[Event "Bodley Cup 2014"] [Site "St.Benildus Chess Club"] [Date "2014.10.01"] [Round "2"] [White "Vincent Denard"] [Black "Mark Dennehy"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1003"] [BlackElo "1019"] [EventDate "2014.10.01"] [Annotator "Stockfish 230814 64"] 1. e4 {+0.24} 1. ... c6 {+0.39} 2. d4 {+0.33} 2. ... d5 {+0.33} 3. exd5 {+0.23} 3. ... cxd5 {+0.24} 4. Nc3 {Wait, what? That's not in the exchange variation. It's not in any of my basic opening books, or in the MCO... -0.01} 4. ... Bf5 {Well, if he won't block me from doing it with Bd3, I'll go ahead and play the natural move here... +0.23} 5. Nf3 {+0.00} 5. ... Nf6 {Hummed and hawed a bit here wondering if I should do this or e6 first, but couldn't see a reason not to and didn't think bringing out the queen so early if he played Nxd was the best approach. +0.13} 6. Bf4 {+0.20} 6. ... e6 {Didn't think Bf4 was doing anything other than attacking a covered knight and developing, so I got on with my development. +0.44} 7. Nb5 $201 {Wallop. That was unpleasant. Obvious threat is now Nc7+ +0.63} 7. ... Bb4+ $2 $16 {And I'm toast. For some reason, that Knights-on-the-rim-are-dim phrase stuck in my head and I was thinking that Na6 wasn't the better move here and I could go round the knight with the bishop to defend the c7 square; but it sooooo is. This damn near lost me the game in 15 moves. +2.65 / +0.63} ( 7. ... Na6 8. c3 Be7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. g4 Be4 11. f3 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bd3 Bh4+ 14. Kf1 Qf6 15. Bd6 Bg5 16. Kg2 Be3 17. Qe2 Qh4 $14 ) 8. c3 {+2.79} 8. ... Ba5 {+2.71} 9. Nd6+ $201 {And there it is, the move I missed. That's castling rights gone and a pawn to boot. +2.75} 9. ... Ke7 $2 $18 $201 {The engines strongly disagree here and for good reason; I'm looking to let the rook out before hiding behind an undisturbed pawn wall, but I've missed some nastier tactics the engines are seeing. +5.26 / +2.75} ( 9. ... Kf8 $16 ) 10. Nxb7 $2 $18 {And another lucky escape for me there. +3.17 / +5.26} ( 10. Qb3 b5 11. Bxb5 Kf8 12. Nb7 Qb6 13. Qa3+ Kg8 14. Qxa5 Qxa5 15. Nxa5 h6 16. h4 Be4 17. Ke2 a6 18. Ba4 Nbd7 19. Bc6 Ra7 20. Rag1 Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Kh7 22. g4 Rd8 23. g5 $18 ) 10. ... Qb6 $201 {Only place for the queen to go. +3.41} 11. Nxa5 $6 $16 {Wasn't expecting that, but I'll take it. And it's a very very lucky escape - the only other game I could find with this opening was Huesemann v Schulz, in round 3 of BEM-ch U16/18, 1998 and there white played Bd6+and the natural Ke8 was followed by Qa4+ and the game ended in resignation on move 15 after some utter mangling of black by white: http://www.365chess.com/game.php?gid=912554 +2.23 / +3.41} ( 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. axb3 Bb6 13. Bd6+ Kd7 14. Ne5+ Kc8 15. Nxf7 Rg8 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. dxc5 Kb7 $18 ) 11. ... Qxa5 $201 {+2.23} 12. b4 $6 $14 {I didn't see the Qb3 move here that the engine's talking about, but it's right, it's better. Keeps the pressure up on me and eventually wins material but more, keeps me frazzled. +1.42 / +2.23} ( 12. Qb3 Nbd7 13. a4 Kf8 14. Qb7 Qd8 15. Ba6 Kg8 16. O-O h6 17. Qc6 Kh7 18. Bb7 Rc8 19. Bxc8 Qxc8 20. Qb5 Rg8 $16 ) 12. ... Qb6 {And somehow I've escaped with only the loss of a pawn. Not sure how... +1.34} 13. Be2 {+1.35} 13. ... Re8 {Firstly I'm thinking of hiding my king away and secondly of pointing the rook at his king. There was some very vague idea of using this in a tactic, but it was too nebulous to pin down. +1.48} 14. Nd2 {+1.42} 14. ... Nbd7 {And that's the opening formally over. Down one pawn, castling rights lost, bishop pair lost, queenside in utter disarray, and still lucky that's all that was. What a mangling of an opening! +1.50} 15. Nb3 {I'm guessing Nc5 here, but beyond it being good positionally, I don't see any real plan behind it. +1.39} 15. ... Ne4 {Attacking the weak c3 pawn. +1.47} 16. Bd2 {+1.12} 16. ... Ne5 {Knight's perfectly safe, dxN leads to Qxf2# +1.41} 17. O-O {Natural move. +1.39} 17. ... Nc4 $201 {The skittles room thinks all I get from this is an exchange (BxN, dxB) that leaves the c4 pawn trapped. But in the game, I saw the loss of the bishop pair and thought that wasn't the worst outcome ever given how mangled I'd just been. +1.41} 18. a4 $2 {I don't know what he was doing here. I mean, it's not a horrible move on its own, it gets the queenside push rolling, but I didn't see any plan for it. Worse yet, it opens him up to a tactic with NcxB, NxN, Nxc3 and the queen must move to Qe1, leaving two pawns hanging) -1.18 / +1.41} ( 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Qc6 21. Bf4 Kf8 22. Bd6+ Kg8 $14 ) 18. ... Ncxd2 $201 {-1.26} 19. Nxd2 $6 $17 {I'd missed this nice move by the engines, attacking the queen with a5 - I still get the pawn from the opening back but it's nowhere near as comfortable. -1.79 / -1.26} ( 19. a5 Qd6 20. Nxd2 Nxc3 21. Qe1 Rac8 22. b5 Qb4 23. b6 axb6 24. axb6 Qxb6 25. Nf3 Kf8 26. Ba6 Rc7 27. Qe3 Qb2 28. Rfc1 f6 29. Qd2 Qxd2 30. Nxd2 Kg8 31. f3 ) 19. ... Nxc3 {-1.84} 20. Qe1 {-1.84} 20. ... Qxd4 {Taking the center pawn when given the choice between b and d pawns. -1.77} 21. b5 {Again, this makes sense on its own, but leaves him open to a tactic, in this case NxB+ and either QxB, Bc3 pinning the queen to the rook, or Kh1 and the knight leaps away and we're up the same amount of net material. -2.10} 21. ... Nxe2+ {-2.24} 22. Qxe2 {-2.20} 22. ... Bd3 $201 {-2.23} 23. Qe1 $6 $19 {I didnt' think I'd see Qe1 here, I didn't even consider it. I thought I'd see either Qe3 to swap off the queens or Qf3 to save them - which the engines prefer. -3.06 / -2.23} ( 23. Qf3 Bxf1 24. Qa3+ Kf6 25. Nf3 Qd3 26. Qb2+ d4 27. Rxf1 Red8 28. Qc1 Qf5 29. Qa1 e5 30. Re1 Rd5 31. Nh4 Qd3 32. Rd1 Qb3 33. Nf3 Rc8 $17 ) 23. ... Bxf1 {-3.10} 24. Nf3 $201 {Didn't see that coming, but it's sound enough. How I reacted to it was not. -3.07} 24. ... Qd3 $4 $18 $201 {So I'm thinking I can save the bishop. Greed, pure greed. Qc4 leads to the Nd2 fork, so I come in to Qd3. The skittles room thought this bizzare, and suggested Qe4 to swap off the queens, and the engines think it's out-and-out losing, but they're seeing something six moves away which he blundered in the game. This was a pretty heinous mistake and a lesson for me to learn... +11.53 / -3.07} ( 24. ... Qe4 25. Qxf1 Rec8 26. h3 Rc2 27. Qd1 Qe2 28. Qd4 Kf8 29. Qb4+ Kg8 30. Rf1 Qc4 31. Qa5 Ra2 32. Ne5 Qxa4 33. Qc7 Rf8 $19 ) 25. Ne5 $4 $17 $201 {A very lucky escape for me, as he misses the early Qb4+ attack and goes after the queen again. -2.25 / +11.53} ( 25. Qb4+ Kd8 26. Qd6+ Kc8 27. Rc1+ Qc4 28. Rxc4+ Bxc4 29. Qc6+ Kd8 30. Qxa8+ Ke7 31. Qxa7+ $18 ) 25. ... Qe2 $2 $10 {And again chasing after lost material in a greedy way that leads to self-destruction. +0.36 / -2.25} ( 25. ... Qb3 26. Qxf1 f6 27. Nc6+ Kf7 28. Nd4 Qb4 29. Nc6 Qd6 30. Rb1 e5 31. h4 d4 32. Qd3 g6 33. h5 Kg7 34. Qd2 gxh5 35. Rb3 $17 ) 26. Qb4+ {And this time he doesn't miss it, though it's now been blunted. I'm thinking Kd8 is mate in only a few moves, so it has to be Kf6, he'll come round the Knight in attack and I'll loop back the way I came to escape.I'll lose the f-pawn, but I have chances of escaping - and losing here with my Queen sitting on his King would just be embarressing. +0.36} 26. ... Kf6 {+0.41} 27. Qf4+ {+0.38} 27. ... Ke7 $201 {+0.44} 28. Qxf7+ $6 $10 {The engine's right btw, and I saw this in the game - that bishop's just hanging here. -0.41 / +0.44} ( 28. Rxf1 Qe4 $10 ) 28. ... Kd6 $201 {-0.20} 29. Nc6 $2 $17 $201 {I was expecting Rc1 here and the pressure stepping up. -2.33 / -0.20} ( 29. Rc1 Rac8 30. Nc6 Bxg2 31. Qxa7 e5 32. Kxg2 Ke6 33. Qa6 Qg4+ 34. Kf1 Qh3+ 35. Kg1 Kf7 36. a5 Qg4+ 37. Kf1 Qf3 38. Kg1 Kf8 39. Qa7 Re6 40. Qe3 Qf5 41. a6 d4 42. Qa3+ $10 ) 29. ... d4 $4 $14 $201 {I did see Bxg2 in the game, but I couldn't see a clear way out of the mating net he was working on, so I moved d4 to gain some breathing room around the king. +0.70 / -2.33} ( 29. ... Bxg2 30. Qf4+ e5 31. Qb4+ Kd7 32. Kxg2 Qe4+ 33. Qxe4 dxe4 34. Rd1+ Kc7 35. Re1 a6 36. Rxe4 axb5 37. axb5 Kd6 38. Re2 Ra1 39. Nd4 g6 40. Nf3 