[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2022.10.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "BlackCardinal2021"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2013"] [BlackElo "1774"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "99"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The King's Gambit Accepted. This is my hallmark response to e5.} exf4 3. Nf3 d6 $1 {Chessbase's opening encycloped gives this move an exclam.} 4. Bc4 {Stockfish's preferred move. d4 is more common though.} Be6 $6 {Black wants to stop the pressure on f7 but the ensuing capture leaves his king very vulnerable.} 5. Bxe6 ({I thought about playing} 5. Qe2 {but after} Bxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. Nc3 g5 {I didn't see any advantage for White.}) 5... fxe6 {The weak e6 pawn and the open h5-f7 diagonal are weaknesses for me to try and exploit..} 6. d4 g5 $6 {This is usually played on move three. Here it is a mistake though. Black has problems on the light squares and a weak e6 pawn. The last thing he needs to do is creating more weaknesses around his king.} 7. h4 $1 Bh6 $4 {Black avoided h6 because of the pin.} (7... h6 $2 8. hxg5 Qd7 9. Bxf4 $16) (7... gxh4 8. Nc3 Nd7 9. Bxf4 Qf6 10. Qd2 a6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Qg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O $16) 8. Nxg5 Bxg5 9. Qh5+ $1 {An intermezzo check to disrupt the king position and capture with tempo.} Kd7 10. hxg5 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6] The pawn does a nice job in hemming in the g8 knight.} Qf8 $4 $146 (10... Ne7 11. Bxf4 Ng6 12. Be3 Qe7 13. Nc3 Nc6 14. O-O-O Raf8 15. Qg4 Kd8 16. Rdf1 Nb8 17. Rf6 Re8 18. Rhf1 Nd7 19. Rf7 Rhf8 20. Qf3 Rxf7 21. Qxf7 a6 22. Qxe7+ Kxe7 23. Rh1 Ndf8 24. Kd2 Kf7 25. Ne2 Kg8 26. Ng3 Nd7 27. Kd3 Rf8 28. Nh5 Rf7 29. c4 c5 30. dxc5 dxc5 31. Kc3 Nge5 32. Rd1 Ng4 33. Bg1 Kf8 34. a3 Ke7 35. b4 Rf8 36. Bxc5+ Nxc5 37. bxc5 Rc8 38. Kb4 Ne5 39. Nf6 h6 40. Nh5 hxg5 41. Ng3 {½-½ (41) Gardner,R (2185)-Czebe,A (2340) Budapest 1995}) (10... Qe8 11. Qxe8+ Kxe8 12. Bxf4 Ne7 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Be3 a6 15. O-O-O Nf8 16. Ne2 Rd8 17. Ng3 $18) 11. O-O (11. Qh3 $5 {is an interesting idea to prevent e5.} Na6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Ne2 Qg7 14. Bxf4 Qg6 15. Ng3 $18) 11... e5 12. dxe5 (12. Qh3+ Ke8 (12... Kd8 13. dxe5 Ne7 (13... dxe5 14. Rd1+ Ke7 15. Nc3 $18) 14. Bxf4 $18) 13. Qc8+ Kf7 14. Qxb7 $18) 12... dxe5 13. Rd1+ {Not as strong as Qh3. Why? Because the King can run to c6 whereas with Qh3, I could play Qe6+. It's a minor nuance but noteworthy nonetheless.} Kc6 {#I spent a lot of time on this position. Black has terrible development and a King that is stranded on the middle of the board. The only move for Black seemed to be Qc5+ followed by Qc2. This is still lost but it creates activity that I didn't want. I was trying to calculate how to stop Qc5 and came up with.} 14. Rd5 $6 {which gives back a lot of the advantage.} ({I missed the powerful} 14. b4 $3 b6 (14... Qxb4 $4 15. Ba3 Qc4 16. Qe8+ Kb6 17. Nd2 Qc6 18. Qxe5 $18) 15. Bb2 Kb7 16. Bxe5) 14... Nd7 ({Black needed an airhole for his king and needed to play} 14... b6 15. Rxe5 Kb7 16. Rf5 Qb4 17. Bd2 Qd4+ 18. Kh2 Ne7 19. Bc3 Qf2 20. Rf7 $16) 15. Qe2 {An important redeployment of queen to attack Black's exposed king.} a6 {Trying to stop Qb5 but misses that Qc4 is equally strong.} 16. Qc4+ Kb6 17. Rxd7 {White is up a clean piece but my opponent was not going to resign. In fact, as you will see, he intends to play all the way to checkmate. This is a common event in amateur chess. One amateur assumes that their opponent might blunder somewhere giving them drawing or even winning chances. My mission is simple, slowly consolidate my pieces, stop all counterplay and convert my advantage.} Qc5+ 18. Qxc5+ Kxc5 19. Rd5+ Kb6 20. Rxe5 h5 21. Bxf4 {More pawns fall as my pieces begin to develop.} Ka7 22. Nc3 Rf8 23. Rf1 b6 24. a4 (24. Nd5 Rh7 25. Re6 c6 26. Rxc6 Rg7 $18) 24... Rf7 25. a5 Ne7 26. axb6+ cxb6 27. Be3 Rg7 28. Rf6 {Focusing all my pieces on the weak b6 pawn.} Rb8 29. Nd5 Ng6 (29... Nxd5 30. Rxd5 Rbb7 31. Kf2 $18) 30. Ree6 Nf8 31. Rxb6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6+ Kb7 33. Rxf8 {No one ever won by resigning but this is but 2 pieces and 3 pawns should be convincing enough.} Rxg5 34. Be3 Re5 35. Nc3 Re7 36. Rh8 Re5 37. Kh2 a5 38. Kg3 Kc6 39. Kf4 Re7 40. Rxh5 Rf7+ 41. Rf5 Rg7 42. g4 Rh7 43. g5 Rh2 44. g6 Rxc2 {There is no reason to worry about this pawn as my g-pawn will queen.} 45. g7 Rg2 46. Rg5 Rxb2 47. g8=Q Rc2 48. Rg6+ Kd7 49. Qf7+ Kc8 50. Rg8# 1-0