[Event "Bury St Edmunds Congress (Minor)"] [Site "https://lichess.org/study/9tbsYAXq/ckXU7Vou"] [Date "2021.10.23"] [Round "3"] [White "Bradshaw, Craig"] [Black "Ferris, Oliver"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1356"] [BlackElo "1450"] [Annotator "Edmund Player"] [Variant "Standard"] [ECO "D00"] [Opening "Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System"] [StudyName "Suffolk Junior Chess Game Analysis"] [ChapterName "Bradshaw, Craig - Ferris, Oliver"] [Source "https://lichess.org/study/yXSKH4P2/fiM0EvzO"] [Orientation "black"] 1. d4 (1. e4) 1... d5 2. Bf4 Nc6?! { Oliver was inspired by Jobava's London System (available on the Chessable website: https://www.chessable.com/ the-jobava-london-system/course/28333/), so decided to try the same setup White executes as Black. Although this is not the best move in this position, it is not a common move and would have certainly taken White by surprise. Sometimes the surprise element is more important when playing chess openings. } (2... c5! 3. e3 (3. dxc5?! { because Black can aim for e5 and recapture the pawn naturally with the dark-squared bishop. } 3... Nc6 { [%cal Ge7e5] } 4. Nf3 e6 { [%cal Gf8c5] } (4... f6 { [%cal Ge7e5,Gf8c5] })) 3... Nc6 4. c3 Qb6 { [%cal Gb6b2] } 5. Qb3 (5. Qc2 Nf6 6. Nd2 { Here Black can try g6 or bringing the light-squared bishop all the way to g4. } { [%cal Gc8g4,Gg4h5,Gh5g6,Gg7g6] }) 5... c4 6. Qc2 e5!? { The point of this move is to mess up White's solid structure and get some fast and dangerous development. } (6... Bf5!? { is also an option. White has to drop back to c1 because taking the bishop leaves b2 en prix. }) (6... Nf6 { The most natural move is also fine. }) 7. dxe5 (7. Bxe5? Nxe5 8. dxe5 Bf5! { Black has full compensation. }) 7... Bf5 8. Qc1 g5! 9. Bxg5 (9. Bg3? { just invites Black to attack even more. } 9... h5 10. h4 gxh4 11. Rxh4 Nge7 { [%cal Ge7g6,Gg6e5,Gc6e5] }) 9... Nxe5 10. Nd2 f6! (10... Bg7 { 1/2-1/2 (54) Djordjevic,V (2347)-Delchev,A (2567) Paracin 2019 }) 11. Bf4 Ne7 { Black's development advantage and menacing knights fully compensate for the pawn loss. }) 3. e3 Bf5 4. Bd3 (4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 { preparing c4. } { now the knight on c6 is slightly misplaced. Black would ideally like to push their c-pawn to c6 or c5, and then decide what to do with the knight, e.g., whether it goes to d7 or the more central c6 square. } { [%csl Gb4] } 5... Nf6 6. c4 $14 { 1-0 (29) Kasparov,G (2812)-Behne,M Moenchengladbach 2016. }) 4... Qd7 5. Nc3 f6?? { Oliver clearly wanted to play e5, gaining space in the centre of the board. Unfortunately this move also weakens Black's king, so a better option would have been to just develop the knight to f6, followed by e6, etc. } 6. Bb5? { White missed their chance and from now on Black did a fantastic job at playing actively and fighting for extra space. } (6. Qh5+! { At first this doesn't look so good because of } 6... g6 { but White has a tactical intermezzo, winning material. } 7. Bxf5! Qxf5 8. Qxf5 gxf5 9. Nxd5 $18) 6... O-O-O 7. Nf3 a6 8. Ba4 h5 9. h4 Nh6?! { "Knights on the edge fall of the hedge". This move isn't that bad, but Black will need an extra tempo to ensure the knight on the rim is working hard again, e.g., to f7 supporting a potential e5 break in order to get back into the game. } (9... e6 { with the idea of Bd6 and Nge7 would have been a more solid approach. } { [%csl Gd6,Ge7,Gg6] }) 10. a3 e6 11. Qe2 { a bit slow. } (11. b4! { White could have started attacking straight away, taking advantage of the fact that Black doesn't have too many queenside defenders. }) 11... Bd6 12. b4 { now it's too late for the attack and Oliver quickly took advantage of White's weakenesses. } 12... Bxf4 13. exf4 Qd6 (13... Bg4 { pinning White's knight and allowing the offside knight to enter the game again via the f5 square, was also an option. }) 14. b5 axb5 15. Nxb5?? (15. Qxb5 { was the only way for White to hold on, but Black could continue confidently into the middlegame/ endgame, because of White's broken structure. } 15... Na7 16. Qa5 Qb6 17. Qxb6 cxb6 $17) 15... Qxf4 16. c3 e5 { Boom! Black's opens things up. } 17. Kf1 (17. O-O { allows } 17... e4 { and the h4 pawn is falling. }) 17... exd4 18. Nfxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bg4 20. f3 Bd7 (20... Nf5! 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 $19 { and White's position and King are pretty hopeless. }) 21. Bxd7+ Rxd7 22. a4 g5 { another active and bold move, although Black could have brought the knight in again to f5. Simplifying the position is usually a good idea when one is up in terms of material. } (22... Nf5 23. Nxf5 Qxf5 $19) 23. a5 Nf5 24. Ne6?? { A losing blunder. } (24. Nxf5 Qxf5 { Now White has some counterplay on the queenside and the position is very unclear. } 25. Kf2 $13 { connecting the rooks. } { [%cal Ga5a6] }) 24... Ng3+ { A nice Zwischenzug and it's Black who will come out on top. } 25. Kf2 Nxe2 26. Nxf4 Nxf4 27. a6 Rdd8 28. a7 Kd7 29. hxg5 fxg5 30. Rhd1 h4 31. Rh1 Ra8 32. Rh2 Kc6 33. Rhh1 b6 34. Ra3 Kb7 35. Rha1 Nd3+ 36. Ke3 Ne5 37. Kd4 Nc6+ 38. Kxd5 Rxa7 39. Rxa7+ Nxa7 40. c4 c6+ 41. Ke5 h3 42. gxh3 Rxh3 43. Ke4 Rh4+ 44. Kd3 g4 45. f4 Nc8 46. f5 Nd6 47. f6 b5 48. c5 Rh3+ 49. Ke2 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 Nf7 51. Kf4 Rh6 52. Kxg4 Rxf6 53. Rd1 Ne5+ 54. Kg5 Rf7 55. Rd6 Rd7 56. Kf5 Rxd6 57. cxd6 Nf7 { (and around this point White resigned.) An excellent first victory for Oliver who showed a lot of maturity and great concentration to fend off any potential counterattacking play from White, especially considering it was a third round game on Saturday night when everyone had already played around 6 hours-worth of chess! } 58. Ke6 Nxd6 59. Kxd6 b4 { 0-1 White resigns. } 0-1