[Event "Holiday Invitational 2020"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.03.21"] [Round "10"] [White "Chessmaster XI (Turk)"] [Black "Paul H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A00"] [PlyCount "158"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventRounds "1"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,158,27,-35,-22,-25,8,-1,-1,-38,-31,-30,-6,-31,-20,-36,7,12,10,0,12, -16,-23,-133,-19,-20,22,3,13,-27,-4,-13,-5,-249,-248,-271,-258,-280,-270,-312, -326,-357,-362,-370,-369,-597,-597,-626,-607,-632,-650,-602,-501,-533,-539, -519,-511,-596,-457,-448,-445,-475,-481,-476,-378,-414,-408,-455,-414,-644, -652,-618,-336,-356,-369,-375,-216,-201,-218,-218,-228,-218,-229,-215,-212, -245,-184,-164,-123,-122,-119,-109,-87,-204,-215,-253,-286,-304,-198,-261,-309, -331,-108,-111,-309,-325,-403,-410,-399,-410,-372,-409,-401,-609,-581,-864, -502,-507,-524,-857,-1014,-1013,-528,-539,-547,-585,-570,-725,-755,-982,-1012, -1022,-1032,-1260,-1542,-1724,-2196,-28856,-29980,-29979,-29978,-29979,-29982, -29987,-29988,-29989,-29990,-29991,-29992,-29993,-29992,-29993,-29994,-29995, -29996,-29997,-29998,-29999,-29998,-29999,-30000]} {The final game of the tournament. With a 7.5 to 1.5 point lead, I wanted to increase my wiinning streak to 8 games. As Black I was prepared to take more chances in the hopes I would build a nice position and convert it to a win.} 1. g3 {Turk loves flank openings.} d5 2. Bg2 c5 3. d3 Nf6 4. c3 (4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. h3 e6 9. Re1 a6 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bf4 b5 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Nb1 Qc7 15. c3 dxc3 16. Nxc3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qb6 18. d4 Rac8 19. b3 a5 20. Bf1 Ba6 21. Qd3 Nb8 22. Qe3 Nc6 23. Red1 Rc7 24. a4 bxa4 25. Nxa4 Qa7 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. Rc3 Rfc8 28. Rdc1 Qa7 29. Bg5 Nb4 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. Kg2 Bf8 32. Rxc7 Qxc7 33. Qd2 Qc2 {Onischuk,V (2633)-Bluebaum,M (2672) Tornelo INT 2020 0-1}) 4... Nc6 5. Nf3 g6 $6 {[#]} (5... e5 {Every part of me wanted to play this but I was worried about overexpanding in the middle.} 6. a3 {Intending b4.} Be7 7. b4 e4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Be3 O-O $15) 6. h3 $2 $146 ({Predecessor:} 6. O-O Bg7 7. a3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Bg4 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 b5 11. Nb3 a5 12. bxa5 Nxa5 13. Nbd4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qd7 15. Ba3 Rfc8 16. Bb4 Nb7 17. Bg2 e6 18. Qb3 Ne8 19. Ra3 Nd8 20. Rfa1 Rxa3 21. Qxa3 Nc7 22. Qb3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 (23) Hickl,J (2560)-Andersson,U (2560) Germany 2009}) 6... Bg7 7. d4 O-O {As I said in my intro, I wanted to play more aggressively.} 8. dxc5 e5 $1 {Black has a strong center which is compensation for being down a pawn. I can worry about that later on.} 9. Be3 $6 (9. b4 Qc7 (9... e4 $6 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. a4 a5 12. Na3 $14 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6][%CAl Gd4b5,Ga3b5]})) 9... h6 {Preparing Be6} 10. Nfd2 $2 Be6 11. g4 g5 (11... d4 12. cxd4 exd4 13. Bf4 Re8 14. Na3 d3 15. e3 Nd5 $17) 12. Nb3 Ne7 {[%csl Rf4,Rg2, Gg6,Rh4][%CAl Ge7g6,Gg6f4,Gg6h4]} 13. Qc2 Ng6 14. Rg1 Qd7 15. N1d2 a5 { Grabbing space on the queenside and threatening a5-a4-a3.} 16. Bh1 $4 a4 17. Nc1 d4 {The bishop is trapped.} 18. cxd4 exd4 19. c6 bxc6 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21. Nd3 Bd5 {Forcing off White's good bishop.} 22. e4 dxe3 23. fxe3 Bxh1 24. Rxh1 Rfd8 25. Nc5 Qd5 26. e4 Qd4 27. O-O-O a3 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Ndb3 Qe3+ 30. Kb1 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Ra8 $1 {An important move. Black's rook is not doing anything on a3 so redeploying it to protect the back rank makes sense.} 32. Rd3 Qf4 33. Qe2 Re8 34. Rd4 Nd5 35. Qd2 Qxd2 (35... Qf1+ 36. Nc1 (36. Qd1 $4 Nc3+ $19) 36... Bxd4 37. Qxd4 Nf6 38. Kc2 Ne5 $19) 36. Rxd2 Nc3+ 37. Kc2 Nxe4 38. Re2 Nf6 39. Rxe8+ Nxe8 40. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Ya8][%CAl Ga2a3,Ga3a4,Ga4a5,Ga5a6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8] A good move that forces a passive reply.} f6 (40... Bf6 41. Nxf6+) 41. a4 $1 Nc7 {While not bad, Black should activate his king and begin marching it to the a-file to address the passed pawn.} 42. Nd4 Ne7 $2 (42... Ne5 43. Kc3 Kf7 44. Nd6+ Kg6 45. N4f5 Bf8 46. Kd4 Bxd6 47. Nxd6 Nd7 $19) 43. Kb3 Na6 $6 44. Kc4 Kf7 45. Nd6+ {White has done a nice job cutting off the Black king from marching to the queenside.} Kg6 46. N6f5 (46. a5 Bf8 47. Ne6 Bg7 48. Nd4 Bh6 49. Ne4 $17 ) 46... Nxf5 47. gxf5+ Kh5 {At this point I calculated that my active King will be able to escort my g-pawn down the board. White cannot queen his pawn because I can sacrifice either my knight or bishop to eliminate that threat.} 48. Nxc6 Kh4 49. Kb5 Nc7+ 50. Kb6 Nd5+ 51. Kc5 Nc7 52. Kb6 Na8+ $1 53. Kb7 Kxh3 54. Kxa8 Bf8 55. Nd4 Bc5 56. Ne2 Kg4 57. Nc1 Kxf5 58. a5 Ke4 59. Ne2 Kf3 60. Nc1 g4 61. a6 g3 62. Nd3 Bd4 63. Kb8 f5 64. Kc7 Ke4 65. Ne1 f4 66. Nc2 Bf2 67. Ne1 f3 68. Kb7 g2 69. a7 Bxa7 70. Nxf3 Kxf3 71. Kxa7 g1=Q+ 72. Kb7 Qc5 73. Kb8 Qe7 74. Ka8 Qd7 75. Kb8 Ke4 76. Ka8 Kd5 77. Kb8 Kc6 78. Ka8 Kb6 79. Kb8 Qd8# 0-1