Prakash, Om (1722) - Lacunza, Mario (1620)
Result: 1-0
Site: Lechenicher SchachServer
Date: 2011.10.09
As I am still in learning phase in correspondence chess, this game has a high importance for me. At one point My mind was blank. Thanks to Lasker's Theory and my engines personality knowledge I eventually won. Don't go by opponenets low rating!!. He played like a GM. He lost the same way I used to loose when I started playing corr chess. That is playing wihout a forsight and Human interaction. [...] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤f6 I hate Drawish Openings. But Its not that so in Petroff as All think.
3.d4 ¤xe4 4.¥d3 d5 5.¤xe5 ¥d6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c6 8.¤c3 ¤xc3 9.bxc3 ¤d7 10.f4 ¤f6 11.£c2 dxc4? I am out of book now. (11...¦e8!!) 12.¤xc4 ¦e8 13.a4 ¥e6 14.¤xd6 I always loved Knights over bishops. As knights are underrated piece due to top players using double bishops, Many players seem to miss knight maneuvers in games which leads to my edge. But here is an exception.
14...£xd6 15.¥a3 £c7 16.¦ae1 h6 17.c4 ¦ad8 18.¥b2 ¥d7 19.£d2 ¦xe1 20.¦xe1 ¥e6 21.f5!! Upto this I played without interaction with programs. Just the Optimal moves. Interestingly he was doing the same!!. But this kind of moves I like which locks bishops.
21...¥d7 22.h3 ¦e8 23.¦e5 £d6 24.¥c3 b6 25.g4 £a3 26.a5 b5 27.£b2! Wanted queen exchange and to play with 2 bishops. Seems not a good plan though.
27...£d6 28.¥b4 £b8 29.¥e1!! The critical point. I was totally doomed here. None engines including my brain was helping me. All engines suggesting weird moves. So I thought If I don't have plan lets but bad peces to squares where they will cause a threat. Played it by checking If its a blunder
29...a6 30.£h2! The 2nd plan of the plan I planned at move 29.Be1!!
30...h5 31.£g3! Black is in zugzwang. No engines find it or I hope so. So I mainteined Nimzowitch's plan...errrr hmmmm my plan. Threat is dangerous than execution you know ?
31...hxg4 32.hxg4 c5 33.g5! I play with Pawns - Opposite of Shirov.
33...¤h5 34.£h2!! Ah!! what didn't you get it ? My Nimzowitch's plan. What else ?
34...¦xe5 Finally he exchchanged!! after torture.
35.dxe5 bxc4 36.e6!! What ? Not Be4 ? How can you win this ? All engines suggested Be4 but I felt fishy in there. Show I went straight to a position which is beyond of few engines understanding(Houdini is one of them) except one The Great Zappa.
36...£xh2 37.¢xh2 ¥b5 38.exf7 ¢xf7 39.¥e4 ¤f4 40.g6 ¢f8 41.¥d2!!ќ I saw this move when I played 36.e6. No Engines find this as winning except the tweaked Zappa II and that too after a long time. Its a typical human Interacted move which can beat engines easily. Engines Suggest 41.Bg3-d6+-Bxc5 which I was not convinced.
41...¤h5 42.¥f3! No not 42. Bc3? . Didn't you get my plan ?
42...¤f6 43.¢g3 My Strongest piece!! 43...¤g8 That was my plan. To send the knight home where it s useless as it controls less squares. Black's moves are more or less forced.
44.¥e3! ¢e8 45.¥xc5 c3 46.¥e4! Blocks the pawn too. 46...¥a4 47.¥d3! c2 48.¥a3! ¤f6 Now the pony jumped to find out everything is over.
49.¥xa6 ¢d7 50.¢f3 ¢c6 51.¢e3! King reaches the blacks queening square by Kd2-c1 and takes the pawn after Bd3 .Two separated passed pawns after Bb2-Bxf6. Or If knight is on e8 or h5 Then Bxg7!! as after Nxg7 f6 is hard for knight too. Hard to handle for black. So Black resigns.
