[Event "WSTT/RD/60 "] [White "Kappel,Ray D"] [Black "Owens,Johnny"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator "Havanur,Nagesh"] [Result "*"] [Date "2024.03.05"] [WhiteElo "1662"] [BlackElo "2328"] [PlyCount "42"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {The Petroff Defence.} 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 $5 {The Damiano Variation named after Pedro Damiano, the 16th Century Portuguese chess master who wrote a detailed treatise on chess.} (3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 { is the Main Line.} )4. Qe2 Qe7 $8 ({Not} 4... d5 $4 5. d3 $18 )({Nor} 4... Nf6 $4 5. Nc6+ $18 )5. Qxe4 d6 6. d4 dxe5 7. dxe5 ({White canot retain the pawn plus with an exchange of queens.} 7. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. Bf4 ({If} 9. f4 Bf5 10. c3 O-O-O $11 {Black's superior development compensates for the pawn deficit.} )({Or} 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Bxc6 Bxc6 $11 {Again Black has a well-developed position and the pawn minus does not count.} )Bf5 10. c3 O-O-O {followed by...Re8. Black regains the pawn with a very good position.} )Nc6 8. Nc3 ({In ChessPublishing.com Harry Grieve analyses} 8. Bf4 g5 ({ He also offers an engine suggestion,} 8... f5 $5 9. Qe3 Qb4+ 10. Nc3 Bc5 11. Qg3 Bd4 12. O-O-O Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa3+ 14. Kb1 Be6 15. c4 Qc5 16. Bc1 (16. Qxg7 Qb4+ $11 )Rd8 $44 )9. Bd2 (9. Bg3 $4 f5 $1 $19 )f5 10. Qe2 Be6 $1 11. Qh5+ Bf7 12. Qxg5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe3 O-O-O 14. Qxe5 Nxe5 $44 )Qxe5 9. Qxe5+ Nxe5 10. Bf4 f6 11. O-O-O Bd6 12. Bg3 h5 $1 {This counterattack on the bishop allows Black strengthen his position in the centre.} 13. Rd4 $5 ({In the well-known line} 13. Nb5 h4 14. Nxd6+ cxd6 15. Bf4 g5 16. Be3 (16. Bd2 { followed by Bb4 is an alternative.} )Ke7 $11 {White's two bishops are counterbalanced by the Black knight on e5 and the latter can target c2 after... Bf5 and ...Rac8. file The Black pawns are aggressively placed on the kingside and his only weak point is the pawn on d6. Analysis by Balász Csonka.} )a6 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Bxe5 fxe5 16. Rd5 Bf6 17. f4 $1 c6 (17... exf4 $2 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Bc4 $16 )({Balász Csonka suggests the remarkable move,} 17... Be6 $5 18. Nxf6+ (18. Rc5 c6 19. fxe5 Be7 20. Nd6+ Kd7 21. Nxb7 Bxc5 22. Nxc5+ Ke7 23. Bxa6 Raf8 $1 $44 )gxf6 19. fxe5 f5 $1 $44 )18. Rd1 Bg4 19. Rd2 Ke7 20. Nxf6 gxf6 21. Bd3 exf4 {The UltraCorr.Base 2025 now shows the result as 0-1. However, it is not clear why the player with Black pieces has had to resign here.} *