[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2019.11.14"] [Round "-"] [White "sherstar"] [Black "backrankbrawler"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1724"] [BlackElo "1796"] [TimeControl "1800"] [Termination "backrankbrawler won by resignation"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D05"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Colle System"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/backrankbrawler"] [StudyName "backrankbrawler's Training Games"] [ChapterName "Game 1: sherstar vs. backrankbrawler, Chess.com, 11/14/2019"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/aNgWDsvC/ntZQswBK"] [Orientation "black"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nbd2 { I play the Colle with White as well, so I was familiar with White's ideas. I didn't really have a line prepared, but I knew as long as I played sensibly I wouldn't get run over in the opening. } 5... O-O 6. e4 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8. Bxe4 h6 (8... Nd7 { for some reason I worried about Bxh7+. It doesn't seem dangerous though here. } 9. Bxh7+? Kxh7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Qh5 Nf6 { Black's knight gets back in time. }) 9. O-O Nd7 10. c3 Nf6 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. Qe2 c5 14. dxc5? { Here my opponent makes a mistake but I didn't note it. How would I have to look at this position to catch this? I need to consider all CCT's as candidates and then note that after Bxe5 the natural Qxe5 leaves d3 hanging. } 14... bxc5?? $10 { A pity I didn't see the opportunity here. This spoils an otherwise fine game. However, we can learn from it. } (14... Bxe5 15. Qxe5 Qxd3 16. cxb6 axb6 17. Qc7 Qd5 18. f3 Qc5+) 15. f4 Qc7 16. Nc4 { Should I allow White to trade on d6? Why did I decide not to trade? Part of me thought that the bishop was too valuable to trade and that giving the two bishops to White was not good in this position. } 16... Be7 (16... Rfd8 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rd1 { During the game I thought it was important to keep the dark square bishop. I saw this position in my calculations but didn't realize it was good for Black. } 18... Ba6!) 17. Ne5 (17. f5 { I did consider this pawn push although I didn't reallize think about how I would deal with it. Maybe I just considered that I would be able to take it and defend my bishop on e7. } 17... exf5 $10 18. Rxf5 Rad8 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Bc2 $10) 17... a5?! { I had an idea of a minority attack here although it may have been a little impulsive. } 18. Be3 Nd5 { This gave me the tempo I was looking for to get my knight to d5. This may not have been ideal, but it gave me some activity. } 19. Rad1? { Here White made a mistake. He may have noted the danger on the a7-g1 diagonal and noted that Bf2 was bad. He would have to give concession and waste a move bringing the bishop back, but it would have avoided the trouble he got into. } (19. Bf2? Nxf4 $19) (19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Qe4 (20. Ng4 Rad8 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $10) 20... g6 $15 { My position is solid and my pieces are active. }) 19... Nxe3 20. Qxe3 c4! { Initiating a combination to win the exchange. } 21. Bxc4 Bc5 22. Rd4 Bxd4 { I felt this was simplest. } (22... Rad8 { was considered as well. However, I don't think it's signficantly better or worse than what I played. } 23. Rfd1 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 $19) 23. Qxd4 Rfd8 24. Qe3 Ba6 { Simply trading down with a material advantage. Without this bishop, my opponent's queenside pawns become more vulnerable to attack. } 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. Nf3 Rad6 { Although a visually pleasing maneuver, it is not necessary and I could have done better with my move. } (26... a4 { makes a lot of sense, locking down the b2 pawn so I can attack it. In a way doubling on the file is not necessary yet as White cannot contest it. To find this, I should have thought of my general plan which was to attack White's queenside pawns and that allowing the b-pawn to advance would not so great. }) 27. Nd4 { In particular, my rooks like a little silly now with the knight blocking the position. Of course, I have a firm edge in any case, but since we're after improving, I need to note this. } 27... Qb6 28. Qf2 (28. b3 { would have protected the pawn a little more. }) 28... a4! { Finally working to lock down the b-pawn. } 29. Re1 a3 (29... Rb8 { Maybe makes more sense to me, but I figured that the game move was winning as well and that I could just shift my target to the c-pawn. }) 30. b3 Rc8 31. Qe3 Qc5 32. Qe5 (32. b4 Qc4 { I had something like this in mind here. } (32... Qxc3? 33. Qxc3 Rxc3 34. Nb5 Rcd3 35. Nxd6 Rxd6 { and although Black should have a slight edge White is still kicking. }) 33. Qf2 Qd3!) 32... Rd5 33. Qe3 Qxc3 34. Qxc3 Rxc3 35. Nf3 Rc2 36. Ra1 Rdc5 { Here my opponent resigned. } 0-1