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Draw by mutual agreement
FEN
[Event "Rated classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/mruTHjIv"]
[Date "2024.07.28"]
[White "yeyq"]
[Black "GiveMeKite"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[GameId "mruTHjIv"]
[UTCDate "2024.07.28"]
[UTCTime "18:00:51"]
[WhiteElo "2186"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[WhiteRatingDiff "+2"]
[BlackRatingDiff "-3"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]
[ECO "A31"]
[Opening "English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[Annotator "lichess.org"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 { A31 English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Anti-Benoni Variation } cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d5 6. cxd5 Bc5 7. N5c3 O-O 8. g3 Ng4 9. e3 f5 10. Be2 Nd7 11. a3 Ndf6 12. b4 Bb6 13. Ra2?! { (-0.08 → -0.68) Inaccuracy. h3 was best. } (13. h3) 13... f4 14. h3 fxg3?! { (-0.76 → 0.24) Inaccuracy. Nxf2 was best. } (14... Nxf2) 15. hxg4 gxf2+ 16. Kf1 e4 17. Nd2?? { (0.21 → -1.60) Blunder. g5 was best. } (17. g5) 17... Bxe3?? { (-1.60 → 2.50) Blunder. Qe8 was best. } (17... Qe8 18. Rh4 Bd8 19. Rh2 Nxg4 20. Bxg4 Qg6 21. Rg2 Qh6 22. Bh5 Bh3 23. Ncxe4) 18. Ndxe4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxc1 20. Qxc1 Bxg4?! { (2.86 → 4.47) Inaccuracy. h6 was best. } (20... h6 21. d6 b5 22. Qe3 Bb7 23. Rd2 a5 24. Rh5 axb4 25. Ng5 Rxa3 26. Qe6+) 21. Qg5?? { (4.47 → 0.81) Blunder. Bxg4 was best. } (21. Bxg4) 21... Bxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Qxg5 23. Nxg5 Rac8 24. Kg2 Rc4?? { (0.66 → 4.02) Blunder. Rf5 was best. } (24... Rf5 25. Ne6) 25. Ne4?? { (4.02 → 0.70) Blunder. Ne6 was best. } (25. Ne6 Rf6 26. Rxf2 Rg6+ 27. Kf1 h6 28. Rf8+ Kh7 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Rf3 Rc2+) 25... Rd4 26. d6 Rf4 27. Nxf2 Rxd6 28. Rhe1 h6 29. Re7 Rg6+ 30. Kf1 Rg3 31. R1e3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 g5 33. Re7 Rf7 34. Rxf7 Kxf7 35. Ne4 Ke6 36. Nc5+ Kf5?? { (-0.22 → 2.52) Blunder. Kd5 was best. } (36... Kd5 37. Nxb7) 37. Nxb7 Kf4? { (2.36 → 4.63) Mistake. Ke6 was best. } (37... Ke6 38. Na5 Kd7 39. Kg2 Kd6 40. Kf3 Kd5 41. Kg4 Kd6 42. a4 Kd5 43. Kf5) 38. Kg2?? { (4.63 → 2.00) Blunder. Nd8 was best. } (38. Nd8) 38... h5?? { (2.00 → 5.05) Blunder. Ke5 was best. } (38... Ke5 39. Na5) 39. a4 h4 40. Nd6 g4 41. b5 h3+ 42. Kh2 Ke5?! { (5.53 → 7.55) Inaccuracy. Ke3 was best. } (42... Ke3 43. a5 Kd4 44. b6 axb6 45. axb6 Kd5 46. b7 g3+ 47. Kxg3 h2 48. Kxh2) 43. Nc8 Kf4 { Black offers draw } { The game is a draw. } 1/2-1/2
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Spectator room
- GiveMeKite
Ndf6 just feels more principled, their queenside development is already iffy - GiveMeKite
Nxf2 looks so good though, this is a really hard choice - GiveMeKite
I can't bring myself to sacrifice it - GiveMeKite
I think Kg2 and the king is safe enough that they have time to build pressure on my e3 pawn and take it - GiveMeKite
without that e3 pawn halting development, I think they'd be better - GiveMeKite
now I have to reevaluate Nxf2 all over again, holy cow - GiveMeKite
my gut says Nxf2 is better now, I'm about to burn another 10+ minutes -_- - GiveMeKite
no there's no way with Nxf2 - RBorja1980
Let's go Yeyq! - GiveMeKite
the immediate f4 is also on the table - GiveMeKite
for me, I think for them f4 would be a little sus - GiveMeKite
"a little sus" - completely awful - GiveMeKite
right now I'm thinking Nxf2 vs f4. I'm ahead on development, I need to open things up and attack - GiveMeKite
I still think they can tuck away the king fast enough after Nxf2 - GiveMeKite
and now their b pawn is gone, and also the rook isn't on that diagonal anymore - GiveMeKite
a possible exchange sac too, my favorite - GiveMeKite
14. Bxg4 Nxg4 15. exf4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 - GiveMeKite
well I guess it's actually now or never on Nxf2 - GiveMeKite
wait fxg3??? - GiveMeKite
I was thinking about g4 mostly but I see a pretty forcing line with Qd6, worried more about complications from Nd2 - Feet_Barbie
(16...e4) interesting - Feet_Barbie
(17.Nd2) very cool skewer on c4 - Feet_Barbie
(17.Nd2) how does black get in - Feet_Barbie
(17...Bxe3) mmh maybe - GiveMeKite
