[Event "Crossroads Open 64 Arena"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.04.10"] [Round "?"] [White "deep_swindle"] [Black "Paul H."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1902"] [BlackElo "2104"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "180+2"] {[%evp 0,90,32,10,34,29,37,8,39,26,33,27,22,26,28,23,25,6,-6,-20,23,11,9,8,1, 35,17,21,5,-15,-21,8,21,20,-7,-8,-12,-29,-17,-32,-48,-80,-80,-95,-96,-91,-97, -131,-136,-172,-175,-169,-177,-201,-198,-237,-224,-233,-241,-401,-418,-517, -460,-529,-531,-531,-532,-542,-554,-557,-573,-602,-514,-528,-495,-561,-460, -468,-418,-477,-505,-564,-564,-596,-603,-603,-638,-653,-689,-769,-809,-1005, -1092]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Nf6 {B21 Sicilian Defense: Smith-Morra Gambit Accepted, Classical Formation} 8. Bf4 e6 9. Qe2 Be7 (9... Nh5 {An odd but strong move to relieve the pressure from d6 by chasing the bishop.} 10. Be3 Be7 11. Rfd1 ({A silly move like} 11. g4 {trying to chase the knight is just bad.} Nf6 12. h3 {and Black just continues his development with} b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. g5 Nd7 15. Rad1 Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. Nb1 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxa6 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 Bxa6 $17) 11... Bd7 12. Nd4 g6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bh6 Bf6 $11) 10. Rfd1 {White places the correct rook on the d-file while preparing to play Rac1 when the time is right.} Qc7 { While scary looking, this is a normal reply for Black. He wants to defend d6 with the queen. If White plays Rac1, the queen goes to b8 where it is safe from further harrassment.} 11. e5 $6 {White strikes in the middle early to disrupt Black's development and prevent castling.} Nh5 $1 {The only move to give Black an advantage.} (11... dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qa5 $11) 12. exd6 $2 (12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Nxg5 Qxg5 15. Nc7+ Kf8 16. Nxa8 Nxe5 17. Nb6 Nf4 18. Qf1 Ke7 $11) 12... Nxf4 13. Qd2 Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 { Black is simply up a pawn but will still need to convert this advantage.} 16. Rad1 Rd8 {One of a few options. Black just wants to trade down material and convert his pawn advantage.} 17. Rxd8 Nxd8 18. g3 Ng6 19. h4 $6 {Chasing the knight is not the right plan here. White should be expecting b5 and play Bf1-g2, getting on the long diagonal.} b5 20. Bb3 $6 {Putting the bishop out of play. Now Black can play Bb7 and own the long diagonal.} Bb7 21. Nd4 Nc6 22. Nxc6+ Bxc6 23. h5 Ne5 24. Bc2 Bf3 $6 (24... b4 25. Ne4 Rc8 26. f4 Bb7 $19) 25. Re1 f6 {Securing the knight and establishing a grip on the center.} 26. Bd1 Rd8 27. Be2 b4 {Forcing the knight to an awkward square.} 28. Na4 Rd2 29. Bxa6 Bc6 $1 {Hitting the knight and preparing Nf3, winning the exchange.} 30. b3 Bxa4 31. bxa4 Nf3+ 32. Kf1 Nxe1 33. Kxe1 Rxa2 {The game is essentially over now. All that remains is for Black to collect additional pawns and stay off of the light squares.} 34. Bc4 Rxa4 35. Kd2 Kd6 36. Kc2 e5 37. Kb3 Ra1 38. Kxb4 h6 { [%csl Ge5,Gf6,Gg7,Gh6]} 39. Kb3 Rh1 40. Ba6 Rxh5 41. Kc4 Rh2 42. f3 Rh3 43. Kd3 Rxg3 44. Ke4 h5 45. Bb7 h4 46. Kf5 Rg5+ 47. Ke4 h3 48. f4 Rg4 49. Kf3 Rxf4+ 50. Kg3 Rb4 51. Be4 Rb3+ 52. Kh2 Ke6 53. Bb1 Rxb1 {White resigns.} 0-1