[Event "2nd Haymarket Memorial"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2018.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Wilson, Matthew"]
[Black "Chennareddy, Yuvraj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2083"]
[BlackElo "1808"]
[Annotator "Wilson,Matthew"]
[PlyCount "91"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. c3 Be7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 {The move order has been altered in order to conceal one of e4stat's opening surprises :)} Nxd2 12. Qxd2 {
I thought that I had no advantage here, but the computer still believes in my
position. This recapture looks awkward, but it does keep an eye on ...d5-d4
and in a few moves, White's queen and bishop will untangle by using a typical
idea.} Na5 13. Bc2 Nc4 14. Qd3 g6 15. b3 Nb6 (15... Na3 $5 {looks suspicious,
but neither the computer nor I can find a way trap the piece. But the Black
knight causes disruption, so I should have played 15.Nd4 (Stockfish's
suggestion) instead of 15.b3.}) 16. Bh6 c5 $2 {After the game, I asked him why
he didn't save the rook. He said he thought his queenside majority would offer
enough compensation. But clearly Black doesn't have to sacrifice in order to
push his queenside pawns.} 17. Bxf8 Bxf8 18. Qe3 $1 {I like this move. Black
got a bishop for a rook, so let's make sure that the bishop never gets active.}
Qc7 ({This is not a great square for the queen. My notes suggest 18...Qd7,
which would support ...d5-d4. Stockfish prefers} 18... Be7 {
, which would stop the move I played in the game.}) 19. Ng5 {
Preparing f2-f4 to advance my majority} Rd8 20. Rad1 Be7 (20... a5 {
- a plan that Black will try later - should have been played here.}) 21. Qg3 {
Preparing f2-f4 without allowing Black to damage my kingside majority.} ({
I had rejected} 21. Nxe6 fxe6 {since it would make it tougher to play f2-f4-f5.
However, it does weaken Black's defenses against h2-h4-h5 and White can
exploit that immediately:} 22. h4 $1 {. The pawn is immune:} Bxh4 $4 23. Qh3 $1
Qe7 24. g3 Bg5 25. f4 {traps the bishop. But 21.Qg3 is also fine.}) 21... Bxg5
{White was threatening 22.Nxe6 fxe6 23.Bxg6! hxg6 24.Qxg6+ Kf8 25.Rd3!} 22.
Qxg5 Re8 (22... d4 23. cxd4 cxd4 24. Qh4 {and the d4-pawn is feeling the heat})
(22... a5 {
logically prepares to create a passer with ...b5-b4, but it's too slow:} 23. f4
$1 Kh8 24. f5 $1 {etc. So instead Black prepares a queen trade.}) 23. f4 Qe7 ({
Black would like to advance with} 23... d4 $2 {, but it just doesn't work:} 24.
f5 $1 Bxf5 25. Bxf5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qd8+ $1) 24. Qxe7 ({I considered}
24. Qg3 {followed by a kingside attack. But Black can simply respond with} Kh8
{. If White persists with} 25. Rf1 {, then} Rg8 {and now White should not be
eager to open up the g-file. Trading queens is best. Rooks shine in the
endgame and once the queens are gone, White can advance his kingside majority.}
) 24... Rxe7 25. Rd2 {I soon regretted this move, but it's not bad. My idea was Bc2-d1-f3, transferring the bishop to a square where it would support g2-g4 and also hit d5. In addition, White can double rooks on the d-file. But this plan is too slow. Though my concept was wrong, the move is still okay because we will see later that the rook has some uses on the 2nd rank.} ({
After the game, I proposed} 25. b4 {, preventing the plan that Black starts on
his next move. However, it does concede the c4-square.} cxb4 26. cxb4 Rc7 (
26... Nc4 27. g4 $1) 27. Bb3 {(or else ...Rc4)} Nc4 28. Rd4 (28. g4 {is not as
effective now, since with the White bishop on b3, I'm not ready to play f4-f5})
28... h5 29. g3 {. White will gradually prepare h2-h3, g3-g4, and f4-f5 and
there isn't much that Black can do about it. Objectively, it's not any better
than what I did in the game, but this is a much easier path to victory.}) 25...
a5 {Black intends ...b4 cxb4 ...axb4, creating a passed d-pawn. If White
doesn't do something, then ...d4 and ...Nd5 could appear on the board as well.}
26. h3 ({I would like to stop his plan with} 26. a3 {, but after} a4 {
Black gets the c4-square for his knight. Then Rd2 would look very foolish.})
26... Bf5 ({After the game, I asked him why he didn't play} 26... h5 {
. He showed me an impressive idea that I completely missed:} 27. g4 $1 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Bxg4 29. Rg2 Bh5 30. f5 {and apparently he concluded that White gets more
than enough play for the pawn sacrifice. It took a lot of analysis to prove it,
but the kid's instincts were right on the money! Amazing talent.} Kh7 (30...
