Plantagenet - Ridvan79
Rated game, 30m + 15s Main Playing Hall, 12.08.2007
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.Bc4 [All the good players play: (with one exception) 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Kh1 Qc7 (9...0–0 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Rae8 12.Qe1 h6 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bg1 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.Qe2 Ngf6 18.Rae1 exd4 19.Qc4+ Rd5 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nxd4 Ndf6 22.Nf5 b5 23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Nxd6 Nxd6 25.Nf3 Nde4 26.Bd4 a6 27.Kg1 c5 28.Bxf6 Nxf6 29.Re1 Rd6 30.b3 Qf5 31.c4 Qd3 32.Qf2 bxc4 33.Ne5 Qd2 34.Nxc4 Qxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Rd4 36.Re6 Ne4+ 37.Ke3 Nc3 38.Rxa6 Rd1 39.Ra5 Ra1 40.a4 Ra2 41.Rxc5 Rxg2 42.a5 Rxh2 43.a6 Rh3+ 44.Kd4 Ne2+ 45.Ke5 1–0, Morozevich (2732) - Bareev (2714) , Amber Blindfold 2004) 10.Be3 c5 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Nxd4 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 0–0 17.Nf5 Re8 18.Qf3 Be5 19.Nc4 Re6 20.Nd4 Re8 21.Rcd1 Bxh2 22.Nf5 Ne5 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.Bd4 Qh5+ 28.Kg1 Ng4 29.Qh3 Qxh3 30.gxh3 Nh6 31.Bc3 Rad8 32.Kf2 Nf7 33.Ke3 Nd6 34.e5 Nf5+ 35.Kf4 g6 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.e6 Rd5 38.Rc1 Ne7 39.Re1 Kf8 40.Re5 Ke8 41.Kg5 Rd3 42.h4 Nf5 43.Re4 Nd6 44.Re2 Nf5 45.Bf6 Re3 46.Rxe3 Nxe3 47.Bd4 Nf5 48.Bc5 b6 49.Bb4 Nd4 50.Kh6 draw: Movsesian (2666) - Stohl (2578), 2001; The only exception I could find to a strong player (since the year 2000) playing fe is this (by Grandmaster Zvjaginsev): 4.Be2 Nf6 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.0–0 e6 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Be7 12.Rb1 b5 13.a4 a6 14.c4 bxc4 15.Qxc4 c5 16.d5 Nb6 17.Qg4 Nxd5 18.Qxg7 Bf6 19.Qh6 Rb8 20.Rxb8 Qxb8 21.c4 1–0 , Zvjaginsev (2675) - Belozerov (2518) , 2006] 4...Nf6 [F1: 4...e5 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 exd4 7.Nxe4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7] 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Qf3 [6.Nf3 better than the game move according to Fritz 6...Bf5 7.0–0 e6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.c4] 6...Nf6 [F1 6...Nd6 7.Bd3 Na6 8.c3 Be6] 7.Qd3 avoiding Bb4 [F1 7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.0–0 Nb6 9.Bb3 h5 seizing the g4 square 10.Nbc3 Bg4 11.Qf2 e6 12.Bg5] 7...Bg4 [7...a5 8.a4 e6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.0–0 Nb6 11.Nbd2] 8.Nf3 missing an interesting idea [8.Qb3 attacking b7 and f7 8...Nd5 9.Nc3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nb4 12.0–0] 8...e6 [F1 8...Bxf3 9.gxf3] 9.Nbd2 [9.0–0 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Qe2 Be7] 9...Be7 10.Ne4 [10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne4 0–0 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.c3 