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Topic: My first win against a 2400 opponent
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whyBishNew Zealand flag
My first win against a 2400. I wont show you the return match (I got smashed). This game I pretty much had no play for most of the game, pretty much never had a piece past the third rank for the opening and midgame. Oh well, sometimes defence has its benefits.

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1. c4 e5 Reverse sicilian
2. Nc3 Bb4 Going for a reverse Rossolimo ( QA lists as the Kramnik Shirov counterattack )
3. Nd5 Bf8 OK this looks crazy at first, but the knight on d5 is not stable anyway so black should gain a tempo back
4. d4 c6 5. Nc3 exd4 either the knight drops another tempo or the queen is drawn out, and hopefully can be targetted for tempo
6. Qxd4 Nf6 7. Bf4 White builds up against the d6 weakness
Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. e4 Threatens e5 driving the knight away from the defence of the king
Na6 Black has real issues on d6, so the only way to develop the knight is Na6->c7->e6 or supporting a d5 push from c7. If black plays c4 then the d pawn is going to be backwards until it is lost,, the Nc6->d4 wouldn't outpost it for long because both whites knights are one move away from challenging d4 but blacks king knight and dark bishop would be a long way from providing support. With the knight on a6 Bc5 can be played as a counter to white playing e5
10. Nf3 Nc7 I wanted to blay Bc5 Qd2 d5 here but whites rook on d1 is aiming at the queen on d8, and d6 would still be weak so Nc7 threatens Ne6 getting rid of a d6 attacker
11. Bd6 Occupying d6
Ne6 e5 can be met with Ne8 keeping solid but cramped
12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe5 I didn't understand this move, it blocks the e5 threat but keeps an eye on the d6 weakness. I was expecting Qd2
Rd8 Trying to support a d6 or d5 push
14. Qd6 Why not play it the move before then?
Kf8 Allowing the king to recapture which would again support d6
15. Qxe7+ I wan't expecting this due to the king supporting d6 after the recapture, but I am threatening Ne8 I suppose
Kxe7 I thought I might be equal here
16. e5 Ne8 17. Bd3 I thought maybe Ne4 again looking at d6 was being targetted, but the e-pawn can be liquidated for the f-pawn
h6 18. Bf5 d6 Happy to finally liquidate my weakness
19. Rhe1 White looks stronger here with the nice central control and well placed pieces
dxe5 Liquidating the central pawns
20. Rxd8 Kxd8 21. Nxe5 Ke7 protecting f7
22. g3 N8c7 23. f4 Bd7 The bishop is offered to allow the rook out
24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Ne4 b6 26. Nxc6+ I think this is a blunder, but at the time I assumed that I had missed something nasty
Bxc6 27.
Rxd8 Kxd8 I thought that Bxe4 could be played here winning two minor pieces instead of a rook or simplifying to two knights vs bishop and pawn, but was still in a state of disbelief
28. Nd2 Nd4 29. Be4 Kd7 So that my king would be pulled forward by a capture. Bxe4 was avoided because I didn't want the white knight centralized
30. Bxc6+ Kxc6 While black should be easily winning this pposition, knights aren't great at holding up pawns, and white has a potential spoiler option of trying to liquidating all blacks pawns, even sacrificing his knight for blacks last pawn, since two knights and king vs king can't mate
31. b3 g5 32. fxg5 hxg5 33. h4
gxh4 34. gxh4 white now has a second spoiler attempt, an outside passed pawn could potentially swindle the game, but black has a passed pawn in compensation
Nf5 35. Nf3 Kd6 36. Kd2 Ne6 37. Kc3 a5 38. a3 f6 39. b4 a4 40. Kd3
Neg7 41. Ke4 Nh6 locking the white king out of the black kingside.
42. Kf4 Nh5+ Miscalculated, thinking I could get behind the white king and over to the a-pawn with the knight
43. Ke4 Ng3+ 44. Ke3 Relaizing I was wrong, and looking to fork c4 and f3
Ngf5+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. Nd4+ white makes life easier
Nxd4 47. Kxd4 Nf5+ 48. Ke4 Nxh4 49. c5 bxc5 Not looking to play f5+ Kd4 bxc5 Kxc5 when white and black probably both queen complicating matters
50. bxc5 f5+ 51. Kf4 Kd5 52. Kg5
Kxc5 53. Kxh4 Kc4 54. Kg5 Kb3 55. Kxf5 Kxa3 0-1


RaethUnited States flag
Wow. Well you used what the Art of War calls "cunning"; stepping along with your opponent waiting for that golden opportunity. 8-)

Truly though, it looked like you got owned in the opening... :-(O)

whyBishNew Zealand flag
Yes, my opponent was very generous.
Computer analysis showed that I was losing (but only about half a pawn to a pawn) until 26Nxc6+ when the continuation that kept advantage was Nd6 The game was about d6 it seems!) which can force the win of the c6 pawn after a number of pieces are traded off.

RaethUnited States flag
Thanks for posting that. :-D


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