[Event "Holiday Invitational 2020"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.02.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "Chessmaster XI (Turk)"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A05"] [WhiteElo "1867"] [BlackElo "2038"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [EventRounds "1"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 10,136,42,17,44,39,54,58,73,55,68,72,208,50,48,37,38,15,31,28,20,31,45, 0,21,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,2,-4,136,0,12,3,10,-7,4,4,4,5,4,6,509,508,571,571,582,579, 600,583,1437,1437,1340,1368,1235,1226,2120,2114,1831,1819,1924,1425,15242, 14814,15257,15258,29980,29980,29980,15262,15262,15260,15261,15261,29980,29981, 29981,29982,29982,29982,29982,29983,29983,29983,29985,29986,29987,29988,29988, 29989,29988,29989,29990,29991,29991,29992,29992,29992,29992,29992,29992,29993, 29992,29991,29991,29992,29992,29993,29993,29994,29994,27999,27999,27999,27999, 27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999,27999]} 1. e4 e6 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 {A05: Réti Opening: 1 Nf3 Nf6.} 7. Re1 e5 {[#]} 8. h3 $146 {Stockfish likes this move but it has never been seen in tournament play. The idea is to simply stop Bg4 and prepare Be3.} Rb8 { White is slightly better.} 9. Nc3 Be6 $6 {b5 was better because this walks into..} ({More consistent is} 9... b5 {I mean, why else would you play Rb8 to begin with?} 10. Be3 a6 (10... b4 11. Nd5 a5 (11... Nxd5 {This leads to trouble since after ed5, the knight is trapped.} 12. exd5 Na5 13. Bxa7 $16))) 10. d4 {/\d5} d5 $4 {[%eval 208,28]} (10... exd4 $16 {[%eval 72,28] was necessary.} 11. Nxd4 Nd7) 11. dxe5 $2 {[%eval 50,28] Forgetting that Black can simply take on e4.} ({White should try} 11. Nxd5 $18 {[%eval 208,28]} Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Nxe5) (11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Rxe5 Qd7 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Re2 Rfe8 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Bd2 b6 21. Qd5+ Qf7 22. Qxf7+ Kxf7 23. Kf1 Re4 24. c3 Kf6 25. c4 c6 26. f3 Re7 27. Kf2 Rd7 28. Bc3 Ke6 29. a4 Bc7 30. b3 h5 31. Re1+ Kf7 32. Re2 g6 $16 {[%eval 242,37]}) 11... Nxe4 $14 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 Nxe5 14. Nxe4 Qxd1 15. Rxd1 Rbe8 16. Be3 { [%eval 0,25] [#]A dead equal position. So now it's about maneuvering my pieces to good squares and slowly apply the pressure.} (16. a4 $14 {[%eval 45,24]}) 16... b6 17. Bd4 {It's hard to know what to play here. Bd4 at least threatens the knight and centralizes my bishop.} Ng6 18. Nc3 {[%csl Ya7,Gb5,Yc7][%CAl Gc3b5,Rb5c7,Rb5a7] /\Nb5 hitting a7 and c7.} c5 19. Be3 Bf6 $1 20. a4 $1 { The only move to keep some threats alive. My idea is to weaken the pawn chain with a5 and activate my a1 rook.} Bf5 21. Rd2 Rd8 {[%eval 136,23] [#]} (21... Ne5 $11 {[%eval -4,33] looks better to get the knight in the game and threaten Nc4. The game is still dead equal though.}) 22. Rad1 {[%eval 12,27]} (22. Nd5 $1 $16 {[%eval 136,23]} Bxb2 23. Rad1 Rd7 24. c3 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 Be6 26. Rd8 Bxc3 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rd8+ Ke7 29. Ra8 $16) 22... Rxd2 $11 23. Rxd2 Be6 24. a5 ( 24. f4 {[%csl Re5][%CAl Gf4e5]}) 24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Ne5 $1 26. axb6 axb6 ( 26... Nc4 $4 27. bxa7 Nxd2 28. Bxd2 Bxh3 29. Bb7 $18) 27. Bf4 Bxh3 $2 {[%eval 509,23][%mdl 8192] It's interesting to see a computer make a blunder like this. Then again, this is precisely the kind of hallucination a 2000-rated player might have in a game like this. The idea is on Bxh3, Nf3 wins the exchange.} ( 27... Nc4 $11 {[%eval 6,24] and Black is okay.} 28. Rd1 h6) 28. Bxe5 $18 ({ Less strong is} 28. Bxh3 {but even here White is clearly better.} Nf3+ 29. Kf1 (29. Kg2 Nxd2 30. Bxd2) 29... Nxd2+ 30. Bxd2 Ra8 $16) 28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 $11 { [%mdl 4096] And that's the the game. All that is left is for me to convert the win being up a full piece.} f6 30. Bc7 Ra8 (30... b5 31. Bb6 Rc8 32. Rd5 Kf8 33. Bxc5+ $18) 31. Bxb6 c4 32. Rd8+ {The simplest way to win. I wasn't sure when CM 11's computer brain starts to decide that it's time to sprinkle in some 2800 level chess. The less pieces on the board, the better.} Rxd8 33. Bxd8 $18 {KB-KP} Kf7 34. Kf3 h5 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Kd4 Kd7 37. Bb6 g5 38. Kxc4 h4 39. gxh4 gxh4 {KB-KPP} 40. Be3 {[%csl Rh2][%CAl Ge3f4,Gf4b8,Gf4h2,Rh4h3] Once I get on this diagonal, the game is over.} Ke6 41. Bf4 Kf5 42. Bd6 Ke4 43. Kb3 Kd5 44. Bh2 {White mates.} Kc5 45. c4 Kc6 46. Kc3 Kc5 47. Kd3 f5 48. c3 Kb6 49. Kd4 Kc6 50. c5 h3 51. c4 Kd7 52. Kd5 Ke8 53. Ke6 f4 54. Bxf4 {KB-KP} Kd8 55. Bh2 Kc8 56. Kd6 Kb7 57. c6+ Kb6 58. f4 Ka5 59. c7 Kb4 60. c8=Q Kc3 61. c5 Kd3 62. Qxh3+ Kc2 63. Qe3 Kb2 64. f5 Kc2 65. f6 Kb2 66. f7 Kc2 67. f8=Q Kb1 68. Qd2 Ka1 69. Qf1# 1-0