[Event "Piermont 3-12-22: Soham vs Johanna"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/QcqCeFFw/3TgkHsxf"] [Result "*"] [UTCDate "2022.03.13"] [UTCTime "19:08:00"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C60"] [Opening "Ruy Lopez: Cozio Defense"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ArtemAleksenko"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/QcqCeFFw/3TgkHsxf"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. O-O g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 Qe8 8. Nbd2 d5? { White can just remove the defenderr of d5 and win a pawn } 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. exd5 Qc5 11. c4 Nd4 12. Ne4 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Qd4 14. Rab1 Bf5 15. Nc3? { White not only blunders the d3 pawn, the bishop on b5 is now stranded and will have difficulty defending the c pawn. } (15. Rfe1 { Defending the knight is much better as it frees the light square bishop from defense of the c pawn (and avoids exposing the weak d3 pawn) }) 15... Qxd3 16. Rbc1 Qxf3? { No reason to simplify just yet! The weak c-pawn is a major target and the trade helps White defend the c pawn. } (16... a6! { And trading Queens no longer works, White loses material no matter what } 17. Qxd3 Bxd3 { [%csl Gf1,Gc4,Gb5] } 18. Rfd1 Bh6 19. Ra1 Bc2 20. Ba4 Bxd1 21. Rxd1) 17. gxf3 Bh6 18. Rce1?? { White traps the f1 rook! } 18... Bd3 19. Rxe5 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 Bg7 21. Re7 Bxc3 22. bxc3 a6 23. Ba4 c6? (23... Rfc8 { Looks a bit ugly , but very effective at keeping all the Queenside pawns intact. }) 24. Rxb7 (24. dxc6 bxc6 25. Bxc6) 24... Rfb8?? { No hurry to simplify, especially not BEFORE recapturing on d5. White will now have an armada of pawns on c and d files with very little resources for Black to stop the march. } (24... cxd5 25. cxd5 Rfb8 26. Bc6 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Bxa6 Ra8) 25. Bxc6 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Ra7 { The extra pawn does matter here for white, as Black will most likely need to sacrifice an exchange in order to prevent the c and d pawns from Queening. } { [%csl Gc4] } 27. Bc6 a5 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. a4 Ke7 30. c5 Kf6 31. Kd3 Rc7 32. Kc4 Rc8 33. Kb5 Rb8+ 34. Kxa5 Rb3 35. c4 Rxf3 36. d6 Rxf2 37. Kb6 Ke6 38. Kc7 Rd2 39. d7 Ke7 40. a5 f5 41. a6 f4 42. a7 f3 43. a8=Q f2 44. Qe8+ Kf6 45. Qf8+ Ke5 46. Ba8 h5 47. Qxf2 Rxf2 48. d8=Q Ra2 49. Qd6+ *