[Event "Rapid 15 10"] [Site "NYC, Hyatt House"] [Date "2024.02.26"] [Round "?"] [White "boboyolpmet"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "1802"] [BlackElo "1874"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2024.02.26"] [EventType "match (rapid)"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "900+10"] {[%evp 0,70,27,22,22,2,9,-9,-9,-19,-12,-9,-9,-43,-10,-10,-14,-20,-18,-18,-18,-24,-17,-17,-7,-3,14,10,12,-66,3,-127,-120,-120,-11,-11,-14,-17,-23,-50,-49,-47,-21,-97,-52,-180,-42,-109,-50,-112,-94,-429,-480,-480,-480,-491,-499,-505,-497,-577,-463,-485,-103,-102,-108,-29985,-602,-619,-621,-692,-699,-815,-837]} 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Bf5 3. h4 {Designed to rattle me and get me away from any opening theory.} Nf6 {The best move, otherwise white could play g4.} 4. Bd3 e6 5. Bxf5 exf5 6. Qf3 (6. Qd3 {Is better as it allows the knight to occupy f3.}) 6... Qd7 (6... g6 7. c4 Nc6 $15) 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. a3 O-O-O {I opted for this as I felt that the best change for play was expanding on the kingside.} 9. Nge2 g6 {Reinforcing the f5 pawn and preparing Bg7.} 10. Nf4 Bg7 (10... Bh6 $5 11. Bd2 Rhe8 12. O-O-O $13) 11. Bd2 h6 12. O-O-O Ne7 13. Nd3 Ne4 14. Ne5 $6 Qe6 (14... Bxe5 15. dxe5 Qe6 16. Qf4 g5 17. Qf3 g4 18. Qe2 Nc6 {with the idea of first circling the pawn and capturing it later.} 19. Nxe4 fxe4 20. Bc3 Rhg8 21. Qb5 a6 22. Qb3 Nxe5 $17) 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qg3 Nc6 (16... Qa2 17. c4 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxc4+ $17) 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 {Trades like these send the game towards a draw.} 18. Bc3 Qc4 19. f3 exf3 20. Qxf3 Rhe8 (20... h5 {was a better move to seal the kingside and prevent white from playing h5.}) 21. Rd3 $6 h5 $1 22. Be1 Bf8 (22... Qa2 23. c4 Bh6 24. Kc2 Qxc4+ $19) 23. Bg3 {A potential threat of Rc3 and pressure on c7.} Bd6 $2 {Qa2 at once was called for.} 24. Rc3 Qa2 25. Rb3 $2 {A mistake, but at the board I was worried if Qb7+ walked into a mating net. After several minutes of analysis, I realized I was safe.} Qa1+ 26. Kd2 Qxh1 27. Qxb7+ Kd7 28. Bxd6 Kxd6 {White is down a rook and has no counterplay. He can throw in a few checks but that doesn't help him.} 29. c4 Ke7 30. Qxc7+ Kf8 (30... Kf6 31. Qf4 Qxg2+ $19) 31. Rb7 Qxg2+ 32. Kd3 (32. Kc1 Qh1+ 33. Kd2 Qg2+ 34. Kc1 Qf1+ 35. Kc2 Rd7 36. Qxd7 Qxc4+ 37. Kd2 f4 38. Qd6+ Kg7 39. Re7 Rc8 $19) 32... Qe4+ (32... Rxe3+ $1 33. Kxe3 Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Qxd4+ 35. Kf1 Qd1+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke3 Re2+ 38. Kf4 Qc1+ 39. Kg3 Qe3#) 33. Kc3 Qxe3+ 34. Kb4 Qe7+ 35. Qxe7+ Rxe7 {White resigns.} 0-1