[Event "222nd GK tournament"] [Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl?bd=33258434"] [Date "2023.02.17"] [Round "?"] [White "faithmovesmountain"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1604"] [BlackElo "1993"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "74"] [Beauty "7837107356168"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,74,25,20,16,-16,-11,-42,-39,-52,-11,-16,-11,-25,-23,-47,-21,-21,-41,-86,-78,-120,-112,-142,-149,-168,-102,-186,-188,-224,-211,-229,-188,-207,-156,-187,-175,-180,-178,-183,-176,-160,-155,-215,-155,-289,-257,-340,-269,-285,-320,-323,-295,-365,-370,-384,-331,-378,-132,-386,-420,-441,-441,-468,-438,-491,-487,-483,-469,-29981,-29982,-29983,-29984,-29985,-29986,-29989,-29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. c5 $6 {A rare move, listed 9th in Chessbase's Livebook and it was only played one time. This is a commital move to be sure, and it allows me to attack the pawn structure with moves like b6, e5 and so on.} Nf6 (3... b6 4. cxb6 (4. b4 $2 a5 5. Bb2 axb4 6. cxb6 cxb6 7. e3 Nf6 $17 {and White is down a pawn with no compensation.}) 4... axb6) 4. Nf3 Nc6 {b6 is better.} 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 {Trading pieces only help Black.} Bxf6 {[%csl Yd4][%CAl Gf6d4,Gc6d4,Ge6e5] With the bishop on f6, e5 is now possible.} 7. e3 O-O (7... e5 {immediately is also good.} 8. Bb5 e4 9. Nfd2 O-O 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Qd7 $15) 8. Nc3 (8. Bb5 Nb8 $1 {Recirculating the knight to d7 prevents White from taking on c6, disrupting the pawn structure, but it also allows Black to play c6 and redeploy the knight to d7 where e5 is still a threat.} 9. O-O c6 10. Bd3 Nd7 $11) 8... e5 9. Bb5 {This pin made some sense earlier as it prevented e5, but since e5 has already been played, it doesn't help.} (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Qxd5 Qe7 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 c6 $15 {[%csl Rc3,Rc5]}) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 $2 (10. exd4 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 $17) 10... Nxd4 11. exd4 c6 {White had the chance to play Bxc6. By not doing that, he allows me to protect my d5 pawn, gain access to the dark squares and more importantly, he's given me the bishop pair.} 12. Be2 Qc7 $6 {Passive. Chess requires precise planning and action. b6 was the right idea - attacking the pawn center while White is undeveloped.} (12... b6 13. O-O (13. b4 Rb8 14. O-O bxc5 15. bxc5 Qa5 16. Rc1 Rb4 $19 {and the d4 pawn is lost.}) 13... Re8 14. Rc1 bxc5 15. dxc5 Rb8 16. b3 Qa5 17. Na4 Qb4 $17) 13. O-O $2 {Played mechanically without seeing the incoming threat.} (13. Qd2 {is important to defend against Qf4, as White would then have Rad1.} b6 14. cxb6 Qxb6 15. Rd1 Rb8 16. b3 Re8 17. O-O $17) 13... Qf4 $1 {Attacking and winning the d4 pawn as it cannot be defended.} 14. Bd3 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Bg4 16. Qc2 h6 (16... g6 {is stronger as it blunts the diagonal and gives me control of f5.} 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rcd1 Qxc5 19. Ne4 Qxc2 20. Nxf6+ Kg7 21. Nh5+ Kh6 $5 22. Bxc2 Kxh5 $19) 17. Ne2 Bxe2 ({The immediate} 17... Qxb2 {works.} 18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Rc2 (19. Rb1 {Is another idea but fails} Ba3 20. Rxb7 Bxc5 {winning another pawn.} 21. h3 (21. Rc1 Bb6 22. Rxc6 Rfe8 23. Kf1 Bc8 24. Rbxb6 axb6 25. Rxb6 Rxa2 $19) 21... Be6 $19) 19... Bf6 $19) 18. Qxe2 Rfe8 {there is no rush to take the b2 pawn.} 19. Qd2 Kh8 {Played to avoid the Bh7 discovery, but the simple Qxb2 is fine.} 20. b4 Re7 21. Rcd1 Rae8 (21... Bg5 $1 22. Qc2 Qxb4 $19) 22. Qc2 Qxb4 23. Bf5 $6 Re2 (23... Bd4 24. g3 Qxc5 $19) 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Qb3 R8e7 26. Bg4 Rxa2 27. Bc8 Ree2 28. Qxb7 Qxc5 (28... Rxf2) 29. Bh3 Rxf2 $1 {Finally, a tactic that wins on the spot.} 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Kh1 g6 (31... Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Rf2 33. Rg1 Bd4 $19) 32. Rfc1 Rac2 33. Re1 Bb2 {Played to stop Rb8 but this wasn't necessary.} (33... Rce2 34. Rec1 Qe3 {Rb8 cannot be played due to Re1, mating.} 35. Qg4 Be5 {and Stockfish announces #18!}) 34. Re8 $4 {White is lost anyway, but now he's getting mated. #9} Rc1+ 35. Re1 Rxb1 36. Rxb1 Bc1 {I was proud that I calculated this ahead of time.} 37. g3 Qc2 {Rh2 is coming with mate to follow.} 0-1