[Event "2021 GR Fall Action Challenge"] [Site "Grand Rapids Chess Center"] [Date "2021-09-18"] [Round "4"] [White "Smith, R. Daniel"] [Black "Cooper, Brendan"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "-"] [BlackElo "-"] [TimeControl "G/30;d5"] [Termination "normal"] [Board "11"] [Annotator "Smith, R. Daniel & Lichess"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "B00"] [Opening "Nimzowitsch Defense: Colorado Countergambit"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cSPL3qkN/2gmae5vV"] [Orientation "white"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.24] } 1... Nc6 { [%eval 0.44] } 2. Nf3 { [%eval 0.24] } 2... f5? { [%eval 1.37] } { Mistake. e5 was best. } (2... e5 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1) 3. Nc3? { [%eval 0.13] } { Mistake. exf5 was best. } (3. exf5 d5 4. Bb5 Bxf5 5. Ne5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 Nf6) 3... fxe4 { [%eval 0.55] } 4. Nxe4 { [%eval 0.13] } 4... d5 { [%eval 0.52] } 5. Nc3?! { [%eval -0.21] } { Inaccuracy. Ng3 was best. } (5. Ng3 e5 6. Bb5 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Qd6 9. O-O O-O-O) 5... e5 { [%eval -0.25] } 6. d4 { [%eval -0.56] } 6... e4 { [%eval -0.34] } 7. Ne5 { [%eval -0.51] } 7... Nxe5 { [%eval -0.38] } 8. dxe5 { [%eval -0.69] } 8... Be6 { [%eval -0.6] } 9. Bf4 { [%eval -1.07] } 9... Ne7 { [%eval -1.1] } 10. Bb5+?! { [%eval -1.7] } { Inaccuracy. Qh5+ was best. } (10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qe2 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. g3 Qe8 14. Bg2 c6 15. f3 exf3 16. Bxf3 Nf5) 10... c6 { [%eval -1.75] } 11. Ba4?! { [%eval -2.8] } { Inaccuracy. Be2 was best. } (11. Be2 Ng6 12. Bh5 Bc5 13. Bxg6+ hxg6 14. Qd2 O-O 15. O-O Be7 16. Ne2 c5 17. c3 g5) 11... Ng6 { [%eval -3.05] } 12. Ne2?! { [%eval -4.23] } { Inaccuracy. Bg3 was best. } (12. Bg3 Bc5) 12... Qc7? { [%eval -2.32] } { Mistake. Bc5 was best. } (12... Bc5) 13. Qd4?? { [%eval -4.8] } { Blunder. O-O was best. } (13. O-O Bc5) 13... Nh4?? { [%eval -1.8] } { Blunder. b5 was best. } (13... b5) 14. Rg1? { [%eval -3.39] } { Mistake. O-O was best. } (14. O-O Nf5 15. Qd2 Bc5 16. c4 dxc4 17. Bc2 Rd8 18. Qc1 Rd3 19. b3 O-O 20. bxc4 Qf7) 14... Bh3?? { [%eval -0.55] } { Blunder. Be7 was best. } (14... Be7 15. Qd2 Bc5 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 Qxe5 19. Bb3 a5 20. a4 Rf2 21. Qe1) 15. Qe3?? { [%eval -4.3] } { Trying to avoid Nf3+, which could have forked my queen, king, and rook. I realized almost immediately that Qc3 would have accomplished this without allowing Nxg2+ and costing me a rook. Lichess tells me my best move was just to castle queenside, which I did right afterwards anyways. } (15. gxh3 Nf3+) (15. Qc3) (15. O-O-O Be6) 15... Nxg2+?! { [%eval -3.25] } { Inaccuracy. Qa5+ was best. } (15... Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Nxg2+ 17. Rxg2 Bxg2 18. O-O-O O-O-O 19. e6 Be7 20. Qg3 d4 21. Qxg7 dxc3 22. Rd7) 16. Rxg2 { [%eval -3.41] } 16... Bxg2 { [%eval -3.48] } 17. O-O-O { [%eval -3.43] } 17... Bf3?! { [%eval -2.29] } { Inaccuracy. Qa5 was best. } (17... Qa5 18. Bb3) 18. Re1?? { [%eval -6.89] } { Trying to free up the queen and get out of the pin without dropping the knight; failing to recognize that Black's c6 pawn was pinned. } (18. Rxd5 Qb6) 18... Qa5 { [%eval -6.75] } 19. Nc3 { [%eval -6.38] } 19... Bc5 { [%eval -6.76] } 20. Qd2 { [%eval -6.54] } 20... Bb4 { [%eval -6.12] } 21. Bb3 { [%eval -6.24] } { By this point I had figured out that the c6 pawn was pinned, but I wasn't sure how to exploit it and I wanted to resolve the tension around my c3 knight without dropping the bishop. } 21... O-O-O { [%eval -5.62] } 22. a3 { [%eval -5.84] } 22... Bxc3 { [%eval -5.48] } 23. Qxc3 { [%eval -5.93] } 23... Qxc3 { [%eval -5.56] } 24. bxc3 { [%eval -5.99] } 24... Rhf8 { [%eval -5.85] } 25. Bg5 { [%eval -6.06] } 25... Rde8 { [%eval -6.17] } 26. c4 { [%eval -7.39] } 26... h6?! { [%eval -4.95] } { Inaccuracy. d4 was best. } (26... d4 27. Bh4 c5 28. Bg3 g5 29. c3 d3 30. Kd2 Re6 31. a4 h5 32. h4 gxh4 33. Bxh4) 27. Be3 { [%eval -4.96] } 27... Rxe5 { [%eval -4.36] } 28. Bd4 { [%eval -5.09] } 28... Rg5 { [%eval -4.39] } 29. Bxa7 { [%eval -5.52] } 29... Kc7 { [%eval -4.78] } 30. Bc5 { [%eval -4.83] } 30... Rff5 { [%eval -4.93] } 31. Be7 { [%eval -6.15] } 31... Rh5 { [%eval -6.15] } 32. cxd5 { [%eval -6.02] } 32... cxd5 { [%eval -6.07] } 33. Re3 { [%eval -7.45] } 33... d4 { [%eval -7.38] } 34. Re1 { [%eval -7.53] } 34... Rxh2 { [%eval -7.62] } 35. Be6 { [%eval -7.61] } 35... Re5 { [%eval -8.15] } 36. Bc5 { [%eval -13.36] } 36... Rxc5 { [%eval -13.55] } { Expected } (36... Rxe6 37. Bxd4) 37. Kb2 { [%eval -15.16] } 37... Rxf2 { [%eval -15.54] } 38. Rc1 { [%eval -20.63] } 38... d3 { [%eval -18.37] } 39. Bb3 { [%eval -62.58] } 39... d2 { [%eval -76.42] } 40. c3?! { [%eval #-4] } { Failing to recognize that 40...d1=Q would be discovered check from the f2 rook. } 40... d1=Q+ { [%eval #-3] } 41. Rc2 { [%eval #-3] } 41... Rf1 { [%eval #-2] } 42. Rc1 { [%eval #-2] } 42... Rf2+ { [%eval #-3] } 43. Rc2 { [%eval #-3] } 43... Rh5 { [%eval #-9] } 44. Rxf2 { [%eval #-9] } 44... Rh1?! { [%eval -10.77] } { At this point, we both had less than 3 minutes left and stopped taking notation. The rest of the game is our best reconstruction. The final position is accurate. } 45. Bxd1 { [%eval -11.16] } 45... Rxd1 { [%eval -10.43] } 46. Kc2 { [%eval -11.08] } 46... g5 { [%eval -11.9] } 47. Kb3 { [%eval -13.19] } 47... h5 { [%eval -11.85] } 48. Kb4 { [%eval -14.47] } 48... Kc6 { [%eval -12.92] } 49. Rb2 { [%eval -15.27] } 49... e3 { [%eval -15.0] } 50. Ka4 { [%eval -14.62] } 50... e2 { [%eval -15.31] } 51. Rb4 { [%eval -15.37] } 51... e1=Q { [%eval #-6] } 52. Rc4+ { [%eval #-6] } 52... Kd6 { [%eval #-5] } 53. Ka5 { [%eval #-5] } 53... Qe5+ { [%eval #-5] } 54. Kb4 { [%eval #-2] } 54... Rb1+ { [%eval #-1] } 55. Ka4 { [%eval #-1] } 55... Bd1# 0-1