[Event "Thanksgiving - Round 2"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2022.06.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "artel1989"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C34"] [WhiteElo "2099"] [BlackElo "1650"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [PlyCount "97"] [Beauty "7148838850597"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,97,25,16,16,-5,3,-12,25,-3,2,-17,-11,-33,15,-2,1,-101,-98,-156,-149,-156,-156,-164,-203,-202,-115,-181,-121,-110,-56,-34,-23,-25,-34,-18,-20,-50,-185,-87,-35,-21,-15,14,15,-21,6,-87,-17,-10,-10,-33,-30,-38,-37,-39,-54,-28,-28,-29,-35,-28,-12,-106,-51,-76,-69,-65,0,-8,121,132,148,145,137,125,130,125,119,140,161,157,665,697,706,211,255,240,384,526,561,584,591,1028,29983,29984,29985,29988,29989,29990]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 {The line played by John Readey.} 4. Nc3 d5 5. e5 Nh5 {The knight is oddly placed on h5 but it is hard to dislodge it.} 6. d4 Nc6 {All part of main line theory. Black put pressure on d4 and continues his development.} 7. Be2 $6 {[%csl Rf4][%CAl Gc1f4] A developing move but passive. I have already sacrificed a pawn. A more active move like Bb5 or even the interesting g3 is more in the spirit of the opening.} (7. Bb5 a6 8. Ba4 Be6 9. O-O g5 {Note how Black is still pressing for the initiative. He is a pawn up and will soon play Rg8 with active play on the open file.} 10. Rf2 $5 {A defensive move. This and Ne1 are part of the defensive effort to meet g4 and f3.} Rg8 11. Ne1 {Now g4 is met with Bf4.} Ng7 12. Ne2 Be7 13. c3 Qd7 $17) 7... g5 8. Ng1 $4 {Attacking the h5 knight but overlooking a strong reply.} ({Critical was} 8. O-O h6 (8... g4 $2 9. Ne1 Nxe5 10. Nb5 (10. dxe5 $2 Bc5+ $1 11. Rf2 (11. Kh1 $4 Ng3+ 12. hxg3 Qg5 $19)) 10... Ng6 11. Bxg4) 9. Na4 Be6 10. Ne1 Ng7 11. c3 Qd7 12. b4 b6 13. Nb2 Ne7 14. b5 $17) 8... g4 $1 {With the threat of Qh4+ and I lose my bishop.} 9. Bb5 $6 {Why not just play Bb5 in the first place?} (9. Bxg4 Qh4+) 9... Qh4+ $1 {A disruptive check that forces my king to a vulnerable square. This and his queenside expansion is winning for Black.} 10. Kf1 $19 {I realized I was much worse here so I decided to focus on two things: defense and development, and not necessarily in that order.} Be6 {Black is in no rush. He can calmly develop his pieces and castle long. The White king isn't going anywhere.} 11. Nce2 $2 {Trying to get some defense to the kingside but White is too uncoordinated,} (11. Qe1 $5 {is an interesting try,} {but after} Ng3+ 12. hxg3 Qxh1 13. Bxf4 Bg7 14. Nd1 O-O $19 {[%csl Ye5,Yf1][%CAl Gf7f6,Gf6e5,Yf8f1]} 15. Nf2 Qh5 16. Ne2 f6 $19 {Black is still winning.}) 11... f3 $1 {Another strong move.} 12. Nf4 fxg2+ $6 {A slight inaccuracy. It was better to play Rg8 and continue to build pressure.} (12... Rg8 13. c3 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qe1+ 16. Kxe1 Nxf4 17. Qxf3 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Kd7 $19) 13. Kxg2 $2 {I took with the King to protect the rook and get out of Ng3+. This is why chess is so hard, Kg2 is a mistake.} (13. Nxg2 Ng3+ $2 14. Ke1 $1 Qh5 15. Nf4 Qf5 16. Bd3 $17 {An important move to stop Qe4+ that would win the rook.and Black has lost a lot of his initiative.}) 13... Bf5 {Threatening Be4.} 14. Bd3 Bxd3 $4 (14... Nxd4 {and Black is winning.} 15. c3 Ne6 $1 16. Bxf5 Nexf4+ 17. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 18. Kf1 g3 $19) 15. Qxd3 {Black's attack is gone and he only has a slight advantage.} Be7 $6 {Slow. f6 was necessary to open the f-file and pressure the exposed white king.} 16. c3 $6 ({White is now back in the game and should focus on completing his long overdue development.} 16. Nge2) 16... Ng7 17. Nxd5 $2 {Greedy and dangerous. That pawn served a purpose in that it prevented activitiy on the d-file. Now Black can castle long and activate his a8 rook.} (17. Nge2 O-O-O 18. Rf1 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Kg1 Bg5 21. Ng3 $11) 17... O-O-O $1 {Black regains the upperhand.} 18. c4 Ne6 ({Black should open the kingside even more with} 18... f6 19. Qg3 fxe5 20. Qxh4 Bxh4 21. h3 gxh3+ 22. Rxh3 Nf5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 $19) 19. Be3 Bg5 $2 (19... Ncxd4 $1 {a very hard move to find.} 20. Rd1 Rhe8 (20... Kb8 $1 21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Ne2 Nf3 23. Qa3 Qxa3 24. bxa3 $19) 21. b4 Qh5 $19) 20. Bf2 $1 $11 {White is close to completing his development and has fully equalized. Just because your opponent has a winning position doesn't mean he will convert it.} Qh6 (20... Rxd5 $1 21. Bxh4 Nf4+ 22. Kf1 Nxd3 23. cxd5 Bxh4 $11) 21. Ne2 Qg6 22. Qxg6 $11 hxg6 {After a long fight, we have arrived at an equal position. However, I felt like I had the better chances given my central pawn majority and queenside activity.} 23. b4 $6 Ne7 (23... b5 $1 24. cxb5 Nxe5 25. Nxc7 Kxc7 26. Bg3 Kb7 27. Bxe5 f6 28. Bg3 $17) 24. Nxe7+ Bxe7 25. Rab1 Ng5 26. d5 Ne4 {second best.} ({Winning was} 26... Nf3 27. Bg3 Bh4 28. Nc3 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rhe8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Rbd1 exd5 32. Rxd5 $19) 27. Be3 Rh3 28. Rb3 Rdh8 29. Ng1 R3h5 30. Ne2 g3 31. Nxg3 Nxg3 32. Kxg3 Rxe5 33. Rf1 f5 $4 34. Bd4 Bh4+ 35. Kf3 Bf6 36. Bxe5 Bxe5 {and now White is winning!} 37. Re3 Rh3+ (37... Bc3 38. Kg2 Bxb4 39. Re6 $14 {White is better but the win is more difficult.}) 38. Ke2 Rxh2+ 39. Kd3 Bg7 40. Rfe1 Bh6 $4 {My opponent and I keep taking turns in missing obvious moves!} 41. Re8+ Kd7 42. c5 Bg5 43. R8e6 Bh4 44. c6+ {[%EOG]} {Black resigned.} {Analysis:} bxc6 45. dxc6+ Kc8 46. Re8+ Bd8 47. Rd1 a6 48. Kc4 Rc2+ 49. Kb3 {#5} 1-0