Feldgrösse (Pixel): 42 52 64 74 84

My opponent, 13 y.o. Nik. Spyratos is already a strong player. 1.b3 e5 2.Bb2 Nc6 3.e3 Nge7 (1' <-> 4') 4.Nf3 [ 4.c4 d5 5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.a3 Bd6 7.d3 O-O 8.Nf3 f5 9.Nbd2 Qe7 10.Qc2 Kh8 and the game turned into a 3...Nf6 line, ... 1/2 - 1/2 (55), Ilandzis (2052) -Panek B. (1871), Krakow 2018 ]]
4...d6 [ 4...e4 5.Ng5 d5 6.Qh5 Ng6 7.Nxh7 Be6 8.f4? ( 8.Bb5 ) 8...exf3 9.gxf3 Qe7 10.Be2 O-O-O-/+ 11.f4 Nh4 12.Ba3 Nb4 13.Bxb4 Qxb4 14.Qxh4 Be7 15.Qh5 Qe4 16.Qf3 Qxh7 17.d3 Qf5 18.Nd2 Rh3 19.Qf2?? Bh4 0 - 1, GM Illingworth (2517) - Stojic D. (2181), AUS-Ch, Melbourne AUS 2016 ]]
5.d4 g6 (4' <-> 10') [ 5...exd4 6.Nxd4 Nxd4 7.exd4 d5 8.Bd3 Ng6 9.O-O Be7 10.f4 Bf6 11.Nd2 Ne7 12.f5 c5 13.Qh5 O-O 14.Rae1 Nc6 1/2 - 1/2 (31), Parkhov (2207) - Chernomordik (2254), Tiberias ISR 2016 ; 5...Bf5 6.Nc3 a6 7.h3 e4 8.Nd2 d5 9.Ne2 b5 10.c4 Rb8 11.Ba3 h5 ... 1 - 0, Li R. (2550) - Rozman L. (2394), Dallas USA 2016 ]]
6.d5 [ 6.dxe5 Bg7 7.Nc3 Nxe5 8.Nxe5 Bxe5 9.Qd2 Be6 10.O-O-O Qd7 11.Be2 O-O-O 12.f4 Bg7 13.Ne4 Bxb2+ 14.Kxb2 d5 0 -1 (40), Gonzalez Rodriguez J. (2396) - Espinoza Palomino W. (2242), Sabadell 2012 ]]
6...Nb8 7.h4 h6 (11' <-> 13') [ 7...Bg4 8.h5!? Bxh5 9.Rxh5!? gxh5 10.Ng5 Ng6 11.Qxh5 Nd7 12.Nc3 ]
8.c4 Bg7 (17' <-> 17') 9.Nbd2 O-O (19' <-> 20') 10.Qc2 a5 (21' <-> 23') 11.Be2 Bf5 (24' <-> 26') 12.e4 Bd7 13.h5 g5 (35' <-> 28') 14.Nh2!? f5 15.f3 [The machine prefers 15.exf5 Nxf5 16.O-O Na6 17.Ne4 Nd4 ]]
15...Na6 (42' <-> 33') 16.Nhf1 [ 16.g4 ]
16...Kh8 (44' <-> 35') [ 16...c6-/+ (Stockfish 8) ]]
17.Ne3 f4 (48' <-> 37') [ 17...c6=+ ]]
18.Ng4 Bxg4 (I didn't like this move, as he leaves me with the B pair for no obvious compensation) [ 18...Ng8 idea ...Nf6 ; 18...c6=+ ]]
19.fxg4 Ng8 20.a3 Nf6 (53' <-> 43') 21.Bf3 [ 21.O-O Qd7 22.Qd1 Nc5 23.Bf3 c6=+ ; or 21.Kf2 Qb8!? ]]
21...c6 (64' <-> 46') 22.O-O [I also considered the idea 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.c5 Nxc5 24.Bxe5 a4 25.Rd1 ( 25.b4 Nb3-/+ 25...dxe5 26.Qxc5 axb3 27.O-O Nd7-/+ ]]
22...Rc8 (69' <-> 52') 23.Qd1 Qb6+ (77' <-> 56') [ 23...Nc5 24.Bc3 cxd5 25.cxd5 b5=+ ]]
24.Kh2 Nc5 (79' <-> 64') [ 24...Qe3 25.c5 ( 25.dxc6 bxc6 26.c5 d5-/+ ( 26...dxc5? 27.Nc4+- )( 25.Rc1 ) 25...cxd5 26.cxd6 dxe4 27.Re1 exf3! ( 27...Qf2 28.Nxe4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Qxb2-+ 28.Rxe3 Nxg4+ 29.Kg1 f2+ 30.Kh1 Nxe3 31.Qb1 Nc5-+ ]]
