[Event "Holiday Invitational 2020"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.02.02"] [Round "6"] [White "Chessmaster XI (Turk)"] [Black "Paul H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A03"] [WhiteElo "2038"] [BlackElo "1867"] [PlyCount "160"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventRounds "1"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,160,35,-6,-16,-32,7,-18,-18,-15,-10,-12,-2,-22,-19,-42,-21,-41,-18, -29,-28,-44,-55,-94,-55,-154,-108,-108,-76,-48,-54,-130,-130,-126,-60,-108,-83, -138,-116,-131,-132,-140,-138,-136,-136,-132,-132,-132,-122,-124,-26,-49,-52, -76,-8,3,54,-15,-20,-29,34,0,0,-51,-49,-97,-35,-33,-27,-46,-53,-71,-75,-105, -105,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-102,-109,-101,-107,-109,-126,-126,-126,-118, -200,-224,-270,-290,-389,-418,-548,-668,-727,-712,-721,-638,-576,-661,-777, -808,-862,-558,-786,-587,-587,-1145,-1218,-1420,-1433,-1538,-1538,-1882,-1882, -1882,-1882,-1882,-1882,-1882,-2181,-28008,-28005,-29966,-29971,-29972,-29969, -29970,-29967,-29968,-29969,-29172,-29977,-28830,-29979,-29980,-29981,-29978, -29983,-29982,-29985,-29984,-29987,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29987,-29990,-29991, -29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-30000]} 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Qe1 O-O 8. Na3 Re8 9. e3 e5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Kh1 Neg4 {Targeting e3 with ideas of Bh6 with even more pressure.} 12. Ng5 {White has his forces scattered all over the board. His knight on a3 is useless. His c1 bishop and a1 rook haven't left their home squares. Black is already winning. I still wanted to develop my pieces though. Getting the bishop on c6 would be a nice idea. Also, I have to watch for this discovered threat on the f7 square.} Bd7 (12... Nxh2 $1 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14. Kxh2 Kg8 15. Nb5 Bf5 16. Kg1 Qd7 17. Qa5 Ng4 18. c4 dxc4 19. dxc4 Rad8 $19) 13. h3 Nh6 $6 {A bad decision that almost cost me the game. At first I liked this move as it covers f7 and it prepares Nf5 with a great position for Black.} (13... Ne5 {This is the better move. White has created a weakness when he played h3. From here the knight has more scope.} 14. Nf3 Nxf3 15. Rxf3 b5 16. Nb1 b4 17. a3 a5 18. Nd2 a4 $19) 14. e4 {So much for Nf5.} Bc6 15. c3 $2 ( 15. g4 $1 {Securing f5 and prepares Bf4 giving the bishop escape squares on g3 and h2.} dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 Qd4 18. c3 Qd3 19. Qd2 Bxe4 20. Qxd3 Bxd3 21. Rd1 Rad8 22. Kg1 Ba6 $15) 15... dxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 (16... Nf5 17. Qf2 Qd3 $1 18. exf5 $2 Re2 $19) 17. g4 Rad8 ({Taking the pawn with} 17... Nxe4 {is perfectly reasonable too but I wanted to get my last piece developed before grabbing the pawn.} 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 $17) 18. Kg1 $2 Nxe4 ({An interest albeit slower idea is} 18... Nd7 19. Nf3 f6 {Building up on the e5 square and re-consolidating all my pieces.} 20. Bf4 Nf7 21. Rd1 Nf8 22. Bg3 Ne6 $17) 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4 {Having that rook and d8 is a big difference. I control the d and e-files and can now penetrate with Rd3.