[Event "December 26th"] [Site "Bellevue, WA"] [Date "2023.12.20"] [Round "?"] [White "K-Chess"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B70"] [Annotator "pharwood"] [PlyCount "170"] [EventDate "2023.??.??"] [EventType "match"] [EventRounds "2"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,170,21,22,64,59,48,12,19,10,32,46,41,7,14,-35,-22,-23,-19,-19,-20,-34,5,2,0,-95,-117,-129,-132,-135,-122,-122,-141,-163,-144,-171,-110,-110,-118,-120,-124,-120,-116,-100,-96,-93,-99,-95,-103,-95,-95,-99,-99,-109,-111,-178,-179,-244,-138,-147,-106,-230,-276,-278,-278,-278,-278,-278,-240,-278,-286,-280,-239,-240,-240,-296,-323,-331,-336,-402,-440,-462,-462,-486,-486,-486,-462,-487,-481,-481,-384,-462,-282,-384,-479,-479,-479,-481,-486,-486,-415,-418,-366,-479,-373,-479,-368,-479,-482,-482,-486,-486,-486,-486,-486,-508,-479,-479,-479,-479,-479,-479,-486,-508,-501,-501,-508,-508,-508,-508,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-507,-384,-418,-418,-418,-418,-418,-426,-426,-426,-426,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0] Understanding endings are important if I ever want to reach master strength. In this game, I could not convert a R vs B endgame.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nde2 $5 {This is K-Chess' default line against the Sicilian. The idea for White is to build up control of the d5 square and await developments. Typically, I have had problems cracking this line but let's see what happens.} Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 {[#]} 10. f3 $6 $146 {Blocking the bishop's diagnol can't be a good move.} ({Relevant:} 10. Nd5 Rc8 11. c3 Ne5 12. Qb3 b6 13. Bg5 e6 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Nd4 a6 18. Nf3 Nc4 19. Rfe1 b5 20. Bf4 e5 21. Bg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 h6 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Qc2 Kg7 25. Nd2 Nb6 26. Nf1 b4 27. Ne3 bxc3 28. bxc3 Red8 29. Rc1 Nc4 30. Bf1 Nxe3 31. Rxe3 a5 32. a4 d5 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Bb5 Rc5 35. c4 Rd8 36. Qc3 Rd4 37. Rce1 f6 38. f4 Qd6 39. fxe5 fxe5 {0-1 Kevlishvili,R (2532)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2591) Titled Tuesday intern op 20th Sep Early Chess.com INT blitz 2022 (9)}) 10... Rc8 (10... b5 $1 {Passive moves should be met with active moves.} 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bd4 e6 13. a3 a6 $15) 11. Be3 Ne5 (11... Qa5 {felt move natural and active.} 12. Qd2 Rfd8 13. Rfd1 b5 14. a3 Ne5 $11) 12. Bxa7 $4 {This is why I love playing K-Chess. It makes unsound decisions like this that lose on the spot, but I have to be able to convert the win.} b6 {The bishop is trapped!} 13. Qd4 {Or is it?} Nc4 $1 14. Qf2 Qc7 15. b3 Qxa7 16. bxc4 Rxc4 {Not only is this a clean pawn but my rooks will dominate the open c-file. Notice the g2 bishop is buried beneath its own pawns.} 17. Rab1 Ng4 $2 {Trying to get cute instead of playing the more solid move.} (17... Rc5 {to just block the queen's diagonal.