[Event "2022 Washington Senior Open"] [Site "Redmond, WA"] [Date "2022.04.16"] [Round "2"] [White "Harwood"] [Black "Hamlett IV, James"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A07"] [WhiteElo "1867"] [BlackElo "1547"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [EventType "simul"] [EventRounds "5"] [EventCountry "USA"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] 1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 dxe4 7. dxe4 e5 { This is one of the downsides of playing the KIA. If your opponent gets to clamp down with e5, the game heads towards strategic territory. That means a lot of maneuvering and redeploying of pieces.} 8. O-O O-O 9. c3 (9. Nc4 { is possible now but I wasn't interested in inviting too many unwanted trades.} Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Nxe4 11. Nfxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Nd6 $11) 9... Bg4 ({Relevant:} 9... Be6 10. Qe2 a5 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nc4 Bg4 13. Ne3 Bc5 14. Nd5 Ne8 15. Be3 Bd6 16. Qc4 Kh8 17. Rd2 f6 18. Nh4 Ne7 19. Nxe7 Bxe7 20. Qf1 Nd6 21. h3 Be6 22. b3 a4 23. Rb1 axb3 24. axb3 g5 25. Nf3 Nxe4 26. Rc2 Nd6 27. Rcc1 Nf5 28. Bd2 Rd8 29. Re1 Bc5 30. Kh2 Ra2 31. Re2 Ra6 32. Nxg5 fxg5 33. Bxg5 Be7 34. Bxe7 Nxe7 35. Rxe5 Ng6 36. Rb5 Rb6 37. Rh5 Bg8 38. c4 Qe6 39. Re1 {Mamedyarov,S (2770) -Nakamura,H (2736) chess24.com INT 2021 0-1}) 10. Qc2 Qc8 {With the aim of playing Bh3 and trading the g2 bishop. But this takes a lot of time and for what? My bishop doesn't have a lot going for it so trading it off helps me more than him.} 11. Re1 Bh3 12. Nc4 Bxg2 {Trading this bishop isn't necessarily wrong but it's a bad piece of mine - why trade it?} 13. Kxg2 {[#]} Nd7 $146 ({Predecessor:} 13... Qe6 14. Qe2 Nd7 15. Be3 Rad8 16. b4 b5 17. Ncd2 a6 18. Nb3 Nb6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfe8 21. Rad1 Na4 22. Ng5 Qg6 23. Qe3 Rxd1 {1/2-1/2 (23) Bauer,M (2260)-Bruederle,S Germany 1997}) 14. a4 {Securing a post for my knight.} a6 15. b4 {Grabbing more and space and planning to launch my attack on the queenside.} b5 {Black is trying to prevent White's queenside expansion but b5 creates other problems - a backward a6 pawn.} 16. Ne3 { Correct. There is no reason to trade as he has a backward a6 pawn that I can start to focus on.} Qb7 {[%CAl Rb7g2] Eyeing the long diagonal, the e4 pawn and my weakened king.} 17. Nf5 ({The other option is putting the knight on d5} 17. Nd5 {but I prefer the knight on f5 as it supports h4-h5-h6 etc.} Bd6 18. Qd3 bxa4 19. Nh4 g6 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Bg5 Rdb8 $14) 17... Rfe8 {I decided to expand on the other side of the board with} 18. h4 $2 {but this doesn't contribute to much.} ({Apparently I need to play} 18. axb5 $1 Qxb5 (18... axb5 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 Nf6 21. Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd7 $18) 19. Rd1 Nb6 20. Be3 Qc4 (20... Nc4 21. Rd5 $1) 21. Ra2 {and White doubles up on the a-file to win the weak a6 pawn. Stockfish claims white is winning given Black's structural weaknesses on a6, c7.}) 18... Bf8 19. h5 (19. Qd3 {a Stockfish move that I do not understand. The sequence involves the same approach that I mentioned eariler - doubling up on the a-file and winning one of the backward a or b files.} Nf6 (19... Rad8 20. Bg5 Ne7 21. Bxe7 Bxe7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra5 c6 24. Rea1 Nb6 25. Qe2 Na4 26. Qe3 Bf8 27. Ra7 Qb8 28. Ng5 Rd3 29. Qxd3 Qxa7 30. c4 Rb8 31. Qb3 h6 32. Nf3 Qd7 33. c5 Re8 34. h5 Qe6 35. Qd3 g6 36. Ne3 Bg7 37. Ra3 Bf6 38. Qb3 Qxb3 39. Rxb3 gxh5 40. Rd3 Bg7 41. Nf5 Bf8 42. Ne1 Rc8 43. Rd7 Nc3 44. Kf3 Ra8 45. Rc7 Nb1 46. Rxc6 Nd2+ 47. Ke2 Nxe4 48. Ke3 Nc3 49. Nc2 Rd8 50. Kf3 e4+ 51. Kg2 Nd5 52. Ra6 h4 53. gxh4 Nc7 54. Ra7 Nd5 {[%eval 238,60] }) 20. Bg5 $18) 19... Ne7 {I have to take on e7. If I allow Nf5 then my king comes under pressure via the g2-b7 diagonal.} 20. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $6 (20... Bxe7 21. h6 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nxe5 Bf8 $16) 21. Qe2 (21. h6 {is in the spirit of the position. Once again I am playing hesitantly, almost meandering chess.} gxh6 22. Nh4 Re6 23. Qe2 bxa4 24. Rxa4 c5 25. Ba3 $16 ) 21... c6 $6 {With his pieces already cramped, he closes his active light-squared diagonal.} {I had a hard time finding a home for my bishop and a plan overall.} 22. Bg5 f6 $2 23. Be3 Rf7 $1 {A solid move with the idea of play f5.} 24. Nd2 $2 {My idea here was Nb3 eyeing c5 and a5 but better was the plan to play Nh4-f5 with a dominating position.} (24. Red1 Re8 (24... f5) 25. Nh4 $18) (24. Nh4 {which stops f5. I need to look at my opponent's plans, not just my own.} bxa4 25. Nf5 c5 26. Qg4 Kh8 27. Rxa4 h6 28. Raa1 $18) 24... Rc8 25. Reb1 $1 {This move is not obvious. My plan is to play the liberating c4 but before I do that I need to make sure the b4 pawn is protected.} Bd6 $6 ( 25... f5 26. exf5 c5+ 27. Kh3 cxb4 28. cxb4 h6 $14) 26. Qd3 Bb8 27. c4 $1 { [#]All of my pieces are converging on the queenside in a well coordinated attack. Historically I have had a lot of trouble converting positions like this.} Nf8 28. axb5 (28. Nb3 bxa4 29. Rxa4 g6 30. Nc5 $18) 28... cxb5 29. c5 { [%csl Rb8] Entombing the bishop on b8 and creating a passed pawn.} Rd7 30. Qc2 (30. Qb3+ Kh8 31. Kg1 {Getting off the diagonal.} Qc6 32. Qa2 Ra7 33. Rb3 a5 34. bxa5 Bc7 35. a6 $18) 30... f5 31. f3 $4 {A seemingly obvious move that gives away the advantage.} ({Instead, I had to play} 31. Nf3 fxe4 (31... Qxe4 32. Qxe4 fxe4 33. Ng5 h6 34. Nxe4 Rc6 35. Rd1) 32. Nd2 h6 33. Rd1 Qc6 34. Qxe4 Kf7 35. Qf3+ Qxf3+ 36. Kxf3 $18) 31... f4 $1 $14 {A consistent move that brings Black to near equality.