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Qe2] 10...Nbd7 11.Bd2 weak according to Fritz [11.0–0] 11...0–0 12.Qe3 a mistake yet again according to Fritz [F1 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.0–0 it's important that white castles.. it was procrastinated in the game and eventually led to being essential at not necessarily a good moment 13...Nb6 14.c3 relinquishing the bishop pair but solidifying the pawn structure 14...Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Re8] 12...Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 missing the tactic [13...Bf5 14.Qe2 Bxc2 15.0–0 Nb6 16.Bf4 white is now two pawns down without compensation] 14.Qf4 [F1 14.Qe3 ] 14...Bd6 the reason Qf4 is weaker than Qe3 I expect 15.Ne5 Bh5 my opponent decides to prevent me from castling queenside. Fritz prefers immediate Bf5 [15...Bf5 16.0–0–0 Qc7 17.Rde1 Rad8 18.g4 Nxg4 19.Rhg1] 16.h3 preparing g4 and queenside castling.. I am hopeful here that I will have good play on the kingside against the opponent's king after queenside castling.. but this is a mistake according to Fritz. Fritz prefers castling kingside right away [16.0–0 Qb6 17.b4 Ng4 18.Kh1 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bxb4] 16...Bxe5 lets white off the hook a little bit [16...Qb6 17.0–0 Qxb2 18.Bd3 c5 19.c3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nd5 22.Qf2 Bg6 the position is totally hopeless for white] 17.dxe5 [F1 17.Qxe5 Bg6] 17...Nd5 18.Qf2 [F1 18.Qg5 Bg6 19.Qxd8 Raxd8 20.0–0–0 b5 21.Be2] 18...Nb6 I wasn't convinced by this. [F1 18...Qc7 ] 19.Bd3 Qd5 quite weak according to Fritz.. this seems to want to justify Nb6 the move before [19...Na4 better justifies the Nb6 20.Rb1 Bg6 21.0–0 Bxd3 22.cxd3 Qxd3 23.Bb4 c5 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxc5 b6 26.Qc3 maybe there is still hope for white in this position just 1 pawn down] 20.Bc3 I should have dumped the notion of queenside castling and taken the opportunity to castle kingside [20.0–0 Qxe5 21.Bc3 Qg5 22.Bd2 Qd5] 20...Rad8 [F1 20...Na4 damaging the white pawn structure and losing white the bishop pair, this is a good continuation for black 21.Qe3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 f6] 21.b3 I pass up yet another opportunity to castle kingside 21...Rd7 very inaccurate according to Fritz, and the evaluation drops from over a pawn to black to just about equal. At the time I also found this plan of piling up the heavy pieces on the d file for black to be unconvincing, mainly because it is fronted by the queen.. plans based around f6 or f5 seem better to me, or some pawn advances on the queenside rather than tripling heavies in the existing pawn structure 22.0–0 finally I castling kingside and at a good moment 22...Rfd8 this is incorrect.. Fritz evaluates the positon as over a pawn advantage to white, and it must be for tactical reasons.. [F1 22...c5 23.Qh4 Bg6 24.Rad1] 