[Event "German Chess Bundesliga 2023-2024"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.02.25"] [Round "11"] [White "Ivic, Velimir"] [Black "Huschenbeth, Niclas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C77"] [WhiteElo "2567"] [BlackElo "2618"] [Annotator "Velimir Ivic"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "SV Werder Bremen"] [BlackTeam "FC Bayern München"] {[%evp 0,117,19,38,25,16,14,15,25,-4,0,-3,4,0,-2,-41,-25,-40,-45,-64,0,-24,52,-5,8,27,48,20,38,52,80,80,157,150,142,165,153,166,166,149,200,193,234,224,298,242,363,210,212,207,204,191,186,183,178,178,178,177,177,210,219,211,211,211,212,226,231,208,255,128,141,145,141,157,157,161,157,157,230,216,230,243,283,293,290,241,246,194,331,287,294,239,219,217,222,214,193,271,220,175,176,230,206,241,241,267,289,339,341,302,398,506,527,545,565,565,584,601,601,621]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 {Here was the first deviation from my standard repertoire. i usually play 0-0, but this time I knew that my opponent is a well prepared player so I wanted to avoid forcing theory that could arrise from Open Spanish} b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2 (8. Bg5 $5 {is also one of the ways to play this position}) 8... O-O 9. Nf1 $5 {Very rare move. The move itself is not anything special and it doesn't change the nature of the position, but I was hoping that this move would throw my opponent out of the book, and force him to choose a plan over the board} Re8 (9... d5 $5 {is maybe the precise way to play} 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ng3 {with a complicated game}) 10. Ng3 d5 $2 {A big mistake that cost my opponent the game. The plan itself to push d5 is right, but the timing is very off since blacks center will colapse very shortly} 11. Bg5 $1 d4 (11... dxe4 12. Bxf6 $1 gxf6 (12... Qxf6 13. Nxe4 Qe7 14. Nfg5 Nd8 15. Qh5 h6 16. h4 $1 $18 {and blacks problems are not slovable}) 13. Nxe4 Be7 14. g4 $1 {Was my plan during the game. The position is very unpleasant for black. My plan is to play Nh4 next followed by Qf3, and position looks practically lost for black}) 12. Bd5 Qd6 13. Bxf6 $1 (13. Bxc6 $6 {was the move I was also considering, but I realised that the advantage is much bigger after Bxf6 because black will simply have to give up the material} Qxc6 14. cxd4 exd4 15. Rc1 Qb6 $5 16. O-O Be7 $5 {and blacks position might be salvagable}) 13... Qxf6 14. cxd4 Bb4+ (14... Nxd4 $5 {I was a bit affraid of this rook sacrifice during the game, but after some precise calculation I concluded that white will just stay up in the material, and black's attack will not work} 15. Bxa8 Bg4 16. Bd5 c6 17. Bb3 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxf3 19. Nh5 $1 (19. Qd2 {is winning as well}) 19... Bxf2+ 20. Kf1 Bxh5 21. Qxh5 {covering my king with Qf5 next. Position is hopeless for black}) 15. Kf1 Rb8 {black admits that he is lost, and tries to get some practicall chances} (15... exd4 {recapturing the pawn doesn't help black} 16. e5 $1 Qg6 17. Be4 Qh6 18. Qc1 $18) 16. Qb3 $1 Bf8 (16... a5 {is the move I expected, because after} 17. Bxc6 (17. a3 $5 Bf8 18. Nh5 Qg6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. dxe5 {is also a better verision than the game}) 17... Qxc6 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. dxe5 Be6 20. Qd1 Rd8 {black gets a better version than in the game. Position is still lost, but white will need to be precise to win the game} 21. Ne2 $18) 17. Nh5 Qg6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 {Sacrificing the exchange in hope of some counterplay, but white is simply up too much material} (19... Qe6 20. Qxe6 Bxe6 21. Nf4 $18) 20. dxe5 Bg4 21. Nf4 Rd8 22. e6 $1 {giving up a pawn for exchange of few pieces} Qd6 23. h3 Bxe6 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. g3 Qxd3+ 26. Qxd3 Rxd3 27. Ke2 Rd4 28. f3 {there were probably easier ways to win the game, but the full point was never in question :)} (28. Rhd1 $5) 28... Bd6 29. Rhd1 Rc4 30. Rdc1 Rb4 31. b3 Bxg3 32. Rc6 a5 33. Rd1 a4 34. Rd3 $6 {I played this move with the idea to trap the rook on b4 in the next few moves, but I had a misscalculation that prolonged the game} (34. Rxe6 {was a quicker way to finish the game} axb3 35. axb3 Rxb3 36. Rd7) 34... axb3 35. axb3 Kf7 36. Kd2 Be5 37. Rc5 Kf6 {What I have missed from a far is the fact that Rxe5 is not actually trapping the rook because of c5! Now because of that I had some more work to do} (37... Bd6 $2 38. Rxd6 $1 cxd6 39. Rc7+ Kf6 40. Kc3 {and the white rook is trapped}) 38. Kc2 (38. Rxe5 $4 Kxe5 39. Kc3 c5) 38... g5 39. Rd8 Bd6 40. Rc6 Rd4 41. Rxc7 h5 42. Rcd7 Ke5 43. Rh8 h4 44. Rh6 Bc5 45. Rxd4 Bxd4 46. Kd3 Bb2 47. Rg6 Kf4 48. Ke2 e5 {white is winning in many ways, but I decided to calculate my way to the win} 49. Kf2 Bd4+ 50. Kg2 b4 51. Rf6+ Ke3 52. Rf5 Kd3 53. Rxg5 Kc3 54. f4 $1 {and black resigned because he is simply slower to promote. For example} Kxb3 55. fxe5 Kc4 56. e6 b3 57. e7 b2 58. Rb5 $1 {Would be a nice way to finish a game, since after} Kxb5 59. e8=Q+ {is a check I am very happy with my prerformance in this game, reading my opponents strenghts and weaknesses and directing the opening and the game in my favor!} 1-0