[Event "188th GK tournament"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.08.02"] [Round "2"] [White "Paul H."] [Black "steve2"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "1911"] [BlackElo "1633"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2013.12.29"] [SourceQuality "1"] [TimeControl "1/172800:0"] {[%evp 0,61,19,38,25,-21,34,26,28,3,21,33,39,2,23,22,38,39,42,61,62,60,93,99, 105,63,155,138,133,119,238,242,230,235,430,435,432,445,394,404,406,425,425,411, 539,529,1101,1125,1239,564,579,508,526,449,1396,1293,1306,1331,1461,1529,1536, 1336,1392,1437]} 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d6 {Declining the King's Gambit.} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 {Getting on the important diagonal early. Typically, I play Nc3 here but the position transposes shortly.} Be7 5. O-O $6 ({Opening up the f-file with} 5. fxe5 {is what's called for. Now the c5 bishop and rook bear down on the f7 pawn.} dxe5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 $14) 5... Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O ({A better move is} 6... Nxe4 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Nxe4 exf4 9. d4 d5 10. Neg5+ Kg8 11. Bxf4 $11) 7. d3 Bg4 $6 {While this looks normal, it's actually a mistake. White can now play h3 and grab the initiative with a kingside expansion.} ({Getting rid of the c4 bishop makes sense with} 7... Na5 8. Bb3 Nxb3 9. axb3 exf4 10. Bxf4 c6 11. Qe1 Bg4 12. Qg3 $11) 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd4 10. Qf2 h6 $2 {Very passive. Improving control of the center with c6 makes more sense. Even Nh5 preparing Bh4 helps to keep things balanced.} 11. Be3 {[#]} Nc6 $146 (11... c6 12. a4 Kh8 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Ne2 c5 16. Qg3 Bd6 17. Qh4 $14) 12. a3 {Creating an escape square for the bishop. But more than that, White has the bishop pair and his c4 bishop will have this uncontested long diagonal for the entire game. } Re8 $2 {Leaving the protection of the weak f7 square.} 13. fxe5 {Opening the f-file.} Nxe5 14. Bb3 Qc8 $2 15. d4 {Black's pieces are buried on the back rank and cannot adequately defend his king.} Nc6 16. Qg3 {preparing d4 and later Bh6.} Kf8 17. e5 $1 (17. Nd5 $3 Nxe4 $4 {Walking into an inescapable mating net.} 18. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 19. Nf4+ d5 20. Bxd5+ Qe6 21. Bxe6+ Kf8 22. Ng6# ) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 $4 {Trying a tactic that he did not calculate accurately.} 19. Qxe5 Bd6 20. Qd4 Be5 21. Qc4 {Threatening Qf7#} Qd7 22. Rad1 Qe7 23. Bc5 Bd6 24. Bxd6 (24. Rxd6 cxd6 25. Bxd6 $18) 24... cxd6 25. Rde1 (25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Qxd5 Kg8 27. Rxf7 $18) 25... Qd7 26. Ba4 d5 27. Qc5+ Kg8 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qc7 Nf6 31. Nxd5 {Black resigns.} 1-0