C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence (1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 e5 3.Bb5 d6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bd7 6.O-O Be7)

This is another game that has been changed into another post, in order to better describe the opening played in it. More of these coming today. This game was played in much quicker pace than I am currently able to do. Then again I had probably over 250 games less to play at the same time than I do now.

The most critical position of the game came after the move 7.Nf5. That position can be seen below.

Panici should have played either 7...Bxf5 or 7...Bf6, but my opponent chose to play the huge blunder 7...Nf6 instead. After that the outcome of the game was pretty much decided. However, the game ended in resignation of my opponent only after the move 28...Qxh5.

[Event "Corr game 30.4.2014-10.5.2014"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.04.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "panici"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C62"] [WhiteElo "1863"] [BlackElo "1479"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bb5 d6 {Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense} 4. d4 exd4 (4... Bd7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bxc6 {Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense. Nimzowitsch Attack}) 5. Nxd4 (5. O-O {Spanish Game: Steinitz Defense. Center Gambit}) 5... Bd7 6. O-O Be7 {C62 Spanish Game: Steinitz Defence} 7. Nf5 {White threatens to win material: Nf5xg7} (7. Nc3 Nxd4 8. Bxd7+ Qxd7 9. Qxd4 Bf6 10. Qd3 Ne7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qc6 14. Bd4 Qxc3 15. Bxc3 Nc6 16. g4 Rfe8 17. f3 b5 18. Rf2 b4 19. Be1 a5 20. Kg2 Ne5 21. Kg3 g5 {Magyar,O (2340)-Kadar,G (2285) Hungary 1995 1/2-1/2 (32)}) 7... Nf6 $4 $146 {weakening the position} (7... Bf6 8. Nc3 g6 9. Ne3 Nge7 10. Ned5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Ne4 Bg7 14. Bh6 O-O 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qd4+ f6 17. c4 h6 18. Rae1 Ng8 19. Re2 Rf7 20. Rfe1 b6 21. Qc3 Raf8 22. b4 {Gerasimovitch,E (2080)-Skrkar,N Mallorca 2004 1-0 (47)} ) (7... Bxf5 8. exf5 Bf6 (8... Nf6 9. Qf3 Qd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rfe1 d5 14. Re2 h6 15. Bh4 Rfe8 16. Rae1 Kf8 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Bg3 Qd7 19. Bh4 Qd6 20. a3 a5 21. a4 Qb4 22. Bg3 Qxb2 23. Bxc7 {Ries,B (2087)-Becker,W (1397) Dresden 2003 1-0 (54)}) 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. Ne4 Nxf5 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. Re1+ Nfe7 13. Bxc6+ bxc6 14. Qe2 h6 15. b3 O-O 16. Bxh6 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Nf5 18. Qf3 Nd4 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. c3 Ne6 21. Re2 Re7 22. Rae1 {Alkhaldi,B (1934)-Al Muneer,M Kuwait 2013 1-0 (75)}) (7... Bxf5 $142 {and Black can hope to live} 8. exf5 Nf6 $11) 8. Nxg7+ $16 Kf8 9. Bh6 Kg8 10. Nf5 Ne5 $4 {Black crumbles in face of a dire situation} (10... Bxf5 11. exf5 Ne5 $18) 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 12. f3 Ne8 (12... c6 {cannot change destiny} 13. Nc3 $18) 13. Qe1 (13. f4 $142 {might be the shorter path} Ng6 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $18) 13... Bf8 14. Qg3+ Ng6 15. Qh3 f6 16. Nc3 Ng7 (16... Rd8 {is no salvation} 17. Nd5 $18) 17. Nd5 (17. Bxg7 $142 {secures victory} Qd8 18. Bxf8 Qxf8 19. Nd5 $18) 17... Qf7 18. Nxg7 (18. Bxg7 $142 { might be the shorter path} Bxg7 19. f4 Re8 $18) 18... Bxg7 19. Bxg7 (19. f4 $142 $18 {secures the win}) 19... Kxg7 20. Ne3 h5 (20... Rhf8 21. b3 $18) 21. b3 Ne5 $6 {Black seems to have resigned himself to defeat.} (21... Rae8 22. Nf5+ Kg8 23. Rae1 $18) 22. Rad1 Rac8 (22... Rh7 23. f4 Ng4 24. Nf5+ Kh8 25. Nh4 $18) 23. f4 (23. Nf5+ $142 {keeps an even firmer grip} Kh7 24. f4 $18) 23... Nd7 (23... Ng4 {cannot undo what has already been done} 24. Nf5+ Kg8 25. Qg3 $18) 24. Rd5 (24. e5 $142 {and White can already relax} Nb6 25. Nf5+ Kh7 26. exf6 $18) 24... Rh6 (24... Rce8 {the only chance to get some counterplay} 25. e5 $1 {Deflection: d6} Rh7 $18) 25. Nf5+ Kh7 26. Nxh6 Kxh6 27. g4 Rg8 28. Rxh5+ Qxh5 1-0