} 32. Bf2 (32. Bg1 fxg3 33. Nf1 Ne6 34. Qa2 Re8 35. Nxg3 Kh8 36. Be3 $14) 32... fxg3 33. Bxg3 $6 $11 (33. Qa2+ {[%csl Ra6,Rg8] [%CAl Ga2g8,Ga2a6]} Rf7 34. Be3 Qe7 35. Qxa6 Qd7 36. Nf1 $14) 33... Rc6 $6 { Trying to get some lateral movement to prevent h6.} (33... Rf7 34. Qb3 Qc6 35. Nf1 Ne6 36. Qd5 $11) 34. Nb3 $2 {The idea of Na5, forking queen and rook looks good but its also pretty obvious. I should not expect my opponent to fall cheapos like this.} ({Stockfish 15:} 34. Rd1 h6 35. Nf1 Ne6 36. Rd5 Rf7 37. Ne3 Qe7 38. Ng4 Qg5 39. Qa2 Kh7 40. Bxe5 Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Qe7 42. Rd1 Rf8 43. Kg3 Qc7 44. Rdd5 Nf4 45. Qd2 Nxh5+ 46. Kg2 Nf4+ 47. Kf2 Rf7 48. Rd6 Rxd6 49. cxd6 Qa7+ 50. Kf1 Nh3 51. Rf5 Rxf5 52. exf5 Qg1+ 53. Ke2 Qg2+ 54. Ke3 Qg1+ 55. Ke4 Ng5+ 56. Kf4 Nh3+ 57. Ke5 Ng5 58. Qd3 Qg3+ 59. Kd5 Nf7 60. Ke6 Kg8 61. Qd5 Qe1+ 62. Ne5 Qxe5+ 63. Qxe5 Nxe5 64. Kxe5 Kf7 65. Kd5 Ke8 66. Ke6 h5 67. d7+ Kd8 68. Kf7 Kxd7 69. Kxg7 h4 70. f6 h3 71. f7 h2 72. f8=Q h1=Q 73. Qf5+ Kc6 74. Qc8+ Kd5 75. Qc5+ Ke6 76. Qc6+ Ke7 77. Qb7+ Ke8 78. Qf7+ Kd8 79. Qd5+ Kc7 80. Qe5+ Kc8 81. f4 Qb7+ 82. Kg8 a5 83. bxa5 b4 84. a6 Qxa6 {[%eval 203,61]}) 34... Rh6 ({ Black can try to untangle his queen by} 34... Qc8 35. Ra3 Rf7 36. Qa2 h6 37. Nc1 Ne6 38. Nd3 $15) 35. Na5 $6 (35. Rd1 Kh8 36. Rac1 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Qf7 38. Qd5 Ne6 39. Rd1 Rf6 40. Qa8 $16) 35... Qc8 36. Rd1 $2 {And like that, Black is better.} (36. Qb3+ Ne6 37. Rd1 Rf7 38. Qd5 $11) 36... Rxh5 {[#]I was a bit panicked here. I went from being a pawn up to equal material and my pieces are scattered all over the board. The knight on a5 is misplaced and Black has some nice ideas like Ne6-d4 and so on.} 37. Qb3+ $4 {The simple check that won earlier now loses.} Kh8 $4 (37... Rf7 {It's hard to believe that blocking with the rook wins, but it does.} 38. Rd3 Ne6 39. Qa2 Rg5 40. Kf2 Rg6 41. Qd5 Nd4 42. Rh1 h6 $19 {The pressure on White's position is too much.}) 38. Rd5 Ng6 39. Kf2 $6 (39. Rad1 {The winning move.} Rxd5 40. Qxd5 Bc7 (40... Nf4+ 41. Bxf4 Qh3+ 42. Kf2 h6 43. Qd8+ Kh7 44. Qxb8 exf4 45. Qxf4 $18) 41. Qd7 $18) 39... Bc7 40. Qd1 $4 (40. Nc6 Rh6 41. Rxd7 Qxd7 42. Qd5 $18) (40. Rad1 $1 Rf7 41. Nc6 Rf8 42. Rd7 a5 43. Qd5 h6 44. Na7 Qa6 45. Qc6 $18) 40... Rf7 41. Nc6 Nf4 $2 $11 ( 41... Qg4 $3 42. Qe2 Rh3 43. Rg1 h5 44. Rd3 Kh7 45. Na5 Bxa5 46. bxa5 $19) 42. Rxa6 $4 {Attempting a cute trick that doesn't work.} Nxd5 (42... Qxa6 $4 43. Rd8+ Bxd8 44. Qxd8+ Rf8 45. Qxf8#) 43. Qxd5 Rd7 $4 {Time trouble. But suddenly I saw an idea as clear as day.} ({Black had to find the accurate} 43... Rf8 44. Ra1 Rg5 45. Ne7 Qh3 46. Rg1 Rxg3 47. Rxg3 Qh2+ 48. Rg2 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qxe7 $19) 44. Qxd7 $1 Qxd7 45. Ra8+ Bd8 46. Rxd8+ Qxd8 47. Nxd8 Rh6 (47... Rh1 48. c6 Rb1 49. c7 Rc1 50. Bxe5 Kg8 51. Bd6 $1 $18) 48. Nf7+ (48. c6 Rh1 49. Bxe5 $18) 48... Kg8 49. Nxh6+ {Black resigns.} 1-0