[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cC68v5EO"] [Date "2020.03.20"] [White "Marshall_The_Goat"] [Black "chessentialsBLOG"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2303"] [BlackElo "2427"] [TimeControl "900+15"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "A00"] [Opening "Hungarian Opening: Symmetrical Variation"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/chessentialsBLOG"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/iXbpFq21/Euxckpuc"] [Orientation "white"] 1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c3 e5 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 Ne7 6. c4 dxc4 7. bxc4 Nbc6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9. Nf3 { As we will see later, my opponent always played the same crap setup. } 9... Bh3 10. d3 h6 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rg1 Qd7 13. Nd5 Be6 14. d4 e4 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 18. cxd5 Rfe8 19. O-O-O Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Rd4 { So we have reached an endgame where I am a pawn up. But now suddenly my opponent started to defend very very tenaciously. } 21... Rd8 22. Rgd1 Rd6 23. h4 Kg7 24. Rc4 Rexd5 25. Rxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxc7 { This rook endgame is actually way more difficult to win than it looks like (especially with my endgame technique) . Black needs to be precise. } 26... Rb5 { Very obvious human move, but not the best. } (26... Rf5 { Was stronger, winning the f-pawn, but it is definitely not human to let the queenside pawns fall. } 27. Rxb7 Rxf2 28. Kd2 Rg2 29. Rxa7 Rxg3 { And Black is apparently easily winning. }) (26... Ra5 { Trying to get the a-pawn or defend his own a-pawn was sufficient. } 27. Rxb7 Rxa2 28. Kd1 Kf6) 27. Kd2 { Now it is not at all easy to activate the Black king and defend the weak e4 pawn. } 27... Rb4 28. Kc3 a5 29. Rc4 { Typical brilliance by the engine. It is incredible that the transposition into a pawn endgame with an extra pawn is bad for Black, but the difference in the activity of kings is in his favour. OF course, it is not so difficult to SEE it once it IS THERE, but getting to a position where it works is not probable for an average human player. } 29... e3 30. f3 Rb1 31. Ra4 b6 32. Kd4 Rb2 33. Kxe3 Kf6 { Now of course, I should never lose this endgame with Black, but alas... } 34. Rf4+ Ke6 35. a4 f5 36. Rc4 Kd5 { Moving the king away from the kingside pawns is dumb and risky, but I wanted to win. } 37. Rc8 { Now suddenly it is time to make a draw as Black, but alas... } 37... g5 (37... Ke6 38. Rc6+ Kf7 39. h5 { Is actually bad for Black. }) (37... Rb4 { Going after the a-pawn was the only way to make a draw. } 38. Rg8 Rxa4 39. Rxg6 b5 { And apparently this is drawn. }) 38. h5 Rb3+ 39. Kf2 b5 40. Ra8 bxa4? { A blunder in an unpleasant position. } (40... b4) (40... Kc4 { Were sufficient for a draw, although it is no longer trivial. }) 41. Rxa5+ Ke6 42. Rxa4 { Now I lost both my pawns and was really frustrated, so I lost without many resistance (although apparently my position might be lost all the same). } 42... Rb6 43. f4 Kf6 44. Ra8 Kg7 45. Ra7+ Kg8 46. Ra5 Rf6 47. Kf3 Kg7 48. Ra7+ Kg8 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. e4 fxe4+ 51. Kxe4 g4 52. Ra5 Kh7 53. Rf5 Ra6 54. Kf4 Ra4+ 55. Kg5 Rb4 56. Rf7+ Kg8 57. Rf4 Rb3 58. Kxg4 Kh7 59. Kh4 Rb1 60. g4 Rh1+ 61. Kg5 Ra1 62. Rf7+ Kg8 63. Kg6 Ra6+ 64. Rf6 Ra7 65. h6 Rb7 66. h7+ { And I resigned. Already after this game I was left with an unpleasant aftertaste, but since I obtained an easily winning position, I didn't really think a cheater would allow something like that. Alas, as we will see in a later game, it was not the only game we played and I just realized I never got refunded any rating points for this one. Hi Lichess moderators if you are reading this :). } 1-0