[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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