[Event "Budpest Open A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.08.25"] [Round "5.4"] [White "Polyik, P."] [Black "Yip, M."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "2345"] [BlackElo "1993"] [PlyCount "67"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.08.25"] 1. d4 Nf6 {I spent the mornning reviewing everything except for early bishop move systems} 2. Bf4 {The London System(or possibly the Barry or Jobava Attack) . White has a choice of sidelines to choose from} (2. Bg5 {The Trompowsky is another major early option} c5 3. d5 (3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. d5 Qb6 5. Qc1 f5 6. c4 Bg7 7. Nc3 d6 8. e3 Nd7 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. Nf3 Ne5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 $1 12. O-O-O Bd7 13. Be2 e4 $1) 3... d6 4. Nc3 h6 5. Bxf6 exf6 6. e4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Re8 12. Re1 b6 13. axb6 Nxb6 14. Qd2 Bd7 15. h3 Qc8 16. Qf4 c4 17. Bf1 Qc5 $13 {[Delchev]}) 2... d6 {A new method for me. I usually favor Queen's Indian setups} (2... g6 {Gives Black the option of ..d6 or ..d5}) (2... c5 {A Benoni approach} 3. e3 (3. d5 d6 4. Nc3 e5 5. Bd2 e4 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nge2 Nh5) 3... Qb6 4. Nc3 d6 5. Bb5+ Nbd7 6. a4 a6 7. a5 Qc7 8. Be2 cxd4 9. exd4 b5 10. axb6 Nxb6 11. Nf3 g6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Na2 O-O 14. c4 Bb7 15. Rc1 Ne4 16. Be3 e5 $11 {[Georgiev]}) (2... d5 {A Grunfeld approach} 3. Nc3 (3. Nf3 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. h3 (5. Nbd2 O-O 6. c3 b6 7. Be2 Nh5 8. Bg5 c5 9. O-O Bb7) (5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Be5 f6 10. Bg3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 $11) (5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nbd2 Nh5 9. Bg5 Qd6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Nf6 13. Nb3 Qb6 $11) 5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 {The London Triangle structure} b6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 $11 {[Georgiev]}) 3... g6 4. e3 {The Jobava Attack} (4. Nf3 {The Barry Attack} Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O cxd4 8. exd4 Bf5 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Be5 Rac8 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Qc6 14. Rfe1 e6 $11 {[Delchev]}) 4... Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Be2 h5 {The thematic way to stop the h-pawn} 7. Nf3 a5 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. Qd2 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Kf8 {The key is not to castle short} 11. f3 b5 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 $13 {[Delchev]}) (2... e6 {is what I usually defend with but I chose something else as I was looking for something fresh and combative as part of an overall effort to widen my repertoire}) 3. Nc3 {Avoiding c2-c3 excludes the normal London System} Nbd7 { Preparing ..e5 to blunt the Bf4} (3... g6 {is a quickly way to reach a King's Indian structure} 4. e4 {So far White has an unusual version of the Pirc(Bg4 or Be3 would be more normal} Bg7 5. Qd2 c6 (5... Nc6 6. O-O-O O-O 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Bh6 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. d5 Nb8 12. f4 Nh5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. h4 Nd7 15. Be2 Nf4 16. h5 g5 17. h6+ Kh8 18. Bg4 Nc5 19. Qe3 b6 20. Kb1 a5 { 0-1 (72) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Bologan,V (2574) chess.com INT 2020}) (5... h5 6. O-O-O c6 7. f3 b5 8. Kb1 b4 9. Nce2 a5 10. h4 Ba6 11. Nh3 Nbd7 12. Ng5 Qb6 13. e5 Nd5 $13 {0-1 (41) Nihal,S (2610)-Martinez Alcantara,J (2602) chess24.com INT 2019}) 6. O-O-O b5 {Pressing with counterplay before commiting Ke8 makes it harder for White to start his desired attack} 7. e5 dxe5 8. Bxe5 Qa5 9. Kb1 b4 10. Nce2 Be6 11. Nc1 Nbd7 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Bd3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15. Nb3 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nxe5 17. Be4 Rad8 18. Qc2 Nxf3 19. Bxf3 c5 20. h4 h6 21. h5 g5 {Nicely closing the kingside} 22. Bd5 e6 23. Bc4 Qc7 24. Qe4 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Bd3 a5 28. Kc2 Kf8 29. f3 Bf6 30. Bc4 Qd6 31. g4 Qh2+ 32. Qe2 Qg1 33. Qd1 Qe3 34. Qe2 Qd4 35. Kc1 Kg7 36. Qd2 Qg1+ 37. Kc2 Qa1 38. Kd3 Bxb2 39. Qe3 Bd4 40. Qd2 Bc3 41. Qc2 Qe1 42. Qe2 Qg1 43. Kc2 Bd4 44. Kd3 Qc1 45. Qc2 Qe3# {0-1 (45) Nihal,S (2620)-Bortnyk,O (2598) chess.com INT 2020}) 4. Nf3 c5 (4... g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Qd2 (6. h3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. e5 Ne8 9. O-O c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Re1 Bf5 $13 {Bauer,C (2623)-Bailet,P (2500) Europe-Chess INT 2020}) 6... c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Bc4 Nxe4 9. Nxe4 d5 10. Bd3 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Be2 c5 14. Be5 cxd4 15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Rfd8 17. c3 Nd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {Moroni,L (2553)-Maghsoodloo,P (2671) chess.com INT 2019}) 5. d5 g6 6. e4 {White has a potentially good Schmidt Benoni} Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O {I managed to fumble my way to a reasonable-ish position that MVL also had but unfortunately I had to feel for this type of position and chose an overly passive plan} b6 {[#] A passive setup but I was looking for a useful Double Fianchetto formation. This turned out badly and is not a very effective setup} (8... a6 9. a4 Qb6 10. Ra3 Qc7 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Bg3 Ne8 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. Rb3 Nf6 16. h3 e5 17. Bh4 b6 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Be2 b5 20. Qa1 b4 21. Nd1 Nfe8 22. c4 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. f4 Nf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Bg3 f4 27. Bh4 Nce8 28. Nf2 Nd6 29. Bxf6 Bxf6 30. Nfe4 Nf5 31. Bg4 Qg7 32. Bxf5 Bxf5 33. Rf3 Bh4 34. Re2 Bg6 35. b3 Bh5 36. Kh1 Rbc8 37. Qf1 Kh8 38. Rd3 Bxe2 39. Qxe2 Bg3 40. Nf3 Rce8 41. d6 Rf5 42. Rd5 Rd8 43. Kg1 h6 44. Kf1 a5 45. Rxc5 Rff8 46. Rd5 Rfe8 47. c5 Qb7 48. Qd3 {1-0 (48) Salgado Lopez,I (2622)-Sadikhov,U (2494) Kocaeli TUR 2017}) ({Relevant:} 8... Qa5 9. Nd2 a6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Rad1 Ne5 15. Bh6 e6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. f4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 exd5 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 Rfe8 22. h3 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. c3 Re6 25. Re3 Rde8 26. Rde1 Qe7 27. Kh2 Qf6 28. g3 b4 29. R1e2 bxc3 30. bxc3 h5 31. h4 Qe7 32. Kg2 Rb8 33. e5 Re8 34. Kf2 Rd8 35. exd6 Rdxd6 36. Qxc5 Rxe3 37. Qxe3 Re6 38. Qd4+ {Grischuk,A (2810)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2758) Beijing 2014 1/ 2-1/2 (80)}) 9. Nd2 $146 {Not only with Nc4 in mind but preventing ..Nh5} ({ Predecessor:} 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. Rad1 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. e5 Nh5 13. exd6 Nxf4 14. Qxf4 exd6 15. Rfe1 Nf6 16. Bc4 Qd7 17. h3 Rad8 18. b3 Nh5 19. Qd2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 b5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Bf1 b4 23. Qd2 Kg7 24. g3 Nf6 