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White resigned • Black is victorious
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[Event "Rated classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/9jLb43PO"]
[Date "2024.02.16"]
[White "Silkthewanderer"]
[Black "HandKnit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[GameId "9jLb43PO"]
[UTCDate "2024.02.16"]
[UTCTime "21:00:05"]
[WhiteElo "2269"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "-7"]
[BlackRatingDiff "+10"]
[BlackTitle "CM"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]
[ECO "E06"]
[Opening "Catalan Opening: Closed"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 { E06 Catalan Opening: Closed } O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Nc3 a5 8. Bf4 dxc4 9. Ne5 Nd5 10. Nxc4 Nxf4 11. gxf4 Nd7 12. a4 Nf6 13. e4 Qc7 14. e5?! { (-0.03 → -0.67) Inaccuracy. Qf3 was best. } (14. Qf3 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Rac1 g6 17. Qe3 Nh5 18. e5 f5 19. Ne2 Be8 20. Bf3 Kh8) 14... Nd5 15. Qg4 f5 16. Qg3 Bd7 17. Kh1 Bb4 18. Rg1 Rf7 19. Rac1 Qd8 20. Ne3 Bf8 21. Rge1?! { (-0.41 → -1.00) Inaccuracy. Bf3 was best. } (21. Bf3 Qe7 22. Bh5 g6 23. Bf3 Qb4 24. Nc4 Rb8 25. h4 Be8 26. h5 Rg7 27. Qh2 Kh8) 21... Be8 22. Bxd5?! { (-0.71 → -1.61) Inaccuracy. Red1 was best. } (22. Red1 Nb6) 22... cxd5 23. Nc2 Qb6 24. Qd3 Rc8 25. Na3? { (-1.99 → -4.10) Mistake. Rb1 was best. } (25. Rb1 Qb3 26. Na1 Qb4 27. Rec1 Rfc7 28. Nc2 Qb3 29. Na1 Qc4 30. Qd1 Qb4 31. Kg2 Be7) 25... Qb3?? { (-4.10 → -1.02) Blunder. Qxb2 was best. } (25... Qxb2 26. Nab1 Rfc7 27. Kg2 Qb4 28. h4 Bxa4 29. Na2 Qb5 30. Qxb5 Bxb5 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Nbc3) 26. Qc2? { (-1.02 → -2.46) Mistake. Nab5 was best. } (26. Nab5 Rc4 27. Qe3 Bxb5 28. Nxb5 Qxa4 29. Nd6 Bxd6 30. exd6 Qc6 31. Ra1 Qxd6 32. Rxa5 Rc6) 26... Qb6 27. Qd2 Bb4 28. Nab5 Bxb5 29. axb5 Rfc7 30. Qd3 Rc4 31. Red1 Qc7? { (-2.06 → -0.79) Mistake. Bxc3 was best. } (31... Bxc3 32. Rxc3 Rxc3 33. bxc3 a4 34. Rc1 Rc4 35. Qb1 Qd8 36. Qb2 Qh4 37. Qd2 a3 38. Qe3) 32. Na2?! { (-0.79 → -1.48) Inaccuracy. Ne2 was best. } (32. Ne2 a4) 32... Qe7?! { (-1.48 → -0.53) Inaccuracy. a4 was best. } (32... a4 33. Kg2) 33. b3 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 35. Nxc1 Qc7 36. Ne2 { White offers draw } 36... g6 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Kf3 Ke8 39. Kg2 Kd8 40. Kf3 Kc8 41. Kg2 Kb8 42. Qh3 Ka7 43. Qd3 Kb6 44. Kg1 Qd7? { (-1.50 → -0.35) Mistake. a4 was best. } (44... a4) 45. Nc3 Bxc3 46. Qxc3 Qc7 47. Qd3? { (-0.87 → -2.56) Mistake. Qa1 was best. } (47. Qa1) 47... Qc1+ 48. Kg2 Qxf4 49. Qc3 Qg5+ 50. Kf1 Qe7 51. Qc8?! { (-1.99 → -3.04) Inaccuracy. h4 was best. } (51. h4 Kxb5) 51... Kxb5 52. Ke2?! { (-2.85 → -4.04) Inaccuracy. Qb8 was best. } (52. Qb8 g5) 52... Kb4 53. Kd3 Kxb3 54. Qc2+ Kb4 55. Qb2+ Ka4 56. Qb6 Qd7 57. Ke3 Qc6 58. Qd8 Kb3 59. Kf3 a4 60. Kg2 a3 61. Qa5 a2 62. Qe1 Qc3 63. Qd1+ Kb4 { White resigns. } 0-1
Spectator room
- Feet_Barbie
(13...Qc7) i m just spitballing ideas ahah since handknit always gives some in the chat - NM HandKnit
there's an idea here where after Rd8 I play Bd7-Be8 - Feet_Barbie
(13...Qc7) i feel like its ok to exchange knights but e5 nd5 nxd5 cxd5 suddenly the white bishop is not that strong and black can play on - Feet_Barbie
(13...Qc7) the queenside - NM HandKnit
the rooks connect, and the bishop waits there for me to play c5 - NM HandKnit
I dunno it's maybe a weird thing to be worrying about because with e4, white's main weak squares are d4 and f4 - NM HandKnit
but I do gotta finish development so - mightytaco14
yes e5 Nd5 and the white bishop will end up staring at a pawn chain - NM HandKnit
if I ever play b6 I have to start worrying about Rc1 and exploiting the pin on c6 - NM HandKnit
the c6 square gets really icky then - NM HandKnit
so maybe Rd8-Bd7-Be8 is best, followed by Rac8 and only then b6 - KnightFury21
Bd7-c5 might be one way to develop/trade the LSB - NM HandKnit
or just c5 clean - KnightFury21
Not sure how good it is though - Feet_Barbie
(13...Qc7) yeah but all these ideas depend on what white does and idk what white can do ahah - NM HandKnit
