C99 Closed Spanish Game: Chigorin Defence, 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 O-O 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Nc6 14.Nb3)

This game was played in a mini-tournament called "dim_weasel's XIV". Five players took part to this mini-tournament and I was third in the final standings due to tie-break. I was able to gather 2.5 points in 8 games. I shared the third place with two other players and we had to share the third place prize, which was 1 mini-tournament point. It meant that each of us got 0.33 mini-tournament points... My opponent in this game, mhead123, was second in the final standings with 4.5 points.

I started go wrong in the position below when I played 21...Qa5. Up to that point I had things more or less in control. That is not to say that I could not improve my game earlier on, but the first sign of real trouble was my 21st move.

The moves that the engine likes here are 21...Nc5 and 21...Qb7.

I should have gone for the move 21...Qb7 instead. Mhead123 missed his or her chance and played 22.Rac1. It let me off the hook a bit and I had a chance to fight for the draw again. It was better to play 22.b3 or 22.b4 instead. I was able to hang on quite well in the game until we reached the position below, in which I blundered by playing 29...Rc8??

Getting rid of the backward pawn on b5 by playing 29...b4 seems to be the preferred choice here and the position would be roughly even.

I should have played 29...b4 and equality might have been reached. However, the game continuation was hopelessly lost for me. Mhead123 correctly saw the continuation that quickly ended the game, 30.Rxc8+ Bxc8 31.e5. After 31.e5 I resigned because I either lose the knight or get mated.

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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 d6 7.c3 b5 8.Bb3 0-0 9.h3 Na5 10.Bc2 c5 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 13.cxd4 Spanish Game: Morphy Defense. Chigorin Defense Panov System Nc6 14.Nb3 C99 Closed Spanish Game: Chigorin Defence, 11.d4 Qc7 12.Nbd2 cxd4 Nb4 15.Bb1 a5 16.Be3 a4 17.Nbd2 exd4 18.Nxd4 Bd7 19.a3 Na6 20.Bd3 Rab8 21.Qe2 White has an active position Qa5N 21...Qb7 22.Rac1 Nc5 23.Bb1 Nfxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Bf4 f5 26.f3 Bg5 27.Bxe4 Qb6 28.Bxg5 fxe4 29.Qxe4 Rbe8 30.Qd5+ Kh8 31.Kh1 h6 32.Bh4 Rb8 33.Ne6 Rf7 34.Bg3 Bxe6 35.Rxe6 Rd7 36.Rxd6 Ascic, I-Mrak,M Pula 2001 1-0 (59) 21...Nc5 22.Nxb5 Qa5 23.Nd4 22.Rac1 22.b3!? axb3 23.N2xb3± 22...Nc5 23.Bb1 Rfe8 24.Bf4 Ne6 24...Bf8 25.Rcd1= 25.Nxe6 Bxe6 26.Qd3 Exerts pressure on the isolated pawn 26.Nf3 Bc4 27.Bd3 Bxd3 28.Qxd3 Qb6 26...Rbd8 27.Be3 Rc8 27...g6 28.Bd4= 28.f4 28.Bd4 g6 28...Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Rc8?? 29...b4= would be a reprieve 30.Rxc8++- Bxc8 31.e5 31.e5 dxe5 32.fxe5+- 1–0

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White	EloW	Black	EloB	Res

mhead123

1940

Vierjoki,T

1808

1–0

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