Nd7 31. e6 fxe6 (31... Nf8 32. exf7+ Rxf7 (32... Kxf7 33. fxg6+ {drops material
}) 33. fxg6 Rf6 (33... Rg7 34. Re8 $1 {followed by Rf2 wins a piece}) 34. g7 $1
Ng6 {(or else Bh7+!)} 35. Re5 $1 Nxe5 36. Bh7+ $1 {and the pawn promotes}) 32.
fxe6 (32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. fxe6 {is less effective since Black can play} Ne5)
32... Nf8 33. Re5 $1 Kh8 34. Rxd5 Nxe6 35. Re5 $1 {and Black is paralyzed}) (
30... Bf3 31. Rg3 Be4 32. Bxe4 Rxe5 33. fxg6 dxe4 34. Rf1 $1 f5 35. Rg5 {
is a variation from Stockfish. White quickly scoops up the loose pawns on the
5th rank}) 31. e6 b4 (31... Nc8 {and now Stockfish's} 32. Re3 $1 {
, intending Rh3! is even stronger than 32.Re5 (the move in my notes)}) (31...
fxe6 32. f6 $1 Re8 33. f7 {followed by Rxe6}) ({(trying to stop f5-f6)} 31...
Kg7 32. Rf1 $1 f6 33. Bd1 $1 {and Black's kingside collapses}) (31... gxf5 32.
Kf2 $3 {White threatens to win the bishop with Rh1. I actually found this
beautiful idea on my own without the computer!} Bg6 33. exf7 Rxf7 34. Re6 $1)
32. cxb4 axb4 33. Re3 {(Stockfish). The idea is similar to the 31...gxf5 32.
Kf2 line: bring the rook to the h-file and exploit tactics against Black's
bishop.} 33... Kg7 34. Rh3
Kf6 35. exf7 Kxf7 36. fxg6+ {and White wins. Even though 26...h5 loses, he
should have tried it since it would have required me to find some ideas that
are difficult to see. After the move he played in the game, the hard part is
over.}) 27. g4 (27. Bxf5 gxf5 28. g4 {
was also appealing, but then Black would still have ...b5-b4 ideas}) 27... Bxc2
28. Rxc2 b4 $2 {This does create a passed pawn, but it isn't going anywhere
and the open c-file will be Black's downfall.} 29. cxb4 cxb4 30. Rc6 $1 Rb7 ({
Depressing, but} 30... Re6 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Rc1 d4 {
(or else 33.Rc6! and the knight will never find activity)} 33. Rd1 Nd5 34. Rxd4
{was also hopeless}) 31. Rd1 {Stopping any counterplay from ...d5-d4 followed
by ...Nd5. The rest is straightforward.} Kf8 32. Kf2 Ke7 33. Ke3 Kd7 34. Rd6+
Kc7 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Rcc6 Ka7 37. Kd4 Ka6 $2 {
Losing a piece, but Black's position was already resignable.} 38. Kc5 d4 39.
Rxb6+ Rxb6 40. Rxb6+ Ka7 41. Kc6 d3 42. Rb7+ Ka8 43. Kb6 d2 44. Rd7 d1=R 45.
Rxd1 Kb8 46. Rd8# 1-0
In Round 2, a 2300 caught me with a weird tactic:
[Event "2nd Haymarket Memorial"]
[Site "Chicago"]
[Date "2018.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Menon, Gopal"]
[Black "Wilson, Matthew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2083"]
[Annotator "Wilson,Matthew"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "2r1kb1r/1bq2ppp/pnnp1P2/1p2p1P1/4P3/PNN3QB/1PP4P/1KBR3R b k - 0 20"]
[PlyCount "12"]
20... Rd8 {I knew that I was in trouble here} 21. Be3 {
At the time, I thought that White should have traded on g7 first in order to
open up the kingside. I quickly "punished" his "inaccuracy"} g6 $2 22. Bxb6 Qxb6
23. Nd5 {
I was about to retreat to a7, but then I realized that 24.Nc7 was checkmate!}
Nd4 24. Nxb6 Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Bxe4 26. Rhe1 1-0
Gopal went on to tie for 1st with 3.0/4. I finished the tournament with a win over a 2000 player, so my rating climbed to 2093.
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