"Black got the better of White in that game. Black played better than White in the opening. It was a well–fought middle game that Black got the better off. Both players had incredible precision in the end game."
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Charles (2000) – Sawyer, Chess.com, 02.09.2023 begins 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.g3 Nc6 [An alternative is 3...d5 4.exd5 Nxd5 5.Bg2 Nxc3 6.bxc3, but I did not want to extend the diagonal for White's g2 bishop.] 4.Bg2 Bc5 5.Nge2 [Or 5.Nf3 d6 6.d3 a6 7.0–0] 5...0–0 6.0–0 d6 7.d3 a6 8.Nd5 [More popular is 8.h3] 8...Nxd5 9.exd5 Ne7 10.d4 [10.Be3 Bxe3 11.fxe3 Nf5 12.Qd2 Qg5 13.Rf3 Nh6 14.Nc3 f5 15.Raf1 Bd7 and ½–½ in 41. Finkel - Lukacs, Budapest 1993] 10...exd4 11.Nxd4 Nf5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.Qh5 [13.Qd3 Qf6 14.Bd2 Bd7 15.c4 Rfe8 16.Bc3 Qg6 17.Rae1 Nh4 18.Qxg6 Nxg6 19.Bd4 Bxd4 20.Nxd4 Ne5 21.b3 b5 22.f4 Nd3 ½–½ Perez Mitjans - Korneev, Navalmoral de la Mata ESP 2011] 13...g6 [13...Qf6 leads to equal chances, but I wanted to force White's queen back. Also, g6 creates a hole for my bishop on g7.] 14.Qf3 Nd4 15.Nxd4 Bxd4 16.Qb3 b6 17.Be3 Bg7 18.Rae1 Bf5 19.Bd2 Qd7 20.h4 Rfe8 21.c4 a5 22.Bc3 Bd3 23.Bxg7 [White blunders away the Exchange. Correct is 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Rd1 with an equal game.] 23...Bxf1 24.Rxf1 Kxg7 25.Qf3 Qe7 26.Qc3+ Qe5 27.Qc1 Re7 28.a4 Rae8 29.Qd2 Qe2 30.Qc1 Qd3 31.Rd1
[Now I force trades into a winning endgame.] 31...Qxd1+ 32.Qxd1 Re1+ 33.Qxe1 Rxe1+ 34.Bf1 Rb1 35.Kg2 Rxb2 36.h5 Rb4 37.hxg6 hxg6 38.Be2 Rxa4 39.f4 Ra2 40.Kf3 a4 41.Bd3 a3 42.Be4 Rb2 43.c5 bxc5 44.Bxg6 fxg6 45.f5 a2 46.fxg6 a1Q 47.Kf4 [Black has a mate in four.] 47...Rf2+ 48.Kg4 Kxg6 49.Kh4 Qh8+ 50.Kg4 Qh5# 0–1
Very nice! I never play bots because they think millions of variations per second. The only way to beat them is closed positions.
ReplyDeleteI understand. I play a wide variety of opponents. Tim
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