[Event "2024 Carol Kleist Memorial"] [Site "Redmond, WA"] [Date "2024.05.26"] [Round "1"] [White "Louie, Henry"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B34"] [WhiteElo "1300"] [BlackElo "1872"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "55"] [GameId "2049599664670120"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,55,32,18,39,36,45,0,17,11,49,51,41,31,67,50,22,18,7,-20,1,-24,1,6,0,3,-3,-11,-29,-76,0,0,41,-23,-16,-11,38,-21,-17,-21,-17,-40,-23,-40,-44,-75,-53,-25,-13,-15,-14,-43,-27,-30,-38,-90,-89,-29999]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Bc4 {This is main line Accelerated Dragon with e5 being the most popular move.} (8. e5 {This is what I was expecting.} Ng8 9. Bd4 Qa5 10. e6 Nf6 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Bc4+ d5 13. Be2 Qc7 (13... Re8 14. Be5 Ne4 15. Qd4 Bf6 16. O-O-O Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. Bxc3 e5 $15) 14. O-O e5 15. Bc5 Re8 16. f3 Kg8 17. Qd2 Bf5 18. b4 Rad8 19. Rae1 h5 20. Ba6 Kh7 21. Kh1 Bh6 22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Na4 Nxc5 24. Qxc5 h4 25. Qf2 Bg5 26. c3 e4 27. f4 Bf6 28. h3 Rf8 29. Rc1 g5 30. Rce1 Kg6 31. b5 cxb5 32. Bxb5 Rb8 33. c4 dxc4 34. fxg5 Bxg5 35. Nc3 Qe5 36. Qc2 e3 37. Rxf5 Qxf5 {0-1 Pranav,A (2519)-Erigaisi,A (2756) Menorca op 3rd Ciutadella de Menorca 2024 (7)}) 8... O-O 9. Bb3 (9. e5 $6 Ne8 10. f4 d6 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. Qf3 dxe5 13. Qxc6 exf4 14. Bxf4 Qb4 $1 15. Qc4 (15. Qxa8 $4 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Kf2 Nf6 18. Qf3 Qd4+ 19. Ke1 Qxa1+ 20. Qd1 Qc3+ 21. Qd2 Qc5 $19) 15... Qxc4 16. Bxc4 Bb7 17. O-O Rc8 18. Bb3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 Nf6 20. Rae1 Rfe8 21. Bg3 h5 22. h3 Bc6 23. Bh4 a5 24. a4 Kf8 25. Rf4 Bc5 26. Re2 Bb7 27. Bxf6 exf6 28. Rxf6 Rc7 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Bd5 Bd4 31. Rf1 Bxd5 32. Nxd5 Rxc2 33. b4 axb4 34. Nxb4 Rc4 35. Rb1 Kf8 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Be5 38. a5 Rxg4 39. a6 $11 {[%eval -21,45]}) 9... Qa5 $6 {I played this because I wanted to prevent e5 and also threaten Ne4. Instead, I should be building my position with moves that help the position.} (9... Bb7 {was a consideration but I thought it too passive. It does aid in the d5 push however.} 10. O-O d5 11. Re1 e6 12. Bd4 $15 (12. e5 Nd7 13. f4 c5 $17)) (9... Ba6 {I thought about this for a long time but wasn't sure how helpful it was. Qd2 O-O-O and White has a ready-made attack.} 10. e5 (10. Qd2 Qc7 11. h4 h5 12. O-O-O $11) 10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd5 e6 13. Qd2 Bxe5 $11) (9... a5 $5 10. O-O d6 11. h3 $11) 10. O-O d6 11. Re1 {[#]} Be6 $146 {Trading off his active bishop. On the one had, an extra pawn on e5 stops any ideas of Nd5, but the e6 pawn might be a vulnerability later.