[Event "Club championship round 8"] [Site "https://lichess.org/"] [Date "11/9/2018, 10:04:36 AM"] [White "Lawrence Farrington"] [Black "Nathan Hall"] [Result "0 - 1"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "C14"] [Opening "French Defense: Classical Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/ChesspatzerNZL"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/h1b88ypF/YgQ10ihM"] [Orientation "black"] 1. e4 { [%eval 0.12] } 1... e6 { [%eval 0.12] } 2. d4 { [%eval 0.08] } 2... d5 { [%eval 0.16] } 3. Nc3 { [%eval 0.0] } (3. Nd2) 3... Nf6 { [%eval 0.08] } (3... Bb4) 4. Bg5 { [%eval 0.0] } 4... Be7 { [%eval 0.26] } 5. e5 { [%eval 0.1] } 5... Nfd7 { [%eval 0.25] } 6. Bxe7 { [%eval 0.07] } 6... Qxe7 { [%eval 0.15] } 7. Nf3 { [%eval 0.0] } 7... a6 { [%eval 0.09] [%cal Gc3b5,Gb5d6,Gc7c5] } 8. Bd3 { [%eval 0.02] } 8... c5 { [%eval 0.14] } 9. dxc5 { [%eval -0.01] } 9... Nxc5 { [%eval 0.1] } 10. O-O { [%eval 0.18] } 10... Nc6 { [%eval 0.19] } { Surprised that Lawrence was willing to give up his good bishop. } 11. Re1 { [%eval 0.17] } 11... Bd7 { [%eval 0.33] } 12. a3 { [%eval 0.13] } 12... b5 { [%eval 0.61] } 13. Na2?! { [%eval 0.1] } 13... O-O { [%eval 0.06] } 14. c3 { [%eval 0.07] } { Felt that this move weakened his light squares so the knight bishop imbalance was the best was to push for an advantage. As this bishop was also his main attacking piece my king felt much safer. } { [%csl Gc2,Gb3,Gc4,Gd3] } 14... Nxd3 { [%eval 0.0] } 15. Qxd3 { [%eval 0.01] } 15... Na5 { [%eval 0.47] } { Immediately going for an outpost. Inducing b3 or b4 was in my interests to make c3 a weakeness. } 16. Nd2?! { [%eval -0.6] } { This setup seemed too passive. } 16... f6 { [%eval 0.0] } { Considered many moves at this point however decided to try play on both sides of the board. } (16... Nc4 { Was wary of going into bishop vs knight, as there were some nice squares for the knight and could backfire. However positionally I think this was reasonable. } 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Qd2 { [%csl Gd4][%cal Ga2b4,Gb4c2,Gc2d4] }) 17. f4 { [%eval -1.23] } { I was relieved to see this move. Positionally this makes many problems for white. With 17. exf this swaps f file pressure for e file pressure however now I got the f file pressure for free. } (17. exf6 Qxf6 { [%csl Ge6,Gf2][%cal Gf6f2,Gf8f2,Ge1e6] } 18. Nf3 (18. Qe3 Nc4 19. Nxc4) (18. Re2 Nc4 19. Nf3 { [%csl Ge6][%cal Ga1e1,Ge1e6] }) 18... Nc4 19. b3 Nd6) 17... fxe5 { [%eval -1.1] } 18. fxe5 { [%eval -1.11] [%csl Gf8] } 18... Be8 { [%eval -0.4] } (18... Rf5) 19. Qe3 { [%eval -1.39] } 19... Bg6 { [%eval -0.57] } 20. Nb4 { [%eval -0.75] } 20... Nc4 { [%eval -0.48] } 21. Nxc4 { [%eval -0.55] } 21... bxc4 { [%eval -0.42] } 22. Re2 { [%eval -2.03] } 22... Qb7 { [%eval -1.7] } { Aiming for a5 } { [%cal Ga6a5] } 23. Rae1 { [%eval -1.61] } { couldn't see when the e file would open, so was comfortable here. However was keeping and eye out for nxd4 shots. } (23. h3 a5 24. Na2 (24. Nc2 Qxb2 25. Rc1 Bd3) 24... Qb3 25. Nc1 Qd1+) (23. Qc5 { [%cal Gb4c6] } 23... a5 24. Nc6 Bd3 25. Rd2 Qf7 26. h3) 23... Rf7 { [%eval -1.31] } 24. Rd2 { [%eval -1.34] } 24... Raf8 { [%eval -1.58] } 25. Qc5 { [%eval -2.76] } (25. Nxd5 exd5 26. e6 { [%cal Gf7e7] } 26... Re7 { Plenty of blockaders ready. }) 25... Qb8 { [%eval 0.0] } { Threatening qxe4 rxe4 rf1# } (25... a5 { A very clever move I didn't spot during the game. I was willing to gambit the a pawn, as I did. But misplacing the queen on the a7-g2 diagonal is more important that displacing the knight. } 26. Qxa5 { [%cal Ga7g1] } (26. Nxd5 exd5 27. e6 Rf5) 26... Qe7 27. Qb6 Qg5 28. Qd4 Rf4 29. Qb6 Qxe5) 26. h3 { [%eval -0.81] } (26. Qd6 Qa7+ { Was planning this check, and infiltration on the 7th however whites queen is annoyingly placed. Underestimated this option for white. }) 26... Qd8 { [%eval -0.58] } 27. Nxa6 { [%eval -1.84] } { Too greedy. } 27... Qg5 { [%eval 0.0] } (27... Qh4 { Was weighing both these options up however thought qg5 left be4 as an option in the future. } 28. Red1 (28. Qe3 Rf3 29. gxf3 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Qxe1+ 31. Qf1 Qxd2)) 28. Qd4 { [%eval -4.72] } (28. Qe3 { didn't realise this option was available. } 28... Rf1+ 29. Rxf1 (29. Kh2 { Party pooper... I was a aware of this tactic for quite a while but didn't notice that h3 stopped it. }) 29... Qxe3+ 30. Rff2 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Qxf2) 28... Qg3 { [%eval -4.37] } 29. Red1 { [%eval -10.28] } (29. Rde2 Bd3 30. Qg4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 { [%csl Gf7] } 32... Rf1+ 33. Kh2) 29... Bd3 { [%eval -10.26] } 30. Rxd3 { [%eval -9.92] } 30... cxd3 { [%eval -9.38] } { Rf2 is now a major problem. } { [%cal Gf7f2] } 31. Nc5 { [%eval #-3] } (31. Rxd3 Rf1#) (31. Qxd3 Qxe5 (31... Rf1+ 32. Qxf1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1)) 31... Rf2 { [%eval #-2] } { Here White resigned. } 0 - 1