Friday, September 11, 2015

Week 2 Game of the Week runner up: Banik-Morshedi analyzed

FM Ali Morshedi took the time to analyze his brilliant attacking win over San Francisco's young talent Siddharth Banik.  Feast your eyes:

[Event "ICC"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2015.09.02"]
[White "*Banik-SF"]
[Black "*Morshedi-SD"]
[Result "0-1"]
[TimeControl "75+30"]

This game was nominated for USCL game of the week in week 2, but came in 2nd place behind an exciting draw between GM Izoria and GM Dlugy.
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 b5
5. Bb3 Na5 Black has to be prepared for 6. Bxf7+
6. O-O d6
7. Nc3 Nf6
8. Re1 Be7
9. d3 O-O
10. h3 Bb7
11. Bg5 Nxb3
12. axb3 c6
13. Ne2 Nh5
14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. g4 f5 I hesitated a bit before playing this move in a team event, but I couldn’t resist!    
16. gxh5 Of course taking the knight is the most testing line. 16. gxf5 g6, 16. exf5 c5 and in both cases black will have some pressure.
16…fxe4
17. Nh2 e3 The main ideas behind this move were to open the f-file and work towards activating the black bishop.  It alsodestabilizes g3, which could be a good defensive outpost for a white knight.   
18. fxe3 Qg5+
19. Ng4 19.Kh1 and white is safe!  It looks crazy because it moves right into the path of the bishop, but after an eventual…c5+white can block with e4 and if black takes the pawn on e3 white has time for Nc3-e4.
19…Rf3 Threatening …Rxh3 or Rxe3 and stopping 20.Ng3.
20. Kh2 20.Kg2 is better.  Then the computer finds 20…Qh4!  I didn’t see this, but maybe out of desperation I would have found it because it is black’s only chance.  21.Rh1 (21.Kxf3 Qxh3+ 22.Kf2 Rf8+ 23.Nf4 exf4 24.e4 Qg3+ 25.Ke2 Qxg4) Raf8 22.Qe1 Qxh5 and both sides have chances.
20…Bc8 I was in a bit of time trouble and was lucky to find this move.  After dreaming of a powerful bishop on the h1-a8 diagonal it’s not meant to be.  Instead I retreat and block my queen’s rook!
21. Ng1 21.Rg1 had to be played. Rxh3+ 22. Kxh3 Qxh5+ 23.Kg2 Bxg4 24. Kf1 Rf8+ 25.Ke1 Qh4+ 26.Kd2 Bxe2 27.Rh1 Or black can try 21…Bxg4 22.Rxg4 Rf2+ 23.Kh1 Qxe3. In both cases white has an edge.
21…Bxg4 Now black is winning.
22. Qxf3 22.Qd2 was a better try, but it’s tough for white now.  22…Raf8 23.Nxf3 Rxf3 24.hxg4 Qh4+ 25.Kg1 Rg3+ 26.Qg2
22…Bxf3
23. Nxf3 Qxh5
24. Rf1 h6
25. Rf2 Rf8
26. Raf1 g5 27. Nd2 Rxf2+ 28. Rxf2 d5 29. Nf3 g4 30. Ng1 Qg5
31. hxg4 Qxe3 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Nf3 Qxg4+ 34. Kf1 Qf4 35. Ne1 Qh4
36. Nf3 Qh1+ 37. Ng1 e4 38. Rg2+ Kf7 39. Rg3 Qh4 40. Ne2 Qf6+
41. Ke1 Qxb2 42. dxe4 Qxc2 43. exd5 cxd5 44. Rc3 Qb1+ 45. Kf2 b4
46. Rc7+ Ke8 47. Nd4 Qe4 48. Nf3 d4 49. Rc5 Qe3+ 50. Kg2 Qxb3
51. Re5+ Kf7 52. Rf5+ Kg7 53. Re5 Qc2+ 54. Kh1 Qd1+ 55. Kg2 b3
56. Re7+ Kf6 57. Rb7 Qc2+ 58. Kg3 b2 59. Nxd4 Qd3+ 60. Kh2 Qxd4
61. Rb3 Qd2+ 62. Kg3 Qc2 63. Rb6+ Ke5 64. Rxb2
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