Game by Audrey
03:39, August 04, 2020 by Audrey
[Event "Casual training game"]
[Site "USA"]
[Date "2020.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Audreycious"]
[Black "ALChess v1.5b"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D10"]
[PlyCount "92"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd2 {The computer leaves the book.} Bf5 5. Qb3
Qc7 6. Nc3 e6 7. Rc1 Qb6 ({
Taking the c-pawn immediately allows White to develop more comfortably.} 7...
dxc4 8. Bxc4 Bd6 9. Nf3 O-O {and White has a moderate edge.}) 8. Qxb6 axb6 {
The doubled pawns are ugly, but Black has the more active pieces and the
a-file will come into play.} 9. h3 Bd6 10. g4 $6 {Positionally premature.
White needs to prioritize development before making a kingside play.} Bg6 11.
cxd5 exd5 12. Nb5 cxb5 $1 {A brave move that had to be played on intuition
rather than calculation. Black accepts tripled pawns and the loss of the Rh8,
in return for excellent piece play and the prospect of effectively entombing
white's kingside.} ({Much safer was} 12... Ne4 13. Nxd6+ ({And not} 13. f3 $4
Bg3+ 14. Ke2 Nf2 $1) 13... Nxd6 14. a3 {with fairly even chances.}) 13. Rc8+
Ke7 14. Rxh8 Rxa2 {A bizarre position!} 15. Rc8 $2 {
White wastes a tempo when he can least afford it.} ({
White had an opportunity to finally develop his kingside with} 15. Ne2 Rxb2 16.
Bg2 b4 17. Nf4 Nc6 18. Nxg6+ hxg6 19. Ra8 b3 20. Ra1 {
and Black would have to struggle for the point.}) 15... Rxb2 16. f4 Ne4 17. Nf3
f6 ({Black was reluctant to play} 17... Nc6 {because of} 18. f5 {
but didn't see the continuation} Rb1+ $1 19. Ke2 Ng3+ 20. Kf2 Nxh1+ 21. Kg2
Bxf5 22. gxf5 Ng3 $1 $19) 18. f5 Be8 {White's pieces are in complete disarray.}
19. Bd3 ({Trying to salvage the rook with} 19. Rc1 {
causes all sorts of other headaches for White:} Bg3+ 20. Ke2 b4 {
and Black will follow up with ...Bb5+ and ...Nf2+, with mating chances.}) 19...
Nc6 20. Rg1 (20. Ra8 Na5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Ng1 {is just embarrassing.}) 20...
Ra2 21. Rg2 Kd7 22. Rxe8 Kxe8 23. Bxb5 Ke7 {Black has regained material
equality and the doubled b-pawns become a powerful late-game threat.} 24. Bd3
Na5 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. Nh2 Nc4 27. Nf1 {
White's pieces are practically immobilized!} b5 28. g5 {
A last-ditch effort to get counterplay.} b4 29. gxf6+ Kxf6 30. d5 Kxf5 $6 {
Gives White more counterplay than needed, although it's still a fairly
hopeless game.} (30... b3 $1 {is much more efficient} 31. Bc3+ Be5 {
and White is out of options.}) 31. h4 b3 32. Rxg7 b2 33. Rg5+ Kf6 34. Bc3+ Be5
(34... Ne5 $2 35. Nd2 Ra1+ 36. Kf2 b1=Q 37. Nxb1 Rxb1 {
would have made the game a longer slog.}) 35. Bxb2 Rxb2 {
White struggled on for a few more moves before throwing in the towel:} 36. Rg8
Nb6 37. Rf8+ Ke7 38. Rf5 Kd6 39. Rf8 Kxd5 40. Rf7 Nc4 41. Rd7+ Ke6 42. Rxh7 b5
43. Kd1 b4 44. Ra7 b3 45. Rb7 Rb1+ 46. Ke2 b2 0-1
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