all that for nothing - mightytaco14
(15 Qg4) maybe Nb6? if takes the queen attacks 2 pawns - NM HandKnit
tempted by Bd7 and meeting Ne4 with f5 - NM HandKnit
I accept a wewak e6 pawn, but I open the f-file to target white's weaknesses - Feet_Barbie
(15.Qg4) nb6 ne3 and your knight is a bit odd @mightytaco14 - NM HandKnit
I really like my Nd5, though - NM HandKnit
maybe I can even jamf5 immediately here - Feet_Barbie
(15.Qg4) yeah i was considering the immediate f5 - Feet_Barbie
(15.Qg4) some tactics to account for though - Silkthewanderer
This is where I should share some lines but I am honestly quite empty in that regard and only thinking in general terms for now - NM HandKnit
ride or die - Feet_Barbie
(15...f5) en passant is forced - NM HandKnit
if white takes, black's attack looks good though it still doesn't solve the Bc8 - Feet_Barbie
(15...f5) still dont know how black untangles here say qg3 - Silkthewanderer
I have two major positional liabilities and shouldn't allow Black to clarify the position too easily. - Feet_Barbie
(16.Qg3) what was wrong with b6 ba6? maybe rc1? - mightytaco14
i worrt moving the b pawn leaves c6 quite weak - alex11star
especially now after f5 Qg3 it may be good seeing as white doesn't have Rc1 Ne4 - mightytaco14
*worry - Feet_Barbie
(16.Qg3) yeah it does i agree - Feet_Barbie
(16.Qg3) dont know how to bring that bishop back to life - alex11star
white has to play Na2 or something (Ne2 is pinned) and then black starts to exploit the outpost on b4 - alex11star
and then ...c5 etc - alex11star
there's Ba6 b3 but then black might have b5, unless that leaves the queen weak to an x-ray from a rook on c1 - Silkthewanderer
b5 fails for a very pretty reason which I will probably not get to show - NM HandKnit
there's an interesting schematic idea here of something like Nxc3-c5-Bc6 - alex11star
only thing i'm able to see if 16...b5 is axb5 Nxc3 b6 Ne2+ - NM HandKnit
given the time situation I expect white to go with Kh1 and Rg1 here - Feet_Barbie
(16...Bd7) maybe rc1 - NM HandKnit
on Nxc3 c5 white can push d5 - NM HandKnit
might be a world where the idea is Rad8-Bc8 - KnightFury21
I think the issue was ...b5 axb5 ...Nxd5 (...Qxc4 Nxe7+) exd5 ...Bxd5 attacking the rook with check - NM HandKnit
this is just a bit of activity and making white think - NM HandKnit
there's also worlds where the B goes d2-f4 - alex11star
fair enough, i guess that works - alex11star
and Nxc3 bxc3 - NM HandKnit
I don't think I really want to take on c3 because I want my bishop defending d6 - alex11star
Ne2 surely - KnightFury21
I thought HandKnit was going for Be7-Bd8-Bh5 Stonewall style development but I guess it's pretty slow - Feet_Barbie
(19.Rac1) yeah i like rc1 theres some lines where you cant take witht he c pawn cos nd6 is coming with tempo - Feet_Barbie
(19.Rac1) and now it hits the rook - alex11star
c5 Nb5 or something - alex11star
or wait d5 just hangs - Feet_Barbie
(19.Rac1) yeah nxd5 is a threat - Feet_Barbie
(19.Rac1) funny ideas is also nd6 bxd6 nb5 - Feet_Barbie
(19.Rac1) when you move the queen i take back on d6 and that knight is a monster - alex11star
this is the really hard move to find - alex11star
maybe small improvement, Qf3 - NM HandKnit
weird idea: Bf8-Be8-Rd7 - Feet_Barbie
(19...Qd8) yeah maybe qd8 is the only move ahah i really didnt see anything else other than nxc3 - alex11star
i've been looking at ...g5 for a while - Feet_Barbie
(19...Qd8) in hindsight maybe bb4 wasnt that great - mightytaco14
time is gonna become an issue here - NM HandKnit
maybe there's something simple here, too, like Rc8-b5 - alex11star
i know the point of long thinking is you tee up a few moves in advance you can play quickly but man this is nerve wracking - NM HandKnit
over protecting g7 a nice bonus - Silkthewanderer
Threatening to take thrice on d5 - KnightFury21
I guess black trades knights and then doesn't have to worry about a knight landing on d6 - alex11star
!!!!! - alex11star
d4 hangs though if Bc6 after the first recapture - alex11star
but then white probably gets a crushing positional advantage - alex11star
