[Event "Rated Classical game"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/8OwC3yjb"]
[Date "2019.02.02"]
[Round "-"]
[White "schachschachschach"]
[Black "bortoli2018"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/schachschachschach"]
[BlackElo "1674"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian Defense: Old Sicilian"]
[Termination "Normal"]
[TimeControl "2700+0"]
[UTCDate "2019.02.02"]
[UTCTime "17:58:37"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "1662"]

{ Start with e4! } 1. e4 { Good move! [%clk 0:45:00] } 1... c5 { Black plays the Sicilian, which move is very common for white now? [%clk 0:45:00] } 2. Nf3 { Correct! Going out with the knight! With the other knight it would be called the "Closed Sicilian" - I recommend the "Open Sicilian" [%csl Bc3,Gf3][%cal Bb1c3,Gg1f3] [%clk 0:44:45] } ( 2. Nc3 { Good move! This is the Closed Sicilian, but I would recommend another move. } ) 2... Nc6 { Black goes with the "Old Sicilian" [%csl Gc6,Gc5] [%clk 0:44:31] } 3. c3 { I decided to play similar to the "Alapin Variation" - this makes even more sense to me now as it takes away squares for blacks knight [%csl Rd4,Rb4][%cal Rc6b4,Rc6d4] [%clk 0:44:30] } ( 3. Bb5 { This move is very common too, but I decided to do something different. Can you guess what? } ) 3... d6 { This move is very passive, it allows us to gain control over the center! [%clk 0:43:55] } 4. d4 { Correct. d4 is a good move here! Can you see how white has two good bishops and more control over the center? [%csl Gd4,Ge4,Bc5][%cal Gf1a6,Gc1h6] [%clk 0:44:11] } 4... g6 { Black has the "Dragon-Variation" in mind, but in this case he oversees my central advantage. There are two good moves. [%clk 0:42:14] } 5. dxc5 { We win a pawn. If black recaptures we can take his queen and win some time. [%csl Bc5,Gd8][%cal Gd1d8,Bd6c5] [%clk 0:43:49] } ( 5. d5 { Yes this is a good move! I decided to take on c5 instead, because I like the idea of exchanging Queens in this game, because it gives me some time advantage. } ) 5... dxc5 { So what should we play now? [%clk 0:40:53] } 6. Qxd8+ { Correct! Black needs to move his king or take with his knight. [%csl Bd8][%cal Bc6d8,Be8d8] [%clk 0:43:08] } 6... Nxd8 { How can we use the fact that blacks king is a little bit exposed? [%clk 0:40:41] } 7. Bb5+ { Right! If black interposes the knight he'll have a double pawn, if he blocks the threat with his bishop he will have to move the king. [%csl Gd7,Bc6,Bc5,Bb7][%cal Gc8d7,Gb5d7,Bd8c6,Bb7c6,Ge8d7] [%clk 0:42:47] } ( 7. Be3 { Good move, but I decided to attack the king immediately. } ) 7... Bd7 { What now? [%clk 0:40:26] } 8. Bxd7+ { Right, we force the king to leave his safe zone. [%clk 0:42:45] } 8... Kxd7 { How can we position our king better than blacks now to gain advantage? [%clk 0:40:14] } 9. O-O { We have castled, black has no opportunity to do so anymore. This is good for white! [%csl Gf1,Gg1,Gf2,Gg2,Gh2,Bd7] [%clk 0:41:56] } 9... Nc6 { Black needs another move to bring his knight back in the game. Continue developing pieces! [%clk 0:39:46] } 10. Bf4 { Actually this isn't the best move here, because of Bh6 - but I thought it would be okay by responding with Bg3 in that case. [%csl Gh6,Rd6,Rc7][%cal Gf8h6,Gf4g3] [%clk 0:41:00] } ( 10. Rd1+ { Good move, but I think it's more interesting to let the king stay in the middle for a while. Also I wonder where to put my other rook later... on the b-file or the c-file? [%csl Ra1] } ) ( 10. Be3 { This move is good too, but I decided to put the bishop on the diagonal which is