[Event "C v Atherton"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.11.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Kay, Lee"] [Black "RMF"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2068"] [Annotator "robertfurness"] [PlyCount "72"] [EventDate "2022.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.11.03"] {[%evp 0,72,19,31,43,3,-12,-26,-27,-37,-15,-11,10,-3,-3,-3,-6,-17,4,-27,-32, -47,-47,-46,-38,-69,-69,-35,-55,-47,-64,-67,-13,-13,9,3,-18,-23,-42,0,0,0,82, -59,-62,-63,-83,-47,-62,-62,-16,34,40,50,84,36,22,5,58,-48,-52,-53,-48,-57,-60, -50,-50,-50,-28,-85,-58,-92,-69,-75,-64]} 1. d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nc6 3. e4 dxe4 4. d5 Ne5 (4... Nb4 $1 5. c4 (5. Nc3 h6 6. Bh4 (6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Bc4 c6 8. dxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 bxc6 10. Bb3 e6 $19) 6... c6) 5... h6 6. Be3 (6. Bh4 c6) 6... e6) 5. Nc3 h6 (5... a6 $1 6. Qd4 h6 $11) 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Bg3 {the plan before 5.. h6 was to follow up with 7. e5 but here i realised, that at best, i'm a pawn down with no compensation. after a long think settled on 7 .. a6 which thankfully stockfish endorses} a6 (7... e5 8. dxe6 Bxe6 9. Nb5 Bd6 10. Bxd6 cxd6 11. Qxd6 Qxd6 12. Nxd6+ Ke7 13. Nxe4) {here i responded poorly to an unexpected move, still 'on tilt' from having to abort my plan on prevoius move} 8. f3 e3 $6 { as soon as i played e3 i noticed Bd3 with threrat of Bxg6 is very awkward} ( 8... Nf6 9. fxe4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bxc7 Rc8 13. Bb6 Bb4 $17) 9. Qd4 $6 (9. Bd3 e5 10. Bxg6 fxg6 11. Bxe5 $16) 9... e5 $1 {finally get in e5 and i start to feel a lot more comfortable} 10. Bxe5 (10. Qxe3 Qg5 11. Qf2 h5 $17) 10... Nxe5 11. Qxe5+ Qe7 12. Qd4 Qc5 13. O-O-O Qxd4 14. Rxd4 f5 (14... Nf6 15. Ne4 Nd7 $1 16. d6 f5 17. Ng3 g6 $15) 15. Nge2 (15. Nd1 Bc5 16. Rd3 f4 $15) 15... g5 $6 (15... Bc5 16. Rd3 Bd7 17. Nd1 Kf7 18. Nxe3 Re8 $15) 16. h4 Bg7 17. Rc4 Kd8 (17... Ne7 $1 18. Rxc7 $6 Be5 19. Rc4 b5 20. Rd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 $15) 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rxh8 Bxh8 20. f4 $1 {i was trying to decide between Bf6 and g4 and chose the inferior move} g4 (20... Bf6 21. g3 b5 22. Rb4 Bb7 $11) 21. Nd4 $6 (21. Nd1 Nf6 22. Nxe3 Ne4 {and it's unclear if my bishop pair provide any compensation for the pawn}) 21... b5 22. Rb4 Ne7 23. Nc6+ Nxc6 24. dxc6 Be6 { i wanted to try and exploit the bishop pair but white has an easy plan} (24... Bxc3 25. bxc3 Be6 26. c4 Ke7 {is interesting} 27. cxb5 axb5 28. Rxb5 Rxa2 29. Kb1 Ra4 30. g3 $15) 25. Nd1 e2 26. Bxe2 Bd5 27. Ne3 Bxc6 28. Nxf5 Bxg2 29. Bxg4 Bd5 30. Ne3 c5 31. Nxd5 cxb4 32. Nxb4 Kc7 33. Bf3 Rf8 34. Nd3 a5 35. Kd2 Bd4 36. c3 Bg1 $11 1/2-1/2