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[Event "Michigan Senior Ch"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "PM"]
[Black "Vladimir Drkulec"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2014"]
[BlackElo "2118"]
[ECO "C54f"]
[EventDate "2009.05.31"]
1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bb3
{At this point I felt that the initiative was passing to black.}
6...Be6 7.Nbd2
{I thought that 7.Be3 or 7.Bg5 was better. Black is now to be
preferred. The knight gets in the way of developing the queenside
pieces.}
7...O-O 8.O-O
{White needs to break the logjam on the queenside. 8.Nf1 or 8.Bxe6
followed by 9.Nb3 or 9.b4 would have cleared some pieces off the
board.}
8...Qd7 9.a4
{A bit of a surprise as it seems too slow.}
9...d5 10.Ng5 Bg4 11.Qc2 h6 12.Ngf3 Rfe8 13.a5 Rad8 14.Ba4 Re6 $6
{Better was 14... a6 to forestall white's intended advance on the
queenside and to give the dark squared bishop a retreat square on a7
where it can still contribute to the attack against the white king.
This unfortunate move causes a tangle in the black pieces which
requires a sacrifice or two to clear the superfluous pieces out of the
way.}
15.h3
{If the rook wasn't on e6 I don't think that this last move would have
been possible as Bxh3 followed by Qxh3 should have been short and
brutal.}
15...Bh5 16.b4 dxe4 17.dxe4 Bf8 18.Re1
( 18.b5 Nb8
( 18...Nxa5 19.b6 c6 20.bxa7 b6 )
19.b6 c6
( 19...Nc6 20.bxa7 Bc5 21.a6 Bxa7 )
20.bxa7 Na6 )
18...a6
{This seemed prudent.}
19.g4
{A bit of a surprise but justified.}
19...Nxg4
{Played after a long think. I couldn't find a mate but felt that
after the sacrifices it would be queen, two minor pieces and rook or
knight versus king, knight and rook and something good should come of
it.}
20.hxg4 Rg6 21.Nxe5
{I wasn't really expecting this as it opens some lines and removes a
key defender but I probably missed something. At this point I had to
throw another exchange on the fire and felt good about my chances.}
21...Rxg4+ 22.Kf1! Qe6 23.Nxg4 Qxg4 24.Re3 Ne5 25.Rg3 Qe2+ 26.Kg1 Bd6 $6
{Possibly this move may even deserve a question mark. It seems to
make sense but black is running out of pieces. 26...Be7 26...Rd3
26...Rd6 26...Ng6 and 26...Nd3 were all ideas I considered.}
27.Bb2
( 27.Qd1! )
27...Bc5 !
{The bishop too must be thrown on the pyre as it is just in the way on
d6.}
28.bxc5 Rxd2 29.Qxd2 Qxd2 30.Ba3 Nc4 ??
{This may be a bit harsh but this makes the win a little harder than
it needs to be. Black is still winning because at the end of it all
queen and bishop are usually a stronger combination than two rooks and
bishop. The broken pawns don't help white's cause either though he
does get rid of one of them to temporarily activate the bishops.}
( 30...c6! )
31.c6 bxc6 32.Bc5 Ne5 33.Bd4 Nf3+ 34.Kg2 Nxd4 35.cxd4 Qxd4 36.Raa3 Qxe4+
37.Kg1 Qe1+ 38.Kg2 Be2 39.Bxc6 Qf1+ 40.Kh2 Qxf2+ 41.Bg2 Qf4 42.Kg1 Qd4+
43.Kh2 c5 44.Rae3 Qh4+ 45.Kg1 Qd4 46.Kf2 Bd3
( 46...f5 )
47.Ke1 Qc3+
{Note how the king gets no rest from the queen and bishop who work
around the white rooks and bishop to harass the white monarch.}
48.Kf2 Qd2+ 49.Kg1 Bb5 50.Rc3 g5 51.Rce3 f5 52.Re7 f4 53.Rh3 Qd1+ 54.Kh2
Qd6 55.Re1 f3+ 56.Kg1 fxg2 57.Rhe3 Bc6 58.Re6 Qd4+ 59.R1e3 Bd7 60.Re7 Bh3
61.Re4 Qd1+ 62.Re1 Qd3 63.R4e3 Qf1+ 64.Rxf1 gxf1=Q+ 65.Kh2 Qg2# 0-1
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