next to blacks king, because the pawn on c5 can be defended easily. [%cal Gf4b8,Gf4g3,Ge3f4,Bb7b6] } ) ( 10. Na3 { Best move here, I decided to develop my bishop first. } ) ( 10. Nbd2 { This way the bishop is blocked! [%csl Rd2][%cal Rc1d2] } ) 10... Bg7 { Black doesn't play Bh6, but Bg7. Look at his bishop. Where is he planning to go from there? Maybe the idea is to push the e-pawn. [%csl Rc3,Rb2,Rd4,Re5][%cal Ge7e5] [%clk 0:38:14] } 11. Na3 { Good move! We develop another piece towards blacks exposed king! [%clk 0:40:33] } ( 11. Rd1+ { Good move, but I prefer to develop my minor pieces first. } ) ( 11. Nbd2 { There is a better place for the knight! } ) 11... a6 { Black makes a huge mistake, creating a hole in his pawn structure. We can use that! [%csl Rb5,Bb6][%cal Ba3c4,Bc4b6] [%clk 0:37:37] } 12. Nc4 { We threaten now blacks rook! [%csl Bd7,Ba8][%cal Bb6d7,Bb6a8,Rc4b6] [%clk 0:40:22] } 12... Rd8 { Black saves his rook, but the move is still good anyway! [%clk 0:36:47] } 13. Nb6+ { We take away almost every square for blacks king! [%csl Rf4,Rc7,Rd6,Bb6,Bc8,Bd7,Ge8] [%clk 0:39:18] } 13... Ke8 { Now we can start hunting blacks rook! [%clk 0:35:00] } 14. Bc7 { Very good. Note that black has only one square to save his rook! [%csl Rd6,Rd8,Rb8,Bd7,Bc8,Ba8,Gd5,Gd4,Bd2,Gd1][%cal Rc7d8,Rc7b8,Rc7d6,Bb6a8,Bb6c8,Bb6d7,Ge4d5,Gc3d4,Bf3d2,Gf1d1,Ga1d1] [%clk 0:38:34] } 14... Rd3 { Unfortunately I missed the right combination here (Na4 - Rd7 - Bb6). I wanted to stay that way to trap blacks rook so I played Rc1. [%csl Ga4,Bd2,Rf3,Re1][%cal Gb6a4,Gc7b6,Ga4c5,Ba1c1,Bc1c2,Rf3e1,Re1d3] [%clk 0:34:19] } 15. Rac1 { Now black realises that his rook might fall soon. [%clk 0:36:55] } ( 15. Na4 { This is the best move. Unfortunately I missed it. Great that you found it though! } ) 15... Nf6 { Try to play the moves now so you understand where my mistake was. [%cal Gc1c2] [%clk 0:29:21] } 16. Rc2 { I ignored blacks threat because I was solely focused on blacks rook. [%clk 0:36:41] } ( 16. Rfe1 { Solid move. I should have played it, but I was focused on trapping blacks rook. } ) 16... Nxe4 { Black takes. I tried to chase the knight away. [%cal Gf1e1] [%clk 0:28:55] } 17. Re1 { It seems okay at first but... [%clk 0:34:42] } 17... f5 { ...black can defend it easily. Now I cannot attack blacks rook with my knight anymore because I need two defenders to guard the d2 square. So I started to attack with the only piece left... [%csl Gd2][%cal Gf3d2,Gc2d2,Rf3e1] [%clk 0:27:52] } 18. Kf1 { ...my king. [%clk 0:31:53] } 18... Kf7 { Black makes room for his other rook but I'm not concerned because of my wall and I stick to my plan to win the rook. [%csl Rb8,Rc8,Rd8,Rd7,Rd6,Ra8,Rd5][%cal Bc7b8,Bc7d8,Bc7d6,Bb6d7,Bb6c8,Bb6a8,Bb6d5] [%clk 0:26:48] } 19. Ke2 { Very good! The rook has nowhere to go! [%clk 0:31:19] } 19... c4 { Black defends. Now I have 3 defenders of the d2 square, so I can use my knight to attack. [%csl Gd2][%cal Ge2d2,Gc2d2,Gf3d2,Rf3e1,Re1d3] [%clk 0:25:26] } 20. Rec1 { Another mistake. I didn't see that black could trap my bishop. But luckily black played this very bad move: [%cal Ge4c5,Gc5e6,Ge6c7,Gg6g5,Gf5f4] [%clk 0:31:00] } ( 20. Nxc4 { Good move, but it doesn't trap the rook. } ) 20... Na5 { White should take on c4 now, but I was to focused on my old plan (to win the rook). So I moved my knight to e1. [%csl Gc4,Ra5,Rd3][%cal Gb6c4,Bf3e1] [%clk 0:23:33] } 21. Ne1 { The rook has nowhere to go! You trapped it! Great! [%csl Re3,Rf3,Rg3,Rh3,Rd4,Rd5,Rd7,Rd6,Rd8,Rd2,Rd1][%cal Rf2g3,Rf2e3,Rg2f3,Rg2h3,Rc3d4,Rb6d5,Rb6d7,Rc7d6,Rc7d8,Rc2d2,Rc1d1] [%clk 