[Event "Euro Online +2300 Day 2"] [Site "chess.com INT"] [Date "2020.05.30"] [Round "2"] [White "Papp, Ga"] [Black "Bluebaum, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C02"] [WhiteElo "2602"] [BlackElo "2647"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.05.30"] [EventType "swiss (rapid)"] [EventRounds "8"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1334"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.06.01"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.06.01"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,82,18,17,40,43,43,31,-3,-7,5,12,10,4,25,-5,21,8,11,3,12,-27,33,8,63, 10,27,-17,0,2,29,52,52,45,55,58,48,42,76,77,79,79,79,71,71,66,64,65,62,54,54, 59,58,72,81,48,62,48,48,58,60,50,104,26,37,16,34,27,79,78,122,127,158,166,166, -578,-605,-618,-749,-820,-856,-888,-959,-1891,-983]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 {Closing the position in the hope of slowing down the pace of play} 7. Be2 (7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7 9. h4 O-O-O 10. Bh3 Kb8 11. O-O h6 12. Re1 Ne7 13. Rb1 Nc8 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. h5 Nb6 16. Be3 Ba4 17. Qe2 Be7 18. N3h2 Qd7 19. f4 g6 20. Bf2 Rdg8 21. Ne3 Nc6 22. Kh1 Bd8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Qh7 25. b3 cxb3 26. Qxe6 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Bd7 28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Rxb3 Nb6 30. a4 Nxa4 31. Nxd5 g5 32. f5 g4 33. Bg2 Nb6 34. Ne3 h5 35. f6 h4 36. Kg1 Bc7 37. Rc1 Qd7 38. Rd1 hxg3 39. Bxg3 Rh3 40. Nhf1 Rh5 41. Rc3 Rc8 42. Rdc1 Qxd4 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. e6 Rhc5 45. Rxc5 Qxc5 46. e7 Qh5 47. Nf5 Nc8 48. N1e3 Qg6 49. Nd5 Qxf5 50. Bxc7+ {1-0 (50) Vachier Lagrave,M (2778)-Rapport,R (2747) Saint Louis USA 2019}) 7... Na5 8. Nbd2 Bd7 9. O-O Ne7 10. a4 {Presumeably to stop any enemy piece from landing on a4} (10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Ng5 Nf5 12. g4 Nh4 13. Nxh7 Be7 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 exf5 16. gxf5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Nf3 Qe4 19. Qxe4 dxe4 20. Nfg5 Nb3 21. Rb1 Bc5+ 22. Kg2 Nxc1 23. Rbxc1 f6 24. Nxe4 Bc6 25. Bf3 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxh7 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bc6+ Kd8 29. Rc2 Kc7 30. Bf3 Rbh8 31. Rh1 Rh4 32. h3 Rf4 33. Bg4 g5 34. Re1 Bd6 35. Rce2 Rb8 36. Rd1 Be5 37. Rd5 Kc6 38. Rdd2 Kc7 39. Rd5 Kc6 40. Bf3 Kb6 41. a4 Rxf5 42. a5+ Ka6 43. Rc5 Rf4 44. Bd5 g4 45. Bxc4+ Kb7 46. Bd5+ Ka6 47. h4 g3 48. Rd2 Rf2+ 49. Rxf2 gxf2 50. Bc4+ Kb7 51. Rb5+ Kc6 52. Rxb8 Bxb8 53. Kf3 Kd7 54. h5 Ke7 55. h6 Kf8 56. Bd3 Bc7 57. Kxf2 Bxa5 58. h7 Kg7 59. Bf5 Bc7 60. Ke3 Be5 61. Kd3 Bf4 62. c4 Bd6 63. b3 {1-0 (63) Alekseenko,K (2704)-Bluebaum,M (2644) Moscow RUS 2019}) 10... Qc6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 10... h6 11. Qe1 O-O-O 12. Bd1 Kb8 13. Bc2 Nc8 14. Qd1 Qc7 15. Ne1 g6 16. g3 Be7 17. Ng2 Rdg8 {0-1 (90) Aravindh,C (2593)-Erigaisi,A (2324) New Delhi 2017}) 11. Qc2 Nc8 {Intending to target the a4-pawn with ..Nb4 } 12. Bd1 Be7 13. Re1 Nb6 $11 14. Qb1 g5 ({Black should try} 14... h6 $14) 15. b4 $16 cxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 g4 18. Nd2 h5 {This attacking plan is hard to believe} 19. a5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 (20. f3 $18 {and White stays clearly on top.}) 20... dxc4 (20... Qxc4 $16 21. Qxc4 (21. Qxb7 Qxc3 22. Qxa8+ Bd8 $14) 21... dxc4) 21. Qb1 (21. Qa2 $18) 21... Qd5 22. Bc2 {[#] Black must now prevent Be4.} Bc6 {[%csl Gc6][%CAl Rd5g2]} 23. Be4 Qd7 24. Ba3 Bxa3 25. Rxa3 h4 {The pawns get closer} (25... O-O-O $142) 26. Ra2 (26. Qd1 $142) 26... h3 (26... O-O-O $142) 27. Rb2 (27. g3 $142) 27... O-O-O 28. Rb4 (28. g3 $16) 28... Bd5 $14 29. Rb5 (29. Qc2 $16) 29... Kb8 30. g3 (30. Bxd5 $16 {[%CAl Rb5b7]} exd5 31. g3) 30... Rhg8 $2 {[#]} (30... Bxe4 $1 {and Black has nothing to worry.} 31. Rxe4 a6 32. Rb2 $11) 31. Rc5 $2 (31. Bxd5 {[%CAl Rb5b7] is clearly best} exd5 32. Re2 (32. f3 gxf3 33. Rf1 $16) 32... Ka8 33. f4 gxf3 34. Reb2 f2+ 35. Rxf2 $18 { Black has too many weak pawns}) (31. f3 {is only clearly better} Bxe4 (31... a6 32. Rb6 gxf3 33. Kf2 $16) 32. fxe4 $16) 31... Rc8 (31... a6 $11) 32. Rxd5 ({ Better is} 32. Rb5 $16) 32... exd5 33. Bf5 Qc6 (33... Qa4 $11 {remains equal.}) 34. Bxc8 $16 Qxc8 {[%mdl 4096] Endgame KQR-KQR} (34... Rxc8 $14 35. Qf5 Qe6) 35. Qh7 $18 Rd8 $2 (35... Qe8 36. f3 Rh8) 36. Qxf7 Rf8 37. e6 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} ({Inferior is} 37. Qxd5 Qf5 $11) (37. Qg6 $18) 37... Rxf7 $19 38. exf7 Qf5 39. Re8+ Kc7 {Black mates.} 40. Re7+ Kd6 41. Rxb7 Qf3 {Accuracy: White = 35%, Black = 48%.} 0-1