[Event "188th GK tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "????.??.??"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "blackjackgeary"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C37"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1/172800:0"] {[%evp 0,89,19,28,20,9,-8,-4,-41,-8,10,-40,-32,-46,-17,-32,-34,-81,-81,-86,-86, -86,-96,-91,-90,-90,-66,-73,-68,-116,-116,-116,-150,-150,-117,-114,-114,-188, -58,-100,-59,-59,-59,-35,-31,-11,-33,-27,118,118,122,170,209,98,98,93,177,177, 177,210,220,245,393,381,393,393,524,524,443,478,479,473,496,489,627,548,1191, 554,603,609,603,471,473,459,471,520,797,797,994,658,1115,658]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bc4 {The Muzio Gambit. Perhaps the most aggressive line in the King's Gambit.} (5. d4 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bb5 a6 8. Ba4 Bd7 9. d5 Ne5 10. gxf4 gxf4 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Bxf4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ne7 14. O-O-O O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rdf8 16. Bf6 Bxf6 17. Qxf6 Ng6 18. Rhg1 Rhg8 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Nf4 Kb8 21. Nd3 Nxd3+ 22. cxd3 Rg6 23. Rxg6 hxg6 24. Rf1 Qh3 25. Rf3 Qxh2 26. a3 Qe5 27. Qh4 f5 28. Qg5 Re8 29. Qxg6 fxe4 30. Rf5 Qe7 31. Rf7 Qe5 32. Rf5 Qe7 33. Rf7 Qe5 34. Rf5 Qe7 {Gareyev,T (2598)-Heimann,A (2617) Sitges 2019 1/2-1/2} ) 5... Nc6 6. d4 d6 7. O-O $2 {While this looks normal, White should play moves like h4, Qd3 and Bd2 with ideas of castling long. Now the king is a sitting target on g1.} (7. h4 h6 (7... g4 $2 8. Ng5 Nh6 9. Bxf4 Nxd4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O $14) 8. Qd3 Bg4 9. Ne2 Qe7 10. hxg5 hxg5 11. Rxh8 Bxh8 12. Bd2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O $17) 7... h6 $1 $15 {An obvious but strong move. Developing the knight to f6 or e7 hangs the g6 pawn.} (7... Bg4 8. Ne2) 8. Ne2 $2 { The e4 pawn is no longer defended so Black can play Nf6 and begin to pile on the pressure.} (8. Nd5 {A common home for the knight in the KGA.}) 8... Nge7 $2 {Too passive. Black is better here and should play Nf6, putting pressure on the e4 pawn.} (8... Nf6 9. Re1 $6 O-O 10. c3 d5 (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Nxf4 gxf4 12. d5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Ne5 (13... Bxc3 14. Bd2 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 $17 Ne5)) 11. exd5 Nxd5) 9. c3 {Protecting d4 and freeing up the knights to move.} O-O {[#]} (9... Ng6 $5 {[%CAl Gg5g4]} 10. g3 g4 11. Nxf4 Nxf4 12. Bxf7+ Kxf7 13. Nh4 $1 Qg8 { Stockfish played this. I believe this is necessary to allow the King to move to e8 and perhaps d8 as needed.} (13... Qe8 14. Bxf4 Bf6 15. e5 Bxh4 16. Bg5+ Kg6 17. Bxh4 $15) {What follows is a long, complicated line that Stockfish took 12 hours to review. The question is whether to reapcture with the bishop, pawn or rook. Stockfish says Bxf4 is best with Black still having an edge.} 14. Bxf4 Ke8 15. Qd3 Kd8 16. Rae1 Bd7 17. e5 Qd5 18. exd6 cxd6 19. Qg6 Rg8 20. Qxd6 Qxd6 21. Bxd6 Nxd4 22. Rf7 Nc6 23. Nf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Kd7 25. Rd5 Kc8 26. Rf5 Rd8 27. Bf4 Bf8 28. b4 a6 29. a4 b5 30. Rf6 Kd7 31. a5 Rdc8 32. h3 h5 33. Rd1+ Ke8 34. Re1+ Be7 35. Rh6 gxh3 36. Kh2 Kf8 37. Kxh3 Nd8 38. Re3 Nf7 39. Rg6 Ra7 40. Ree6 Rxc3 41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Rxa6 Rc4 43. Rb6 Rxb4 44. a6 Ra4 45. Rxb5 Rxa6 46. Rxh5 Kg7 47. Be3 Kg6 48. Rb5 Bf6 49. Rb7 $17 {[%eval -122,62]}) 10. g3 $1 $146 {A hard move to find but important to keep the initiative going. I found this move months during a post-mortem analysis with Stockfish. The move stuck in my head and I decided to play it here.