[Event "2025 WA Winter Classic"] [Site "Bellevue, WA - Hotel 116"] [Date "2025.12.21"] [Round "5"] [White "Zhu, Jamie"] [Black "Harwood"] [Result "1-0"] [Annotator "Harwood,Paul"] [ECO "B38"] [WhiteElo "2005"] [BlackElo "1857"] [WhiteFideId "-1"] [PlyCount "87"] [GameId "2257719868004066"] [EventDate "2002.08.13"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,87,14,12,10,11,9,22,11,14,12,37,49,40,11,31,44,50,54,38,47,55,51,46,38,43,39,56,42,35,36,73,66,46,66,83,105,74,166,113,154,151,150,140,167,144,137,120,160,154,146,146,163,165,172,149,186,183,179,184,175,168,329,136,229,231,237,237,240,105,123,96,211,48,44,85,64,82,68,21,77,79,96,81,81,83,29993,29994,29995,29996]} 1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 {Now were are in Accelerated Dragon territory.} Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qc2 (12. Qd3 a5 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ Kg8 16. Bg4 Ne5 17. c5 Nxg4 18. hxg4 dxc5 19. Qxc5 Qc8 20. f3 Qe6 21. Rd2 Rfc8 22. Qg5 Rd8 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 a4 25. a3 f6 26. Qc5 Kf7 27. Ne2 Rc8 28. Nf4 Qb3 29. Nd5 Re8 30. Nb4 Rc8 31. Nd5 Re8 32. Nc3 Rc8 33. g5 fxg5 34. Qxg5 Qb6+ 35. Kh2 Rd8 36. Qf4+ Ke8 37. Rxd8+ Qxd8 38. Kg3 Qb6 39. Qd2 Qc5 40. Ne2 b5 41. Qd4 Qg5+ {½-½ Yoo,C (2588)-Sindarov,J (2700) Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Feb Early Chess.com INT blitz 2025 (7)}) 12... a5 13. Rad1 Nd7 $6 {Playing from rote and not analyzing the position. a4, gaining more space and preparing Qa5 was best. I've been playing the Accelerated Dragon for almost 30 years - it's time to dig into the theory of this opening and to deeply understand the kinds of positions that can arise from it.} (13... a4 14. c5 Qa5 15. cxd6 exd6 16. a3 Rfe8 17. f3 d5 18. e5 (18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Qb6+ 22. Rf2 Rad8 $11) 18... Nh5 19. f4 Ng3 20. Rfe1 Nf5 $11) 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bg4 {An odd move and a wrong one. Jamie wants to trade off my knight as he doesn't want it hopping around the dark squares, but this leaves the bishop subject to attack.} Ne5 16. c5 {i was very bothered by this move but Stockfish analysis explains there is nothing to fear.} Qb8 $2 $16 {A noble move to get the queen off the diagonal while still covering d6. The problem is that the queen becomes too passive.} (16... b5 {A move I never even considered. The idea is to meat cd6 ed6 with b4, kicking the knight and gaining some space on the queenside.} 17. cxd6 (17. cxd6 exd6 18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Rd4 Rae8 20. Qd2 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Bxe4) 17... exd6) 17. cxd6 exd6 {[#]} 18. Nd5 $146 (18. Rd4 Rd8 19. Rfd1 b5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qb6 22. Be2 Rac8 23. Qb3 b4 24. a3 Rb8 25. axb4 Qxb4 26. Qxb4 Rxb4 27. Rxe5 Rxb2 28. Bf1 dxe5 29. Rxd8 Rb4 30. f3 Kf6 31. Rd6+ Kg5 32. Rd5 Ra4 33. Rxe5+ Kf4 34. Re7 f6 35. Kf2 h5 36. h4 Ra2+ 37. Be2 {1-0 Brulic,D (2232)-Safar,S (2214) CRO-chT1B 27th Biograd 2018 (2.26)}) 18... Bb5 $2 (18... Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc8 21. Qxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rxd6 Rc2 23. Rd7 Rac8 24. Rxb7 Re8 25. f3 $11) ({In many variations of the Accelerated Dragon, the d5 knight should be taken. I didn't take it because I was concerned of the pile-up on my d6 pawn. As it turns out, that's not much of a concern.} 18... Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Qc8 {[%csl Rc2,Rg4][%CAl Gc8g4]} 21. Qe2 (21. Qxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rxd6 Rc2 23. Rb1 Rac8 $11) 21... Ra6) (18... Nxg4 19. hxg4 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc8 21. Qe2 Ra6 22. f3 Re8 23. Qd3 Re5 24. Rxd6 Qc5+ 25. Rd4 Rb6 26. b3 a4 27. Rd1 h5 $11) 19. Rfe1 Ra6 $4 20. Be2 (20. f4 h5 (20... Qa7+ 21. Kh2 Rc6 22. Qd2 Nc4 23. Qc3+ $18) 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. fxe5 dxe5 $18) 20... Rc6 21. Qd2 Bxe2 22. Rxe2 Qd8 23. b3 f6 24. Nf4 {[%csl Rd8,Ge6,Rf8,Rg7][%CAl Gf4e6]} Re8 25. Qd5 Kh8 26. Qb5 Re7 27. Nd5 Rg7 28. f4 Rc5 29. Qb6 Qxb6 30. Nxb6 Nf7 31. Nc4 $2 (31. Nd7 Rc6 32. Nxf6 $18) 31... Rc6 $2 (31... a4) 32. Nxa5 Ra6 33. Nxb7 g5 34. Red2 gxf4 35. Kf1 $4 f3 $4 (35... Rg3 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. Rc7 Kg6 38. Rc8 $11) 36. g4 $2 h5 37. Nxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxd6 Rxa2 39. R1d2 Ra3 (39... Rxd2 40. Rxd2 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rxg4 42. Rd4 Rg2 43. Rd3 Kg7 44. Rxf3 Rb2 $11) 40. Rxf6 hxg4 41. hxg4 Rxg4 $2 (41... Rxb3 $11 42. Rf4 Re7 43. Kf2 Kg7 44. Rd5 Rb2+ 45. Kxf3 Rb3+ 46. Ke2 Rb4 47. Ke3 Rb1 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kf2 Rb4 50. Ke3 Rb1 $11) 42. Rxf3 Rxe4 $4 43. Rh2+ Kg7 44. Rg2+ {Black resigns.} 1-0