23.g4 Bg6 [F1 23...Na4 24.bxa4 Bg6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 white is clearly winning.. so why does fritz give up a piece like this?] 24.Be2 missing the tactical opportunity completely [24.Rad1! look how close the queen is to having trapped itself.. this is the theme. In fact I did notice the theme of queen traps around this part of the game, looking at Bc4, which after Rfe1, were it not for the b6 knight, would trap the queen. However I saw no way to apply the tactics to the immobile black queen. 24...Rf8 (24...f6 25.exf6 Qg5 a crazy variation follows 26.Bxg6 Rxd1 27.f7+ Kf8 28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.f8Q+ Rxf8 30.Qxf8+ Kxg6 31.Qg8+ Kh6 32.Qxe6+ Qg6 33.Qxg6+ hxg6 34.Rxd1 again, a simple endgame for white) 25.Bb4 Qd4 26.Qxd4 Rxd4 27.Bxg6 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 hxg6 29.Bxf8 Kxf8 with a simple endgame for white] 24...c5? a mistake that leads to another total shift in the evaluation from black's favour to white's favour [F1 24...Bxc2 25.Rac1 Bg6] 25.Bf3 Be4 26.Rad1 great, I got the moves right this time 26...Qxd1 [26...Qc6 is no good: 27.Bxe4 Qxe4?? 28.Qxf7+! Rxf7 (28...Kh8 29.Qf8+ Rxf8 30.Rxf8#) 29.Rxd8+ Rf8 30.Rdxf8#; F1: Fritz points out that getting a bishop and rook for the queen is the best option: 8 material points to 9 isn't worth resigning over 26...Bxf3 27.Rxd5 Bxd5] 27.Bxd1 [27.Rxd1? Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kh2 leaves the positon roughly equal] 27...Rxd1 28.Rxd1? [I was low on time here but I'm anoyed I didn't get in this obvious move 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qxe6 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Nd5] 28...Rxd1+ the position is objectively about equal again, though I have a confident feeling due to the unexpected turn of events starting a few moves earlier (and only a couple of minutes in time). 29.Be1 [Fritz prefers 29.Kh2 but it doesn't make a big difference] 29...Nd5 [F1 29...Bxc2 30.Kh2 Bg6 31.Bc3 Rd5 32.Kg2 Nd7 33.Qf4] 30.Kh2 missing a chance [30.Qe2 Bf3 31.Qb5 h5 (31...Rxe1+? is wrong 32.Kf2 Re2+ 33.Kxf3 Re3+ 34.Kf2 g6 preventing mate on e8 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.c4 threatening to remove the attacked rook's only defender 36...Rxh3 37.cxd5 easy win for white) 32.Kf2 hxg4 33.hxg4 Bxg4 34.Qxb7 Bf5 35.Qxa7 Bxc2 36.Qxc5 Bf5 37.a4 f6 38.a5 Rb1 39.Qb5 Be4 40.Bd2 Rb2 41.Ke1 white should win without difficulty] 30...Rc1 31.Kg3 wrong [F1 31.c4 Rc2 32.Bd2 Nc3 still doesn't look fun, especially in time trouble] 31...Rxc2 32.Bd2 Rxa2 this gives white a chance for counterplay [32...b6 it is very hard now for white to generate counterplay] 33.Qxc5 threatening Qc8 # 33...g6 the wrong way to avoid mate.. actually this leads to a forced mate in 4 but I didn't see it [33...h6 is the correct way] 34.Bh6 actually this is still a forced mate in 7 moves [#4: 