[Event "Import"] [Site "https://lichess.org/E8yIFh8i"] [Date "2023.09.18"] [White "Yefim Treger"] [Black "Harlan J Kim"] [Result "1-0"] [TimeControl "-"] [Termination "Unknown"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B10"] [Opening "Caro-Kann Defense"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/alanthejudoka"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/MtZbHz7j/9ix92m9b"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 { This rare move is my zest; I want to play the French structure with 3. e5 but prevent trading his black’s light color bishop for my knight } 2... d5 3. e5 c5 4. d4 Nc6 5. c3 Bg4 { Strangely this move causing 6. f3, has some sense, see my comments on the eight’s move } 6. f3 Bf5 7. Ng3 Bg6 { There is a trap. If he wins a pawn by 7... Bxb1 8. Rxb1 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qa5 10.Bd2 Qa2??, then after 11. Bc3 and 12. Ra1 he loses his queen! } 8. dxc5 { I decided to change the whole structure since Black may want to trade c-pawns and attack my weak d4-pawn by, for example, 8. Be2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Bxb1 10. Rxb1 e6 11. O-O Qb6 12. Be3 Nxe5! This variant stresses out weakening g1-a7 diagonal made on the sixth move } 8... e6 9. Be3 Nxe5 10. Bb5+ Nc6 11. Qa4 Qc8 12. Nd2 a6 13. Be2 Nf6 14. O-O Be7 15. f4 O-O 16. b4 Ne8 17. Qb3 Nc7 18. Nf3 f6 19. f5 { It is a good move. Until now there was a very complicated battle when Black had a good pawn center. Now I am destroying it by a temporal pawn sacrifice! } 19... exf5 20. Nd4 Ne5 21. Ngxf5 Qd7 22. Rad1 Bf7 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Nf5 Qd7 26. Nd6 Reb8 27. Nxf7 Qxf7 28. Bd4 Nc6 29. Bd3 { That is a triumph of my strategy! White bishops are strong. One can say they have tamed black knights! } 29... Qh5 30. Rf3 h6 31. Bh7+ Kh8 32. Bg6 { Here I intended to play 32. Rxf6?? but luckily saw that after 32... Nxd4! White is losing. Always check your tactical combinations several times! } 32... Qh4 33. Rh3 Qg4 34. Rg3 Nxd4 35. cxd4 Qh4 36. Bf7 { with an idea of 37. Qg6 with a mate attack; Black should play 36...Qe4 but White is much better. He may play for the mate attack by 37. Qd2 or transform his advantage into “bishop against knight” endgame by 37. Qxe4 } 36... Nb5 { This is losing move } 37. Qg6 Rg8 38. Bxg8 Rxg8 39. Rg4 { 1-0 White wins. } { In addition to all Black’s problems his queen is trapped! } 1-0