[Event "Crossroads Invitational IX Arena"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.07.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "Fritz S."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [WhiteElo "2100"] [BlackElo "1960"] [Annotator "lichess.org"] [PlyCount "57"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "180+2"] 1. e4 c5 {B20 Sicilian Defense} 2. d3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O h5 {A demonstration of intent - Fritz wants to steamroll me. This is our typical KIA with Black to play e5 shortly.} 7. h3 e5 8. Nc3 Be6 9. Nd5 $6 (9. Ng5 {Clearing the way for f4.} Bd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nf3 $14) 9... Qd7 10. Ng5 O-O-O 11. c3 {[%csl Rb4,Rd4]} f6 (11... Kb8 12. Rb1 (12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Ne3 Nf6 $14)) 12. Nxe6 {Having the bishop pair in this position clearly favors White. Black's g7 bishop is not able to assist.} Qxe6 13. f4 $6 (13. b4 $1 Nge7 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. bxc5 {[%CAl Gb3b8]} dxc5 16. Rb1 $16) 13... exf4 14. Nxf4 {[%CAl Rf4e6,Rf4g6] With a free tempo of hitting the queen and threatening to take on g6.} Qf7 15. h4 $6 {Trying to lockdown the kingside but this is too slow.} (15. Qb3 Qe8 (15... Qxb3 $2 16. axb3 g5 17. Ne6 Rd7 18. b4 $18)) 15... Nge7 16. d4 f5 17. Be3 (17. d5 {I rejected this due to Ne5 but that would be met with the strong Ne6.} Ne5 18. Ne6 Rd7 19. Bf4 $16) 17... c4 18. Qa4 (18. d5 Ne5 19. Bxa7 g5 20. hxg5 h4 21. Bb6 hxg3 22. Qa4 Nd7 23. Qa8+ Nb8 24. Ba7 Be5 25. Qxb8+ Kd7 26. Qxb7+ Ke8 27. exf5 Rd7 28. Qb8+ Rd8 29. Qb5+ Kf8 30. g6 Qf6 31. Ne6+ $18) 18... a6 19. Rae1 Bh6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Na7 22. Qxc4+ Kb8 23. Bxh6 Rxh6 24. Re6 Rhh8 25. Rfe1 Rhe8 26. Qb4 Nc8 27. c4 Rxe6 28. dxe6 Qf6 $4 (28... Qc7 29. Re3 Re8 30. Rb3 b6 31. Bd5 Qg7 32. Qd2 Ka7 33. a4 Ne7 34. Bg2 Nc8 35. a5 Rxe6 36. axb6+ Nxb6 37. c5 $18) 29. Qxb7# {Normal White wins by checkmate.} 1-0