[Event "Eastside Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.01"] [Round "3"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "Wan, Bertrand"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [BlackElo "2150"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "74"] [GameId "2151015007281350"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "5"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,74,11,0,0,-17,-45,-43,-8,20,-14,-8,4,22,2,-5,-3,4,-8,-19,-16,3,21,-3,8,12,6,-1,27,42,64,59,59,-8,76,43,-6,0,41,12,-21,-30,-34,-87,0,-20,0,8,16,-122,-39,-111,-85,-129,-46,-49,31,1,72,-180,-250,-261,-366,-323,-304,-256,-304,-552,-586,-576,-552,-1527,-2356,-1700,-29984,-29999,-29998] Round 3 put me against a 2150. I remember he beat my friend John Readey last year at the Washington Class Championships.} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 {The King's Gambit part II. I already lost with this opening in round 1, so I figured I would try it again. Yes, I am a gluton for punishment!} exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 $6 {A strange move that I thought was some part of his pre-tournament prep but it is listed as an outlier in the Chessbase database with only 4 games showing this move.} 4. d4 d5 5. Nc3 {Even at this stage, the game is equal.} dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd5 7. Bd3 (7. Bc4 $5) 7... Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. h3 $6 (9. Nc3 {Stockifsh likes this move for reasons I am not clear on. My guess is that White wants to get rid of the d5 knight to capture on f4.} c5 10. Kh1 Bf6 11. Ne4 cxd4 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. Bxf4 $11) (9. c4 Ne3 10. Bxe3 fxe3 11. Qe1 Bg4 12. Qxe3 Bxf3 13. Rxf3 $11) 9... Re8 10. Re1 Nd7 11. c4 Ne3 12. Bxe3 fxe3 13. Rxe3 $11 {White has equalized. I have a nice center, a development edge and the open f-file for my rooks.} Nf8 (13... Nf6 14. Neg5 h6 15. Nxf7 {A crazy move that only a computer would see.} Kxf7 16. c5 Bxc5 {[%csl Re3]} (16... Kg8 17. Qb3+ Nd5 18. Rae1 $18) 17. Qb3+ Be6 18. Rxe6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Rxe6 20. Bc4 $11) 14. Qd2 Ne6 15. Bc2 {Defending d4.} (15. Rae1 Nxd4 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. Nxd4 Kh8 (17... Qxd4 $4 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qxd4 $18)) 15... c6 16. Rd1 (16. Rae1 $1 $16 {My opponent stated he was worried about this move and I understand why. This is where the struggle needs to happen. There is an open e-file for my rooks and Black has no answer for this.} Nf8 17. d5 cxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. d6 Rd8 20. dxe7 Rxd2 21. Nexd2 Bd7 22. Nc4 Qc5 23. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Bb3 $16) 16... Qb6 17. Nc3 $2 (17. Kh1 $18 Qxb2 $4 18. Nd6 $1 {I was trying to find a way to trap Black's queen and couldn't see it. This is the move I missed. A very hard move to find.} Bxd6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qxb2 $18) 17... Rd8 $6 18. Na4 $2 {Overly worried about protecting the b2 pawn, forgetting that it is protected with the Bxh7 threat.} (18. Kh1) 18... Qa6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Qb3 $6 (20. Qf1 Qa5 21. Nc3 Qc7 22. Qf2 a5 23. a3 Kg7 $16) 20... Bf8 21. Red3 $2 Nf4 22. R3d2 Be6 23. Qe3 Nh5 24. d5 $2 (24. Ne5 Bd6 25. Nc3 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Bxc4 28. g4 Ng7 29. Ne4 Ne8 30. Bb3 Bxb3 31. Qxb3 Qb6+ 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Rd7 $11) 24... cxd5 25. cxd5 Bd7 (25... Bf5 26. Bxf5 Qxa4 27. Bg4 Nf6 28. Ne5 Re8 29. Qf3 $17) 26. Nc3 $2 Rac8 27. d6 $11 Be6 28. Ng5 Bc4 $4 29. Qf3 $4 {Pressuring f7 which is already protected.} (29. b3 Rxd6 30. bxc4 Rxd2 31. Qxd2 Qxc4 32. Nge4 Ng3 (32... f5 $4 33. Bb3 $18) 33. Bd3 Nxe4 34. Nxe4 $18) 29... Rxd6 30. Nd5 $2 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Qb6+ 32. Kh1 Rf6 33. Qd3 Nf4 34. Qe4 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rf1+ 36. Kh2 Bd6+ 37. g3 Rxc2+ {White resigned.} 0-1