Sunday 22 April 2007

GAME 002 - Training Game FICS 22nd April 2007


perece - Garganoid [A00] 0-1

FICS 45minutes + 30sec increment

I am black in the following game.

1.a4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d3 c5 4.Bf4 e6 5.Nc3 a6 [I wasn't sure about 5...Bd6 due to knight to b5 idea 6.Bxd6 Qxd6 7.Nb5 Qe7 8.e3 e5 but Fritz allows the knight and is not worried at all or hurried to remove it 9.Be2 0–0 10.0–0 Nc6 11.Re1 Bf5 12.a5 a6 13.Nc3 –0.75] 6.h3 looks bad [6.e3 Nc6 7.Be2 Be7 8.0–0 0–0 =] 6...Bd6 7.e3 F –0.8 [7.Bxd6 Qxd6 8.e4 e5 a) 8...dxe4 9.dxe4 Qb6 (9...Qxd1+ less good 10.Rxd1 Nc6 11.Be2 0–0 0.5) 10.Qd2 Nc6 11.0–0–0 0–0=; b) 8...Qc6 9.e5 Nfd7 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Nxe5 13.Qh5 0–0 14.a5 Nbd7 15.Bd3 Nf6 16.Qe2 Nxd3+ 17.cxd3 black is clearly better; c) 8...Qb6 9.Qc1 dxe4 10.a5 Qc6 11.dxe4 Nxe4 12.Ne5 Qc7 13.Nxe4 Qxe5 14.Qe3 f5 15.Nxc5 Qxb2 into a chaotic position; 9.exd5 0–0 (9...Nxd5 10.Nd2 Be6 (10...Nxc3 11.bxc3 0–0 12.a5 =) 11.Qf3 Nc6 12.Nc4 Qd8 13.Nxd5 Nd4 14.Qd1 Bxd5 15.c3 Nc6 16.Qh5 Qf6 17.Nb6 Rd8 18.Nxd5 Rxd5 19.Be2 =) 10.Ne4 Qxd5 =] 7...Bxf4 8.exf4 d4 [8...Qc7 9.Qd2 0–0 10.a5 Nc6 11.Be2 the a4 a5 proves weak, e.g.: 11...Nxa5 12.Na4 c4 13.0–0 Bd7 14.Qe3 cxd3 15.Bxd3 Bxa4 16.Rxa4 Nc4 17.Bxc4 dxc4 18.Qe5 Rac8 19.Qxc7 Rxc7 F –1.35] 9.Ne2 weak [9.Ne4 0–0 10.a5 Nxe4 11.dxe4 Nc6 12.Qd2 b5 13.axb6 Qxb6 14.b3 F –0.4] 9...Nbd7 [9...0–0 10.g3 Qb6 11.c3 Qxb2 12.Rb1 Qa2 13.cxd4 cxd4 14.Bg2 (14.Nfxd4 Qd5 15.f3 white light bishop is lame 15...b6 16.Bg2 Bb7 17.0–0 (17.Rxb6?? Qa5+) ) ] 10.Ne5 Qc7 11.Nc4 Nd5 Fritz reprimands this move [11...b6 12.g3 Bb7 13.Rh2 0–0 14.Bg2 b5 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.Ne5 Qd5 17.Nxd7 Qxd7 18.Rg2 Qd5 19.Kf1 Rfd8 20.Kg1 white has hardly any space and struggles to coordinate 20...Qh5 21.c3 Rac8 22.cxd4 cxd4 23.axb5 axb5 24.h4 b4 25.Ra4 Rb8 26.Ra1 Ra8 27.Rxa8 Rxa8 28.Qe1 Qc5 black's positional advantages aren't going anywhere even if white tries all those pawn move to complicate or open the board 29.Qb1 b3 30.Kh1 Rc8 31.f3 Nd5 32.Qe1 Ne3 monster knight 33.Rf2 black has a clearly winning position] 12.g3 b6 13.Bg2 Bb7 14.f3?? deserves two quesion marks both positionally and tactically [14.0–0 0–0 15.Qd2 N5f6 16.Bxb7 Qxb7 17.c3 F –0.8] 14...b5 15.axb5 axb5 16.Na3 [16.Rxa8+ Bxa8 17.Qa1 0–0 as I saw in the game, this line was more tenacious for white. Then fritz gives: 18.Na3 Ne3 19.Kf2 Qc6 20.Qg1 Nf6 white is being crushed to death into a tiny corner F -3.00] 16...Ne3 white is lost even at beginner level 17.Qc1 [more 'tenacious' is 17.Nxb5 Qc6 18.Rxa8+ Bxa8 19.Nexd4 Nxg2+ 20.Kf2 cxd4 21.Nxd4 Qd6 22.c3 Nxf4 23.gxf4 Qxf4 white still has nothing] 17...Nxg2+ 18.Kf2 Ne3 [more accurate is 18...Qc6 19.Ng1 Ne3 forcing the knight to a humiliating position first] 19.Nxb5 Qb6 20.Rxa8+ Bxa8 21.c4 0–0 22.g4 Bb7 23.Re1 Nb8 24.b4! I believe my opponent deserves an exclamation mark for this devious trap. 24...cxb4?? [24...Qd8 was fine 25.Kg3 Qf6 26.Nd6 Bc6 27.bxc5 the game sometimes doesn't flow as smoothly as you'd hope when owning a huge advantage, and concessions sometimes have to be made / patience is required at these times. And sometimes it is a tense situation even with the advantage, as this sort of very closed and crowded position with enemy knights shows. 