A95 Classical Dutch: Classical Stonewall: 7.Nc3 c6 (1.d4 f5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.g3 O-O 6.Bg2 c6 7.O-O d5 8.Bf4)

The game I am sharing with you now was played in a team match called TM C.L. 2016 Div. C RO: Kopaonik vs. 300 Spartans. The match is being played on 109 boards and I am playing on board 22 for Kopaonik in this match. The current score in the match is 98 - 70 in our favor and things are looking good for us, but the match is still not been decided and we still need to get at least 11.5 points to secure the win. In the game below I found myself in a position I am not usually in, I was conducting a direct attack against the enemy king. This is because I am rarely given the opportunity to do so and also because it would more often than not involve sacrifising some material, which I do not do lightly. I do not like to give any material if I can help it, so sacrificial attacks are not my style, I would like to try that out someday though. The only times I have consciously sacrifised material are times when I see a clear benefit in doing so. Of course sometimes I miscalculate or just play the correct moves, but in wrong order which makes me lose games. I did not even need to sacrifice any material as my opponent pretty much self-destructed in the game below.

[Event "TM C.L. 2016 Div. C RO: Kopaonik vs. 300"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.09.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "savatage27"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A95"] [WhiteElo "1878"] [BlackElo "1783"] [Annotator "Stockfish 6 64 BMI2 (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O d5 {Dutch Defense: Classical Variation, Stonewall Variation} 8. Bf4 {A95 Classical Dutch: Classical Stonewall: 7.Nc3 c6} (8. Qc2 Qe8 9. Bg5 {Dutch Defense: Stonewall: Chekhover Variation}) 8... Nh5 9. Bc1 {N} (9. e3 Nd7 10. Re1 (10. cxd5 exd5 11. Rb1 Nhf6 12. b4 Ne4 13. Qc2 g5 14. Be5 g4 15. Nd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 a6 17. f3 gxf3 18. Nxf3 Qe8 19. Ne2 Bg5 20. Nf4 Bh6 21. a4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Bg7 23. Qb2 Nd6 24. Rbc1 b5 {Shirov,A (2655) -Agdestein,S (2590) Gausdal 1992 1-0 (61)}) 10... b6 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Nf6 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rac1 Qd7 16. Qb3 Ba6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5+ Qxd5 20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 22. Rc7 Bd8 23. Rf7 g6 {Nguyen,H (1974)-Kulkarni,B (2208) Hue 2012 1/2-1/2 (35)}) (9. cxd5 Nxf4 10. gxf4 exd5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. e3 Bd6 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Rac1 Nf6 15. f3 Qe7 16. Na4 Be6 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 Rab8 19. Qa3 Nd7 20. Ra5 Qxa3 21. Rxa3 a6 22. Nd3 Nb6 23. Nc5 Rfe8 {Szusterowski,R (2042)-Grochulski,G (2045) Chelm 2010 1-0 (63)}) (9. Be5 Nd7 10. Qc2 Bf6 11. Rad1 Qe7 12. Qb3 Kh8 13. a3 b6 14. Qb4 c5 15. Bxf6 Nhxf6 16. dxc5 a5 17. Qb3 dxc4 18. Qxc4 Ba6 19. Qh4 bxc5 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21. e4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Rfd8 23. Nfg5 Ne5 {Chabanon,J (2455)-Housieaux,D (2431) France 2010 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 9... dxc4 (9... Nf6 {!? = must be considered} ) 10. Ne5 {White threatens to win material: Ne5xc4} Nf6 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. e4 Nxc3 (12... Nb6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Bf4 {+/-}) 13. bxc3 c5 (13... fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd7 15. Re1 {+/-}) 14. d5 fxe4 15. Bxe4 exd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 17. Ne5 Qb6 $2 (17... Nc6 18. Nf7+ Rxf7 19. Bxf7 Qxd1 20. Rxd1 {+-}) 18. Be3 (18. Nf7+ {seems even better} Rxf7 19. Bxf7 Qf6 {+-}) 18... Be6 $4 {the position was bad, and this mistake simply hastens the end} (18... Qf6 19. Qh5 g6 {+/-}) 19. Be4 (19. Rb1 {makes it even easier for White} Qd6 20. Bxb7 Qxe5 21. Bxa8 { +-}) 19... Bf6 (19... Bf5 20. Bxf5 Rxf5 {+-}) 20. Qh5 Bg8 (20... h6 {does not solve anything} 21. Bxh6 $1 {Mate attack} Rd8 22. Bg5+ Kg8 23. Bxf6 Qc7 24. Rad1 gxf6 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Rxd8+ Qxd8 30. Nf7#) 21. Ng6# 1-0