[Event "Budpest Open A"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.08.26"] [Round "6.9"] [White "Yip, M."] [Black "Nemeth, M."] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A06"] [WhiteElo "1993"] [BlackElo "2080"] [PlyCount "50"] [SourceVersionDate "2004.05.16"] {I was basing my preparation on Double Fianchetto-Hausrath,D(Thinkers Publishing 2020) but far from being a complete repertoire book(both colors are covered), 62 example games are given with key plans and ideas.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 (3. Bb2 {is premature and can be strongly met by} f6 $1 {followed by . .e5 and Black has a nice game with a massive centre}) 3... Nc6 {Controlling key central dark squares is strong. I could not remember Hausrath mentioning his move, and the book was hard to check, being without a variations index} ( 3... Nf6 {is also not bad but immediately gives White a chance to get the desired Double Fianchetto setup} 4. Bb2 e6 5. g3 $5) 4. c4 $6 {In hindsight, this is not a good way to play this formation} (4. Bb5 {The QI Attack but not a Double Fianchetto is the way to go but I had not prepared this plan} Bd7 5. Bb2 Nf6 (5... e6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O Nf6 8. d3 Bd6 9. Ne5 Rc8 10. Nd2 O-O 11. f4 Nd7 12. Qg4 g6 13. Ndf3 Qe7 14. Ng5 f5 15. Qg3 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Bxe5 17. fxe5 d4 18. Rae1 Kg7 19. h4 h6 20. Nh3 Kh7 21. Nf4 Rg8 22. e4 fxe4 23. dxe4 Rcf8 24. Qg4 Bd7 25. Rf3 Qg7 26. Ref1 Qxe5 27. Nd3 Qg7 28. Nxc5 Bc8 29. Qg3 e5 30. Nd3 Rxf3 31. Rxf3 Re8 32. Qf2 Re7 33. Rf8 Be6 34. Rd8 Rf7 35. Qg3 Qf6 36. Rd6 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 {1-0 (37) Nakamura,H (2736)-Grigoriants,S (2542) chess.com INT 2020}) 6. c4 a6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Ne5 Rc8 9. O-O e6 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. f4 Nd7 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. e4 d4 15. e5 b5 16. Ne4 Rb6 17. Bc1 Qa8 18. Qf3 bxc4 19. bxc4 Rfb8 20. Bd2 g6 21. Be1 Rb2 22. g4 Qb7 23. Bg3 Qc8 24. f5 Qe8 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6 Rc2 28. Rae1 Kg7 29. Qe4 Rxa2 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Kg8 32. Re7 Rb7 33. Be5 {1-0 (33) Karjakin,S (2773)-Duda,J (2737) chess.com INT 2018}) (4. Bb2 a6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. Nd2 e6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. c4 a5 12. Qc2 h6 13. Nf3 Ba6 14. e4 Qb6 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. c5 Qb7 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. e5 Be7 21. Nd4 Rd7 22. f4 Rb7 23. a3 Rcb8 24. Re3 Rb5 25. Rc3 Qc8 26. Nxb5 Rxb5 27. h3 Qd7 28. Qd2 Qb7 29. Qe3 Qd7 30. Qd4 Qb7 31. Rb1 Qa7 32. b4 axb4 33. axb4 {1-0 (91) Nakamura,H (2792)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis USA 2017}) 4... d4 {Black will follow with ..e5 and White is in danger of having an ineffective Double Fianchetto setup if he can get it at all} (4... Nf6) (4... e6) 5. g3 {White is trying too hard to force a Double Fianchetto} (5. exd4 cxd4 {This should give close to normal play}) 5... e5 { Black threatens ..e4 etc and also normal development taking over the centre with a good game. I played quickly but soon regretted my choice and the speed which I made it. All I could remember were bits of practical advice in the book like 'play normal moves quickly to save thinking time for the critical moments in the game'} 6. exd4 $2 {I played this very quickly and basically lost the game, trying to avoid ..e4} (6. d3 Bf5 $15) 6... e4 $1 $19 {Anyways and White is already in big trouble(well dead lost)} (6... cxd4) (6... exd4) 7. Nh4 {White is desperate and takes a chance} g5 {Played after a long think and this should win} 8. d5 {This was my idea} Nd4 $1 (8... Ne5 9. Bb2 Bg7 $19) 9. d3 {I held my breathe and hoped for the best} gxh4 10. dxe4 {My reasoning is White has two central pawns for the piece and Black has a couple of silly h-pawns and his kingside is broken so how bad can this be? -5.6 says Stockfish12} Bg7 11. Nc3 (11. Be3 Nf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxa1 13. Bxc5 $19) 11... Nf6 ( 11... Qf6 $1 $19 {is crushing}) 12. f3 {Things have improved. Now its only -4. 3 or there abouts} Qc7 $6 {This invites a tempo gain and now it's only -3} ( 12... O-O $19) 13. Bf4 {I took the tempo and still hoped for a trick or two} Qe7 $19 {Now it is only -1.6} 14. Kf2 $6 (14. Bg5 {Pinning the knight make sense considering what happens in the game but I did not want to spend a key tempo to move the bishop again} O-O 15. Bxh4 Re8 $19) 14... Nh5 $1 {Things are looking pretty bad now} 15. Be3 $2 {I missed the reply but the position is objectively lost. The best White can do is be tricky and set practical problems, looking for a chance for a swindle} (15. Bd2 Rg8 $19) (15. d6 $5 Qd8 16. Nd5 Nxf4 17. gxf4 Qxd6 18. Rg1 O-O 19. e5 Qh6 $19) 15... Nxf3 16. Qxf3 $2 ( 16. d6 {is a bit better but still losing} Qe5 17. Qxf3 Qxc3 18. Rc1 Qb2+ 19. Be2 Nf6 20. Rhe1 $19) 16... Bxc3 17. Rc1 {I thought there was some hope as White is attacking two pieces and should win one of them but ....} (17. Rd1 Nf6 18. d6 Qxe4 19. Qxe4+ Nxe4+ 20. Kf3 Nf6 $19) 17... Nf6 $1 $19 {The hanging Bc3 is indirectly secured by the ..Nxe4+ fork and then i realized that there was not much to hope for} 18. Kg2 (18. Rxc3 Nxe4+ 19. Ke1 Nxc3 $19) 18... Bg4 { Black's moves are not hard to find} 19. Qf4 Qxe4+ (19... h3+ $1 20. Kf2 Be5 21. Qh6 Nxe4+ 22. Ke1 Rg8 $19) 20. Qxe4+ Nxe4 {I should have resigned politely around here} 21. Bd3 {This was the hope} h3+ $1 22. Kg1 Bd2 $1 {I missed this shot} 23. Bxd2 Nxd2 24. Re1+ Kd7 25. Kf2 Rae8 {Not much of a game} 0-1