27...e5 28.Ne4 Bxe4 29.fxe4 Na6 30.c6 Nb4 (30...Qxc6 intuitive move 31.fxe5 Qe6 32.Nxd4 Qxe5+ 33.Kf3 Rd8 34.Qxe3 Rxd4 35.Ra1 Rd6 another nasty trick and it isn't a walk in a park for white) 31.Qd2 Nxc6 32.Rg1 it is demonstrated in many of these lines that these kind of positions require a lot of care, and especially the undermining ideas threatening the e3 knight] 25.Nexd4 Fritz still evaluates –1.5, but I am so shocked and anoyed with myself for overseeing this move that I 'inevitably' fail to find a good continuation, and lose all my advantage. It is hard to adapt to such a sudden change for the worse in the game. 25...e5 I was primarily furious at this point and had spent several minutes trying to find a continuation, and finding nothing that I believe gave an advantage, here I saw the idea of attacking a piece of his with a pawn and thus 'restoring' the possibility of staying a piece up. A moment of analysis on this would show that it doesn not work, but in my anger I played this dillusional move. It seems that I simply couldn't believe there was no way I could remain a piece up, so I put my belief in this move assuming it must be the line that keep the piece. All of this is of course psychological unwillingness to accept how dangerous white's trap was. [The simple 25...Nxg4+ getting a pawn for the knight leads to black maintaining a good advantage, F approx –1.00 26.hxg4 Nd7 27.Kg2 Rd8 28.Qe3 Ra8 29.Qd2 Qd8 30.Nd6 Nc5 31.Nxb7 Qxd4 32.Nxc5 Qxc5 33.Re5 Qd4 black probably has some winning chances] 26.fxe5 Nd5 by now I had settled down and tried very hard to find the objectively best move I could find, and Fritz agrees at this is the best way [26...Nxg4+ 27.hxg4 Nc6 28.Qe3 Nxd4 more than a little relieved to crack the irritatingly strong knights 29.Nxd4 Ra8 30.Nf5 black is in trouble according to Fritz , approx –1.00; 26...Nxc4 27.dxc4 Nd7 28.Kg2 Qc5 not very nice for black either] 27.cxd5 Bxd5 28.Qc7 Qh6 29.Kg3 [apparently better was 29.Nf5 Qd2+ with a long forced line 30.Re2 Qxd3 31.Ne7+ Kh8 32.Nxd5 Qxd5 then 33.Qe7 Nd7 34.Nd6 Qd4+ 35.Kg2 Qd1 36.Rb2 Fritz puts white about half a pawn better] 29...Qd2 looking for counterplay and complications, maybe to try to upset or annoy my lower rated opponent [supposedly objectively better is this simpler move 29...Nc6 30.Nxc6 Bxc6 31.Nd4 Qd2] 30.Re2 Qxd3 31.Qc2 Qc4 not objectively the best. I wanted to trade on my terms. [31...Qxc2 32.Rxc2 b3 33.Re2 Bc4 34.Rd2 Nd7 35.Nd6 Be6 36.f4 =] 32.Qxc4 Bxc4 33.Rb2 Bxb5 34.Nxb5 Nc6 By around this time I had almost calmed down and composed myself, and I treated the position realistically, with my objective just to make sure that I drew 35.f4 Rb8 36.Nc7 Kf8 37.Na6 Rb6 38.Nc5 Rb5 39.Rc2? deadly mistake to defend the attacked piece instead of moving it. 39...Nd4 I miss the clever tactical trick [39...b3! crushing] 40.Nd3?? a very pure blunder meaning with relief I win a game I ealier had a clearly winning position in [40.Rc4 b3 41.Rxd4 (41.Na4 b2 (41...Nc2) 42.Nxb2 Rxb2 43.Rxd4) 41...b2 42.Rd1 b1Q 43.Rxb1 Rxb1 44.Nd7+ Ke7 45.Nc5] 40...Nxc2 perece resigns 0–1

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