[Event "Crossroads Invitational XV Arena"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.06.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "Asztrik"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B20"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "2322"] [PlyCount "104"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "180+2"] {[%evp 0,104,27,28,52,18,60,-5,11,12,61,36,45,9,42,41,37,30,31,-32,3,-15,13, -50,-54,-81,-36,-80,-72,-85,-85,-48,-49,-54,-54,-156,-130,-148,-123,-112,-114, -105,-125,-108,-124,-124,-112,-135,-131,-131,-129,-132,-132,-132,-113,-108, -128,-132,-104,-118,-124,-134,-130,-139,-123,-120,-133,-127,-133,-147,-136, -204,-239,-275,-294,-322,-341,-434,-255,-290,-323,-334,-272,-388,-283,-363, -396,-396,-433,-439,-452,-458,-509,-615,-747,-846,-917,-962,-992,-1451,-992, -1017,-1242,-1272,-1282,-1312,-1312]} 1. e4 c5 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 Nc6 6. Be2 $6 {For some reason, I decide that g3 followed by Bg2 is too slow so I decided to develop quickly.} e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. c3 (9. e5 {The most thematic move in the KIA and should be played to grab space and control the center.} Nd7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. Qe2 $11) 9... b6 10. Qc2 (10. a4 Bb7 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nc4 Na5 13. Bf4 $14) 10... Qc7 11. Nf1 {Another idea in the KIA but played without thinking. a4 makes more sense.} Bb7 12. e5 $2 {This just hangs a pawn.} Nd7 $2 13. Bf4 $2 (13. Bd3 $11 {[%csl Ge5,Rh7][%CAl Ge1e5,Gd3h7] Unleashing the rook to protect e5 and threatening Bh7.}) 13... Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bd3 Nf3+ 16. gxf3 Qxf4 17. Be4 $4 (17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. a4 Rab8 21. Kg2 Rfd8 22. a5 Qxe4 23. fxe4 b5 24. Nd2 Kg8 25. a6 Rb6 ( 25... Bxh2 26. Nb3 Bd6 27. Na5 Rb6 28. Nb7 Rc8 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 $11) 26. e5 $11) 17... Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. fxe4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Bxd8 {A bishop vs knight ending where I am a pawn down.} 23. c4 f6 24. Kg2 Bc7 25. h3 Kf7 26. Kf3 {My idea now is to try to get all my pawns on light squares and hope I can hold the ending.} f5 27. exf5 exf5 28. Ne3 Be5 29. b3 (29. Nxf5 Bxb2 30. Nd6+ $19 {/\Nc8 hitting a7 and b6.}) 29... g6 {The rest of the game is a good example of how to grind down an opponent when you're up a pawn.} 30. a4 Ke6 31. Nd5 h6 32. Ke3 g5 33. Kf3 h5 34. Ke3 g4 35. hxg4 fxg4 36. Ke2 Kf5 37. Kf1 Ke4 38. Kg2 Kd3 39. f4 gxf3+ 40. Kxf3 Kc2 41. Ke4 Bb8 42. Ne7 Kxb3 43. Nc6 Bc7 44. Nxa7 Kxc4 45. Nb5 Bb8 46. Kf5 Kb4 47. Kg5 Kxa4 48. Nc3+ Kb3 49. Nb5 c4 50. Kxh5 c3 51. Kg4 c2 52. Nd4+ Kb2 {White resigns.} 0-1