[Event "13th Arad Open 2020"] [Site "Arad ROU"] [Date "2020.09.30"] [Round "8.3"] [White "Ghimpu, Samuel-Timotei"] [Black "Kozak, Adam"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2302"] [BlackElo "2503"] [Annotator "Yip"] [PlyCount "116"] [EventDate "2020.09.25"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ROU"] [SourceTitle "TWIC 1352"] [Source "Mark Crowther"] [SourceDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2020.10.05"] [SourceQuality "2"] {[%evp 0,116,23,29,30,24,21,-24,3,-2,5,-27,0,-5,4,-2,7,7,1,-6,31,20,19,17,14,9, 8,1,9,13,20,-3,2,1,-6,-13,-3,0,0,12,-12,5,14,-50,-48,-37,-40,-41,-40,-38,-38, -56,-75,-70,-14,-11,-24,-57,-55,-86,-77,-87,-88,-102,-106,-100,-100,-98,-96, -116,-110,-115,-116,-109,-113,-123,-112,-117,-117,-122,-112,-121,-112,-109, -122,-123,-102,-104,-97,-119,-115,-121,-115,-141,-145,-174,-169,-165,-157,-192, -197,-213,-215,-229,-231,-231,-218,-238,-244,-245,-235,-245,-229,-246,-222, -269,-269,-284,-221]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. c4 c6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3 Be7 9. Re1 {[#]} ({Relevant:} 9. c5 Qc7 10. Bf4 Qc8 11. Nh4 b6 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. cxb6 axb6 14. Rac1 Qa6 15. Bh3 g6 16. Bh6 Bf8 17. Bf4 Be7 18. a3 O-O 19. f3 Rfe8 20. e4 fxe4 21. fxe4 dxe4 22. Bg5 Rad8 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Rxf6 Qd3 26. Rd1 Qe3+ 27. Kg2 Ree7 28. Qc2 Rxd4 29. Qf2 Qxf2+ 30. Kxf2 c5 31. Rxb6 e3+ 32. Ke2 Red7 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Ne4 Rc7 35. Kd3 Re7 36. g4 Rxe4 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Ke2 d3+ {Stupak,K (2528)-Bogdanovich,S (2715) Mumbai 2020 0-1}) 9... Qa6 $146 ({Predecessor:} 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Bc2 11. Nd2 O-O 12. e3 a6 13. Bf3 Rac8 14. Bd1 Bg6 15. Nf3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 c5 17. cxd5 exd5 18. Nh4 Bd3 19. Ng2 Bd6 20. f3 g5 21. Na4 cxd4 22. exd4 h6 23. Nc3 Bb8 24. Be3 Nf8 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Rxe2 Ne6 27. Rd2 Rc6 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Bf2 Ng8 30. Rad1 Ne7 31. Kf1 Ba7 32. R1d2 Kg6 33. Ne2 Rdc8 34. Rc3 Bb6 35. Rdc2 Ba5 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Be1 Bxe1 38. Nxe1 Nf5 39. Rd2 {Espig,L (2505)-Kuzmin,A (2500) Biel 1990 0-1 (80)}) 10. cxd5 exd5 {Unbalancing the structure to create winning chances} 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 Rfe8 15. Rad1 Qb6 $5 16. Qxb6 axb6 {The ending offers reasonable chances for Black and the a-file fully compensates for the doubled but not weak b-pawns} 17. a3 b5 {Introduces ..b4 as a possible threat, gains useful queenside space and ideas like ..Nb6-c4 are possible to press the queenside pawns} 18. e4 {White tries to get some active play but only suceeds in weakening his own structure} dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bf6 21. d5 {[#]A commital advance} Bxc3 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. bxc3 Nb6 { Black has the better structure and the knight is not inferior to the bishop as there are easy targets and stable outposts(d5/c4/a4) easily reachable for the knight} 25. Be3 Nd5 26. Bd4 f6 $1 {A small pawn move that restricts the long range Bd4 and gives a path for the king(..Kf7)} 27. Rc1 Kf7 28. f3 Ra8 $1 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Rxa3 31. Rxc6 Rxf3 {Black wins a pawn and the knight is ideally suited for play limited to one wing} 32. Rd6 Ne7 33. Bf2 h5 $1 { Gaining useful space and fixing the white kingside pawns} 34. Ra6 Rc3 35. Ra7 Ke6 36. Ra5 Nd5 37. Ra4 Kf5 {The king must be brought into play and has nice light square infiltration options} 38. h3 {At least this takes away g4 from the king} Rc2 39. Rd4 Nc3 40. Rf4+ Kg6 41. Kf1 Nb5 {It is not immediately clear what the knight should be doing but Black finds a nice plan-getting the knight to g5 to attack the h3-pawn} 42. Rb4 Nc7 43. Re4 Nb5 44. Rb4 Nd6 45. Rd4 Nf7 46. Rd3 Ng5 47. g4 hxg4 48. hxg4 {Normally pawn exchanges help the defender } Rc4 $1 49. Rd7 (49. Rg3 {is no help} Ne4 50. Rg2 Nxf2 51. Kxf2 (51. Rxf2 Rxg4 $19) 51... Rc2+ 52. Kf3 Rxg2 53. Kxg2 $19) 49... Rxg4 50. Bc5 Rc4 51. Bf8 Ne6 { Everything is under control} 52. Ba3 Rc2 {Restricting the king} 53. Re7 Kf5 54. Rb7 Rc6 55. Kf2 g5 56. Bb2 Rd6 57. Ke3 Nf4 58. Rb3 Rb6 $1 {Black seemed to win while making no particular effort} (58... Rb6 59. Rxb6 Nd5+ 60. Kf3 Nxb6 $19) 0-1