take on g2 first then Qxd4 - NM HandKnit
I guess white wants to take on d5. Maybe I should've paid more heed to that but I think I should be fine - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) maybe just nxd5 cxd5 nxd5 bc6 - alex11star
you do have Nf6+ - KnightFury21
I think you can throw in bc6 after all the captures on d5 - alex11star
then Kh8 and gxf6 later you get Qg8# down your throat - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) yeah - NM HandKnit
21.Nxd5 exd5 22.Nxd5 cxd5 23.Bxd5 Bc6 seems to take care of it - NM HandKnit
just as well the B is defending g7 - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) bishops pinned - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) interesting positionn - alex11star
which bishop - KnightFury21
Yeah that's right and the queen is also attacking along the d fils - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) there are some lines where you can play bc6 and the bishop on d5 is pinned - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) so cant take on f7 - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) and even if the rook is pinned the other bishop covers mate - alex11star
i don't think it's relevant, also after Nf6 white has d5 - NM HandKnit
I can start thinking about Qb6, too - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) cant even play rxc6 cos of qxd5 + - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) i meant in the other line where you take 3 times - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bf8) nxd5 cxd5 nxd5 exd5 bxd5 bc6 - alex11star
so he rejects taking on d5 - NM HandKnit
he wants to take on d5 and have e6 at the end of it - KnightFury21
I guess Bxc6 bxc6 Rxc6 Qxd4 is probably how that would go - alex11star
ok right - Feet_Barbie
(21.Rge1) but with 1 minute its though to enter those complications - alex11star
well Qb6 is a fork but that doesn't help the d5 threat - NM HandKnit
if I play Nb4 I think white can maybe just push d5 - alex11star
Nc7 is lame and passive but maybe... - KnightFury21
Yeah I think the extra DSB for Black should be worth more than the pawns - Feet_Barbie
(21...Be8) does it work now - NM HandKnit
it's nice that moving the B away from the fork continues the Rd7 plan - alex11star
Bf3-h5 is a move - KnightFury21
But I'd be worried about the e5 passer - Feet_Barbie
(21...Be8) or nothing changed - NM HandKnit
Nb4 comes with the threat of Nd3 - Feet_Barbie
(21...Be8) queen covers d5 ahah - Feet_Barbie
(21...Be8) those bishops are legendary - alex11star
here we go - alex11star
but honestly i don't see this working - alex11star
ok interesting - NM HandKnit
this is much better for black but I do have to be careful still - TreyHardee
sad horsies - alex11star
oh no my pawn - alex11star
now it really is oh no my pawn - alex11star
Re3 or something - NM HandKnit
note to self, do not blunder Nxd5 - NM HandKnit
if we ever get to an endgame, g6-Bh6 hits hard - alex11star
doesn't work - alex11star
but Nxd5 is a threat so you do have to address it so nvm - TreyHardee
Bxa3 why not - NM HandKnit
looking at Ba3 Qb3 - WickidDoc
did 26...Bxa4 not work? - TreyHardee
he can Qxb5 - NM HandKnit
take on c3, keep control of the only open file - NM HandKnit
in a rook endgame it will be a bit tricky to hold on to e6, so I want to keep my space advantage - NM HandKnit
or I could learn to count - NM HandKnit
made a bit of a goof but I think the minor piece endgame should still win - NM HandKnit
between this game and the last one I'm having a bad time on the sanity checks - NM HandKnit
Qa3-b2-b6 is a nice manoeuvre to bring my Q to a more active square defending d6 - NM HandKnit
c6 is the best square for the Q, of course. - NM HandKnit
the cat is upset with the length of this game, and has begun throwing things on the floor - Feet_Barbie
(63.Qd1+) Cats usually like cat and mouse endgames - NM HandKnit
Probably could've kept control of this one a bit better lol - casual921
gg - Feet_Barbie
gg - TreyHardee
gg - NM HandKnit
I think it went pretty well though I'm ready for the computer to shout at me around Qb3 - KnightFury21
Gg - fulmarsky
gg both - Silkthewanderer