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Bh6+ Kxh6 36.Qf8+ Kg5 37.h4#] 34...Rg2+ this gave me a bit of a shock as all the moves were made in time trouble, and for a second I had the sinking feeling I may be walking into a mate myself, however it turns out to be safe 35.Kh4 g5+ 36.Kxg5 f6+ 37.Kh4 Kf7 [Fritz suggests 37...Rxg4+ but it obvious is programmed to prolongue the game for the maximum number of moves, however absurd they are 38.hxg4 Kf7 39.Qf8+ Kg6 40.Qg7#] 38.Qf8+ Kg6 39.Qg7# 1–0
Rated game, 30m + 15s Main Playing Hall, 12.08.2007
1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.f3 dxe4 4.Bc4 [All the good players play: (with one exception) 4.fxe4 e5 5.Nf3 Be6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.0–0 Bd6 9.Kh1 Qc7 (9...0–0 10.Bg5 Qc7 11.Nbd2 Rae8 12.Qe1 h6 13.Be3 Ng4 14.Bg1 f5 15.exf5 Bxf5 16.Bxf5 Rxf5 17.Qe2 Ngf6 18.Rae1 exd4 19.Qc4+ Rd5 20.Rxe8+ Nxe8 21.Nxd4 Ndf6 22.Nf5 b5 23.Qe2 Qd7 24.Nxd6 Nxd6 25.Nf3 Nde4 26.Bd4 a6 27.Kg1 c5 28.Bxf6 Nxf6 29.Re1 Rd6 30.b3 Qf5 31.c4 Qd3 32.Qf2 bxc4 33.Ne5 Qd2 34.Nxc4 Qxf2+ 35.Kxf2 Rd4 36.Re6 Ne4+ 37.Ke3 Nc3 38.Rxa6 Rd1 39.Ra5 Ra1 40.a4 Ra2 41.Rxc5 Rxg2 42.a5 Rxh2 43.a6 Rh3+ 44.Kd4 Ne2+ 45.Ke5 1–0, Morozevich (2732) - Bareev (2714) , Amber Blindfold 2004) 10.Be3 c5 11.Nbd2 cxd4 12.cxd4 exd4 13.Rc1 Qb8 14.Nxd4 Bg4 15.Be2 Bxe2 16.Qxe2 0–0 17.Nf5 Re8 18.Qf3 Be5 19.Nc4 Re6 20.Nd4 Re8 21.Rcd1 Bxh2 22.Nf5 Ne5 23.Nh6+ Kh8 24.Nxe5 Bxe5 25.Nxf7+ Kg8 26.Nxe5 Qxe5 27.Bd4 Qh5+ 28.Kg1 Ng4 29.Qh3 Qxh3 30.gxh3 Nh6 31.Bc3 Rad8 32.Kf2 Nf7 33.Ke3 Nd6 34.e5 Nf5+ 35.Kf4 g6 36.Rxd8 Rxd8 37.e6 Rd5 38.Rc1 Ne7 39.Re1 Kf8 40.Re5 Ke8 41.Kg5 Rd3 42.h4 Nf5 43.Re4 Nd6 44.Re2 Nf5 45.Bf6 Re3 46.Rxe3 Nxe3 47.Bd4 Nf5 48.Bc5 b6 49.Bb4 Nd4 50.Kh6 draw: Movsesian (2666) - Stohl (2578), 2001; The only exception I could find to a strong player (since the year 2000) playing fe is this (by Grandmaster Zvjaginsev): 4.Be2 Nf6 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bf5 7.0–0 e6 8.Nc3 Nd7 9.Bd3 Nxc3 10.bxc3 Bxd3 11.Qxd3 Be7 12.Rb1 b5 13.a4 a6 14.c4 bxc4 15.Qxc4 c5 16.d5 Nb6 17.Qg4 Nxd5 18.Qxg7 Bf6 19.Qh6 Rb8 20.Rxb8 Qxb8 21.c4 1–0 , Zvjaginsev (2675) - Belozerov (2518) , 2006] 4...Nf6 [F1: 4...e5 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 exd4 7.Nxe4 Nf6 8.Bg5 Be7] 5.fxe4 Nxe4 6.Qf3 [6.Nf3 better than the game move according to Fritz 6...Bf5 7.0–0 e6 8.Bd3 Nd7 9.c4] 6...Nf6 [F1 6...Nd6 7.Bd3 Na6 8.c3 Be6] 7.Qd3 avoiding Bb4 [F1 7.Ne2 Nbd7 8.0–0 Nb6 9.Bb3 h5 seizing the g4 square 10.Nbc3 Bg4 11.Qf2 e6 12.Bg5] 7...Bg4 [7...a5 8.a4 e6 9.Nf3 Nbd7 10.0–0 Nb6 11.Nbd2] 8.Nf3 missing an interesting idea [8.Qb3 attacking b7 and f7 8...Nd5 9.Nc3 e6 10.Qxb7 Nd7 11.Nge2 Nb4 12.0–0] 8...e6 [F1 8...Bxf3 9.gxf3] 9.Nbd2 [9.0–0 Nbd7 10.Bf4 Qb6 11.Nbd2 Bf5 12.Qe2 Be7] 9...Be7 10.Ne4 [10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Ne4 0–0 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.c3 Nb6 14.Bb3 Bf5 15.Qe2] 10...Nbd7 11.Bd2 weak according to Fritz [11.0–0] 11...0–0 12.Qe3 a mistake yet again according to Fritz [F1 12.Nxf6+ Bxf6 13.0–0 it's important that white castles.. it was procrastinated in the game and eventually led to being essential at not necessarily a good moment 13...Nb6 14.c3 relinquishing the bishop pair but solidifying the pawn structure 14...Nxc4 15.Qxc4 Re8] 12...Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 missing the tactic [13...Bf5 14.Qe2 Bxc2 15.0–0 Nb6 16.Bf4 white is now two pawns down without compensation] 14.Qf4 [F1 14.Qe3 ] 14...Bd6 the reason Qf4 is weaker than Qe3 I expect 15.Ne5 Bh5 my opponent decides to prevent me from castling queenside. Fritz prefers immediate Bf5 [15...Bf5 16.0–0–0 Qc7 17.Rde1 Rad8 18.g4 Nxg4 19.Rhg1] 16.h3 preparing g4 and queenside castling.. I am hopeful here that I will have good play on the kingside against the opponent's king after queenside castling.. but this is a mistake according to Fritz. Fritz prefers castling kingside right away [16.0–0 Qb6 17.b4 Ng4 18.Kh1 Nxe5 19.dxe5 Bxb4] 16...Bxe5 lets white off the hook a little bit [16...Qb6 17.0–0 Qxb2 18.Bd3 c5 19.c3 cxd4 20.cxd4 Bxe5 21.dxe5 Nd5 22.Qf2 Bg6 the position is totally hopeless for white] 17.dxe5 [F1 17.Qxe5 Bg6] 17...Nd5 18.Qf2 [F1 18.Qg5 Bg6 19.Qxd8 Raxd8 20.0–0–0 b5 21.Be2] 18...Nb6 I wasn't convinced by this. [F1 18...Qc7 ] 19.Bd3 Qd5 quite weak according to Fritz.. this seems to want to justify Nb6 the move before [19...Na4 better justifies the Nb6 20.Rb1 Bg6 21.0–0 Bxd3 22.cxd3 Qxd3 23.Bb4 c5 24.Bxc5 Nxc5 25.Qxc5 b6 26.Qc3 maybe there is still hope for white in this position just 1 pawn down] 20.Bc3 I should have dumped the notion of queenside castling and taken the opportunity to castle kingside [20.0–0 Qxe5 21.Bc3 Qg5 22.Bd2 Qd5] 20...Rad8 [F1 20...Na4 damaging the white pawn structure and losing white the bishop pair, this is a good continuation for black 21.Qe3 Nxc3 22.bxc3 f6] 21.b3 I pass up yet another opportunity to castle kingside 21...Rd7 very inaccurate according to Fritz, and the evaluation drops from over a pawn to black to just about equal. At the time I also found this plan of piling up the heavy pieces on the d file for black to be unconvincing, mainly because it is fronted by the queen.. plans based around f6 or f5 seem better to me, or some pawn advances on the queenside rather than tripling heavies in the existing pawn structure 22.0–0 finally I castling kingside and at a good moment 22...Rfd8 this is incorrect.. Fritz evaluates the positon as over a pawn advantage to white, and it must be for tactical reasons.. [F1 22...c5 23.Qh4 Bg6 24.Rad1] 23.g4 Bg6 [F1 23...Na4 24.bxa4 Bg6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 white is clearly winning.. so why does fritz give up a piece like this?] 24.Be2 missing the tactical opportunity completely [24.Rad1! look how close the queen is to having trapped itself.. this is the theme. In fact I did notice the theme of queen traps around this part of the game, looking at Bc4, which after Rfe1, were it not for the b6 knight, would trap the queen. However I saw no way to apply the tactics to the immobile black queen. 