} 18. a3 Rfc8 19. Qe3 Qa5 $19) 18. fxg4 Bxc3 19. Nxc3 Rxc3 20. Qxb6 Qxa2 21. Rb2 Qc4 22. Qa7 Qc5+ 23. Qxc5 Rxc5 {Trading down material lessons my chances for a win as my weak e7 pawn can be a problem.} 24. Rb7 {and White wastes no time going after it.} Bxg4 $6 ({The more solid} 24... Rd8 {is what is needed but I felt this was passive. White's pawn structure is a mess - there is no rush to force matters. So, Rd8 and Kf8-e8 are all options.} 25. Rc1 Kf8 26. Bf3 Be6 27. Rb4 Ra8 28. Kf2 Ra3 $17) 25. Rxe7 Rxc2 26. h3 $6 (26. e5 $1 {a nice liquidating move that trades off White's bad pawn while opening the long diagonal for White's bishop. The position is equal.} dxe5 27. Bd5 Bf5 28. Rxe5 $11) 26... Be6 27. Rd1 $2 Rb8 $1 {?Rbb2 with a crushing attack.} 28. Bf1 Rbb2 $6 {But this is not the move!} (28... Rb3 $1 {A hard move to find but it demonstrates how putting pressure on the White position is important.} 29. g4 Rg3+ 30. Kh1 Rf2 $19 31. Rc7 Bb3 32. Rdc1 Kg7 33. R7c6 d5 $1 34. e5 d4 $19) 29. g4 g5 $2 {my idea was to lockdown the dark squares and prevent white from advancing his pawn. The problem is that this allows White to get active.} (29... Rb3 30. Ra7 Kf8 31. Ra4 Bd7 32. Rad4 Rg3+ 33. Kh1 Bc6 34. R1d2 Bxe4+ 35. Kh2 Rd3 $1 36. Rxc2 Rxd4 $19) 30. Rxd6 $4 (30. Re8+ $1 {Keeping the king out of f8 and repositioning to attack the d-pawn.} Kg7 31. Rd8 Rb3 32. R8xd6 Rg3+ 33. Kh1 Rf2 34. e5 $1 $11) 30... Rc1 {Leaving the bishop undefended.} 31. Rexe6 $6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 $6 (32... Rb3 33. Rf6 Rxh3 $19) 33. Re5 {I felt disheartened that White had a draw here, which demonstrates my lack of understanding in R v B endings.} Kg6 (33... h6 34. Ra5 Ke6 35. Rf5 Re2 36. Ra5 Ree1 37. Rf5 Re2 38. Kh1 Rxe4 $19) 34. Re6+ Kf7 35. Re5 Kf6 $6 36. Rf5+ Kg6 37. Rf2 $4 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 Kf6 39. Bg2 Ke5 {Stockfish claims #28.} 40. Kg3 Rc3+ 41. Kh2 Kf4 42. Bf1 Kxe4 43. Kg2 Ke3 44. Kg3 Rc7 45. Bg2 Rf7 46. Bh1 h6 47. Bg2 {All White can do is shuttle his bishop.} Ra7 48. Bf3 Ra3 49. Bc6 Ke2+ 50. Kg2 Ke1 51. Bd5 Rd3 52. Bb7 Rd2+ 53. Kg1 Ke2 54. Kg2 Ke3+ 55. Kg3 {Right back to where we started. I am having trouble finding out how to win this position.} Rd1 56. Bc6 Rg1+ 57. Bg2 Ke2 58. Kh2 Kf2 59. Bd5 Rb1 60. Be4 Rb2 61. Bd5 Rd2 62. Bb7 Rb2 63. Bd5 Rb1 (63... Rc2 64. Ba8 Rc3 65. Bh1 Ke3 66. Kg3 Kd4+ 67. Bf3 Ke5 68. Kg2 Kf4 69. Bd5 Rc2+ 70. Kf1 Kg3 {#20}) 64. Be4 Rg1 65. Ba8 Rg3 66. Bh1 Ra3 67. Bd5 Ra7 (67... Ke3 68. Kg3 Kd4+ 69. Bf3 Ke5 70. Kg2 Kf4 $1 71. Bd5 Rd3 72. Be6 Rd2+ 73. Kg1 {Forcing the king back to the first rank. This should have been the plan all along.} Kg3 74. Kf1 Rh2 75. Bd5 Rxh3 76. Be6 Rh4 $19 {Now I can capture on g4 and transition to a winning K v P ending.}) 68. Bc6 Rh7 69. Be4 Rh8 70. Bd5 h5 71. gxh5 Rxh5 72. Be6 Rh4 73. Bc8 Rc4 74. Be6 Rd4 75. Bg4 Rxg4 $4 $11 (75... Rd3 76. Bc8 Kf3 77. Bb7+ Kf4 78. Kg2 Rd2+ 79. Kf1 Kg3 80. Bc8 Rh2 81. Bd7 Rxh3 $19 82. Ke2 g4 83. Ke3 Rh7 $19) 76. hxg4 Kf3 77. Kg1 Kxg4 78. Kg2 Kf4 79. Kf2 g4 80. Kg2 g3 81. Kg1 Kg4 82. Kg2 Kf4 83. Kg1 Kf3 84. Kf1 Ke3 85. Kg2 Kf4 1/2-1/2