Portsmouth C vs Portsmouth B - Board 1 - 3rd January 2007
1.e4 e5 2.d4 I had employed this with success before against Paul in rapid/blitz games, and had not yet studied the Ruy Lopez enough to employ it, so I went in for my pet Centre Game. 2...exd4 3.Qxd4 Nc6 4.Qe3 b6 From practical experience and analysis, I believe this plan is harmless, and white has well placed pieces, including the Queen on g3. 5.Nc3 Bc5 6.Qg3 Targeting g7 and leading to easy development with threats, e.g. Bf4 & Nd5. 6...g6 Intuitively obvious, but black immediately has a losing position. [Apparently the only good defence is 6...Nf6 after which 7.Bg5 ((not 7.Qxg7 Rg8 8.Qh6 Bxf2+ 9.Kd1 ([ 9.Kxf2?? Ng4+–+ ]) 9...Rg6 10.Qd2 Bc5 and Fritz is salivating at black's position. His pieces are better placed and developed, and white's king is precariously stuck in the middle.) 7...h6 8.Be3 (Maybe an alternative: 8.Bf4 Nh5 9.Qg4 g6 10.Bd2 d6 11.Qe2 Nd4 12.Qd3 This position is quite good for white.) 8...Bxe3 9.Qxe3 (fritz prefers this pawn capture 9.fxe3 e.g. 9...Nh5 10.Qf3 Qh4+ 11.g3 Qg5 12.Nd5 Qe5 13.0–0–0 Nf6 14.Bh3 Ne7 15.Nxf6+ Qxf6 16.Qxf6 gxf6 white can threaten these doubled pawns at the end of a half open file. He has the same problem with d3 and d4, but we shall see... 17.Ne2 h5 18.Rhf1 h4 19.g4 Ba6 20.Kd2 Rh6 21.Rf4 Bb7 22.Nc3 d6 23.Rdf1 a6 24.Rxf6 Rh7) 9...Qe7 10.0–0–0 0–0 And white's position is better, but black is still ok.] 7.Bg5 This is a strong move, but no the best. [7.Nd5 is the best move. e.g.: 7...Bd6 8.Bf4 Bxf4 9.Qxf4 d6 10.Qe3 Qd7 11.Qc3 f6 12.b4 Rb8 13.Nf3 Bb7 14.0–0–0 a6 15.b5 Na7 16.Nxc7+ Kf8 17.Nd4 Rc8 18.Nce6+ Ke7 19.Qg3 Bxe4 20.Re1 d5 21.Qh3 Qd6 22.f3 Bxc2 23.Nxc2 Kf7 24.bxa6 Qa3+ 25.Kb1 Rxc2 26.Kxc2 Ne7 27.Bd3 Nac6 28.Kd2 Ne5 29.f4 Qxa2+ 30.Kd1 Nxd3 31.Qxd3 Ra8 32.Qh3 Qa4+ 33.Ke2 Kg8 34.Kf2 b5 35.Qc3 Qxa6 36.Qxf6 Nf5 37.g4 Qa7+ 38.Kg2 Qe7 39.Qxe7 Ra2+ 40.Kh3 Nxe7 41.Nd4+-] 7...f6 The only tenable move. [After 7...Be7 white has a raging attack: 8.Nd5 Bxg5 9.Nxc7+ Kf8 10.Nxa8 d5 11.Nf3 Bh6 12.Bb5 Bb7 13.Nc7 dxe4 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Rd1 Qe7 16.Nd4 Ba4 17.Nd5 Qc5 18.Qb8+ Be8 19.Nc7 Qa5+ 20.c3 Nf6 21.Qd8 Qe5 22.Nc6 Qf5 23.Nxe8 Nxe8 24.Qxe8+ Kg7 (24...Kxe8 25.Rd8#) 25.Qd7 Qxd7 26.Rxd7; Unsurprisingly 7...Nf6 is poor: 8.0–0–0 Nh5 9.Qh4 f6 10.Bh6 Ne5 11.Be2 Rg8 12.Bd2 Be7 13.Bxh5 gxh5 14.Qxh5+ Nf7 15.Nf3 +-] 8.Bf4 [8.Be3 fritz is pulled between the game continuation and this move, but chooses this marginally. e.g.: 8...Bxe3 