Ra5 41. Rb2 Rb8 42. b6 Rd5 43. Nd2 Kc6 44. Nc4 $17 ) 30. Nxd4 $4 $19 $201 {And that was a mistake - I didn't think he'd think the pawn was worth taking the pressure off. Up to now, that queen was annoying because without it, Rf8 was mate in two (Qxf2+, Kh1, Qxg2#) but if the rook came off defending the e7 square, it was mate in one with Qe7# -4.19 / +0.70} ( 30. Rxf1 d3 31. Qf4+ e5 32. Qb4+ Kc7 33. Qc5 Qc2 34. Qd5 Rad8 35. Nxd8 Rxd8 $14 ) 30. ... Rf8 $4 $201 {Don't need to watch e7 anymore with the Knight away. The engines point out what I missed though - Qe4 threatens mate in one and that forces RxB which gives QxN and gives me a healthier position. -1.15 / -4.19} ( 30. ... Qe4 31. Rxf1 Qxd4 32. Re1 Rac8 33. h3 Re7 34. Qf3 Rc3 35. Qe2 Kc7 36. a5 Qc5 37. Qe4 g5 38. Kh2 Kb8 39. a6 Qxf2 40. Qe5+ Rec7 41. Re4 Qc5 42. Qxe6 Rc1 $19 ) 31. Qxf8+ $2 $19 {I don't mind swapping off here either. Yes, I lose material in the exchange, but I'm far enough ahead that I come out better off overall and with more actual pieces as well as with the higher total analysis score. It's messy, but it works. -3.29 / -1.15} ( 31. Nxe2 Rxf7 32. Kxf1 Kc5 33. g3 e5 34. Nc3 Raf8 35. Ra2 h6 36. Ne4+ Kd5 37. Nc3+ Kd4 38. Nd1 Rf3 39. Rd2+ Kc4 40. Re2 Kb4 41. Re4+ Ka5 42. Rg4 g5 43. Re4 ) 31. ... Rxf8 {-3.39} 32. Nxe2 {-3.26} 32. ... Bxe2 {And that's us into a R+5 v R+B+4 endgame. It gets scraggly in here because I didn't have a great overall plan - or even a plan at all initially - but I felt happy with it and on time we were down to about 25 mins apiece here. -3.48} 33. Ra2 {-3.82} 33. ... Bc4 {-3.82} 34. Ra3 {-3.88} 34. ... Rc8 {Threatening a back-rank mate. -3.83} 35. g3 {-4.10} 35. ... Be2 {Skittles room notes that Bd5 threatens a back-rank mate here too, and probably wins a pawn in the process. -3.76} 36. Kg2 $201 {-3.97} 36. ... Rf8 $6 $19 $201 {Lack of a plan showing here. -3.10 / -3.97} ( 36. ... Rc1 37. b6 axb6 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rxa5 h6 40. Ra7 g5 41. f4 gxf4 $19 ) 37. Re3 $6 $19 $201 {-3.75 / -3.10} ( 37. Rc3 Rf7 38. Rc6+ Kd5 39. Rc8 g5 40. h3 Bf3+ 41. Kf1 Ke5 42. Rc3 Bd5 43. Rc8 h6 44. Ke1 Rd7 45. Rc5 Rb7 46. Rc1 Bb3 47. Ra1 Kd4 48. h4 gxh4 49. Ra3 Kc3 50. gxh4 Kb4 $19 ) 37. ... Bd1 $4 $14 $201 {And this was a heinous blunder. Bc4 was far far better, this just hangs the bishop leaving me in a much less winnable endgame. +1.36 / -3.75} ( 37. ... Bc4 38. Re1 Bb3 39. Ra1 Rf7 40. Ra3 Bd5+ 41. Kf1 Kc5 42. Ra1 Kb4 43. Ke2 Bb3 44. Rb1 Kxa4 45. Ke3 e5 46. h4 g6 47. Rb2 Rb7 48. Rb1 Be6 49. Ra1+ Kxb5 50. Rb1+ Kc6 51. Rxb7 $19 ) 38. Ra3 $4 $19 {As soon as his hand came off the piece, he saw Rd3+ and so did I and we both were disgusted with ourselves! -3.24 / +1.36} ( 38. Rd3+ Kc5 39. Rxd1 Rf7 