The below tournament game follows this pattern, with me equalizing as Black by move 6 and having some easy ideas to follow in the middlegame. By move 18 the position is drawish, but I chose to be patient, as I felt any (slight) chances would lie on my side. I was able to target the one weakness in White's position (the b2 pawn), but then my opponent cannily fought back to create an unusual endgame fight (2N+R vs my two rooks). I did have an outside passed pawn, though, which ended up being decisive, after some interesting tactics (see move 36).
This game isn't of very high quality - too many dubious (?!) choices on both sides - but was valuable to analyze, including identifying a thinking process lapse (move 23, where I could have consolidated my advantage if I had recognized my opponent's best response).
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1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 evidently going for a London System type setup. Nf6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 Bg4 4...Bf5 is a standard alternative. 4...Qb6!? may be a
little premature, but it hits at White's queenside immediately, now that the
dark-square bishop is away. Kramnik once gave it a try against Gata Kamsky: 5.Qc1 Bf5 6.c4 e6 7.Nc3 Nbd7 8.c5 Qd8 9.Be2 Be7 10.h3 Ne4 11.0-0 g5 12.Be5 Nxe5 13.Nxe5 Bf6 14.Nxe4 Bxe4 15.Qc3 Bg7 16.b4 0-0 17.b5 cxb5 18.Bxb5 Qc7 19.Rac1 f6 20.Nd7 Rfd8 21.c6 bxc6 22.Qxc6 Qxc6 23.Bxc6 Rac8 24.Bb5 Bg6 25.Nc5 Rd6 26.a4 Bf8 27.Na6 Rc2 28.Rxc2 Bxc2 29.Nc5 e5 30.Rc1 Bf5 31.g4 Bg6 32.Nd7 Be8 33.Nxf8 Bxb5 34.axb5 Kxf8 35.dxe5 fxe5 36.Rc7 d4 37.exd4 exd4 38.Kf1 d3 39.Ke1 Rd5 40.Rxa7 Rxb5 41.Rxh7 Rb1+ 42.Kd2 Rf1 43.Kxd3 Rxf2 44.Ke4 Rf4+ 45.Ke5 Rf3 46.Ke6 Kg8 47.Rh5 Kf8 48.Rxg5 Rxh3 49.Kf6 Ra3 50.Kg6 Kg8 1/2-1/2 (50) Kamsky,G (2671)-Kramnik,V (2729) Turin 2006 5.c4 e6 6.a3 this takes away the b4 square from Black, but is a rather slow
approach, neglecting piece development. Bd6 a natural developing move that
challenges White's strong Bf4. 7.Bg3 0-0 8.Be2 not bad, but not optimal.
It also prompts me to play the next move. dxc4 while not really a full tempo
loss for White, it's still annoying to move the bishop twice in a row. For
Black, the benefit is to re-establish the pin on the Nf3 and achieve a solid
central pawn formation that restricts White's light-square bishop. 9.Bxc4 Bxg3 the exchange of bishops is more or less obligatory at some point, given
the tension on the diagonal. I thought this was a good time to do it and
enable the subsequent pawn break. 10.hxg3 c5 challenging White's central
pawn outpost. If White is takes the c5 pawn, having the king in the center
after a queen exchange on d1 would be worth the sacrifice, plus the pawn is
recoverable. 11.Be2 11.dxc5 Qxd1+ 12.Kxd1 Rc8 13.Nc3 13.b4?! a5 14.bxa5 Rxa5 13...Rxc5 14.Be2= 11...Nbd7 with White preparing to
castle, now the pawn is better off being protected. 12.0-0 Rc8 13.Nbd2 cxd4 exchanging the pawns opens the c-file and reduces White's central pawn
formation. 14.Nxd4 Bxe2 15.Qxe2 Nb6 the idea being to challenge control of
c4 and give the option of hopping to d5. 16.Rac1 Qd5 the queen is now
nicely centralized, but White lacks any weaknesses that it could attack. 17.Qf3 a6 taking away a useful square (b5) from the Nd4, in anticipation of the
exchange. 18.Qxd5 Nfxd5 the position now looks very drawish and the engine
agrees. In the past, I've been impatient with such types of positions and
might even have offered a draw. Now I treat such situations more as learning
experiences and will not on principle offer a draw until a position is truly
played out (or perhaps if I assess I am worse off). 19.N2f3 a minor slip by
my opponent. With my next move, I now have a slight edge and am creating
threats. 19.Ne4!? 19...Na4 20.Rfe1? 20.b3 Nac3 21.Rc2 Rc7 22.Rfc1 Rfc8 23.Kf1 Kf8= 20...Ndb6?! played as the result of not fully
calculating the capture on b2. I thought that White could get the pawn back
easily with Rb1, so took the step to screen the b7 pawn with the other knight
first. 20...Nxb2 21.Rb1 originally I stopped calculating here, just
seeing the threat to the unprotected b7 pawn. Nd3 a nice intermediate move
threatening the Re1 and now 22.Red1? 22.Rf1 is best but after b5-+
Black is winning with a mobilized 2-1 queenside pawn majority. 22...Nc3-+ 21.Kh2 however, my opponent now gives me an extra tempo to execute the
threat. Nxb2 22.Rb1 N2a4 23.Rb4 Rc3?! here I didn't pay enough
attention to my opponent's possible ideas, just going for the a3 pawn. 23...Rc4 24.Reb1 at this point I saw that he will get back some material. Rxa3 25.Rxb6 Nxb6 26.Rxb6 h6 right idea, but wrong timing, according to the
engine. White could now play g4 and activate the king via g3. 26...Ra5
would be better, keeping the rook more active. 26...Ra2 would also be
good. 27.Rxb7= we now have an interesting, dynamically balanced endgame.