9.Qxe3 d6 10.0–0–0 Bg4 11.f3 Be6 12.Nd5 Qd7 13.Qc3 Bxd5 14.exd5 Nce7 15.Nh3 0–0–0 16.Ng5 Kb8 17.Bc4 Rf8 18.Rhe1 Qa4 19.Ne6 Rc8 20.Bb3 Qd7 21.Qb4 a6 22.c4+-] 8...d6 9.0–0–0 a6 Visibly weak. Clearly to prevent the ghost Nb5. Time must be spent on development instead. [9...Be6 10.Nd5 Qd7 11.Bb5 a5 (not 11...a6 12.Bxc6 Qxc6 13.b4 traps bishop 13...Bxb4 14.Nxb4 Qxe4 (14...Qb5 is harmless after 15.Qc3) ) 12.Ne2 0–0–0 13.Nd4 Bxd4 14.Rxd4 Kb8+- black is in a hideous tangle and is losing none-the-less; Better than the game, but still doomed: 9...Bb7 10.Be2 Nge7 11.Nh3 Ne5 12.Bh6 Rg8 13.Qf4 Qd7 14.Qxf6 0–0–0 15.f4 Be3+ 16.Kb1 Rge8 fritz opts for this super-complicated middlegame to fearlessly eke out as much advantage as possible 17.fxe5 Ng8 18.Qh4 Nxh6 19.exd6 cxd6 20.Rd3 Re6 21.Rxe3 Nf5 22.exf5 Rxe3 23.fxg6 Qe7 24.Qxe7 (24.Qg4+ fritz wants to continue with queens on the board, but I inject some sanity with a queen trade in this variation) 24...Rxe7 25.Re1 Kb8 26.Nf4 hxg6 27.Nxg6 Rg7 28.Nf4 Rh8 29.h3 Bxg2 30.Rg1 Rhg8 31.Rd1 Rg3 32.Nxg2 Rxg2 33.Bg4 (33.Rxd6 again fritz wants to go in for a continuation a human wouldn't touch with a barge pole, so I interject the obviously strong and practical Bg4) 33...Rf8 34.Rxd6 Rff2 35.Nd1 fritz demonstrates the win in its curiously tactical way 35...Rf1 (not 35...Rxc2 36.Rd8+ Kb7 (and certainly not 36...Kc7 37.Rc8+ Kd6 38.Rxc2) 37.Bf3+) 36.Kc1 Rh2 37.a3 b5 38.b3 Kc7 39.Rd7+ Kb6 40.Kb2 a5 41.Rd6+ Kb7 42.Ne3 and so on ... +-] 10.Bc4 g5 Nge7 was recommended. 11.Be3 Good, but fritz suggests a brilliant alternative: e5! [11.e5 fxe5 (not 11...gxf4 e.g. 12.Qg7 Qe7 13.Qxh8 Be6 14.exf6 Qf7 15.Bxe6 Qxe6 16.Qxh7 Nxf6 17.Qxc7 + -; 11...Nxe5 12.Bxe5 fxe5 13.Qf3 Nf6 14.Qxa8) 12.Bxg5 Bxf2 13.Bxd8 Bxg3 14.Bxc7 Bf4+ 15.Kb1 b5 16.Bd5 Nge7 17.Bxd6 Nxd5 18.Nxd5 Bf5 19.Nc7+ + -] 11...Bxe3+ 12.Qxe3 Ne5 Fritz prefers to develop the other knight [12...Nge7] 13.Bd5 My plan here was that after f6, BxN RxB preventing KSK 13...c6 14.Bxg8 After this - the idea in my plan - fritz drops the evaluation from about 2 to about 1.1, and goes for 14.Bb3 instead. Apparently my strong bishop was worth more than preventing castling with this trade was worth. [e.g. 14.Bb3 b5 15.h4 g4 16.Qd2 Nf7 17.Bxf7+ Kxf7 18.Qf4 b4 19.Rxd6 Qa5 20.Nb1 Qe5 21.Qxe5 fxe5 22.Rxc6 Ne7 23.Rb6 a5 24.f3 Rg8 25.fxg4 Bxg4 26.Nf3 Bxf3 27.gxf3 Rg2 28.Nd2 Rc8 29.h5 Nc6 30.Rb7+ Kf6 White is two pawns up and should win easily + -] 14...Rxg8 15.Nge2 c5 According to fritz this is a blunder. [Fritz suggests: 15...b5 e.g. 16.Qd4 Bg4 17.h3 Be6 18.Ng3 Qe7 19.Qxd6 Qxd6 20.Rxd6 Ke7 21.Rhd1 Rad8 22.Rxd8 Rxd8 23.Nf5+ Bxf5 24.Rxd8 Kxd8 25.exf5 An ending in which white should win, but black can fight on for a draw] 16.f3 A decent enough move, but not the strongest. [F1: 16.Nd5 Be6 17.Ng3 (g3 h5 f6) 17...Rg7 (17...Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Qc7 19.Qa3 Nc4 20.Qc3 Ne5 21.Nf5 0–0–0 22.Rhd1) 18.h4 gxh4 19.Rxh4 Bxd5 (19...Ng4 ends in disaster for black in this neat line 20.Qe2 Ne5 21.Nf5 Bxf5 22.exf5 threatening f4 22...Kf8 23.Nf4 the point 23...Kg8 24.Ne6) 20.exd5] 16...Be6 17.Nd5 Nc4 [F1: 17...Bxd5 18.Rxd5 Qd7 19.Qb3 threatening Rxd6 19...0–0–0 20.Qxb6 Qb5 21.Qxb5 axb5 now white's position plays itself 22.Ng3 Kc7 23.Rhd1 Ra8 24.Kb1 Nc4 25.Nf5 g4 26.Nxd6 Nxd6 27.Rxd6 gxf3 28.gxf3 the rook ending should be a simple win] 18.Qc3 Bxd5 [F1: 18...Ne5 19.Qb3 c4 20.Qa3 h5 21.Ne3] 19.Rxd5 Ne5 [Fritz prefers 19...b5 20.Rhd1 as in most of this game, black's pawns are overextended and terminally weak.] 20.Rhd1 Rg7 [20...Nf7 desperately holds the d6 pawn for a little longer 21.Ng3 Qc7 22.Nh5 0–0–0 23.Nxf6 Rgf8 24.Rf5 Kb8 25.Qb3] 21.Rxd6 Rd7 22.Rxd7 Nxd7 23.Ng3 [23.Qb3 stronger with a dangerous threat 23...Kf8 (supposing black ignores the threat of Qg8, for example: 23...Rb8 24.Qg8+ Ke7 25.Qxh7+ Ke8 26.Rxd7 Qxd7 27.Qg8+ Ke7 28.Qxb8) 24.Qe6 Ra7 25.Nc3 Qe8 26.Qf5 Qg6 27.Qg4 Qf7 28.Rd6] 23...Qc7 24.Qc4 0–0–0 25.Qxa6+ Kb8 26.Rd3 [26.Nf5 g4 (not 26...Qxh2?? 27.Nd6 Qf4+ 28.Kb1 Qxd6 29.Rxd6) 27.Ne7 Re8 28.Nd5 Qc6 29.h3 h5 30.c4 Re6 31.hxg4 hxg4 32.Rh1] 26...Ne5 27.Ra3 Qb7 28.Qxb7+ [28.Qe2 Fritz prefers to keep the queens on the board 28...b5 29.Nf5 c4 30.Qe3 b4 31.Ra4 b3 32.axb3 cxb3 33.Qxb3 Qxb3 34.cxb3 g4] 28...Kxb7 The endgame should give white no trouble in winning with an extra pawn on each flank, however he must be careful. 29.Re3 [29.Nf5 h5 30.g3 h4 31.Rc3 h3] 29...b5 30.b3 [F1: 30.Nf5 ] 30...b4 31.Re2 Kb6 32.Rd2 Rd4 33.Rxd4 cxd4 it should be simple for white to win without any problems 34.Kd2 Kb5 35.Nh5 g4 36.Nxf6 gxf3 37.gxf3 Nxf3+ 38.Kd3 Kc5 39.Nxh7 Nxh2 40.Ng5 Ng4 41.Ne6+ Kd6 42.Nxd4 Nf2+ 43.Kc4 Nxe4 44.Kxb4 Kd5 45.Ne2 Nc5 46.Nf4+ Kc6 47.c4 Na6+ 48.Ka5 Nc5 49.Kb4 Na6+ 50.Kc3 Nc5 51.b4 Nb7 52.a4 Kb6 53.Nd5+ Ka6 54.Kd4 Nd6 55.Kc5 Nb7+ 56.Kd4 Nd8 57.c5 Nc6+ 58.Kc3 Na7 59.Kc4 Kb7 60.b5 Nc8 61.a5 Ka7 62.c6 Nd6+ 63.Kb4 Kb8 64.Kc5 Nc8 65.b6 Nxb6 66.axb6 Kc8 67.Kd6 1-0
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