[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.05.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "Alexander_56"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B29"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,75,27,10,46,18,14,7,19,-11,-18,-15,13,3,41,41,148,144,269,263,320,306, 334,246,269,215,335,294,290,267,380,386,363,374,544,422,536,550,547,520,531, 458,629,425,435,411,407,359,421,391,396,399,406,340,404,337,340,319,421,351, 409,348,345,345,433,348,372,384,408,365,374,414,427,441,541,530,543,543]} 1. e4 c5 {B20 Sicilian Defense} 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 $2 {Sometimes having more time makes you see ghosts. Chessbase does not have a single game where this move is played so early in the opening and for good reason. On e5, the pawn is weak and cannot be defended adequately.} (4. c3 {is the right move. It does a number of good things. FIrst, it covers the d4 square and prepares moves like e5 which can now be reinforced by d4.}) 4... Ng4 5. Bf4 Qb6 $6 (5... Qc7 6. Qe2 f6 {pinning the bishop.} 7. Nh4 Qb6 8. Nd2 Ngxe5 9. Bxe5 Nxe5 10. f4 Nf7 11. O-O-O $17) 6. b3 $6 c4 {[%CAl Gb6f2] Threatening Qf2#.} ({While it might not seem logical, the best move is moving the queen a second time with} 6... Qc7 { and I have all the probems I had before - the e5 pawn is loose, the bishop on f4 is hanging and now the dark squares on the queenside are weak.}) 7. d4 { Best. Bg3 was another move but this opens the bishop's diagonal and threatens Bxc4.} e6 $4 {This is confusing to me. My opponent might have been planning some tricks with Nd4 followed by Bc5 but this doesn't work obviously.} 8. Bxc4 {I am up a full pawn and probably winning from a positional point of view. Black's bishops are buried, his d7 pawn is weak and he has a misplaced knight on g4.} Bb4+ $4 {Another bad move with no point. This only strengthens my grip on the center.} 9. c3 Ba5 10. O-O $1 ({Playing} 10. b4 {would have worked too but it's more complicated. What studying chess has taught me is to leave your opponent's uncoordinated pieces alone. Let him/her figure out how to integrate them into the game. Castling gets me further in development and still threatens b4.} Nxb4 11. cxb4 Qxb4+ 12. Bd2 Qxc4 13. Bxa5 b6) 10... Qd8 11. b4 $6 {Why help the bishop go to a more active square?} Bc7 12. Nbd2 h5 13. Ne4 { Getting the knight to a more active square.} f6 $1 {A good move in a lost position.} 14. h3 fxe5 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. d5 {Black is completely tied up.} Rg8 17. dxc6 {Good but not best.} dxc6 $4 (17... d5 18. cxb7 Bxb7 19. Bb5+ Kf7 20. Nc5 $18) 18. Qxd8+ Bxd8 19. Nd6+ (19. Rad1 {If Nxe4 then Rd8!}) 19... Kd7 20. Nxc8 (20. Nf7 Ke7 21. N3xe5 $18) 20... Kxc8 21. Nxe5 Nd5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Nc4 Kc7 25. Rfe1 Re8 26. Rad1 b5 27. Ne3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Kb6 29. Kf1 a5 30. a3 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. Ke2 (32. Rd6 e5 33. Nd5+ Kb7 34. Rd7+ Kb8 35. Rd8+ Kb7 36. Rxa8 Kxa8 37. Nc7+ $18) 32... Ra2+ 33. Rd2 Ra3 34. c4 Rb3 35. c5+ Kc7 36. Nc2 Rc3 37. Nd4 Rc4 38. Nxe6+ {Black resigns.} 1-0