40. f4 g6 41. Re1 Kd6 42. Rb1 Kc5 43. Rd1 Kb4 44. Rd4+ Ka5 $14 ) 38. ... Ke7 $201 {Hiding away was the natural reaction here, but the skittles room was fast to point out that Kc5 is better overall because the King isn't doing any good for anyone by hiding away in this phase of things. -2.88} 39. Ra1 $6 $19 $201 {-3.58 / -2.88} ( 39. f3 Rf5 40. h4 Re5 41. Kf1 a5 42. Kf2 Re2+ 43. Kf1 Rb2 44. Ke1 Bb3 $17 ) 39. ... Bc2 $6 $19 $201 {And again overly timid play is castigated in the skittles room. Bf3+ is stronger here - Kf1, Rd8 leaves him in trouble and at worst leaves me swapping off rooks and being a bishop up. -3.01 / -3.58} ( 39. ... Bf3+ 40. Kf1 Rc8 $19 ) 40. Ra2 $6 $19 {-3.62 / -3.01} ( 40. f4 Kd6 41. Ra2 Bb3 42. Rd2+ Bd5+ 43. Kh3 e5 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45. Re2+ Kd6 46. Rb2 Rf3 47. a5 Ra3 48. b6 axb6 49. axb6 Rb3 50. Rxb3 Bxb3 $19 ) 40. ... Be4+ {-3.60} 41. Kf1 {-3.73} 41. ... Bd5 {-3.52} 42. Rb2 {-3.47} 42. ... Rc8 {Finally getting some semblance of a plan in my head to go after the a and b pawns while the king holds things down on the kingside. -3.47} 43. Rb1 {-3.80} 43. ... Rc4 {-3.77} 44. Ra1 {-4.00} 44. ... Rb4 {-4.08} 45. Ke1 {-4.25} 45. ... Bc4 {-4.05} 46. h4 $201 {-4.29} 46. ... a6 $6 $19 {Following my plan here, but the engine thinks I'm using too much material for it and the king would have sufficed instead of sacrificing the a-pawn, but I wanted the king over there to hold down that side of the board. -3.31 / -4.29} ( 46. ... Kd6 47. Rd1+ Bd5 48. Rc1 Rxa4 49. Rc8 Ra1+ 50. Kd2 Ra2+ 51. Ke3 Ra3+ 52. Ke2 h6 53. Rg8 Bc4+ 54. Kd2 Bxb5 55. Rxg7 Ra2+ 56. Kc3 Rxf2 57. Rxa7 Rf3+ 58. Kb4 Bd7 59. Ra3 Rxa3 60. Kxa3 e5 61. Kb4 e4 62. Kc3 Kc5 $19 ) 47. bxa6 {-3.34} 47. ... Bxa6 {-3.39} 48. a5 {-3.65} 48. ... Re4+ {The a and b pawns are taken care of now, so putting pressure on the other side. -3.78} 49. Kd2 {-4.17} 49. ... Re2+ {-4.24} 50. Kc3 {-4.34} 50. ... Rxf2 $201 {-4.25} 51. Rf1 $4 $19 $201 {I think I was asleep, I didn't even see this until the engine spat it out at three in the morning. Skittles room missed it completely as well. I don't see why I didn't take with either the bishop or the rook, that was game over in one go. I think we might both have been fixated on the a-pawn, but I didn't think we were that afflicted with tunnel vision! -57.83 / -4.25} ( 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Ke4 Bb7+ 53. Ke3 Rf3+ 54. Kd2 Rxg3 55. a6 Ba8 56. a7 Kc7 57. Ra6 Kb7 58. Rxe6 Kxa7 59. Ke2 h6 60. Rd6 Be4 61. Kf2 Rf3+ 62. Ke2 Rb3 63. Rd7+ Rb7 64. Rd4 Re7 65. Ke3 Bb7+ 66. Kf4 $19 ) 51. ... Ra2 $4 $19 $201 {-5.26 / -57.83} ( 51. ... Bxf1 52. g4 Rf4 53. g5 Rxh4 54. g6 hxg6 55. Kd2 Rh5 56. Ke1 Ba6 $19 ) 52. Kb4 $4 $19 {-57.91 / -5.26} ( 52. Rg1 Rxa5 