24...Rf8 (24...f6 25.exf6 Qg5 a crazy variation follows 26.Bxg6 Rxd1 27.f7+ Kf8 28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.f8Q+ Rxf8 30.Qxf8+ Kxg6 31.Qg8+ Kh6 32.Qxe6+ Qg6 33.Qxg6+ hxg6 34.Rxd1 again, a simple endgame for white) 25.Bb4 Qd4 26.Qxd4 Rxd4 27.Bxg6 Rxd1 28.Rxd1 hxg6 29.Bxf8 Kxf8 with a simple endgame for white] 24...c5? a mistake that leads to another total shift in the evaluation from black's favour to white's favour [F1 24...Bxc2 25.Rac1 Bg6] 25.Bf3 Be4 26.Rad1 great, I got the moves right this time 26...Qxd1 [26...Qc6 is no good: 27.Bxe4 Qxe4?? 28.Qxf7+! Rxf7 (28...Kh8 29.Qf8+ Rxf8 30.Rxf8#) 29.Rxd8+ Rf8 30.Rdxf8#; F1: Fritz points out that getting a bishop and rook for the queen is the best option: 8 material points to 9 isn't worth resigning over 26...Bxf3 27.Rxd5 Bxd5] 27.Bxd1 [27.Rxd1? Rxd1+ 28.Bxd1 Rxd1+ 29.Kh2 leaves the positon roughly equal] 27...Rxd1 28.Rxd1? [I was low on time here but I'm anoyed I didn't get in this obvious move 28.Qxf7+ Kh8 29.Qxe6 Rxf1+ 30.Kxf1 Nd5] 28...Rxd1+ the position is objectively about equal again, though I have a confident feeling due to the unexpected turn of events starting a few moves earlier (and only a couple of minutes in time). 29.Be1 [Fritz prefers 29.Kh2 but it doesn't make a big difference] 29...Nd5 [F1 29...Bxc2 30.Kh2 Bg6 31.Bc3 Rd5 32.Kg2 Nd7 33.Qf4] 30.Kh2 missing a chance [30.Qe2 Bf3 31.Qb5 h5 (31...Rxe1+? is wrong 32.Kf2 Re2+ 33.Kxf3 Re3+ 34.Kf2 g6 preventing mate on e8 35.Qe8+ Kg7 36.c4 threatening to remove the attacked rook's only defender 36...Rxh3 37.cxd5 easy win for white) 32.Kf2 hxg4 33.hxg4 Bxg4 34.Qxb7 Bf5 35.Qxa7 Bxc2 36.Qxc5 Bf5 37.a4 f6 38.a5 Rb1 39.Qb5 Be4 40.Bd2 Rb2 41.Ke1 white should win without difficulty] 30...Rc1 31.Kg3 wrong [F1 31.c4 Rc2 32.Bd2 Nc3 still doesn't look fun, especially in time trouble] 31...Rxc2 32.Bd2 Rxa2 this gives white a chance for counterplay [32...b6 it is very hard now for white to generate counterplay] 33.Qxc5 threatening Qc8 # 33...g6 the wrong way to avoid mate.. actually this leads to a forced mate in 4 but I didn't see it [33...h6 is the correct way] 34.Bh6 actually this is still a forced mate in 7 moves [#4: 34.Qc8+ Kg7 35.Bh6+ Kxh6 36.Qf8+ Kg5 37.h4#] 34...Rg2+ this gave me a bit of a shock as all the moves were made in time trouble, and for a second I had the sinking feeling I may be walking into a mate myself, however it turns out to be safe 35.Kh4 g5+ 36.Kxg5 f6+ 37.Kh4 Kf7 [Fritz suggests 37...Rxg4+ but it obvious is programmed to prolongue the game for the maximum number of moves, however absurd they are 38.hxg4 Kf7 39.Qf8+ Kg6 40.Qg7#] 38.Qf8+ Kg6 39.Qg7# 1–0
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