Ok if Ndxe4, I think I win the piece back with better king safety - GiveMeKite
actually if either knights takes, I think that is the case - GiveMeKite
oh no I missed a tactical detail - Feet_Barbie
(19.Nxe4) right - Feet_Barbie
(19.Nxe4) he missed bc4 - Feet_Barbie
(19.Nxe4) bxc1 qxc1 qxd4 bc4 still works cos queen moved - GiveMeKite
shoot did I just throw all of my advantage away - Feet_Barbie
(19.Nxe4) why they blitz tactics :O always recheck the moves every move you just go deeper - GiveMeKite
I missed Bc4 to pin my quen to my king after BxB and Qxd5 - GiveMeKite
At least I have Bxg4 - Feet_Barbie
(19...Bxc1) do you - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bxg4) bxg4 bxg4 qxd5 qc2? - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bxg4) re8 nf6+ gxf6 qxh7 - Feet_Barbie
(20...Bxg4) @milsbees sorry i called ur game boring earlier - GiveMeKite
I think I have tricks later with Rc8 it I trade everything down - GiveMeKite
I think if Kxe2 instead of Rxe2, I would have lost the game - GiveMeKite
I still might lose, but I think I can promote or win a rook here - Feet_Barbie
(23...Rac8) kg2? - GiveMeKite
actually Kg2 and I might still be losing, I thought Rc4 was enough but maybe not - Feet_Barbie
(24.Kg2) ahah yeah kite - Feet_Barbie
(24...Rc4) maybe ne4 - GiveMeKite
I think we're just going to have to go into a worse endgame and try to hold - Grzybozbur
i liked ne6 better, now it looks like black can win the passer, and white will have to think - Feet_Barbie
(26.d6) thats where i always go wrong i never want the worse endgame ahah - GiveMeKite
morale is low, I had such a good position and then I just miscalculated some stuff - Feet_Barbie
(26.d6) and go all in before - Feet_Barbie
(26.d6) a tip to future kite, always recheck the line every move, i know its obvious but it really improved my play and many of my friends - Feet_Barbie
(26...Rf4) you see a long sequence dont just play every move fast, recheck everything cos your visualization is gonna be more clear if - Feet_Barbie
(26...Rf4) its already one move in on the board - Feet_Barbie
(26...Rf4) for example after bxe3 you played instantly but could still have rechecked the variation - Feet_Barbie
(26...Rf4) this is meant to help i do mistakes all the time myself (yesterdays game) - Feet_Barbie
(27...Rxd6) kg3! - GiveMeKite
I think I can manage a draw with two pawns against a knight - GiveMeKite
since they are connected, passed pawns - Feet_Barbie
(31.R1e3) but not if you lose the other pawns - Feet_Barbie
(33...Rf7) this cant be right? - Feet_Barbie
(33...Rf7) quick some endgame master tell me @rborja1980 - Grzybozbur
well, how does white win this with rooks off? - Grzybozbur
it doesn;t seem that he can cover both flanks at the same time - Grzybozbur
black gets the king to the center and white king alone can't stop the passers - Grzybozbur
i mean, he can stop them, but not win them - Grzybozbur
and if he tries to win the kingside pawns, the knight has to leave the q-side and black will attack the weak white pawns - Grzybozbur
so the only option seems to be the white king on the q-side, but then black should be able to defend - GiveMeKite
giving away the b pawn for king activity and possible promotion, but I think it's just lost honestly - GiveMeKite
b6 might have been better than Ke6, to just lure the knight more into the corner - Grzybozbur
so why did black king go to the kingside? - GiveMeKite
oh maybe I hsould be putting my king on the other side of the board... - GiveMeKite
creating two threats, since I already have a strong kingside threat - Feet_Barbie
(38...h5) here s the answer ahah - GiveMeKite
I need to go after those pawns on the queenside - Grzybozbur
now might be too late for that - GiveMeKite
can I play for a win, is the knight far enough away - GiveMeKite
oh no I think not - Grzybozbur
now white just pushes the pawns and promotes, what does black intend to do about that? - Inter-temporal
(41.b5) i wonder if the position before 37.Nxb7 exists in an endgame book - Grzybozbur
i don't know, but i don't see how white could win this before the black king went astray - Grzybozbur
now white wins the second pawn and the knight can go pick up the kingside pawns - Feet_Barbie
(42...Ke5) havent given it much thought but maybe it was always winning - Grzybozbur
