[Event "Eastside Open"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.01"] [Round "5"] [White "Rendond Aguirre, Bryan"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [ECO "B22"] [BlackElo "1861"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "120"] [GameId "2151204525974369"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "5"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,120,12,21,27,19,9,11,11,12,8,20,17,22,15,19,11,29,43,33,112,13,51,19,16,15,4,-15,71,-61,-58,-52,-77,7,-51,-53,-23,-74,-44,10,-30,-27,-1,1,-23,-109,-159,-129,-97,-32,-104,-56,-90,-173,-97,-171,-108,-123,-107,-133,-135,-86,-143,1,-122,-165,-189,1,-182,-197,-316,-146,-244,-225,-200,-282,-161,-258,-249,-283,-277,-268,-216,-313,-176,-367,-255,-435,-224,-437,-431,-514,-292,-228,-327,-341,-332,-427,-329,-380,-421,-567,-513,-578,-585,-879,-820,-1114,-906,-1534,-29986,-29987,-29988,-29993,-29992,-29995,-29994,-29995,-29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29999] For the 5th and final round of the EastSide open, I played an unrated. That's always deceiving though. Years ago, unrated players had little experience in classical chess. Today, an unrated USCF player can have decades of experience playing online. The moral of the story? Never underestimate your opponent.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 {How many times in this tournament will I see the Alapin?!} Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Nc6 (8... Qc7 9. Bd2 Nd7 10. Bd3 dxe5 11. Qe2 Bd6 (11... exd4 12. cxd4 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Rab1 Nf6 15. Rfc1 $11 {But Black is under pressure.})) (8... Nd7 $1 9. d5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. dxe6 fxe6 (12... Bxb5 13. exf7+ Kxf7 14. Qb3+ Kf6 15. Qxb5 $16) 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxe5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5+ Qd7 16. Qe2 Bg7 17. O-O O-O 18. Be3 Bxc3 $11) 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd6 Qa5 $6 11. Qb3 (11. Rb1 Bxd6 12. O-O Qxc3 13. d5 $18) 11... Bxd6 12. O-O O-O 13. Be3 Qc7 (13... Rac8 14. Rfc1) 14. Rac1 Na5 $1 $15 {With the idea of using c4 as an outpost.} 15. Qa4 Bxb5 16. Qxb5 a6 17. Qd3 Nc4 18. h4 $6 (18. Ng5 g6 19. g3) 18... Rac8 19. Ng5 g6 20. h5 Rfd8 (20... Bf4 21. Bxf4 Qxf4 22. Ne4 gxh5 $11) 21. hxg6 hxg6 {I didn't like this idea for him. No I have an open h-file.} 22. g3 $2 (22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Qxg6+ Qg7 24. Qxe6+ Qf7 25. Qg4+ Qg7 $11) 22... Bxg3 $1 {My first tactic of the tournament.} 23. Nxe6 $1 {The best reply!} Bh2+ $6 {Still good but not as clean as the previous fxe6 line.} ({Apparently,} 23... fxe6 {is fine.} 24. Qxg6+ Qg7 25. Qxe6+ Kh7 26. Qh3+ Bh4+ $1 27. Kh1 Qf6 $19 {and I hold onto my piece.}) 24. Kg2 Qc6+ 25. Kxh2 Qxe6 26. Bh6 $2 (26. Bf4 Nb2 27. Qg3 Qf5 28. Be3 Nd3 29. Rb1 b5 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. Kg2 Qd5+ 32. Qf3 $17) 26... Rd5 (26... Ne5 $1 {was the first move I looked at but could not figure out how to meet Qh3, which was the only move that holds.} 27. Qh3 Qxh3+ 28. Kxh3 Nd3 $1 {This is what I missed! No, there is not a mate but the follow-up is to win the c3 pawn.}) 27. Bf4 Kg7 (27... Rh5+ 28. Kg2 Rh4 29. Qf3 g5 30. Rfe1 Rxf4 31. Rxe6 Rxf3 $19) (27... Nb2 28. Qf3 Qf5 {?Nd3} 29. Kg2 Nd3 30. Be3 Nxc1 31. Qxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxc1 $19) 28. Rce1 Qf6 29. Re4 {I spent more time on this position than any other. I was trying to make Rh5 or Rh8 work but I didn't want the knight to hang. So, I decided to solidify the knight with...} b5 $2 (29... Rh5+ 30. Kg1 Nd6 31. Rfe1 (31. Be5 Rg5+ $1 {this is what I missed.} 32. Bg3 Nxe4)) 30. Qg3 Rh8+ 31. Kg2 Rdh5 {This looks scary but there isn't a mate I can find, and for good reason - there is none.} 32. Rg1 $2 (32. Rfe1) 32... Qf5 (32... Rh3 33. Qg4 R8h4 34. Qxh3 (34. Qg5 Rh2+ 35. Kf3 Nd2+ $1 36. Ke3 Qxg5 37. Bxg5 Nxe4 $19) 34... Rxh3 35. Kxh3 Qf5+ 36. Rg4 f6 37. f3 g5 38. Kg3 Kf7 39. Bc1 a5 40. Kf2 Nd6 41. Re2 Qd3 42. Bd2 Nf5 $19) 33. f3 Rh3 $6 (33... Rh2+ 34. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 35. Kxh2 f6 36. Kg2 g5 37. Bc1 a5 38. Re2 Qd3 $19) 34. Qg4 Qxg4+ 35. fxg4 Rxc3 {Finally, I understand that there are pawns to be won!} 36. Rge1 Rd8 $2 (36... Rh4 37. Bg5 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Rhh2 $19 39. Re8 Rhg2+ 40. Kh3 Rh2+ 41. Kg3 Rcg2+ 42. Kf4 Rf2+ 43. Kg3 Rhg2+ 44. Kh3 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Nd6 46. R8e7 Rhg2+ 47. Kh3 Nf5 $1 48. gxf5 Rh2+ 49. Kg3 Rhg2+ 50. Kh3 Rxg5 51. fxg6 Kxg6 $19) 37. g5 $2 Rc2+ (37... Rd3 38. d5 R8xd5 39. Rh1 R5d4 40. Rxd4 Rxd4 $19) 38. R1e2 Rxe2+ 39. Rxe2 Rxd4 40. Kf3 a5 (40... Kf8 {was necessary to prevent Re8, getting behind the pawns.}) 41. Rc2 Kf8 {the king begins his march to the center.} 42. Rc3 Ke7 43. Rb3 b4 44. Kg3 Ke6 45. Bc7 Kf5 (45... Rd5 46. Rb1 Rxg5+) 46. Rf3+ Kxg5 47. Rxf7 Rd3+ 48. Kf2 a4 49. Rf4 Rc3 50. Re4 b3 51. axb3 axb3 52. Bf4+ Kf5 53. Rd4 b2 54. Bc7 b1=Q 55. Rf4+ Kg5 56. Kg2 Qb7+ (56... Ne3+ 57. Kh2 Qc2+ 58. Rf2 Qxf2+ 59. Kh3 Qg2#) 57. Kh2 Qxc7 58. Kg2 Qxf4 59. Kg1 Qd2 60. Kh1 Rc1# {This was one of the most instructional games of the tournament for me. I learned to not focus too much on a mating attack. Winning pawns can be just as important. I missed several ways to win pawns as I was blinded with mating the enemy king.} 0-1