} 22. Bf4 f5 $1 {The only move to keep the initiative.} 23. Rae1 ({This is the line I calculated...} 23. Bxh6 Bxh6 24. gxf5 Rd2 25. Rae1 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Rxb2 27. Nc4 Rxa2 28. Re8+ Bf8 $19) 23... Rde8 $2 {A simple move to double up rooks but it is a mistake.} (23... Rxe1 24. Rxe1 fxg4 25. Bg5 Rd5 26. Bxh6 Bxh6 27. hxg4 a6 28. Kf1 $19) 24. Rxe4 fxe4 $4 {With the pawn isolated like this, White can bring all his pieces to help surround and capture it.} (24... Rxe4 25. Bxh6 Bxh6 26. gxf5 Re2 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Nb5 Rxb2 29. Nxa7 Bg7 30. c4 Bd4+ $15) 25. Be3 (25. Nc4 {Getting his knight in the game. This stops e3 and prepares ideas like Nd6 hitting multiple targets.} Nf7 26. a4 Ne5 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Kf2 $11) 25... b6 (25... Nf7 26. Bxc5 Ne5 27. Bxa7 Nd3 28. Nc2 Nxb2 29. Rb1 Bxc3 $11) 26. Nc4 Re6 27. Rd1 {Suddenly, it is White who threatens moves like Rd8 followed by Nd6. All of this is possible given the terrible placement of my knight on h6.} Kf7 $4 (27... Nf7 {stops Rd8 and brings my knight back in the game.} 28. Rd7 b5 29. Nd2 a6 $11) 28. b4 $2 (28. Rd8 $1 a6 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Rd8+ Kf7 31. Kf2 Bf6 32. Rd7+ Ke8 33. Ra7 $18) 28... cxb4 29. cxb4 Bf8 30. Rd7+ Re7 31. Nd6+ Ke6 32. Rd8 $4 Bg7 $6 (32... Nf7 33. Rxf8 Nxd6 34. a4 $19) 33. Nxe4 Nf7 {Black is making a slight comeback. His king is active and closer to the center. His minor pieces have good squares too but nothing that can be declared winning.} 34. Rd1 (34. Ng5+ Nxg5 35. Bxg5 Rd7 36. Rc8 Rf7 37. Kg2 Bd4 $15) 34... Rc7 {Preparing Rc4 threatening the b4 pawn and the kniht on e4.} 35. b5 Be5 $6 {Improving the scope of my bishop but not necessary. The immediate Rc4 or Rc2 was better.} (35... Rc4 36. Nd2 Rb4 37. Re1 Kd5 $19) 36. Kf1 {Starting to bring the king to the center but this is too late.} Rc4 37. Nf2 Nd6 {Activating the knight while attacking b5.} 38. Nd3 Nxb5 39. Nxe5 Kxe5 40. Bh6 Ke4 41. Rd7 Rc7 42. Rxc7 $4 {Losing immediately. My king will move over to the queenside and my 2 pawns vs 1 majority cannot be stopped. Additonally, the h7 and g6 pawns are on light squares making them invulnerable to capture from his bishop.} Nxc7 43. Kf2 Kd3 44. h4 Nd5 {[%csl Rb4,Rc2,Rc3, Rc4,Re2,Re3,Re4,Rf4][%CAl Yd5f4,Yd5b4] [#]Black has build a bit of a fortress. White's king would love to get closer to assisting his pawn march. But how? All the squares are cut off.} 45. Kf3 b5 46. h5 a5 47. g5 b4 48. Bf8 gxh5 49. Kg3 a4 50. Kh4 b3 51. axb3 axb3 52. Ba3 Nf4 $1 {Protecting the h5 pawn and preparing to jump to g6 where White will have no counter play whatsoever.} 53. Kg3 Ng6 54. Bb2 Kc2 55. Bd4 b2 56. Bxb2 Kxb2 57. Kf2 Kc3 58. Kg3 Kd4 59. Kg2 Ke4 60. Kf1 Kf5 61. Ke2 Kxg5 62. Ke1 Kh4 63. Kf2 Kh3 64. Kf3 Kh2 65. Kf2 h4 66. Kf3 Kg1 67. Kg4 Kg2 68. Kg5 h3 69. Kf5 h2 70. Ke4 h1=Q 71. Kd5 Qe1 72. Kd4 Qe2 73. Kc5 Qd3 74. Kb6 Qc4 75. Kb7 Qc5 76. Ka8 Qb5 77. Ka7 Ne7 78. Ka8 h5 79. Ka7 Nc6+ 80. Ka8 Qb8# 0-1