I assume the whole concept starting with Bf4 made little sense objectively - NM HandKnit
okay, database supports a5, and then not many games with Bf4 - Silkthewanderer
It is a bit haphazard - NM HandKnit
Bf4 is supposed to happen in a different line, right? - NM HandKnit
like, there's a draw line with Bf4 and Nh5 - Silkthewanderer
I think Nfd2 looks normalish there? But it also seems kinda tame - NM HandKnit
I mean, I think Nc3 is already a bit out of place - NM HandKnit
but yeah, database supports Nd2 after Nc3 - NM HandKnit
I think the key moment for you is e4-e5. That does not look right - Silkthewanderer
The whole setup just turns out to not work - Silkthewanderer
If I don't fix the center it opens up and my pawns and lack of bishop pair will also hurt - NM HandKnit
I think the reason it doesn't work is the f4 weakness. If f4 isn't weak like that it's a whole lot harder for me to play f5 - NM HandKnit
and if I can't play f5 maybe I really start to feel the lack of space - NM HandKnit
I guess that kinda goes back to Bf4, then - Silkthewanderer
It all comes down to Bf4 not being supported by that position - NM HandKnit
spose so - NM HandKnit
so when I played Qb3, Qxb2 is probably just working, right? - NM HandKnit
What did you have planned htere? - Silkthewanderer
Nd2 is what I know I should play and not override with Spur of the moment stuff - Silkthewanderer
After Qxb2 I was hoping for miracle escapes after Nab5 - NM HandKnit
I had calculated 25...Bxa3 26.bxa3 Qb3 27.Qc2 Qxc2 28.Rxc2 Rfc7 29.Re3 Bxa4 and though "only a pawn, want more" - NM HandKnit
but now that it's on the board I can see that I just play b5-b4 and win instantly lol - Silkthewanderer
Based on junps to d6 or Queen chases. Objectively I didn't see anything that would hold - Feet_Barbie
but then just bxb5 - NM HandKnit
yeah I was worried about nonsense but now I see after Bxb5 Qxb5 I can just play Qxf2 - NM HandKnit
after Qb3 I was initially intending to meet Qc2 with Bxa4, but once it was on the board I stopped liking it - Silkthewanderer
That was a line I was hoping for to see - NM HandKnit
and then I got fancy with Qc7 instead of just collecting the easy b-pawn and cashing the a-passer - NM HandKnit
oh I see the computer doesn't collect the b pawn there, but starts pushing the a pawn immediately - Silkthewanderer
The tricky part is that during the game I was actually quite satisfied with my pawn Center while knowing that it is not supposed to work - NM HandKnit
44...a4 45.bxa4 Qc4. Clever - NM HandKnit
Were you? - NM HandKnit
I kept thinking of it as my trump card, haha - Silkthewanderer
I was sinking a lot of time in figuring out breakthroughs with multiple captures on d5 - Silkthewanderer
Which of course never worked because the instant I open a8h1 you play Bc6 and kill me dead - NM HandKnit
yeah, I don't know that they can ever really work because I'm usually gonna have Bc6 - NM HandKnit
yeah - Silkthewanderer
G file is protected and all other files I can't open - Silkthewanderer
Which I figured out eventually - but I should have foreseen the lack of potential before allowing Nxf4 - NM HandKnit
And we're back to Bf4, I guess - NM HandKnit
computer finds a drawing concept in the Q endgame - Silkthewanderer
Yep. It turns out 25 year old theory exists for a reason and people knew what they are doing - NM HandKnit
against Qc7, you play Qa1! with idea of Qa3-Qd6 - Silkthewanderer
Ah, funny. - NM HandKnit
yeah - NM HandKnit
I can't take the pawn because of Qa4+ and b4 and my king becomes vulnerable - Silkthewanderer
That is the kind of move that does not appear in a list of candidate moves very highly - NM HandKnit
Maybe if you had more time - Silkthewanderer
No idea if I would have seen it with 20 minutes, definitely not on 2 - Silkthewanderer
Even then... the geometry is not obvious - NM HandKnit
yeah, you have to be thinking about ping ponging the Q around - NM HandKnit
okay, I gotta get food and also the cat is becoming more and more destructive so I must give him attention - NM HandKnit
good luck in the rest of it - Silkthewanderer
Alright then. Thanks for the game