B01 Scandinavian Defence (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qd8 4.Nf3)

The game I am sharing today was originally in the post B01 Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation. The new naming method will mean that there is no longer a post named like that. This game was played reasonably well until my opponent played 38...g5 in the diagram position below. Before that neither player had made any major mistakes. The problem with the move 38...g5 is that it loses a pawn by force. Or rather it would lose a pawn by force in case the player controlling the white pieces would play accurate moves. The loss of a pawn would mean a loss for my opponent, but apart from my reply 39.Rb5, I was not able to play correct moves. Marko Krale then played 39...Kd6 and now had I continued with 40.Rb6+, I would have been on my way to victory. In the game I played 40.Rb7, which allowed my opponent to get back into the game.

The game did not continue evenly all that long, because Marko Krale's 42nd move was a horrible blunder that allowed me to take the winning advantage once again. The problem with the move 42...Ke7 is that it gives me time to play 43.fxe5. Had my opponent moved his king to c7, I would not have had time to take on e5. The game continued with the moves 43...Rh4 44.Rc6 Rxh3+ and then I threw my win away again with the move 45.Kf4. The position was roughly even after that.

The final downhill began for Marko Krale when he played 46...Ke6. I replied correctly with 47.Rc6+ and then my opponent made the final mistake 47...Kf7?? After that the game quickly ended in my favor.

This paragraph was typed when I originally shared this game. The game below is from a tournament called 2014 August Grand Seven Fourteen II. I have still five games in progress in this tournament and I am still in the fight for the win. I might be quite close of reaching the best tournament score I have ever had at Red Hot Pawn but it can still go horribly wrong of course, nothing is all that certain at this point.