how? - Grzybozbur
36.nc5 kd5 nxb7 kc4 - Grzybozbur
and the a-pawn falls, because if white defends ith nc5 black has a5 - GiveMeKite
oh my god, they have a fork at the end - GiveMeKite
they have enough time to get their knight back - Feet_Barbie
(43...Kf4) they also have na5 - GiveMeKite
desperation draw offer? maybe he's scared too, and low on time - Feet_Barbie
(43...Kf4) idk it does require lots of calculation not sure u might be right - GiveMeKite
always worth it to try - Feet_Barbie
(43...Kf4) maybe they went wrong even earlier - Grzybozbur
na5 doesn;t defend the a-pawn - RBorja1980
Gg - yeyq
ouch - GiveMeKite
yeah - GiveMeKite
I think after Na7->c6->e5 you had a fork at the end - GiveMeKite
well not really a fork, a deflection, but yeah - yeyq
didn't see that and did't want to risk losing - Grzybozbur
yes, but white can't advance the pawns with the knight on a5 - GiveMeKite
so 14. ...Nxf2 was the right move, huh - Grzybozbur
so black can just chill with kis king there - GiveMeKite
I do not understand what you're saying, I don't see the knight going to a5 ever - Grzybozbur
i'm talking about the line after 36 nc5 - GiveMeKite
AND 14. ...Nxe3... wow - GiveMeKite
ah I see - Feet_Barbie
well very cool game the opening was so fun - GiveMeKite
oh that's crazy - Grzybozbur
black had an easy plan, just attack the white pawns and i don;t see what white could do about it - Feet_Barbie
did u see he could take on g4 anyways? - Feet_Barbie
in middlegame - GiveMeKite
Barbie what move #? - Feet_Barbie
21 - Feet_Barbie
endgame yeah it was drawn very instructive - GiveMeKite
no Barbie, I did not see that at all - Feet_Barbie
should not be based off calculation but knowledge and instincts i m not there yet - GiveMeKite
I played Bxg4 thinking that with my queen hitting the rook, the knight, and xraying the other rook I had something - GiveMeKite
and just didn't see Re2 at all, kinda sad - Feet_Barbie
and i saw qx2 and nf6 line which is cool - Feet_Barbie
sadly re2 is better and works too - Feet_Barbie
but qc2 is more cool - Feet_Barbie
ahaha - Feet_Barbie
qc2 re8 nf6 qxh7 - Feet_Barbie
well turns out the english isnt that borign uh - GiveMeKite
I really liked studying the opening for this game, but I should probably spend more time on middlegame study... - Feet_Barbie
noo this opening looks so fun ahah - Feet_Barbie
its all about tactics and calculation that brings the most improvement - Feet_Barbie
i feel like you rushed some moves in the critical moment but its hard to understand when the critical moment hits - Feet_Barbie
qe8 is a cool idea very useful typical of f5 openings like the dutch or like the grand prix attack - GiveMeKite
I rushed at the wrong times, I missed tactics, I just wasn't all there. yeyq played the better game by far - Feet_Barbie
was best move on move 17 could be useful to remember as a maneuver - Feet_Barbie
he had to defended all game cos a madman was coming for his throat ahah - Feet_Barbie
very interesting game both of you - GiveMeKite
thank you, I like to play slow/positional usually but I saw this opening in yeyq's history and thought it was a great chance - GiveMeKite
to try something a little different - yeyq
yeah, i lost it previously - Feet_Barbie
could be helpful to improve in this area of the game to try sometimes more sharp play - GiveMeKite
yeah 100%, sharp terrifies me but I need to work on it - GiveMeKite
17. ...Qe8, so much to learn - GiveMeKite
Qe8 -> g6 and then there are so many threats - GiveMeKite
I pushed e4 thinking of Qd6, I didn't even think of getting the queen over there in other ways - GiveMeKite
And if g4 I was going to give up the knight, so Qe8 g4 Qg6 really should have come to mind since I can give the knight up there too - Feet_Barbie
yeah you need the queen on the g file i couldnt make it work moving the knight - GiveMeKite
Like 15 min before the game, I had 0 d4 prep - GiveMeKite
I was looking through yeyq's classical games, and saw there was a recent d4 one - GiveMeKite
And I was like oh crap, did he cook something in d4 for me - yeyq
not this time :) - GiveMeKite
And I scrambled to look at the London - GiveMeKite
gg yeyq, you played the better game, hope to play you again sometime. Very fun opening - yeyq
thank you, it very interesting, gg