An overambitious attack. August 24, 2020 by MAAKASU [Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2020.08.24"] [Round "?"] [White "MAAKASU"] [Black "jose5019"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C64"] [WhiteElo "1811"] [BlackElo "1860"] [Annotator "Seigi"] [PlyCount "144"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "1800"] {The first game of the day! Let’s start} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 (3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 $14 {is also in the repertoire.}) 3... Bc5 (3... a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 (4... bxc6 $6 5. Nxe5) 5. O-O Bg4 (5... Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8. Nbd2 $140 {with the idea Nc4} Be6 9. b3 (9. Nc4 Bxh2+ 10. Kxh2 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bxc4 $15)) (5... f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 (7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 {white is a tempo up}) 7... Qxd4 8. Nxd4 c5 9. Ne2 {compare this to 7. Nxd4 c5 8.Ne2 Qxd1 9.Rxd1. Here whites rook is on f1, not d1, so this position is a bit worse than the other variation.}) 6. h3 h5 $5 7. d3 (7. hxg4 $4 hxg4 8. Nh2 Qh4 $19 { one example of which black wins is} 9. Re1 Qxh2+ 10. Kf1 Qh1+ 11. Ke2 Qxg2 12. Rg1 Qxe4+ 13. Kf1 Rh2 14. Qe2 Qxe2+ 15. Kxe2 Bc5 16. d4 Bxd4 17. Be3 Bxb2 18. Nd2 Bxa1 {0-1 (18) Mitsis,A-Donmez,U (1882) Ohrid 2017}) (7. Nc3 Qf6 8. d3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 $15 {is somewhat worse, as whites pawn structure has weakened.}) 7... Qf6 8. Nbd2) 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 {this is one of the rarer lines, but rare doesn’t always mean bad.} 6. Nc3 (6. c3 Bg4 7. d4 {was a bit better.}) (6. d3 {was more common.} Bg4 7. Be3 Bb6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Nc8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bd2 Nd6 14. Qe3 Nb5 15. a4 Nd6 16. Nh4 Qd7 17. Bc3 g5 18. Qg3 Qg7 19. Nf5 Nxf5 20. exf5 c5 21. Qe3 Be8 22. a5 Bc6 23. axb6 cxb6 24. b4 Qd7 25. bxc5 bxc5 26. Qxc5 Rac8 27. Qb4 Qxf5 28. Rfe1 Rfd8 29. Ra5 Qd7 30. Re3 Bd5 31. Rg3 Kf7 32. Bd2 h6 33. h4 Rg8 34. hxg5 hxg5 35. c4 Bc6 36. Bc3 Rcd8 37. Qb2 Rde8 38. Ra1 Qf5 39. d4 exd4 40. Bxd4 Rh8 41. Qc3 g4 42. Rf1 Qh5 43. f3 Re2 {0-1 (43) Huse,S (2064)-Larsen,K (2256) Stockholm 2019}) (6. Nxe5 {is too ambitious.} fxe5 7. Qh5+ Kf8 8. Qxe5 Bd6 $17) 6... Bg4 7. h3 (7. d3 {white needs more development.}) 7... Bh5 8. d3 Ne7 9. Be3 Bb6 10. Bxb6 $146 axb6 {blacks queenside pawns are bunched up.} 11. Qe2 c5 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Nd2 Bf7 14. f4 Ng6 15. f5 Ne7 (15... Nf4 16. Kh2 Qd4 17. Qxd4 cxd4 {is considerable }) 16. Rf3 Nc6 17. Rg3 Kh8 (17... Nd4 18. Qh6 $13) 18. Nf3 Bh5 19. Nh2 (19. Kh2 {getting the king safe for more attacks.}) 19... Nd4 20. Rc1 c6 {with the idea b5-b6-c4. Blacks queenside pawns is just like a worm, inching along until the goal is reached.} 21. Ng4 Bf7 22. a3 Qe7 23. Ne2 Nb5 24. Rf1 Rad8 25. Kh1 Qc7 26. a4 Nd6 27. Nc3 Ra8 28. Rff3 Bh5 29. b3 {improving the pawn protection.} Nf7 30. Rf1 Qe7 31. h4 Rfd8 32. Qf3 $2 (32. Qf2 Nd6 33. Kh2 {should be taken into consideration.}) 32... Nh6 $1 33. Ne2 Bxg4 34. Rxg4 Nxg4 35. Qxg4 Rg8 36. Rf3 g6 37. h5 gxh5 38. Qxh5 Rg5 39. Qh4 Rag8 40. Rh3 $2 {overambitious. Whites attack has already died out.} Rxg2 41. Ng3 R2xg3 $2 42. Rxg3 Rxg3 43. Qxg3 Qg7 44. Qxg7+ $2 (44. Kh2 $15) 44... Kxg7 45. Kg2 Kh6 46. c3 Kg5 47. Kf3 h5 48. Kg3 h4+ 49. Kf3 h3 50. Kg3 h2 51. Kxh2 Kf4 52. Kh3 Ke3 53. Kg4 Kxd3 54. Kh5 Kxe4 55. Kg6 Kd3 56. Kxf6 e4 57. Kg6 e3 58. f6 e2 59. f7 e1=Q 60. f8=Q Qxc3 61. Qf3+ Kc2 62. Qe2+ Kxb3 63. Qe6+ Kxa4 {The wormy pawns will inch forward until they reach the queening square.} 64. Qa2+ Kb5 65. Qb1+ Qb4 66. Qd3+ c4 67. Qf5+ Ka6 {white has run out of checks.} 68. Qc8 c3 69. Qa8+ Kb5 70. Qa1 c2 71. Qf1+ Qc4 72. Qf5+ Kb4 {jose5019 won} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.