[Event "Grand Seven Fourteen"] [Site "http://www.redhotpawn.com"] [Date "2014.08.11"] [Round "1"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Marko Krale"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B01"] [WhiteElo "1895"] [BlackElo "1719"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "97"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 {Scandinavian Defense: Mieses-Kotroc Variation} 3. Nc3 Qd8 (3... Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 {Scandinavian Defense: Lasker Variation}) (3... Qd6 4. d4 c6 (4... Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 {Scandinavian Defense: Bronstein Variation}) 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nge2 Bf5 7. Bf4 Qb4 {Scandinavian Defense: Schiller-Pytel Variation. Modern Variation}) 4. Nf3 {B01 Scandinavian Defence} e6 5. Bc4 (5. d4 Bb4 6. Bd3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Ne7 8. O-O Nd7 9. c4 c6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 Ng6 12. g3 Nf6 13. h4 O-O 14. Bg5 Ng4 15. h5 Ne7 16. Bf4 Qd8 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Be5 Nf5 19. c3 h6 {Trigo Urquijo,S (2062)-Urbano Ortega,I Erandio 2004 1-0 (38)}) 5... c5 (5... Bb4 6. d3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Nf6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Bg5 b6 10. Re1 O-O 11. d4 h6 12. Bh4 Bb7 13. Ne5 g5 14. Bg3 Qc8 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Be5 Qc6 17. f3 Ng4 18. Re2 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Qxc4 20. Rb1 {Moreno,M-Prokopiuk,N Villa Angela 2016 0-1}) 6. O-O a6 $146 {Prevents intrusion on b5} (6... Nf6 7. Re1 Be7 8. d4 O-O 9. d5 b5 10. d6 bxc4 11. dxe7 Qxe7 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Qxc4 Bb7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Bxc5 Qc7 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Red1 {Deimert,E (1720)-Enns,P Grande Prairie 2010 1/2-1/2 (49)}) (6... Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 a6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. c3 Nf6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Qe2 Nd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. f4 Qc7 17. Qf2 Nf6 18. Rae1 h6 19. Qh4 Qa5 20. g4 Qd8 21. g5 {Darwisch,M (1734)-Wienen,J (1670) Germany 2008 1-0 (41)}) 7. a4 Nc6 8. d3 Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 {Black should quickly conclude development.} 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bd6 {Black threatens to win material: Bd6xe5} (12... Qc7 13. Re1 $11) 13. Re1 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 {Black has the pair of bishops} 15. Qe2 Bd7 (15... Bc7 16. Qe3 b6 17. g3 $15) 16. Ne4 { White threatens to win material: Ne4xf6. White forks: d6+f6} Qe7 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qg4 (18. a5 Rfd8 $11) 18... b5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bb3 Bc6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. Qe2 Bd5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 {A sound move} Rd8 25. b3 {Controls c4} Rb8 26. Ra1 g6 27. g3 Qc6 (27... Bb7 28. Kf1 $11) 28. f4 (28. Qe3 Ra8 29. Rxa8+ Qxa8 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 31. Qxh6 Qxd3 $11) 28... Bh1 (28... Rd8 29. Qe3 $15) 29. h3 (29. f5 gxf5 (29... exf5 $143 30. Ra6 Qf3 31. Rxg6+ Kh7 32. Qxf3 Bxf3 33. Rf6 $16) 30. Ra6 Qb7 31. Rxe6 fxe6 32. Qxe6+ Kg7 33. Qe5+ Kg6 34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qxf5+ Kg7 36. Qe5+ Kg6 37. Qe6+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ Kg7 39. Qe5+ Kg6 40. Qe6+ Kh7 41. Qf5+ $11) 29... Rd8 30. Kh2 (30. f5 gxf5 (30... exf5 $143 31. Ra6 Qf3 32. Qxf3 Bxf3 33. Rxg6+ Kh7 34. Rf6 $16) 31. Ra6 Qf3 32. Qxf3 Bxf3 $15) 30... Bd5 31. Qe3 Bxc4 32. bxc4 Qd6 {Black threatens to win material: Qd6xd3} (32... Rb8 33. Qe2 $15) 33. Rd1 (33. Ra5 Rb8 $11) 33... Qd4 (33... Rb8 $5 $17) 34. Qxd4 $11 {White forks: c5+d8} Rxd4 {A rook endgame occured. Here comes the goal-getter} 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Kf3 Ke7 37. Ke3 f5 {Black has a new backward pawn: e6} (37... f6 38. Rb1 e5 39. fxe5 fxe5 40. Rb6 $11) 38. Rb1 g5 $4 (38... Rd7 $142 $14 {would keep Black alive}) 39. Rb5 $18 Kd6 40. Rb7 (40. Rb6+ $142 Ke7 41. Rc6 $18) 40... gxf4+ $11 41. gxf4 e5 {Black threatens to win material: e5xf4.} 42. Rb6+ {White skewers: h6} Ke7 $4 {with this move Black loses his initiative} (42... Kc7 $142 {is the best chance} 43. Rxh6 e4 $11) 43. fxe5 $18 Rh4 (43... f4+ { cannot change destiny} 44. Kd2 h5 45. Rf6 $18) 44. Rc6 Rxh3+ 45. Kf4 {White threatens to win material: Kf4xf5} (45. Kd2 $142 {finishes off the opponent} f4 46. Rxc5 Rh2+ 47. Kc3 $18) 45... Rxd3 $11 46. Rxc5 {White has a new passed pawn: c4.} Ke6 $2 (46... Rd1 $142 $5 $11 {and Black can hope to survive}) 47. Rc6+ $16 Kf7 $4 {causes further problems for White} (47... Ke7 $142 48. Rxh6 Rc3 49. Kxf5 Rxc4 50. Rh7+ Kf8 $16) 48. Kxf5 $18 Kg7 49. Rc7+ (49. Rc7+ Kf8 50. c5 Ke8 51. Rh7 Kd8 52. Rxh6 Rc3 53. Ke6 Re3 54. Rh8+ Kc7 55. Kd5 Rd3+ 56. Ke4 Rd1 57. e6 Kc6 58. Ke5 Re1+ 59. Kf6 Rf1+ 60. Ke7 Kxc5 61. Rc8+ Kb6 62. Ke8 Ra1 63. e7 Re1 64. Rc4 Kb5 65. Rd4 Ra1 66. Kd7 Ra8 67. Rd2 Kc5 68. e8=Q Rxe8 69. Kxe8 Kc4 70. Rd6 Kc5 71. Kd7 Kb5 72. Rd5+ Kb4 73. Kd6 Kc4 74. Kc6 Kb3 75. Kc5 Kc3 76. Kb5 Kb2 77. Kc4 Kc2 78. Kb4 Kb2 79. Rc5 Ka1 80. Kb3 Kb1 81. Rc6 Ka1 82. Rc1#) 1-0