25. c4 Ne4 26. Qf4 Nc3 27. Rc1 Bc8 28. g4 h6 29. Bd3 Qc7 30. Kg2 Bd7 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 Bc8 33. Nf3 Rh8 34. h4 Qd7 35. Qg3 Qg4 36. Re7 Qxg3+ 37. fxg3 Rhf8 38. Ra1 Rfe8 {Kalista,K (1891)-Heidebreck,R (1761) Plzen 2012 1-0 (69)}) 9... Bb7 10. a4 a6 {Not so much to prepare ..b5 as to avoid a4-a5-a6} 11. Bg3 (11. a5 {Is now well met by} b5 $132) 11... Re8 $6 {The hope is that this is a useful Benoni prepatory move to support ..e6} (11... Ne8 12. f4 {is also good for White} Bd4+ (12... e6 13. dxe6 fxe6 $16) 13. Kh1 Qc7 (13... Ng7 $16)) (11... Qc7 {Connecting rooks and defending d6 is a better way to prepare ..e6} 12. f4 (12. Nc4 $16) 12... e6 13. Nc4 exd5 14. exd5 Ne8 $14) 12. f4 e6 $6 $18 {This might work against a suboptimal reply but White is alert and kills my posiiton and essentially wins the game} (12... h6 13. Ra3 $16) 13. Nc4 $1 exd5 $5 {Black is in trouble and starts swindle mode} (13... Qc7 14. dxe6 Rxe6) 14. Nxd6 d4 $5 {This piece or exchange sacrifice creates some murkiness in the position and gives White chances to make a mistake. Unfortunately Black's position is so bad all there is left is to try some trickery and hope for the best} (14... Nxe4 15. Ncxe4 Rxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. c3 $18) 15. Nxb7 {Taking the piece as opposed to winning the exchange. The hope was to catch the knight as it seemed trapped according to my calculations} (15. Nxe8 $2 {Gives Black some chances to survive } Qxe8 $1 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nf6 18. d6 Ne4 $14) 15... Qc7 (15... Qe7 16. e5 $18) 16. e5 $1 {I missed this. White creates a rescue outpost for the almost trapped Nb7 and attacks another piece. The problem is that Black just has too many hanging pieces} ({or} 16. Bf3 dxc3 17. e5 $18) (16. Nd5 $6 Qxb7 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. e5 Nd5 $16) 16... dxc3 17. Nd6 {Rescuing the knight and attacking the Re8 while keeping the Nf6 under attack} cxb2 {This intermediate move was the best resource(that I could come up with)} 18. Rb1 (18. Nxe8 {Should also win} Rxe8 (18... bxa1=Q $2 {I spent a long time on this but could not make it work} 19. Nxc7 {Every Black piece is hanging and Black must lose material} Qxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8 21. exf6 Nxf6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 $18 {Black remains down a piece}) 19. Rb1 Ne4 20. Rxb2 $18) 18... Re6 $5 (18... Re7 19. Rxb2 $18) 19. Nxf7 $1 { I missed this crushing desperado} (19. exf6 $2 {Is a blunder that is not realistic to hope for} Rxd6 20. Qe1 Bxf6 $19) 19... Ne4 {Out of the frying pan into the fire} (19... Kxf7 $6 20. exf6 Nxf6 $18) 20. Qd5 $1 $18 {Attacking both rooks and the Ne4 and I could have resigned here} ({or} 20. Bc4 $18) 20... Qc6 {I had only a few minutes to get to move 40} (20... Rae8 21. Qxe4 Kxf7 22. Bc4 $18 {is a TKO}) 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. Bf3 {A super skewer} Nd2 (22... Nxg3 23. Bxc6 Nxf1 24. Bxa8 Kxf7 25. Kxf1 $18) 23. Bxc6 {White wins the eating contest} Nxb1 24. Rxb1 $1 (24. Bxa8 $6 {This was my hope but Black is still dead lost} Nd2 25. Rd1 b1=Q 26. Rxb1 Nxb1 $18 {Black is only down one pawn but is completely lost}) 24... Ra7 25. Nd6 (25. Nd8 $18) 25... g5 26. Rxb2 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Nxe5 28. Bd5+ {Escapes the attack without losing time} Kf8 29. Rxb6 { Probably I should have resigned around here} Ng6 30. Rb8+ {I play a few more moves out of momentum} (30. Bg5 $1 $18) 30... Ke7 31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxa7 Bd4+ 33. Kf1 Nxf4 34. c4 {The bigger guns won today} 1-0