[Event "Maine State Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.09.13"] [Round "?"] [White "Hendrix, Wyatt"] [Black "Spencer, Aaron"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D45"] [Annotator "Wyatt Hendrix"] [PlyCount "65"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.09.23"] {[%evp 0,65,19,34,27,-18,33,32,26,12,42,10,27,15,18,23,39,18,36,9,29,18,18,28, 15,2,46,37,34,41,68,56,67,71,73,69,99,97,136,68,90,79,92,107,89,97,476,619,633, 645,645,374,223,0,0,134,124,139,119,145,29983,29984,29985,29986,29987,29988, 29989,29990]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nc3 a6 $6 9. Qc2 Qe7 $6 10. e4 $6 dxe4 (10... dxc4 $1 11. bxc4 (11. Bxc4 e5 12. d5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5) 11... e5 $11) 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Bd3 $14 b5 $6 (13... c5 14. O-O cxd4 15. Bxd4 h6 {is still an advantage for white but a much smaller one}) 14. O-O bxc4 15. bxc4 h6 $1 16. Rfe1 c5 $6 17. d5 $16 {was the idea with Re1} (17. dxc5 $2 Bxc5 $11 {is fine for black}) 17... Bb7 18. h3 $6 $16 {This is fine, but I had some stronger options.} (18. Bf5 $1 Rae8 19. Rad1 Bc7 (19... Qc7 20. dxe6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Qg6 $18) 20. g3) (18. dxe6 $2 {isn't the worst move in the world, but it's not reasonable to play like this} Bxf3 19. exf7+ $2 (19. Bf5 $1 $16 Bc6 $4 (19... Rae8 $16) 20. exf7+ Qxf7 21. Be6 $18) 19... Qxf7 20. gxf3 $2 (20. Bg6 {is somehow just equal}) 20... Qh5 $19) (18. Nh4 {was actually okay} Nxd5 $1 (18... Bxh2+ $2 19. Kxh2 Ng4+ 20. Kh3 $18) (18... Ng4 $6 19. g3 $18) 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Nxd6 Nb4 21. f4 $8 (21. Qe2 $4 Qxg2#) 21... Nxc2 22. fxg5 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 $18 {is almost winning for white, but I'm not sure if I would have been able to see f4 in advance, and it makes no sense to walk a tightrope like this.}) (18. Rad1 $1 {would have been very strong as the rook is helpful on d1 in almost every line. Black is a bit frozen it seems. Now Qd8 is not very good for example.}) 18... Qd8 $1 {The most tenacious.} 19. Rad1 $1 exd5 20. cxd5 Re8 $1 {also the most tenacious. Black would like to get one of white's strong rooks off, and of course he can't leave his rook doing nothing. Black also has an idea of putting the knight on d6 where it blockades the d-pawn, but this only comes up in a few lines as the knight on f6 is a good defender of the king.} (20... Nxd5 $2 21. Bc4 $18 Nb4 22. Qc3 $18) (20... Bxd5 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Rxd5 $18) 21. Rxe8+ Nxe8 22. Ne5 $1 (22. Bh7+ Kh8 23. Bf5 $16 {is also much better for white (Chan)}) 22... Qg5 $2 (22... Qe7 {is better but black's position is still horrible which is maybe why black was inclined to go for this Qg5 stuff} 23. Nc6) 23. Bh7+ $1 $18 Kf8 24. Nd7+ Ke7 {I felt this should work for white. I guess I had to make sure I wasn't getting the bishop trapped or allowing Bxd5 or something, but I was pretty sure my attack was strong enough, and I was also pretty sure that Nxc5 was strong as well. In addition to this I had seen 25.Bc1 and was pretty sure it worked.} 25. Bc1 $3 { This is a nice intermezzo, and this is the exact time to include it: while the queen can't go back to d8 or e7 and while the rook is still on d1 preventing Qxd5.} (25. Re1+ $4 Kxd7 26. Qa4+ Kc7 27. Qa5+ Kd7 $11 {is just a perpetual, white can't play the same Bc1 idea because of Qxd5} 28. Bc1 Qxd5) (25. Nxc5 $18 {also wins as} Bxd5 {is met by} 26. Ne4) (25. Nb6 Rd8 26. Be4 {also wins, but when you see the idea of 25.Bc1 with complete demolition it makes no sense to play like this.}) (25. Bf5 $18 g6 26. Re1+ Kd8 27. Qb3 $18 (27. Rxe8+ Kxe8 28. Nf6+ $18 (28. Qe4+ Qe7 (28... Kd8 29. Bf6+) 29. Nf6+ Kd8 $19 (29... Kf8 $2 30. Nh7+ Kg8 31. Nf6+ $11)))) 25... Qh5 26. Re1+ Kxd7 27. Qa4+ Kc7 {Apparently, at around this point black thought he was able to escape to a7 and be fine, and at least one other spectator believed I had overpressed my hand and might even loose (only seeing 29.Rxe8+, which is a blunder).} 28. Qa5+ Kb8 (28... Kd7 $6 29. g4 Qxd5 (29... Qxh3 30. Bf5# {and we now see the point of Bc1}) 30. Bf5+ $18) (28... Kc8 29. Bf4 $1 (29. Rxe8+ $4 Kd7 30. Qa4+ Kc7 31. Re1 $13) (29. g4 Qxh3 30. Bf5+ Kb8 31. Rxe8+ Ka7 $19) 29... Bxf4 $140 $6 (29... Qxd5 30. Be4 $18 (30. Rxe8+ $4 Kd7 31. Qa4+ Bc6 $19) 30... Qxe4 31. Rxe4 Bxe4 32. Qa4 $1 $18 Bxf4 33. Qxe8+ Kc7 34. Qxe4 $18) (29... f6 $6 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Bf5+ $18) 30. Qxc5+ $18) 29. Qb6 $1 {The only winning move, and had I not seen it I wouldn't have gone for this line} (29. Rxe8+ $4 Ka7 30. Rxa8+ Bxa8 $19 {[%csl Yd5][%CAl Yh5d1,Yg7g6,Ya8h1,Yd6h2] It's amazing that in so many of the lines when white takes a hanging piece on e8 with check it is a blunder as we are ooften forced to exchange rooks next and allow the king to get to a7}) (29. Bf4 $2 {does not work as well here} Qxd5 $8 (29... Bxf4 $4 30. Rxe8+ Ka7 31. Qxc5#) 30. Be4 Qd4 31. Qb6 $8 (31. Bxb7 Kxb7 $19) 31... Qb4 32. Bxd6+ Nxd6 33. Qxd6+ Ka7 34. Re3 $14) 29... f6 $6 (29... Nc7 {is what I expected} 30. Qxd6 Qxd5 {and I would have to find} 31. Qg3 $1 $18 {[%csl Gc7][%CAl Ge1e7,Gc1f4,Gh7e4] covering the mate on g2 when the threats of Be4, and Bf4/Re7 hitting the pinned knight are too strong, which shouldn't be too hard to find since it's my only option other than 31.Qxd5} (31. Qxd5 $2 Nxd5 32. Bb2 {would be a lame end; white has just a minimal plus after} f6 (32... g6 $2 33. Bg8 $16))) (29... Nf6 30. Qxd6+ $18) 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxd6+ Ka7 32. Qxc5+ Kb8 33. Bf4+ 1-0