B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence (1.e4 b6 2.d4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb7 4.Bd3 c5 5.c3 cxd4 6.cxd4 Nf6 7.Qe2 Bb4+)

The more detailed look at my previously shared games continues with this post. It really annoys me that I could not do the original post like this, so that I would have only needed to change the name of the opening used in the game and not do most of the work from scratch. The first position that I like to show can be seen in the diagram below. It is taken after my 9th move O-O. In this position my opponent played 9...d6. It is a huge blunder and could have been the losing move. I was not aware of my possibilities and played just a normal developing move 10.Nc3. The move that I should have played was 10.d5! It seems so obvious now, but apparently I was not paying attention to the situation on the board and just played a move that seemed not to lose...

My move was okay, but had I played 10.d5, I would have had a winning advantage. Alfito2012 replied with the move 10...O-O, which could have been a problem for my opponent, but because I played 11.a3 instead of the correct move 11.e5, the game continued more evenly than it should have. The next diagram shows the position after 23...Bxd5. This was the position in which I played my losing move 24.Bxd6?? It was replied with the crushing move 24...Nxe4 and the game was quickly over.

This paragraph is taken from the original post and therefore it is in some ways out of date. This game is from a team match called Mount Doom. The match is played on 30 boards between Lord Of The Rings and Team Latinoamérica. I am playing on board 3 for Lord Of The Rings, my other game against alfito2012 is still in progress. This has been quite evenly played match as the current score 23.5 - 22.5 demonstrates. The score is in favor of Lord Of The Rings. We still need seven points to secure the win and maybe I can help in that effort, I certainly would like to be able to do so. However, due to my recent game results, I am not at all sure what will happen in any of my games as it would seem to me that I can mess up almost every game at this point in time.