53. Kb4 Rb5+ 54. Kc3 Bb7 55. Ra1 Bd5 56. Ra7+ Kf6 $19 ) 52. ... Rb2+ {-15.41} 53. Ka3 $201 {-23.92} 53. ... Rb8 $4 $19 {Oh suffering cats, I did it twice as well... -4.78 / -23.92} ( 53. ... Bxf1 54. Kxb2 Kd6 55. Kc1 Kd5 $19 ) 54. Re1 $201 {-5.03} 54. ... Bc8 $6 $19 $201 {-4.38 / -5.03} ( 54. ... Kd6 55. Rd1+ Kc5 56. Rd7 Rb7 57. Rd8 Rb5 58. Rg8 Rxa5+ 59. Kb2 Rb5+ 60. Kc3 Rb7 61. Rc8+ Kd6 62. Rh8 h6 63. g4 Bb5 64. g5 hxg5 65. hxg5 Rc7+ 66. Kd2 Rc5 67. g6 Rg5 68. Rb8 Kc5 $19 ) 55. Re3 $6 $19 {-5.31 / -4.38} ( 55. Re5 Kd6 56. Rg5 Rb7 57. g4 Ra7 58. Rb5 e5 59. g5 e4 60. Kb4 e3 61. Kc3 Bd7 62. Rb6+ Kc5 63. g6 h6 $19 ) 55. ... Rb5 {-5.39} 56. Ka4 $201 {-5.52} 56. ... Rb8 $4 $10 $201 {And that's the third major blunder there, missing the bishop pin... +0.00 / -5.52} ( 56. ... Bd7 57. Rc3 Rb1+ 58. Ka3 Ra1+ 59. Kb4 e5 60. Ra3 Rxa3 61. Kxa3 h5 62. a6 Bc6 63. a7 Kd6 64. Kb4 Kd5 65. Kb3 Kc5 66. Kc2 Kb6 67. Kc3 Kxa7 $19 ) 57. Rc3 $4 $19 $201 {-5.43 / +0.00} ( 57. Ka3 Ra8 $10 ) 57. ... e5 $6 $19 $201 {Saw the check, ignoring it for the new plan of pushing that e pawn to promotion. A plan! An actual plan! Seized on like it was water in the desert. -4.90 / -5.43} ( 57. ... Bd7+ 58. Ka3 Rb5 59. Ka4 Rb1+ 60. Ka3 Ra1+ 61. Kb4 Ra4+ 62. Kc5 Rxa5+ 63. Kb4 Ra6 64. Re3 $19 ) 58. Rc5 $6 $19 {-5.90 / -4.90} ( 58. Ka3 Bd7 59. Ka2 Kd6 60. Ra3 Kc7 61. a6 Kb6 62. Kb2 Bc6 63. Kc3 Ra8 64. Rb3+ Bb5 65. Kd2 Kc5 66. Re3 Kd4 67. Rb3 Bxa6 68. Ra3 $19 ) 58. ... Ke6 {Should have been Kd6 to attack the rook. Too timid. -5.53} 59. Rc3 {-6.26} 59. ... e4 {-6.54} 60. Rc5 $201 {-7.27} 60. ... Bb7 $19 {Maybe I was over-seized of that plan, the check here is actually pretty good. -5.98 / -7.27} ( 60. ... Bd7+ 61. Ka3 Rb5 62. Rc1 Ke5 63. a6 Ra5+ 64. Kb3 Rxa6 65. Rc5+ Kd4 66. Rc4+ Kd5 67. Rc7 Rd6 68. Kc2 Rc6+ 69. Rxc6 Kxc6 70. Kd2 Kd5 71. Ke3 $19 ) 61. Ka3 {-6.60} 61. ... Kd6 {Better late than never this time I guess. -6.14} 62. Rf5 $201 {-48.95} 62. ... Re8 $19 {I see what the engine's saying but it doesn't matter, with the rook behind it, that pawn's promoting. -8.17 / -48.95} ( 62. ... Ba6 63. Rf2 e3 64. Rc2 e2 65. Rc1 Rf8 66. Rb1 Rf1 67. Rb6+ Ke5 68. Rb8 Bc4 69. Kb4 Rb1+ 70. Kxc4 Rxb8 $19 ) 63. Rb5 {-18.13} 63. ... e3 {Sacrificing the bishop I destroyed my middlegame for so that a pawn can promote and win the game. There's a lesson in there somewhere under all that irony... -18.25} 64. Rxb7 {-46.32} 64. ... e2 {-49.06} 65. Rb6+ {Bit of a spite check that, really. -48.81} 65. ... Kc5 {-53.82} 66. Rb7 {-327.43} 66. ... e1=Q {And white resigned as it's mate in six here. -327.44} ( 66. ... e1=Q { 45:-327.44} 67. Rc7+ Kd6 68. Kb3 Re3+ 69. Kc4 Qf1+ 70. Kb4 Qb1+ 71. Kc4 Qb3+ 72. Kd4 Qd3# ) 0-1
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