3.d4 ¤xe4 4.¥d3 d5 5.¤xe5 ¥d6 6.O-O O-O 7.c4 c6 8.¤c3 ¤xc3 9.bxc3 ¤d7 10.f4 ¤f6 11.£c2 dxc4? I am out of book now. (11...¦e8!!) 12.¤xc4 ¦e8 13.a4 ¥e6 14.¤xd6 I always loved Knights over bishops. As knights are underrated piece due to top players using double bishops, Many players seem to miss knight maneuvers in games which leads to my edge. But here is an exception.
14...£xd6 15.¥a3 £c7 16.¦ae1 h6 17.c4 ¦ad8 18.¥b2 ¥d7 19.£d2 ¦xe1 20.¦xe1 ¥e6 21.f5!! Upto this I played without interaction with programs. Just the Optimal moves. Interestingly he was doing the same!!. But this kind of moves I like which locks bishops.
21...¥d7 22.h3 ¦e8 23.¦e5 £d6 24.¥c3 b6 25.g4 £a3 26.a5 b5 27.£b2! Wanted queen exchange and to play with 2 bishops. Seems not a good plan though.
27...£d6 28.¥b4 £b8 29.¥e1!! The critical point. I was totally doomed here. None engines including my brain was helping me. All engines suggesting weird moves. So I thought If I don't have plan lets but bad peces to squares where they will cause a threat. Played it by checking If its a blunder
29...a6 30.£h2! The 2nd plan of the plan I planned at move 29.Be1!!
30...h5 31.£g3! Black is in zugzwang. No engines find it or I hope so. So I mainteined Nimzowitch's plan...errrr hmmmm my plan. Threat is dangerous than execution you know ?
31...hxg4 32.hxg4 c5 33.g5! I play with Pawns - Opposite of Shirov.
33...¤h5 34.£h2!! Ah!! what didn't you get it ? My Nimzowitch's plan. What else ?
34...¦xe5 Finally he exchchanged!! after torture.
35.dxe5 bxc4 36.e6!! What ? Not Be4 ? How can you win this ? All engines suggested Be4 but I felt fishy in there. Show I went straight to a position which is beyond of few engines understanding(Houdini is one of them) except one The Great Zappa.
36...£xh2 37.¢xh2 ¥b5 38.exf7 ¢xf7 39.¥e4 ¤f4 40.g6 ¢f8 41.¥d2!!ќ I saw this move when I played 36.e6. No Engines find this as winning except the tweaked Zappa II and that too after a long time. Its a typical human Interacted move which can beat engines easily. Engines Suggest 41.Bg3-d6+-Bxc5 which I was not convinced.
41...¤h5 42.¥f3! No not 42. Bc3? . Didn't you get my plan ?
42...¤f6 43.¢g3 My Strongest piece!! 43...¤g8 That was my plan. To send the knight home where it s useless as it controls less squares. Black's moves are more or less forced.
44.¥e3! ¢e8 45.¥xc5 c3 46.¥e4! Blocks the pawn too. 46...¥a4 47.¥d3! c2 48.¥a3! ¤f6 Now the pony jumped to find out everything is over.
49.¥xa6 ¢d7 50.¢f3 ¢c6 51.¢e3! King reaches the blacks queening square by Kd2-c1 and takes the pawn after Bd3 .Two separated passed pawns after Bb2-Bxf6. Or If knight is on e8 or h5 Then Bxg7!! as after Nxg7 f6 is hard for knight too. Hard to handle for black. So Black resigns.
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Very nice game!
ReplyDeleteA Stunning Work of Chess Analysis !! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm playing in a strong tourney @ ICCF and the lowest seed [approx 1650 Elo] is giving other higher rated players a tough time. So, I can relate very well with this game.
29.Be1!! is the KEY move here...!! 36.e6!! & 41.Bd2!! are winning by force - all resistance proves futile!
Just had an overview of the game - will check it out when I reach home tonite!
Thanks for the insightful commentary to the games!!
- P A V A N
And I am waiting for you Insiteful comments on the game.
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