0:30:33] } ( 21. Nxc4 { You are right. This is the best move here. I missed that one! I continued to trap the rook instead. } ) 21... Bh6 { Black realises the problem and responds by attacking our rook! What should we do? [%csl Rc1][%cal Rh6c1] [%clk 0:22:43] } 22. f4 { Yes now we simply block of the threat! Nothing can stop us! [%csl Gf4][%cal Gc7f4,Rh6f4] [%clk 0:27:29] } ( 22. Ra1 { Good move too. I prefer f4. } ) ( 22. Rb1 { This allows the move Rd2... I think this wouldn't be very good for white. [%csl Gd2][%cal Gd3d2] } ) 22... g5 { Black makes another bad move. What next? [%clk 0:19:43] } 23. Nxd3 { Good! We won the rook finally! [%clk 0:26:57] } 23... cxd3+ { What now? [%clk 0:19:28] } 24. Kxd3 { Correct! [%clk 0:26:55] } 24... gxf4 { We have not won yet! Which of our pieces is in danger? [%clk 0:19:11] } 25. Rf1 { Very good. We move out of the dangerous diagonal and attack a pawn at the same time. [%csl Gf4][%cal Gf1f4,Gc7f4,Rh6c1] [%clk 0:26:22] } ( 25. Rd1 { Good positional play. I prefered to attack the double pawns instead. (Rf1) } ) 25... Nc5+ { Black gives check. Where should we move the king? [%clk 0:15:17] } 26. Ke2 { Correct! [%clk 0:25:42] } 26... e5 { Think about the right move now. This is a tactical position. [%clk 0:14:42] } 27. b4 { Very good! We are threatening both knights! [%csl Rc5,Ra5][%cal Rb4c5,Rb4a5] [%clk 0:24:59] } ( 27. Bxe5 { This would be fatal! [%csl Re5][%cal Rh8e8,Re8e2] } ) 27... Ne6 { What now? [%clk 0:13:58] } 28. Bxe5 { Right! We can take, because we are up material after taking blacks knight anyway so we can sacrifice our bishop in case of an attack. [%clk 0:24:38] } 28... Re8 { Black is planning to win the bishop. What now? [%csl Ge5][%cal Ge8e2] [%clk 0:13:50] } 29. bxa5 { Correct. This way we have enough compensation for the bishop. [%clk 0:24:21] } 29... Nc5 { Black attacks. What now? [%csl Re5][%cal Re8e5] [%clk 0:13:25] } 30. Nc4 { Correct. Why not guard it? [%clk 0:23:54] } 30... Bg7 { Black still wants our bishop really bad. But there are two disadvantages of blacks move. Can you find them? [%clk 0:12:59] } 31. Rxf4 { Correct! The pawn was no longer protected! [%clk 0:23:29] } ( 31. Nd6+ { Simple tactic. I didn't see this one. You can be proud of yourself that you found it! I took the pawns instead which is very good too. [%csl Bf7,Be8][%cal Bd6e8,Bd6f7] } ) 31... Bxe5 { Black takes our knight. And now? Can we take the pawn before taking the bishop or not? Calculate each possible move of the king before your decision. [%csl Gf5][%cal Gf4f5,Bf7e7,Bf7e6,Bf7g6,Bf7g7,Bf7g8] [%clk 0:12:28] } 32. Rxf5+ { Yes! If the king protects the bishop it wouldn't be protected by the rook anymore. [%clk 0:22:53] } 32... Bf6+ { Black saves his bishop but the knight is still hanging. [%clk 0:12:16] } 33. Kf1 { I moved back because I wanted to double the rooks. [%csl Gc5,Gf5,Gf2][%cal Gc2f2,Gf2f5] [%clk 0:21:16] } ( 33. Kf3 { Good move too, but I think it's a little bit better to go back for the king. In most cases it is. } ) 33... Kg6 { Blunder by black. Why is that move very bad? [%clk 0:11:37] } 34. Rxc5 { Right. The knight wasn't defended. [%clk 0:21:06] } 34... Bh4 { Black uses his last chance and tries to checkmate us!!! How can we prevent that? [%csl Re1][%cal Rh4e1,Re8e1] [%clk 0:11:21] } 35. g3 { 1-0 Black resigns. [%clk 0:20:58] } ( 35. Ne5+ { Best move, but I like the move g3 more, because it is safer and there is no need to calculate alot. } ) ( 35. Ne3 { This loses the knight! [%csl Re3][%cal Re8e3] } ) 1-0