[Event "Position #2"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/cupUfxCA/EOawrxrd"] [Date "2022.12.24"] [White "Arthur De Winter"] [Black "Vjekoslav Nemec"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2368"] [BlackElo "2220"] [Annotator "mistr"] [Variant "From Position"] [ECO "?"] [Opening "?"] [FEN "3r1rk1/1pq2pp1/p2bp2p/8/3R4/2P3P1/PPQ2P1P/1B1R2K1 b - - 0 26"] [SetUp "1"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/cupUfxCA/EOawrxrd"] [Orientation "white"] { [#] In this game, I faced a young Dutch FM, 13 years of age and rated 2368. It is a bit curious, given that I played on the board next to him somewhere in April/ May 2022 and then he was around 2050-2100 rating, yet in the meantime he turned himself in one of the brightest young talents out there. --- In my preparation, I saw that he likes sharp, tactical and aggressive style and I tried to steer the game in a different direction from the very start. } 26... f5? { [%emt 0:26:00] Probably another bad decision while being pressured on the clock and on the board. I was too materialistic here and trying to cling on to my extra pawn, but this creates a lot of weaknesses in my position. In my nervous state, it was probably not smart to make my position even more difficult to play. } (26... g6 { I didn't see that I would lose a pawn after I castled and I was unable to readjust and accept that I probably have to defend the position a pawn down again. } 27. Qd2 { [%cal Rd1d8] } 27... Be7 28. Qxh6 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Bf6 { I don't think this position is easy to convert at all - although it would have been another torture. Still, it was probably smarter from the practical perspective - especially since my opponent doesn't yet have THAT good technique - as was demonstrated later in some games in the tournament. ||Of course, the engines gives just a small advantage to White and thinks this is way better than what happened in the game. }) 27. Qe2 { [%emt 0:17:00] I am not 100% sure if this is the most accurate way forward. } (27. Qb3 { Bothered me much more as after } 27... Qe7 { I felt I am in big trouble due to all the pins and such. Therei s nothing immediate I guess, but Black is in big trouble - and it was really not practical to allow this to my opponent. || COmputer agrees White is significantly better here. }) 27... e5 { [%emt 0:25:00] } 28. Rd5 { [%emt 0:15:00] } 28... Be7 { [%emt 0:21:00] } (28... e4 29. Qh5 { I thought I am just losing a pawn, although there is this nasty resource } 29... Kh7 { Which I kept missing in my calculations. Maybe should have spent more time here and recollected my thoughts. }) 29. Rxd8 { [%emt 0:15:00] } 29... Bxd8 { [%emt 0:22:00] } (29... Rxd8? 30. Bxf5 { Didn't appeal to me - why would I give up the pawn. }) 30. Qh5 { [%emt 0:15:00] } 30... e4 { [%emt 0:22:00] } 31. Rd5 { [%emt 0:12:00] } 31... Bg5 { [%emt 0:22:00] Here I was panicking and not calculating. It is another thing I have noticed in my play - when I am around 20 minutes on the clock and/if when I am under pressure in a tactical position, I sometimes have trouble trying to calm down and calculating to the best of my ability, but instead end up playing too quickly as is the case here. } (31... Kh7!? { Would have made his task much more difficult! }) 32. h4 { [%emt 0:12:00] The final culminating moment in the game, I guess. } 32... Qc6 { [%emt 0:20:00] I saw his response, but I made this move nevertheless! } (32... Be3 { Is equal acording to computer, but I didn't see it at all. I am kinda not blaming myself for that one as the line is trully amazing: } 33. Kg2 Bxf2 34. Kxf2 Qb6+ 35. Kf1 Qxb2 { And the engine claims this is just dead equal - which is not hard to understand from the comfort of your home-chair. But seeing such a hidden resource over the board is very difficult - which is precisely why I should try to dig deeper and give it my all in a position such as this one! } 36. Qd1 Qh2) (32... Bc1 { I didn't like due to } 33. Rxf5 { And here I saw quite some lines where I get mated e.g. } 33... Rxf5 (33... e3 { IS considered as best by the computer, but I didn't consider this resource at all. I should have - I am not able to see moves such as Be3 above, but this one should be on my radar. }) 34. Qxf5 Bxb2 35. Qxe4 Bxc3 36. Qe8#) 33. Bc2 { [%emt 0:12:00] I saw this and it was a pity as it is extremely unpleasant. } 33... g6? { [%emt 0:20:00] Probably the losing mistake, making too many weaknesses in my position. || Indeed, the computer confirms this is where I go wrong and there is no return. } (33... Bc1 34. Rxf5 { I disliked for similar reasons as in line above. || The engine confirms this is true and gives } 34... e3 35. Bb3+ { This wasn't possible with the bishop on b1. }) (33... Kh7 { Was apparently again possible. Now that I look at it - it makes a lot of sense here! } 34. Bb3 Bc1 { And I should again have this g6 idea. }) (33... Kh8 34. Bb3 { And I wasn't sure what exactly I have achieved here. This is true because with the king on h8 I don't have that g6 resource. }) 34. Qd1 { [%emt 0: 12:00] } 34... Bf6 { [%emt 0:20:00] } (34... Be7 { Was possibly better, but I still hated the position after } 35. h5) 35. h5 { [%emt 0:12:00] } 35... gxh5 { [%emt 0:19:00] Collapse, but I didn't see a good move here. } (35... Bg7 36. Rd6 { Was bothering me very much } 36... Qc5 37. Rxg6 e3 { Although here at least it is not immediately over. }) (35... Qe8 { I didn't even consider, but it might actually be the most resillient - a very good defensive move in my opinion. }) 36. Rxf5 { [%emt 0:11:00] } (36. Qxh5 { Was somehow the only move I considered when I thought } 36... Bg5 { Might prolong the game. }) 36... e3 { [%emt 0:17:00] } 37. Qxh5 { [%emt 0:09:00] Very good calculation by my opponent at the very end. } 37... exf2+ { [%emt 0:17:00] } 38. Rxf2 { [%emt 0:10:00] } 38... Bg7 { [%emt 0:16:00] } (38... Bg5 { Leads to mate after } 39. Bb3+ Kg7 40. Rxf8 Kxf8 41. Qf7#) 39. Bb3+ { [%emt 0:08: 00] } 39... Kh8 { [%emt 0:16:00] } 40. Rxf8+ { [%emt 0:06:00] } 40... Bxf8 { [%emt 0:16:00] } 41. Qe5+ { [%emt 0:36:00] } 41... Kh7 { [%emt 0:46:00] } 42. Qf5+ { [%emt 0:36:00] } 42... Kg7 { [%emt 0:46:00] } 43. Qf7+ { [%emt 0:36:00] } 43... Kh8 { [%emt 0:46:00] } 44. Qg8# { [%emt 0:36:00] A very painful, but instructive game that highlights some of the bad weaknesses in my own play: A) Being affected by emotions quite a lot during a game - especially when the position that I get out of the opening is unfamiliar to me or when I am under the pressure. B) Playing way too quickly in many critical moments. Somehow during this tournament, it was better compared to usual, but here this move 25..O-O and then the entire sequence from moves 29-34 was played with way too little thinking. C) Not always fully trusting myself and my understanding. D) Not always exerting myself and trying to calculate to the best of my ability, but rather playing on "feeling" - especially problematic when I don't fully trust myself. } 1-0