If White had two bishops instead of two knights I would certainly be in worse
shape. I still have to watch out for attacking ideas for White that use his
two minor pieces and rook in combination, but my passed a-pawn and rook
activity mean that the position is equal. At this point I didn't know if I
could win, but I felt that at least I could avoid losing. Ra2 28.Kg1 Rc8?
too aggressive, neglecting the weak f7 square. 29.Rb1?! missing the threat
he could make aginst f7, at least for now. 29.Ne5 h5 cutting off the exit
square for the White king 30.g4 hxg4 31.Nxf7 Rc5± looks rather ugly for
Black. 29...a5 passed pawns must be pushed! 30.Ne5 Rc7 now I am
thinking more about defense. 31.Kf1 a waste of a tempo. a4 White
isn't lost yet, but the initiative is with me now and the a-pawn keeps getting
stronger. It's also hard to find the specific continuation for White that
holds. 32.Re1? 32.Rb8+ (playing Kg1 first is also fine) Kh7 33.Kg1 is the key according to the engine, which is rather hard for humans to see.
White's king needs to get off the first rank, where it can be checked with
tempo gain by a rook to facilitate the queening of the a-pawn. 32...a3 33.Nd3 Rd7?! right file, wrong rook. 33...Rd2! 34.Nb4 a2-+ 34.Nb4? after this I find a winning continuation. 34.Rd1 34...Rb2-+ 35.Ndc2 a2 36.Ra1 this seemed to be an excellent defense and I spent a good
deal of time coming up with the game continuation (which is the best according
to Komodo). I had originally spotted the idea of the tactic ...Rb1+, which now
doesn't work to break through. Rd2 36...Rb1+ 37.Ke2 Rxa1 38.Nxa1-+
is still winning for Black, but with a lot more work to do. 37.Kg1 but now
the ...Rb1+ tactic does work! 37.Rxa2 Rxa2 38.Nxa2 Rxc2-+ 37...Rb1+ 38.Kh2 Rdd1 the most effective continuation, now with a double attack on the Ra1
and on the h1 square threatening mate. 39.g4 Rxa1 40.Nxa1 Rxa1 41.Kg3 Kf8 42.Kf4 Ke8 43.Ke4 Kd7 44.Ke5 White's king cannot venture onto the d-file
without suffering a rook check, with the a-pawn then queening. Kc7 45.f4 Kb6 with the simple winning idea of threatening to chase away the knight, which
will force its exchange for the a-pawn. 46.g5 hxg5 47.fxg5 Kb5 48.Nxa2 Rxa2 49.g6 fxg6 50.Kxe6 Rxg2 at this point White cannot win and at worst I'll
end up with K+R vs. K (an elementary mate). 51.e4 Kc6 52.e5 Rg5 53.Kf7 Rxe5 54.Kxg7 g5 now there is no way of stopping the pawn from queening and making
the Q+R vs. K mate very obvious. My opponent however was a junior who
apparently didn't realize the etiquette of resigning when you are in such a
situation. 55.Kf6 Kd5 56.Kg6 g4 57.Kf6 g3 58.Kg6 g2 59.Kg7 g1Q+ 60.Kf6 Qf1+ 61.Kg7 Re2 62.Kg6 Rg2+ 63.Kh6 Qh1# 0–1
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| White | EloW | Black | EloB | Res | ECO | Rnd |
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| Class C | - | ChessAdmin | - | 0–1 | D11 |
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