[Event "World Open 2006"] [Site "Philadelphia"] [Date "2006.07.03"] [Round "6"] [White "Mah, Evan"] [Black "Yakobashvili, Roland"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C06"] [WhiteElo "2033"] [BlackElo "2196"] [Annotator ",Pylant"] [PlyCount "107"] [EventDate "2006.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O {My opening knowledge ends here.} 13. a3 Bd7 14. Re1 {I was hesitant about Re1 because I worried about f2 becoming a target.} Kh8 15. Bc2 Rae8 16. Qd3 Re7 17. Bg5 Be8 (17... Rfe8 18. Rad1 {White is fine.}) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 $2 (18... Bg6 19. Qb5 Rxf6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21. Bxg6 Rxg6 {I liked this line for me because his pawn weaknesses will eventually be his downfall.}) 19. Nxd5 (19. Rxe6 Bg6 20. Qe2 Rxe6 21. Qxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Bxc2 23. Qxd5 Qxb2 $19) 19... Bg6 20. Nxb6 (20. Qxg6 hxg6 21. Nxb6 axb6 22. Bxg6 {I thought that being one pawn ahead was good enough. Black might use the open g/h files to attack me.}) 20... Bxd3 21. Bxd3 axb6 22. Rad1 Kg7 23. g3 {Ruben's idea of restriction.} Rc8 24. Bc4 Nd8 25. Bb3 {Black's pieces are slowly becoming worse.} f5 26. Nh4 Kf6 27. f4 Nc6 {I should have been more patient and moved my king off the a7-g1 diaganol.} 28. Rc1 Rd8 29. Red1 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Bc5 31. Rxc5 Rxd4 32. Re5 (32. Rc3 e5 {I didn't want black to play e5 which would fix one major problem in his position.}) 32... Rd2 33. Re3 Rxb2 34. Nf3 h6 (34... Rc7 35. Rxe6+ Kg7 36. Re3 (36. Bd5 Rc1+ 37. Ne1 $16) 36... Rc1+ 37. Ne1 Rbb1 38. Kf1 Rxe1+ 39. Rxe1 Rxb3) 35. Rc3 {The black rook on e7 now cannot penetrate on the "c" or "d" files.} b5 36. Kf1 b6 37. Re3 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 (38. Ke2 Rb2+ {I saw that my king could probably make it to b4 and be happy. I just didn't feel comfortable doing this though despite my love for moving the king into enemy territory.}) 38... Ra1 39. Bc2 Rd7 (39... Rc7 40. Nd4 Rc4 41. Rxe6+ Kf7 {Everybody is on fire.}) 40. Kh3 {My king is somewhat safe on h3.} Ra2 41. Rc3 Ra7 42. Nd4 Rd7 (42... R2xa3 43. Rc6 $18) 43. Nf3 Ra7 44. Rc6 R2xa3 (44... R7xa3 45. Nd4 Re3 46. Bb3) 45. Nd4 Re3 46. Nxf5 Re2 (46... Re1 47. Nd4 {Either way, black is in trouble.}) 47. Nd4 Re3 48. f5 (48. Bb3 { Works.}) 48... b4 49. Rxb6 {Simple chess. Take away his attacking chances.} Rc7 50. Nxe6 Rcc3 51. Nf4+ Ke5 52. Re6+ Kd4 53. Rxe3 (53. Ne2+ Rxe2 54. Rxe2 b3 55. Re4+ Kd5 56. Bb1 Rc1 57. Bd3 b2 58. Rb4 {I didn't even want to deal with this.} ) 53... Rxe3 (53... Rxc2 54. Rb3 Kc4 55. Rb1 b3 56. f6 {This line might have been better for black.}) 54. f6 {In this game, once he was losing, he became angry. He played very quickly as if he were checkmated in 1. If he would have played slower and found the more accurate moves, the game would have been even more difficult.} 1-0