} (10. h4 Ng6 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Qc2 Bh6 13. e5 d5 14. Bd3 Kg7 15. g3 Rh8 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. gxf4 Bf5 18. Qd1 g4 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. fxg5 Rh3 21. Nf4 Qh8 22. Nxh3 Qxh3 23. Qd2 Rh8 24. Qg2 Qd3 25. Bf4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Qxd4+ 27. Qf2 Qe4 28. Bh2 g3 29. Qxg3 Qd4+ 30. Rf2 Rh4 31. Qf3 Rh3 32. Qf4 Be4 33. e6 {1-0 (33) Kalsch,H-Nuber,R corr 1987}) 10... Bh3 $2 ( 10... fxg3 11. Nxg3 Bg4 12. Qc2 Na5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Be3 Rae8 15. Rae1 b5 $17) 11. Rf2 fxg3 12. Nxg3 Qc8 $6 (12... Na5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Bxg5 f6 16. Bd2 Bg4 17. Be2 $11) 13. Be3 (13. Nxg5 $1 {This sacrifice comes up over and over again during the game. Black is ill-equipped to deal with the barrage of pieces coming at his kingside.} hxg5 14. Bxg5 Be6 (14... Bg4 15. Qd2 Na5 16. Bxe7 Nxc4 17. Qg5 $1 f6 18. Bxf6 Rf7 19. Raf1 $18) 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 (15... fxe6 16. Rg2 $1 Rf7 17. Nh5 $18 {Black is pinned and will lose material.}) 16. Rg2 f6 17. Bf4 Rf7 18. d5 $16) 13... Na5 14. Be2 $2 (14. Bd3 $11) 14... f5 15. exf5 $6 {This recapture helps centralize Black's knight and gives him a good initiative.} (15. Bxg5 $11 {The only move that equalizes.}) 15... Nxf5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. Bd3 Rf8 $17 18. Ne1 $2 {The knight needs to be re-routed to a better square but not from e1. Nd2 makes much more sense. I think I was worried about covering the g2 square from mate threats but this is a hallucination.} (18. Nd2 Qe6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bf2 c5 21. dxc5 Be5 22. Nf1 d5 23. Qh5 Rf6 $17) 18... Kh8 $2 {Up to now, Black has been outplaying me. This moves takes his foot off the gas. Qe6 was better - hitting the Be3 and preparing Rae8. Now, I get a breather.} (18... Qe6 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. Bf2 Nc4 21. Rb1 Nb6 22. Nc2 Qf7 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Ne3 Nd5 25. Re1 Nf4 $19) 19. Ng2 {Played so I could get in Qh5-g6 but this is a dubious plan.} (19. d5 {Threatening to trap the knight with b4.}) 19... Rxf2 (19... Qe6) 20. Bxf2 Qd7 $6 $11 {Another passive move. The game is now dead equal.} 21. Qh5 {A draw would be a perfectly reasonable outcome for me here. I was worse for most of the game so I decided to force trades and smoke the peace pipe.} Qg4 22. Qxg4 Bxg4 23. Ne3 $11 Be6 $2 {Black's passive play continues but this time he is giving me some initiative.} 24. d5 $36 { And like that, White is much better.} Bd7 $2 25. b4 {The knight is trapped and will be won at the cost of a couple of pawns.} Bxc3 26. Rb1 (26. Rc1 $1 { A much strong move that Stockfish found. This is something most humans would never see let alone play.} Bxb4 27. Rxc7 Rd8 28. Ng4 Bc3 29. Nxh6 $18) 26... Nc6 27. dxc6 Bxc6 $2 {At first glance this moves looks good. The bishop has a nice diagonal to control but the next move changes all that.} 28. b5 Bf3 29. Rc1 Ba5 30. Nc4 Bb6 $2 {Losing the 2 bishops for Black, who is already lost, makes things worse.} 31. Nxb6 axb6 32. Rxc7 $18 Bd5 33. Bd4+ $18 {[%CAl Gd4h8, Gd4a1,Gd3b1,Gd3h7] These bishops are simply lethal. They control both diagonals and prevent the Black rook from moving for fear of mate on the back rank.} Kg8 34. Bg6 Kf8 35. Bg7+ Kg8 36. Bxh6 g4 37. Rd7 Bxa2 38. Rxb7 (38. Bh7+ Kh8 39. Be3 Re8 40. Bd4+ Re5 $18) 38... Be6 39. Rxb6 Bf7 40. Bxf7+ Kxf7 41. Rxd6 Rb8 42. b6 Rb7 43. Rc6 Ke8 44. Be3 Kd8 45. Rg6 {Black resigns.} 1-0