Out of Ideas

Our Kypatzer (Joe P.) faced a Sicilian Defense against Smartgenes in our Chess.com match against the Ashburn club and found himself in familiar territory. White seemed to be out of ideas with 20. h3 but the game seemed to remain fairly level. But ideas were short again with 28. Kh2 and this time Joe found a way to convert his advantage to an extra pawn and prove the win. See Fritz' analysis after the break.


[Date "2009.09.30"]
[White "Smartgenes"]
[Black "Kypatzer"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1854"]
[BlackElo "2020"]
[Annotator "Fritz 11 (30s)"]

{B21: Sicilian: 2 f4 and Morra Gambit} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 g6 {last book move}

4. Bc4 (better is 4. cxd4 !? {should be investigated more closely} d5 5. exd5 +/=) 4... Nf6 =/+ {Black threatens to win material: Nf6xe4} 5. e5 {White threatens to win material: e5xf6} d5 {Black threatens to win material: d5xc4} ( 5... Qc7 !? {should be considered} 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd6 Qxd6 =/+) 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. cxd4 ({Worse is} 7. Qxd4 e6 =/+) 7... Nc6 8. Nf3 Bg7 {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8} 9. O-O {White castles and improves king safety} O-O {Black has a cramped position. Black's piece can't move: c8}10. Nc3 {White threatens to win material: Nc3xd5} Nb6 11. Be3 {Black has a cramped position} Bd7 {White has a very active position} 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Nd2 {Black has a cramped position} (13. Be2 f6 +/=) 13... Nb4 14. Be2 {White has an active position} Bf5 15. f4 (15. Nf3 Qd7 =) 15... Nd3 16. Bxd3 Bxd3 {Black has the pair of bishops} 17. Rf3 Bf5 18. Rg3 Qd7 19. b3 {Controls a4+c4} Rc6 20. h3 {Prevents intrusion on g4} (20. Nf3 !? =/+ {is worth consideration}) 20... Rfc8 -/+ 21. Ndb1 Bxb1 (better is 21... Na8 !? -+) 22. Nxb1 =/+ Qf5 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 ({Instead of} 23... bxc6 24. Nc3 +/=) 24. Rf3 h5 (24... Bh6 25. Qe1 =/+) 25. Na3 (25. Bd2 e6 26. Bb4 Rc2 =) 25... Bf8 =/+ 26. Bc1 a6 {Secures b5} 27. Bb2 e6 28. Kh2 Bxa3 29. Bxa3 Rc2 30. Bc5 Nd7 31. b4 Rxa2 32. Qb3 Qc2 (32... Rd2 33. Qc3 Rc2 34. Qe1 -+) 33. Qxc2 Rxc2 34. Be7 (34. Kg3 Rb2 -+) 34... Nb6 35. Kg3 Rd2 36. Bc5 Nc4 37. Rf2 Rxf2 38. Kxf2 b6 39. Be7 a5 40. bxa5 bxa5 41. Ke2 a4 42. Bb4 (42. h4 Kg7 -+) 42... a3

(42... h4 {keeps an even firmer grip} 43. Kf2 -+) 43. Bc3 (43. g3 h4 ! {forces the win} 44. g4 g5 45. fxg5 a2 -+) 43... Kg7 (43... h4 {and Black can already relax} 44. Kd3 a2 45. Ke2 -+) 44. Ba1 (44. Kd3 g5 ! {the death sentence} 45. fxg5 Kg6 -+) 44... f6 (better is 44... h4 {seems even better} 45. Bc3 -+) 45. g4 ? (45. g3 -+) 45... fxe5 46. fxe5 (46. dxe5 {is the last straw} Na5 47. Bc3 -+) 46... hxg4 47. hxg4 Kh6 48. Kd3 (48. Bc3 {there is nothing else anyway} Kg5 49. Kf3 -+) 48... Kg5 49. Kc3 Kxg4 50. Kb3 Kf3 51. Bc3 g5 (51... g5 52. Kb4 g4 53. Kb3 g3 54. Bb4 g2 55. Ba5 Nxa5+ 56. Kb4 g1=Q 57. Kc5 Nc4 58. Kc6 a2 59. Kd7 a1=Q 60. Kc7 Qg7+ 61. Kb8 Kg4 62. Kc8 Qa8#) 0-1