[Event "Mount Doom - Board 3"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2015.12.31"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "alfito2012"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "1898"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "52"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] 1. e4 b6 {Owen Defense: General} 2. d4 e6 (2... Ba6 {Guatemala Defense}) (2... c5 3. dxc5 Nc6 {Owen Defense: Hekili-Loa Gambit}) 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bb4+ {B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defense} 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. O-O (9. a3 Be7 10. b4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Nc3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Rfe1 a6 16. Na2 b5 17. Nc1 a5 18. bxa5 Rxa5 19. Qb2 b4 20. axb4 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nxb4 22. Bb1 Qc7 23. Nd3 Rc8 {Thipsay,P (2390)-Balinas, R (2380) Bangalore 1981 1/2-1/2 (39)}) (9. Nc3 O-O 10. e5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Nd5 12. c4 Ndb4 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Be4 f6 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb7 Rb8 17. Be4 d5 18. Ng5 fxg5 19. Qh5+ Kg8 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21. Bg6+ {1-0 (21) Shpagin,V (2112)-Makhnev,Y (1907) Kimry 2015}) 9... d6 10. Nc3 {Loses material} O-O $146 (10... Bxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. e5 Nd5 14. Qe4 g6 15. Bd2 Ncb4 16. Bh6 Rfb8 17. Bg5 Qf8 18. Rd2 h6 19. Bh4 Nc7 20. d5 Nxd3 21. Rxd3 Bxd5 22. Qd4 Bxf3 23. Rxf3 dxe5 24. Qxe5 Nd5 25. Rd1 {Kulicov,O (2415) -Novotny,M (2321) Frydek Mistek 2011 1-0 (61)}) (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 e5 12. d5 $14) 11. a3 (11. e5 $142 $5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 $16) 11... Bxc3 $14 {Black forks: b2+d4} 12. Bxc3 {White has the pair of bishops} Rc8 13. Rac1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 Ng6 15. Bd2 (15. g3 Re8 $14) 15... Nh5 16. g3 {Secures f4} Nf6 17. Bg5 {White has an active position} h6 { Black threatens to win material: h6xg5} 18. Bd2 e5 19. d5 {This push gains space} Qd7 (19... Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Nh7 21. Be3 $14) 20. Kg2 {White king safety dropped} (20. Bb4 a5 21. Bd2 Qg4 $14) 20... Rc5 (20... Nh7 21. Bb4 $11) 21. Bb4 {White threatens to win material: Bb4xc5} (21. Rxc5 $142 $5 bxc5 22. Kg1 $16) 21... Qg4 $11 22. Kh1 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Bxd5 {[%cal Rd5e4,Rf6e4,Rg4e4,Gd3e4,Ge2e4] The pressure on e4 grows} 24. Bxd6 $4 {a weak move, ruining a winning position} (24. exd5 $142 {would bring relief} e4 25. Ne1 (25. Bxd6 $143 exf3 26. Qf1 Rd8 $17) 25... exd3 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. Nxd3 $11) 24... Nxe4 $19 25. Bxe4 (25. Bxf8 $4 {would lead to destruction} Nxg3+ $1 {Decoy: g2} 26. hxg3 Bxf3+ (26... Nxf8 $2 {catches the eye, but} 27. Kh2 Qxf3 28. Qxf3 Bxf3 29. Rc7 $18) 27. Qxf3 Qxf3+ 28. Kg1 Qxd3 $19) 25... Bxe4 (25... Qxe4 $6 26. Qxe4 Bxe4 27. Bxf8 Bxf3+ 28. Kg1 Kxf8 29. Rc7 $19) 26. Rc3 Rd8 (26... Rd8 27. Re3 Bb7 $19 (27... Rxd6 $6 {is a bad alternative} 28. Rxe4 Qf5 29. Rc4 $17)) 0-1

B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defence (1.e4 b6 2.d4 Bb7 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4)

This is a previously shared game with a more detailed commentary. The first position of interest came already after my 6th move O-O. It can be seen in the diagram below. The move that my opponent chose to play was 6...Qd7. The move does not really make much sense to me. The queen does not really have good squares to which it could go from d7 and it might make the development of the knight from b8 more difficult. The game continued with the moves 7.Re1 h6 8.Bf4 and then my opponent blundered with the move 8...a6. The move a6 is a waste of time, even though it controls b5, it does not answer to the requirements of the position. It would have been a better idea to move the e-pawn from e7 to e6 and maybe prepare castling to the kingside.

I responded correctly with 9.e5! Since I had mostly developed my pieces and Ahmedegyptair's king was still in the center, it seemed logical to try and open the center. After my 9th move I should have had a winning advantage, according to Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT. All went well for me, until we reached the next diagram position. I had two options, either to take the bishop with the queen or with the pawn and I chose poorly. One of the choices kept the winning advantage and the other lost almost all of the advantage, so that the position was only slightly better for me.

The next important moment in the game happened when we reached the position seen in the diagram below. Ahmedegyptair moved the knight from c6 to b4, which was a horrible mistake and the start of the downfall for my opponent, from which he was not able to make a comeback from.

