A Positional Game

Mohanty, Om Prakash - Vyas, Nileshkumar J.

Result: 1-0

Site: AIWCF

Date: 2022.11.20

The game starts with a normal Ruy Lopez.

[...] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 a6 4.¥a4 ¤f6 5.O-O ¥e7 6.¦e1 b5 7.¥b3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 ¦e8 10.d4 ¥b7 11.¤bd2 ¥f8 12.a3 g6 13.¥a2 ¥g7 14.£c2N

14.d5 ¤b8

14...¤e7 15.¤f1 £d7 16.¤g3 c6 17.dxc6 ¥xc6 18.¥g5 h6 ...1/2-1/2, Svidler Peter 2735 - Jakovenko Dmitry 2596 , Krasnoyarsk 2003 Ch Russia

15.¤f1 ¤bd7 16.¤g3 £e7 17.b3 c6 18.c4 bxc4 ...1/2-1/2, Karpov Anatoly 2725 - Gligoric Svetozar 2565 , Bugojno 1978 It (cat.14)

14.b4 a5 15.d5 ¤e7 16.¥b2 ¤h5 17.¤b3 axb4 18.axb4 ¥c8 ...1-0, Adams Michael 2734 - Grischuk Alexander 2712 , Wijk aan Zee 2002 It (cat.18)

14...£e7 15.b4 ¦ac8 16.¥b2 ¤d8 17.¦ad1 ¤h5?!

17...c5 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.dxe5 ¤d7 20.c4 ¤xe5 21.cxb5 axb5 22.¤xe5 ¥xe5 23.¥xe5 £xe5 24.a4²

18.dxe5 dxe5 19.¤b3 ¤e6 20.¥c1 ¦cd8 21.c4!? Opening up the game. 21...¥a8 22.¥e3 ¤hf4 23.¤c5 ¤xc5?

23...¤g5!?24.¤xg5 £xg5 25.g3 ¤xh3 26.¢f1 ¤f4 27.cxb5

27.gxf4 exf4 28.cxb5 (28.¥c1??28...£h4) 28...¦xd1 29.£xd1 fxe3 30.¦xe3 axb5 31.¥xf7 ¢xf7 32.£b3 ¥d5 33.¦f3 ¢g8 34.£xd5 £xd5 35.exd5 ¦e5 36.¦d3=

27...£g4 28.gxf4 £h3 29.¢e2 exf4 30.¥xf7 ¢xf7 31.£b3

24.¥xc5 £f6 25.¥e3 Idea is to push c4 pawn to block the white squared bishop's diagonal. 25...£e7 26.c5! The white bishop is activated.

26.¥c5 The Stockfish's suggestion which I found aimless. 26...£f6 27.¥e3 £e7 28.cxb5 axb5 29.¥c5 £f6 30.¥e3 £e7 31.¥b3 h6²

26...¥b7 27.h4 The plan is to move the knight with suitable preparation. 27...h6 28.g3 ¤h5 29.c6!?29...¥c8 30.¥d5†30...¥e6 31.¦d2 £f6 32.¤h2!?32...¢h7?

32...¥f8 33.¦ed1 ¢h7 34.¥a2 ¦d6 35.¢g2 ¥xa2 36.¦xd6 ¥xd6 37.£xa2 £g7 38.£c2 ¤f6 39.g4²

33.£c1 Keeping the option for Qa1 or Qd1 33...¥f8

33...¥h3 34.¦d3 ¥e6 35.¥c5 ¥xd5 36.exd5 £f5 37.¦f3 £c8 38.d6 cxd6 39.¥b6±

34.£d1!?34...¥xd5 35.exd5 e4 36.¥d4 £e7 37.¥c5!37...£e5

 Better is 37...¦d6 38.¤f3 £f6 39.¥xd6 ¥xd6 40.¤d4 ¦e5 41.¦e3 £e7 42.£b3 £f6 43.¦de2 £g7 44.¦e1 ¦e7 45.£c3 f5 46.¤e6 £f7 47.¦3e2 ¤f6 48.£b3 ¤h5 49.¦d1±

38.¤g4ќ38...£h8??

38...£g7 39.¥d4!

39.d6?!39...cxd6 40.¥d4 £g8 41.¤e3 f5 42.¤xf5 ¦c8 (42...gxf5 43.£xh5) 43.¦c2 d5 44.¤e3 £e6 45.£c1 ¦e7 46.¦d1 ¦ec7 47.¤xd5 ¦xc6 48.¥c5 ¤g7 49.£f4 £f5 50.£c1 £e6²

39...f6 40.£a1!!40...¦d6 41.f3 ¦xd5 42.fxe4 ¦d6 43.e5 fxe5 44.¦xe5 ¦ed8 45.¦xh5!45...£f7 (45...gxh5 46.¥xg7) 46.¦e5 £f3 47.¤e3 £xg3 48.¦g2 £xh4 49.¥b2 ¥g7 50.£f1 ¦d2 51.¥c3 ¦xg2 52.¤xg2 £f6 53.£xf6 ¥xf6 54.¦e3 ¥xc3 55.¦xc3¤

39.¥d4ќ The game would have continued.. 39...£g8 40.¥e5 ¦c8 41.¥f6 ¦a8

41...¥g7 42.¥xg7 £xg7 43.d6 cxd6 44.¦xd6 £c3 45.£c1 £xc1 46.¦xc1 ¦e7 47.¤e3 ¦e6 48.¦xe6 fxe6 49.¤g4 g5 50.¦c5 ¤g7 51.hxg5 hxg5 52.¤f6 ¢g6 53.¤xe4 g4 54.f3 gxf3 55.¢f2 ¤e8 56.¢xf3 ¦d8 57.c7 ¦c8 58.¦c6 ¦xc7 59.¦xe6 ¢f7 60.¦xa6 ¢e7 61.¦a5 ¦b7 62.¤c5ќ

42.¦d4 e3 43.fxe3 a5 44.e4 axb4 45.axb4 ¦a3 46.¦d3 ¥xb4 47.¦xa3 ¥xa3 48.£f3 ¦a8 49.¥e5 ¥c5 50.¢h1 f5 51.exf5 ¦a3 52.£e4 ¦a4 53.fxg6 £xg6 54.£xg6 ¢xg6 55.¤e3 ¥b6 56.d6 cxd6 57.¥xd6 ¢f7 58.¤d5 ¦c4 59.¦e7 ¢g6 60.c7 ¥xc7 61.¥xc7 ¦c5 62.¦d7 ¢f5 63.¢g2ќ¥

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