bxa8 Nd5 11. Re1 $15) 8. Re1 Bg4 9. h3 {I spent some time on this move. h3 seemed natural and I wanted to avoid annoying moves like Ne5 or Nd4.} Bd7 {The correct retreat. Taking on f3 gives White the bishop pair. It's better to retain the bishop and continue development. Plus, h3 could be a future target.} (9... Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nd7 11. c3 b5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Be3 d5 15. e5 Nb6 16. b3 Qd7 17. Qd2 e6 18. Nh2 h5 19. Bf1 a6 20. Bd3 Qe7 21. a3 Nd7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa6 axb3 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Rab1 Nb6 26. Rxb3 Nc4 27. Qe2 Qa7 28. Nf3 Rb8 29. Rxb8+ Qxb8 30. Qd3 Qb4 31. Rb1 Qa4 32. Qb3 Qa8 33. Qb7 Qe8 34. Bg5 {1-0 (34) Karthikeyan,M (2606) -Pogosyan,S (2442) Lichess.org INT 2020}) 10. Nf1 {This is the fourth best move on the list but frankly it is all just about equal. The KIA involves a lot of maneuvering before and advantage can be claimed.} (10. e5 {doesn't yield much.} Ne8 11. Ne4 Qc8 12. exd6 Nxd6 13. Nxd6 exd6 14. Kh2 $11) (10. c3 { is a consistent idea to blunt the long diagonal but that too leads to equal play.} Qc8 11. Kh2 e5 12. a4 $11) 10... Rb8 {Preparing b5 but he could have played it straight away.} 11. c3 b5 {[%csl Rc3][%CAl Gb8b1,Gg7c3,Yb5b4,Rb4c3] Black wants to play b4 and create pressure on the b-file and the h8-a1 diagonal.} 12. d4 cxd4 $6 (12... e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 Be6 15. Qe2 Qc7 ( 15... Bc4 16. Qe3 Qb6 17. N3d2 Be6 $14) 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Red1 $11 ) 13. cxd4 e5 {[#]} 14. Bg5 $146 {Not accurate. I should ahve played d5, forcing the knight to move and then perhaps b3 with the idea of Ba3.} (14. d5 { Grabbing space and kicking the knight is best.} Ne7 15. b3 {[%csl Rd6][%CAl Gc1a3,Ga3d6]} Ne8 16. a4 a6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bd2 b4 19. Ne3 f5 20. Qc2 $14) 14... Qc8 $6 {Going after the h3 pawn but missing an obvious reply.} (14... h6 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Rc1 Ne7 $11) 15. Rc1 {threatening d5 and Black has to move his queen a second time.} Qe8 $6 (15... Qb7 $5 {keeping the queen on the queenside makes more sense then tucking it away on e8 or d8.} 16. d5 Ne7 17. Qd2 Rfc8 $14 {with ideas of g4, Ng3 etc.}) 16. d5 Ne7 17. Qd2 {Preventing h6 and preparing Qb4 with pressure on d6.} Rc8 {Black's pieces are cramped so he elects to make some trades.} (17... Qd8 18. Rc2 a5 19. b3 Kh8 20. g4 $14) 18. Qb4 $1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 {I had expected Nc8 but this works too.} (19... Nc8 20. N1d2 Nh5 21. Rc7 f5 $16) 20. Nxe5 $5 {I thought this just won a clean pawn but I missed something.} (20. Qa5 {invading on the dark squares and Black's pieces are too jumbled to mount a defense} Nc8 (20... Rc8 $2 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 (21... Bxc8 $4 22. Qd8+ $18) 22. Qxa7) 21. Rc7 Rd8 22. N3d2 h6 23. Be3 Bf8 24. Nb1 $1 {coming to a3 for further pressure on b5.} Re8 25. Rc3 Nb6 $16) 20... Nexd5 $1 {Black wins back the pawn.} 21. exd5 dxe5 22. Ne3 $6 {I hallucinated here thinking I needed to defend the e4 pawn which is already defended by the bishop.} (22. Nd2 h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne4 Bd8 25. Qd2 $14) 22... h6 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. d6 {marching closer to the queening square but more importantly, vacating the d5 square for the knight.} Rc8 25. Rc5 $2 (25. Rd1 { It's hard to take a rook off an open file but this is where it belongs - supporting the d-pawn.} Kg7 26. Nd5 Rc4 27. Qa3 Bg5 28. b3 Rc2 29. Be4 b4 30. Qa5 Bd8 31. Nc7 Rb2 $14) 25... a5 $4 (25... Kg7 26. Rd5 $11) 26. Qc3 $2 (26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 (26... Qxc8 27. Qxa5 Qc1+ 28. Kh2 Qxb2 29. Nd5 Qxf2 30. Qc7 Be6 31. Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. d7 Bxd7 33. Qxd7 $18) 27. Qc5) 26... b4 27. Qc2 Rxc5 28. Qxc5 $11 Qc8 29. Qxa5 Qc1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 31. Qc7 Qxf2 32. Nd5 {The position was only slightly better for me but Black probably felt the loss of his bishop after d7 Bxd7 was too much. Not true though. Anyway, Black lost on time.} (32. Nd5 Be6 33. Nxf6+ Qxf6 34. d7 Bxd7 35. Qxd7 Qf2 36. Qd5 Qe2 $14) 1-0