This paragraph was typed when I originally shared this game, therefore the information in there is out of date. This game was played at Chess.com in a team match called OCD BIG XMAS MATCH. This is a 76 board match between Obsessive Chess Disorder!! and ♞KNIGHTS of the REALM♞. I am playing board 15 in this match for the Obsessive Chess Disorder!! and we are currently leading the match 69,5 - 57,5. So far the match is going well for us, I hope it continues to do so in the remaining games aswell. This match started December 6th 2014 and because of the one simultaneous game setting in this match, my second game against Ahmedegyptair started only after this ended yesterday.

[Event "OCD BIG XMAS MATCH - Board 15"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2014.12.06"] [Round "?"] [White "Vierjoki, Timo"] [Black "Ahmedegyptair"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [WhiteElo "1852"] [BlackElo "1933"] [Annotator "Stockfish 8 64 POPCNT (30s), TV"] [PlyCount "75"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] 1. e4 b6 {Owen Defense: General} 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 (3. Bd3 f5 4. exf5 Bxg2 5. Qh5+ g6 {Owen Defense: Matovinsky Gambit}) (3. Bg5 {Owen Defense: Naselwaus Gambit}) (3. f3 e5 {Owen Defense: Wind Gambit}) (3. Nf3 {Owen Defense: Smith Gambit}) 3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 {B00 Queen's Fianchetto Defence, Nimzowitsch Defense} d6 6. O-O {Black has a cramped position} (6. Be3 e6 (6... Nd7 7. Qd2 c5 8. O-O a6 9. a4 Qc7 10. d5 Ngf6 11. h3 Rd8 12. Bh6 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b3 Bc8 15. Rfe1 Ng8 16. Qe2 Nb8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Nd2 Nh6 19. f4 Nf7 20. Nf3 Rfe8 21. e5 {Dzamastagic,E (1490)-Mihelj,E (1805) Nova Gorica 2015 1/2-1/2} ) 7. Qd2 h6 8. O-O-O Nd7 9. d5 e5 10. Ne1 Qe7 11. Nd3 Ngf6 12. f3 a6 13. g4 h5 14. g5 Nh7 15. Rhg1 Nhf8 16. Qf2 Nc5 17. Nb4 b5 18. Bf1 Nfd7 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. dxc6 Nb6 {Schubert,G (2142)-Gal,P (2146) Hungary 2007 1-0 (40)}) 6... Qd7 $146 (6... Nd7 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Ng5+ Ke8 9. Ne6 Qc8 10. Nxg7+ Kf7 11. Nh5 gxh5 12. Qxh5+ Kg7 13. Qg5+ Kf7 14. e5 Nf8 15. Re1 Ng6 16. e6+ Ke8 17. d5 Nf6 18. Qf5 Nh4 19. Qd3 Rg8 20. g3 c6 21. Ne4 {Nikolaeva,M (2179)-Dupak,O Kiev 2000 0-1}) ( 6... e6 7. Bg5 (7. d5 e5 8. Bg5 f6 9. Be3 Ba6 10. Qd3 Bxc4 11. Qxc4 a6 12. Ne1 Ne7 13. a4 O-O 14. Nd3 Nd7 15. b4 Kh8 16. Ne2 f5 17. f3 Bf6 18. Nf2 Ng8 19. Nh3 f4 20. Bd2 Rf7 21. a5 b5 {Valiente,E-Nunez Patiao,R Cartagena 2001 0-1 (36)}) 7... Ne7 8. Qe2 Nd7 9. Rad1 h6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rfe1 Nf6 12. Qe3 Kh7 13. Bd3 Nh5 14. e5 Nf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Ne2 