} ({Predecessor:} 11... Rd8 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. h3 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 e6 15. Rad1 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Qf3 Bb7 18. h4 Qc7 19. Qh3 Qf4 20. h5 a5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. a4 Bc6 23. Qd3 Qg5 24. Qf3 Rac8 25. Qh3 Bf6 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. Qd3 Rh8 28. f3 Qg3 29. Ne2 Qh2+ 30. Kf1 Bh4 31. Red1 Qe5 32. Qd4 Bf6 33. Qxe5 Bxe5 34. Kf2 Rh4 35. c3 Rb8 36. Bc2 Bxa4 37. Bxa4 Rxa4 38. Ra1 Rxa1 39. Rxa1 Rxb2 40. Rxa5 Bxc3 41. Ra3 {0-1 Bakiev,D (1111)-Michel,C (1663) Rhein Main op-B 20th Bad Homburg 2017 (1)}) (11... Ng4 {is the move Stockfish prefers and never varies from it.} 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 g5 $1 {stopping ideas of f4 or h4.} 14. Rad1 Qe5 15. Qxe5 Nxe5 $15) 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Bd2 Qb6 {[%csl Yb2,Yf2][%CAl Gb6b2,Gb6f2,Gf8f2]} 14. Rb1 $6 Nd7 $6 (14... Ng4 $1 {I spent a lot of time on this but I couldn't see how the complications benefitted me.} 15. Qxg4 (15. Be3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Bh6 17. Rf3 Rxf3 18. gxf3 Qa5 19. a3 Qg5+ $15) 15... Qxf2+ 16. Kh1 Qxd2 17. Qxe6+ Kh8 18. Qxe7 Be5 $19 19. Re2 Qh6 $1 20. g3 Bxg3 21. Rg1 Bf4 22. Reg2 Be5 (22... Rae8 23. Qd7 {[%csl Ya7,Yc6][%CAl Yd7a7,Yd7c6]} Be5 24. Qxc6 Qh4 25. Ne2 Rc8 26. Qd5 Rxc2 27. Ng3 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 Rc8 $19) 23. Ne2 Rf3 24. b3 Raf8 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26. Rxg5 Re3 $19) 15. Be3 Qc7 $6 {a passive square for the queen} (15... Qb4 16. a3 Qc4 17. f3 Rab8 18. Bd2 $11) 16. Bd4 (16. Qg4 $1 {he missed this. I was prepared to play e5 which would probably not be best.} e5 17. Qe6+ Rf7 18. b4 Nf8 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. a4 $16) 16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 e5 18. Qe3 Nc5 19. Qh3 {stopping my re-routing of the knight Ne6-f4 or d4.} Rf6 (19... a5 {should be played to prevent b4 and save the outpost for the knight - at least for now.} 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Qxa4 Qa7 23. Re2 Raf8 $11) 20. Re2 (20. b4 Ne6 21. Qe3 Raf8 22. f3 $11) 20... Ne6 21. Ree1 $6 (21. Rd2 Qb6 22. b4 Kg7 23. a4 $132 Rb8 24. Qd3 $11) 21... Raf8 $15 {Finally, Black has an edge.} 22. Rf1 Nd4 (22... Qb6 $5 {[%csl Rf2][%CAl Gb6f2,Gf6f2] continuing to pressure f2.} 23. Qg3 h5 24. Nd1 Qb4 25. Qe3 g5 26. c3 Qb5) 23. Qd3 {[#]This was the key position in the game and it took me a long time to come up with a plan. The game was equal here so I had to keep repositioning my pieces to better squares and wait for my opponent to blunder.} Qd7 (23... Ne6 24. Nd1 Nf4 25. Qc4+ Kg7 26. Ne3 h5 27. Rbd1 $11) 24. Ne2 Ne6 (24... Rf3 $5 25. Qc4+ (25. Qd2 Qg4 26. Nxd4 exd4 27. Qe2 (27. Qxd4 R8f5 28. Qc4+ d5 29. Qxc6 Rg5 30. g3 Qh3 $11)) (25. gxf3 $4 Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Rxf3 $19) 25... d5 26. Qa6 R3f6 $11) 25. Ng3 $6 (25. f3) 25... Nf4 26. Qb3+ Kg7 27. Rbd1 $2 (27. Qe3 Qg4 28. f3 Qg5 29. Qf2 c5 30. h3 $11) 27... h5 $1 28. Nh1 {Henry touched his piece and realized he had to move it so he resigned.} (28. h3 h4 29. Nh1 Ne2+ 30. Kh2 Nd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. f3 $19) 0-1