[Event "DCC Denver Open"] [Site "Centennial, CO"] [Date "4/28/2019"] [Round "5"] [White "Joe Beane Jr"] [Black "Chris Burkhardt"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "Unrated"] [TimeControl "G/90+30"] [Termination "Resignation"] [Annotator "Chris"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Van't Kruijs Opening"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/KAAIKOCV/1V7PQvd2"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e3 e5 2. d3 d5 3. c3 { There is a master game in the lichess db with this position. } { Rojas, Nicolas - Volzhin, Alexander, 0-1, Linares Anibal op 03rd, 1996, https://lichess.org/gD7xgoef } 3... Nf6 4. Qc2 { First non-db move. Henceforth I will call this the Beane opening system. } 4... Bf5 5. Nd2 Ng4? { I was so eager to take advantage of the unusual opening that I imagined tactics against the weak f2 square after Qh5. But I didn't see that white could simply defend with g3. I think white's position is solid, and the way to take advantage of it is to develop my pieces normally and use my extra space. } 6. e4 dxe4 (6... Qh4 7. h3 (7. g3) 7... Qxf2+ 8. Kd1 Ne3#) 7. dxe4 Bg6 8. Ndf3 Bc5 9. Nh3!? { Good defensive resource. Beane proved to be very facile with his knights and I was not able to crack through them. } 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Nf6 { I decided my knight was stranded out there. I saw that he could play 10.Nxe5 and possibly trade queens, but he didn't go for that. } (10... f6 11. Bh4 (11. Bc4+ Kh8 12. Bh4)) 11. Bd3 (11. Nxe5 Bxe4 12. Qxe4 (12. Bxf6 Bxc2 13. Bxd8 Rxd8) 12... Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Rxd8) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Bh5 13. Be2 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Kh1 Bg4 { Threatening to take on h3 and double his pawns. } 16. Nhg1 Qg6 17. Nh4 Qh5 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. Nf5 Nf6 { I thought my knight and queen could find some attacks on the kingside, but they end up just getting tangled up over there by white's nights. I should have also been aware of b4 here, but never was. } 20. f3 (20. b4 Bd6 21. f3 Qg5 22. Nh3 Qh5 23. Rfd1 Rad8 24. Qf2) 20... Qg5 21. Nh3 Qg6 (21... Qh5 22. Nf2 Rad8 23. Nd3 Bb6) 22. b4! { Only now did I see the potential queen fork.` There is no way to save my c pawn. } { [%cal Rf5e7,Re7g6,Re7g8] } 22... Bd6 23. Rad1 Kh8 (23... Kh7 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6) 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Rxd6 Qh5 26. Nf2 Qg5 27. Rfd1 Nh5 28. Nh3 Qh4 { I feel like I'm much worse and am just hoping to find some attack against the king with my Q and N. Stockfish says white's advantage is already +2.5 } 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. Rd7 b6 31. Qd5?? { I was despairing until my opponent made this mistake. After this fork I had an easy time converting the win. } 31... Nf6 32. Qxe5 Nxd7 33. Rxd7 Qe1+ 34. Ng1 Rad8 35. Qd4 Rxd7 36. Qxd7 Qxc3 37. Qd6 Rc8 38. h3 Qe1 39. Qd4 Rc1 40. e5 g6 41. Kh2 Rd1 42. Qf4 Kg7 43. Qf6+ Kg8 44. e6 Qxg1+ 45. Kg3 Qe1+ 46. Kf4 Qxb4+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 Qxe6 0-1