[Event "Washington Open - Adult Section"] [White "Pupols, Viktors"] [Black "Harwood"] [Site "Redmond"] [Round "1"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2024.11.30"] [ECO "D04"] [WhiteElo "2200"] [BlackElo "1872"] [PlyCount "122"] [GameId "2117893031703509"] [EventDate "2024.09.22"] [EventType "game"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,122,19,32,17,14,24,5,7,9,-1,-7,0,-6,-6,-13,-17,-31,-10,-31,-48,-56,-50,-41,-24,-58,-41,-80,-111,-32,-88,-98,79,-295,-295,-295,-301,-287,-239,-275,-320,-323,-297,-291,-313,-312,-367,-356,-356,-388,-332,-319,-344,-322,-362,-431,-411,-207,-420,-199,-425,-429,-348,-459,-399,-465,-456,-379,-463,-434,-464,-476,-512,-534,-425,-556,-405,-564,-603,-567,-668,-669,-651,-652,-474,-414,-370,-323,-335,-323,-330,-328,-348,-419,-419,-508,-463,-513,-518,-557,-566,-613,-601,-601,-602,-596,-720,-788,-799,-1403,-1565,-29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29995,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29999]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 7... c5 8. e4 cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 Qd6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15. Bb3 Bd5 16. Bg5 e6 17. Qd3 a6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Ne5 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Qe3 Kg7 22. a3 b5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Rc1 Bg5 25. f4 Bh4 26. g3 Be7 27. Kh2 a5 28. Qd3 a4 29. Rcd1 Rfd8 30. Re3 h5 31. Kg1 Rc7 32. Re2 Rdc8 33. Nf3 Rc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Kf2 h4 36. gxh4 Bd6 37. Kg3 {0-1 Kolanek,R (2508)-Ciesielski,S (2574) Warsaw-ch30 sf3 email ICCF email 2006}) 8. c4 $146 ({Predecessor:} 8. e4 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. f4 Re8 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nf3 c6 14. h3 Qb6+ 15. Nd4 c5 16. hxg4 cxd4 17. Kh1 dxc3 18. bxc3 f6 19. f5 fxe5 20. Rb1 Qd6 21. Be4 Rd8 22. Bg5 Bf6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxd5+ Kg7 25. fxg6 Qh4+ 26. Kg1 Qxg4 27. Rxb7+ Kxg6 28. Qxg4+ Bxg4 29. Be4+ Kg5 30. Rg7+ Kh4 31. Bxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxh7+ Kg3 33. Re7 Rc8 34. Rc1 Rc5 35. Rxa7 e4 36. Re7 Rc4 37. a4 Rxa4 {1-0 Uribe,J (2158)-Pultinevicius,P (2510) Titled Tuesday intern op 08th Sept Chess.com INT blitz 2020 (3)}) 8... c5 {The second-best move.} ({Stockfish agrees with attacking the center but in a different way.} 8... e5 $5 {This is stronger as it adds the threat of e4, forking the knight and bishop.} 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Rh5 $5 12. Be2 c5 13. h3 $11 {The rook is difficult to dislodge as it pressures the h-file and eyes a possible recapture on d5.}) 9. b3 e5 {Better late than never. There is nothing wrong with this move but it doesn't have the sting as it did earlier.} 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. Bb2 Ndxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 $2 ({White needed to take the knight.} 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rc1 d4 $11) 13... d4 $1 $15 14. exd4 cxd4 15. f4 $2 d3 $4 {I thought this was a strong move but it is actually a blunder.} (15... Nc6 {It's hard to move a piece backwards during an attack but it's sometimes necessary.} 16. Bf3 Bf5 {White is having a hard time moving his pieces so trading pieces is reasonble but Black is clearly better.} 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qd2 a5 20. Rae1 Be4 21. Ne5 f5 22. Re2 Qc7 23. Rfe1 a4 24. Nd3 Bf8 25. Bc1 Qb7 26. bxa4 Rxa4 $19) 16. Bxe5 $4 {A tactical oversight and Black is now winning.} (16. fxe5 dxe2 17. Qxe2 Bxe5 $6 {I thought this wins a pawn back but it's just the opposite.} 18. Bxe5 f6 19. Qf2 $1 Rxe5 (19... Rxe5) (19... fxe5 $2 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Rad1 Qe7 22. Nd6 $18) 20. Qxf6 Qxf6 21. Rxf6 Kg7 22. Rd6 Bf5 $16 {Black is down a full pawn.}) 16... dxe2 17. Qxe2 f6 $19 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Qe4 {This only leads to move captures in a position where I am already up a piece.} Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qb6+ {played to prevent Qb7. Why give him any more material than I need to.} 21. Kh1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Rxe5 23. Qf7+ Kh8 24. c5 Rxc5 25. Rae1 Re5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27. Re1 Qc7 (27... Rd8 28. Qf1 Bg7 $19) 28. Qxc7 {After this capture, White will need to hold the ending down a full piece. And given our rating difference, Viktors decides to play on.} Bxc7 {This simplification only hurts White's chances. My guess is that Viktors was hoping that someone rated 1872 might not know how to convert the ending (even a piece up) and that a draw by stalemate was still possible.} 29. Re7 Rc8 30. g3 b5 {?Bb6 to protect the a7 pawn and penetrate with my rook to c1, c2 etc.} (30... Bb6 31. Rxb7 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3 Rxa2 34. h4 Rf2+ 35. Kg4 Kg8 36. Rd7 h5+ 37. Kg5 Rf7 38. Rd3 Kg7 $19) 31. Kg2 Bb6 32. Re2 Rf8 {Designed to cut off the king but the normal Kg7 was a better idea.} 33. h4 Kg7 34. Rc2 Rf7 35. Re2 h5 36. Rc2 Rc7 37. Re2 b4 $1 {To lockdown the backward a-pawn. Stockfish prefers Rc3 but then switches to this move after several minutes.} 38. g4 hxg4 39. Kg3 Rc3+ 40. Kxg4 Bc7 {Threatening mate on g3.} 41. Rg2 Rd3 42. h5 $2 Rg3+ $1 {Winning on the spot. This trades down to a winning king and pawn ending.} 43. Rxg3 Bxg3 44. hxg6 Bc7 45. Kf5 Bd8 46. Ke6 Kxg6 47. Kd5 Kf5 48. Kc4 a5 49. Kd4 Ke6 50. Ke4 Bb6 51. Kd3 Kd5 52. Kd2 Kd4 53. Kc2 Bc7 54. Kc1 Kc3 (54... Kd3 {is better - let the King cover the light squares and let the bishop cover the dark squares.}) 55. Kb1 Bf4 56. Ka1 Kc2 57. a3 Kxb3 (57... a4 58. axb4 axb3 59. b5 Be5#) 58. axb4 a4 {[%EOG]} {White resigns.} 59. b5 a3 60. b6 a2 61. b7 Be5# 0-1