[Event "2024 WA Senior Chess Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.05.19"] [Round "4"] [White "Gregg, Bruce"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D78"] [WhiteElo "1700"] [BlackElo "1873"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "76"] [GameId "2047062787625291"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,40,21,24,23,-10,-6,-6,12,10,5,16,25,10,2,0,28,37,58,65,60,73,60,23,25,-5,1,11,-12,13,12,-53,-8,-25,-9,-22,-1,-12,-12,-93,-95,-95,-99]} 1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 (3... c5 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 $11) 4. d4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Ne5 (7. Qb3 a5 8. Rd1 a4 9. Qb4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bf5 11. e3 Qd5 $11) 7... Bf5 $6 (7... dxc4 8. Nxc4 Be6 9. Ne5 Qb6 (9... Nbd7 $11) 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. e3 Nbd7 $11) 8. Nc3 Na6 $2 (8... dxc4 9. Nxc4 Be6 10. b3 Nd5 11. Ne4 Nb6 12. Ne5 Bd5 13. Bb2 N8d7 14. Nd3 a5 15. a4 Re8 16. Rc1 Qc7 17. Nf4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 e5 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Qc2 Qe7 22. Qc3 Ned7 23. Bf3 Ne5 24. Be4 Ned7 25. Bf3 Ne5 26. Be4 {½-½ Cordova,E (2637)-Mamedov,R (2678) Atlantic City Millionaire op 2016 (5)}) (8... Nbd7 9. Qb3 (9. cxd5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxe5 13. Qb3 e6 14. Ne3 $11) 9... Qb6 $11) 9. cxd5 (9. Qb3 {immediately is also good.} Rb8 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 $16) 9... cxd5 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Nxd5 $2 {My opponent captures too quickly. Best was Rd1 and slowly building up his development.} (11. Rd1 Nc7 12. Be3 h5 13. Rac1 Kh7 14. Nf3 b6 15. Ne5 Qe8 16. h3 $16) 11... Nxd5 {[#]} 12. Bxd5 $146 (12. Qxd5 Nb4 13. Qxd8 Rfxd8 14. e4 Nc2 15. Rb1 Nxd4 16. Re1 Be6 17. Bf4 Rbc8 18. Nf3 Nc2 19. Red1 Bxa2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rc1 Bb3 22. Nd2 Nd4 23. Nxb3 Nxb3 24. Rc7 e5 25. Bg5 f6 26. Be3 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Nd4 28. Rxb7 a5 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bc4+ Kh7 31. Rb8 g5 32. Bf7 Nc2 33. Bxh5 Nxe3+ 34. fxe3 Rd2+ 35. Kh3 Rd3 36. Kg4 Rxe3 37. Kf5 Kh6 38. Bd1 Rd3 39. Bg4 Rd2 40. h4 gxh4 41. gxh4 Rf2+ {½-½ Lorente Latorre,A-Gasca Perez,J Pena San Jose op 1997 (6)}) 12... e6 $1 13. Bg2 Qxd4 $11 14. Nf3 Qb4 {offering to go into an endgame with an equal position.} 15. Qe3 {attacking the a7 pawn.} b6 (15... Rfc8 16. Qxa7 Ra8 17. Qe3 Nc5 18. a3 Qa4 $11 {Black has a lot of activity.}) 16. Ne5 {I didn't see this. The idea is Nd7 or Nc6, winning an exchange.} Qd6 17. Nc6 Rb7 18. Qf3 Rc7 19. e4 $6 Qxc6 20. exf5 Qxf3 21. Bxf3 gxf5 {I captured this way to meet Bf4 with e5.} 22. h4 (22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Rb1 Ne4 24. a4 Be5 25. a5 bxa5 26. Ra1 Rc4 27. Bh6 a4 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd7 Bxb2 30. Rad1 $11) 22... Nb4 (22... Rc2 23. Bd1 Rcc8 24. Rb1 Nc5 25. Be2 Bd4 26. Rd1 e5 $17) 23. Rd1 Nc2 24. Rb1 Rfc8 25. Be2 e5 (25... Nb4 26. Kg2 h6 (26... Nxa2 27. Bf4 Rc2 28. Bh5 e5 29. Bg5 R2c7 30. Rd6 Bf8 31. Rf6 $11)) 26. Ba6 {White offers draw.} Rb8 27. b3 Nb4 28. Be2 Nxa2 29. Bb2 $2 (29. Bd2 a5 30. Kg2 Rbc8 31. b4 a4 32. Ra1 Rc2 33. Bd3 e4 34. Bxc2 Rxc2 $15) 29... Nc3 $6 (29... e4 $1 30. Ra1 (30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rd6 Nc3 32. Rb2 Nxe2+ 33. Rxe2 Rbc8 $19) 30... Rc2 31. Rxa2 Rxe2 $19) 30. Bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rd7 a5 32. Bc4 Rf8 33. Rb7 e4 34. Rd1 a4 (34... f4 $1 {I considered this but didn't see how it worked.} 35. gxf4 Rf3 36. Rxb6 Rxf4 37. Rb5 a4 38. Ra5 (38. bxa4 e3 39. Bf1 Rxf2 40. Re1 Rf4 41. Kg2 Re8 $15)) 35. Rdd7 $2 Rxc4 $2 (35... axb3 36. Bxf7+ Rxf7 37. Rxf7 Bf8 38. Rxf5 b2 39. Rg5+ Kh8 40. Rxb6 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Rxb1 $17) 36. bxc4 a3 37. Ra7 Bb2 $14 38. Rd5 Rc8 {Draw agreed.} 1/2-1/2