Rg8 17. Ng3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 d5 20. Qh5 Qe7 21. Re3 {Weber,B (1947)-Hamm,G (2139) Dresden 2014 1/2-1/2 (59)}) (6... e6 7. d5 e5 8. a4 $14) 7. Re1 h6 8. Bf4 a6 $2 (8... e6 $142 $5 $16) 9. e5 $18 Qf5 $4 {a blunder in a bad position} (9... dxe5 $142 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. Bxe5 Rh7 $18) 10. Bg3 (10. Nh4 $142 {finishes off the opponent} Qxf4 11. g3 Qg5 $18) 10... Bxf3 11. Qxf3 $4 {gives the opponent counterplay} (11. gxf3 $142 { and White has prevailed} dxe5 12. dxe5 $18) 11... Qxf3 $14 12. gxf3 dxe5 13. dxe5 {White has the pair of bishops} ({Weaker is} 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 c6 $11 ) 13... e6 {Black has a cramped position.} 14. Rad1 Ne7 {Black is behind in development.} 15. Rd2 (15. f4 Nd7 $11) 15... Nbc6 16. f4 b5 {Black threatens to win material: b5xc4} 17. Bf1 O-O 18. Rd7 Ra7 (18... Rac8 19. a4 $14) 19. Red1 (19. Bg2 Re8 $16) 19... Nf5 {A sound move} (19... b4 20. Na4 Nd5 21. Bc4 $14) 20. Bg2 {White threatens to win material: Bg2xc6} Nb4 $4 (20... Nce7 $142 $14 {is a viable option}) 21. R1d2 (21. Be4 $5 {makes it even easier for White} Re8 22. a3 Nd5 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 $18) 21... h5 22. h4 Nd5 (22... Re8 23. a3 Nd5 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Bxd5 $18) 23. Nxd5 exd5 24. Bxd5 a5 25. Bg2 (25. c3 {and White can already relax} Bh6 $18) 25... b4 $2 (25... Re8 26. Bf1 $18) 26. R2d5 (26. Bd5 $5 {seems even better} a4 $18) 26... a4 (26... Rc8 27. Rc5 Bf8 28. Rc6 $18) 27. Rb5 b3 $2 (27... c6 28. Bxc6 Rxd7 29. Bxd7 a3 30. Rxb4 Rd8 31. Bxf5 Bf8 $18) 28. axb3 axb3 29. Rxb3 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 c5 (30... Ra4 {is no salvation} 31. Rb7 Rc4 32. Rdxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxc7 $18) 31. Rc7 (31. Bd5 {makes it even easier for White} Ra4 32. c3 Nh6 $18) 31... Nd4 (31... Ra4 {doesn't improve anything} 32. Bd5 Rb4 33. Rxc5 Rxb3 34. Bxb3 $18 (34. cxb3 $143 Nd4 $18 )) 32. Rbb7 Nxc2 (32... Ne6 {the last chance for counterplay} 33. Rd7 c4 $18) 33. Rxc5 (33. Bd5 $142 {makes sure everything is clear} Nd4 34. Bxf7+ Rxf7 35. Rxf7 Ne6 $18) 33... Nd4 34. Bd5 Re1 (34... Ra6 {a last effort to resist the inevitable} 35. b4 Nf5 $18) 35. Rcc7 Nf5 36. Rxf7 (36. Bxf7+ $142 {ends the debate} Rxf7 37. Rxf7 Rd1 $18) 36... Rxf7 37. Rxf7 (37. Bxf7+ $142 $5 {might be the shorter path} Kh7 38. Rb6 Ne7 $18) 37... Re2 (37... Kh8 {hoping against hope} 38. Rb7 Rd1 $18) 38. Rxf5+ (38. Rxf5+ Kh7 39. Rf7 Kg8 40. e6 Bxb2 41. e7 Ba3 42. Rf8+ Kg7 43. e8=Q Rxe8 44. Rxe8 Bb2 45. Rb8 Ba1 46. Rb7+ Kh8 47. Be4 Bd4 48. Bxg6 Ba1 49. f5 Bc3 50. Bd6 Ba1 51. Re7 Bb2 52. Re8+ Kg7 53. Bf8+ Kf6 54. Re6#) 1-0