[Event "188th GK tournament"] [Site "https://gameknot.com/chess.pl"] [Date "2020.04.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "banora"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1861"] [BlackElo "1932"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1/172800:0"] {[%evp 0,71,23,25,34,48,51,12,43,40,55,55,41,33,55,57,40,59,75,59,83,69,80,73, 96,70,50,66,74,57,89,80,190,186,168,168,176,168,186,187,251,245,253,204,183, 199,202,196,199,193,266,234,240,220,236,220,271,254,238,223,229,235,240,232, 245,249,248,248,259,259,309,303,401,406]} 1. e4 d5 {The Center Counter Defense is one of the few Black responses to e4 where the Kings Indian Attack cannot be played.} 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ {I had been studying this line and wanted to try it. White plays Bb5 to provoke Bd7 and then retreats his bishop to guard the d5 pawn. Normal replies are Nf3 or d4.} Bd7 (3... Nbd7 $6 {Playable but why would Black block his c8 bishop? The idea might be to play for Nb6 putting more pressure on d5.} 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be2 b5 (5... Nb6 6. Nf3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4 O-O 9. Re1 Nbxd5 {Black gets his pawn back but White gets a good center and superior development.} 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. c4 $14)) 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. f3 {The best reply. Nf3 just puts myself in a pin. f3 weakes the dark squares but it also forces the bishop to move a second time.} Bf5 6. Nc3 (6. g4 $5 {A Stockfish recommendation. This is a good example of a computer move that amateur's should avoid. Yes, the move forces the bishop back to its home square. The problem for White is how to follow up.}) (6. Ba6) 6... c6 7. dxc6 Nxc6 8. Nge2 e6 (8... Qb6 $5 {An active move that stops castling and makes way for a future Rd8.} 9. d3 e6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nge4 Bxe4 12. fxe4 Bd6 13. Bb3 Bxh2 14. Qf3 Be5 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Kb1 b5 21. c3 Qe5 22. Bc2 Qg5 23. Rh3 e5 24. Rdh1 h5 25. g4 Rd6 26. gxh5 Qh6 27. d4 Nd7 28. d5 Rf6 29. Qg2 Rf4 30. Rf3 Rd8 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Qf2 a6 33. Rh4 Ne5 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Kh7 36. Bd1 Kh6 37. Be2 f6 38. b3 {Sandhoefner,F (2325) -Wadsack,W (2183) Ansfelden 2018 1-0}) ({Relevant:} 8... Qb6 9. d3 e6 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. Nge4 Bxe4 12. fxe4 Bd6 13. Bb3 Bxh2 14. Qf3 Be5 15. Ne2 Rd8 16. Be3 Bd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Kb1 b5 21. c3 Qe5 22. Bc2 Qg5 23. Rh3 e5 24. Rdh1 h5 25. g4 Rd6 26. gxh5 Qh6 27. d4 Nd7 28. d5 Rf6 29. Qg2 Rf4 30. Rf3 Rd8 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Qf2 a6 33. Rh4 Ne5 34. Qxf4 Qxf4 35. Rxf4 Kh7 36. Bd1 Kh6 37. Be2 f6 38. b3 {Sandhoefner,F (2325)-Wadsack,W (2183) Ansfelden 2018 1-0}) 9. d4 Be7 {Black wants to castle but Rc8 was a little better, forcing white to move his bishop.} 10. O-O (10. g4 $5 {This makes a little more sense since the bishop can only retreat to g6 after which white can play h4-h5.} Bg6 11. h4 h6 12. Bb3 Rc8 13. Be3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Nf4 O-O (15... Bxh4+ 16. Bf2 Be7 17. c4 Na5 $14 {A position only a computer could love.})) 10... O-O 11. Be3 $15 a6 {[#] A reasonable move. Black is going to expand on the queenside and focus his attack there. It's a bit early though. Black should play more carefully with Qc7 and await developments.} 12. Ng3 $146 Bg6 13. Qd2 (13. Nce4 {Offering trades to strengthen the center. It also permits c3 to properly defend d4.} Qc7 14. Bb3 Nd5 (14... Na5 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. c3 Nxb3 18. axb3 $14) 15. Bf2) 13... b5 14. Bb3 {The best place for the bishop.} (14. Be2 $6 Qc7 {The pressure is building on the c-file. b4 is coming along with a rook to c8. The bishop is too passive on e2.}) 14... Nb4 { Embarking on attack to pressure c2 but that pawn cannot be won anytime soon. Bb4 is more meaningful. Qc7 is another alternative too.} 15. a4 $1 {Obvious but it took Stockfish over a minute to like this move. Instead it liked Nge4, with the idea of improving the knight and blunting the pressure on c2.} Bd6 $4 {A baffling move that simply loses a pawn. My opponent is rated 1932 so a blunder like this is surprising.} 16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxb5 {Black is down a pawn but the bigger problem is white gets a pawn majority on the queenside. This will lead to big problems in the ending.} Be7 18. Ne2 {Transitioning my pieces to the queenside where the game will be decided.} (18. c4 $5 {More direct and stronger than my move. I was afraid of his pieces infiltrating on d3. This shouldn't be a concern though given my extra pawn.} Qd7 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 $16) 18... Qb6 19. c4 {Time to start the pawns rolling. Black is already cramped and his space problems will be getting worse before they get better.} Na6 (19... Bd3 20. Rfc1 h6 21. Nec3 $16) 20. Nf4 {Threatening to take on g6 and seize the bishop pair. This also prepares Nd3 which helps protect the b4 square.} Bf5 21. Bc2 $6 (21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 $18 h6 23. Nxg6 fxg6 $18 {[%csl Yg6, Rg8][%CAl Gb3g8]}) 21... Bxc2 22. Qxc2 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 Rdc8 24. Qe2 {Getting away from Nb4 and making sure to get off the c-file. Qxb5 was a threat.} Qc6 { Threatening to capture on c4.} 25. b3 {The simplest defense.} (25. d5 exd5 ( 25... Qxc4 $2 26. Qxc4 Rxc4 27. d6 Bf8 28. d7 Rd8 29. Rxa6 $18)) 25... Qb7 26. Nd3 h6 27. Ra2 {Doubling rooks.} Nb8 28. Rda1 Nc6 29. Nc5 {Bc5 clusters my pawns together and helps them get closer to the eighth rank.} (29. Ne5 Rd8 ( 29... Nxe5 $2 30. dxe5 Nd5 (30... Nd7 $2 31. Ra7 $1 $18) 31. Rxa8 Rxa8 32. Rxa8+ Qxa8 33. cxd5 $18)) 29... Bxc5 30. dxc5 $6 Ne8 31. Rxa8 {I felt it was time to liquidate and head towards a won ending.} Rxa8 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qb2 { /\b4} Qd8 34. Qd2 Qe7 35. Nd6 Nf6 36. b4 {The pawns cannot be stopped. Black resigned.} 1-0