25.Bc3 cxd5 (80' <-> 73') 26.exd5 [ 26.cxd5 Qa7!?=+ ( 26...Nxb3 27.Qxb3 Qxb3 28.Nxb3 Rxc3 29.Nxa5+= )( 26...Ncxe4 27.Bxa5 Qxa5 28.Nxe4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Rc7 30.b4 Qa7= ]]
26...e4 [ 26...Rfe8 27.b4 Ncd7 ]]
27.Bxf6 Bxf6 [ 27...exf3 28.Bxg7+ Kxg7 29.Qc2 Rf6 30.Rfe1+- ]
28.Nxe4 Nxe4 [ 28...Bxa1? 29.Qxa1+ Kg8 30.Nf6+ Kf7 31.Qb1! and if Kxf6? , then simply 32.Re1! Rg8 33.Qf5+ Kg7 34.Re7+ Kh8 35.Qh7# ]
29.Bxe4 Qe3 30.Bf5 f3 (20' left vs. 7' left, at this point) [ 30...Rce8 31.Rf3 Qd4 32.Qxd4 Bxd4 33.Rd1 Bb2 34.b4 b6+= ]]
31.Qe1? Played after 7', I went from -20' to -13'; I thought I'd have to guard g3 sq., yet it is a bad move. [ 31.Qxf3 Qxf3 32.gxf3 Bxa1 33.Rxa1 Rce8 34.Be4= ; The cool 31.Kh1 was +/-, acc. to the machine ; 31.Rxf3? Qe5+ and I'd lose the Ra1 ]]
31...Be5+ [Here he missed his chance: 31...Qe2 32.Qxe2 ( 32.Rf2? Qe5+ wins for black 32...fxe2 33.Rfe1 Bxa1 34.Rxa1 Rce8 35.Re1 Re3-+ ]]
32.g3?! [ 32.Kh3+= and if Qf4 , then 33.g3 ]
32...Qxb3 (10' left vs. 3' left, at this point) 33.Rb1 [ 33.Bxc8? f2! wins for black ]]
33...Qxa3 34.Rxb7 Rxc4 [#] (8' left vs. 1' left, at this point) 35.Kh3? [ 35.Rf2 ; 35.Qb1 (thr. 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Be6+) Rxf5 ( 35...Bg7 36.Kh1!! and white wins! ( 36.Qxf5? Qa2+ 37.Kh3 Qg2# )(or 36.gxf5? Rh4+ 37.Kg1 Bd4+ 38.Rf2 Bxf2+ 39.Kxf2 Qc5+ ( 39...Rh2+ 40.Kg1 Re2-/+ 40.Kxf3 Qxd5+ and white gets mated ]]
35...Rxf5 (he only had 0,5' left, at this point) [And here, 35...f2! 36.Qxf2 Rf4 and I'd have to resign ]]
36.Qb1! Rb4? [ 36...f2 37.Rb8+ Rf8!? ( 37...Kg7 38.Rb7+= ) 38.Rxf8+ Kg7 39.Qg6+ (or the computer-line 39.Rf3! Qxf3 40.Qg6+ Kf8 41.Rxf2! Qxf2 42.Qe8+!! with either a stalemate or a perpetual! ) 39...Kxf8 40.Rxf2+ Bf4 41.Qf6+ Ke8 42.Re2+ Be5 43.Rxe5+ dxe5 44.d6 and white will keep the draw by perpetual ]
37.Rxb4 [ 37.Qxf5 Rxb7 38.Qc8+ with an easy win ]
37...axb4 38.Qxf5 Bg7 39.Qxf3 [ 39.Re1+- ]
39...Qxf3 40.Rxf3 Kg8 3' left vs. 0,5' left, at this point. There was no additional time, after the 40th move and the position is wasily won for white. [ 40...Bc3 41.Kg2+- ]
41.Kg2 Be5 42.Kf1 Kg7 43.Ke2 Kg8 44.Kd1 [ 44.Kd3 b3 45.Ke4 b2 46.Rb3 also wins ]
44...Kg7 45.Kc2 Bd4 46.Kb3 Bc5 47.Kc4 Kg8 48.Rf6 Kg7 49.Rg6+ Kh7 50.Kb3 Bf2 [ 50...Kh8 51.Rxh6+ Kg7 52.Rg6+ ]
51.Rxd6 Bxg3 52.Rd7+ ...and I won, reaching 2 1/2 / 3 in the tournament! :-)

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