[Event "Maastricht Complete Chess m"]
[Site "Maastricht"]
[Date "2008.03.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C58"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[Annotator "L'Ami"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.03.03"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
{From 3 till 6 March Daniel Stellwagen and yours truly played an advanced
(computer assisted) chess match in Maastricht. In games 3 and 4 the moves 1.e4
e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 were obligatory. This is the fourth game which
was most exciting of all.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 d5 5. exd5 Na5
6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc6 bxc6 8. Bd3 $5 ({
The third game, in which I had White, continued with the classical} 8. Be2 h6
9. Nf3 e4 10. Ne5 Bc5 11. c3 Bd6 12. d4 exd3 13. Nxd3 O-O $1 14. O-O Re8 {
and it was suprisingly difficult for White to move;} 15. b4 (15. Nd2 Bf5 {
(threatening Rxe2!)} 16. Ne1 Qc7 17. Nef3 Rad8 {looks really bad.}) (15. Bf4
Bxf4 (15... Rxe2 $5 16. Qxe2 Ba6 17. Qd1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Bxf4 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20.
Na3 {is another option.}) 16. Nxf4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 (17. Bxd1 Ba6 $17) 17... g5
18. Nh5 Rxe2 19. Nxf6+ Kg7 20. b4 Kxf6 21. bxa5 Rb8 {
with a clear advantage in the endgame.}) (15. Be3 Qc7 16. h3 ({forced, because
} 16. g3 {runs into} Bh3 17. Re1 $140 Rxe3 $1 18. fxe3 Bxg3 {winning.}) 16...
Bf5 17. Bd4 ({or} 17. Na3 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Rad8 19. Bd4 Nd5 {
and White is on the verge of complete collapse.}) 17... Ne4 18. Nd2 $6 Nxd2 19.
Qxd2 c5 20. Be3 Rad8 {when somehow the extra pawn doesn't help White much.})
15... Nc4 16. Nc5 Ne5 17. Nd2 Nd5 18. Nce4 Bc7 19. Re1 Bf5 {after which I was
lucky to escape with a draw, l'Ami-Stellwagen, Maastricht Advanced Two Knights
2008. It seems that 13...O-O followed by Re8 is a much stronger concept then
trying to prevent White from castling with 13...Qc7 which was previously
played.}) 8... Ng4 $5 ({After} 8... Nd5 {White's idea was to continue} 9. Nf3
Nf4 10. O-O {with advantage. Instead Black should continue 9...Bd6 with
reasonable compensation. I was, however, in a more aggressive mood.}) 9. Ne4 (
9. Nf3 f5 10. h3 e4 11. hxg4 exd3 12. cxd3 fxg4 {
was better for Black in the recent game Bird-Lasker, Newcastle on Tyne 1892})
9... f5 {The following sequence of moves is forced.} 10. Be2 $1 h5 $1 11. h3 $1
fxe4 12. hxg4 Bc5 13. b4 $1 ({
The only move to fight for the initiative. The ending after} 13. Nc3 Qd4 14.
O-O O-O 15. Qe1 hxg4 16. d3 exd3 17. Bxd3 Rxf2 18. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 g3 20.
Ne4 gxf2+ 21. Kf1 Bb6 {is just equal.}) 13... Qd4 14. bxc5 O-O 15. O-O Qxa1 16.
Nc3 e3 $1 ({
It was this move which made me go for 8...Ng4. My engine first showed} 16...
hxg4 {but White looks slightly better after} 17. Nxe4 Qxa2 18. d3 {.}) 17. gxh5
exf2+ 18. Rxf2 Rxf2 19. Kxf2 Be6 20. Bf3 (20. Ba3 Qxd1 21. Bxd1 Rf8+ 22. Kg3 g6
23. hxg6 Kg7 {should be a draw. Black continues by taking on g6, followed by
Bd7 and Nb7-d8-e6.}) 20... Rf8 21. Kg3 Bxa2 {
With a computer next to you it is much easier to snatch such pawns.} 22. Qe1
Be6 (22... Bf7 23. Kh2 $1 {is dangerous for Black;} Re8 24. h6 gxh6 25. Ne4 Re6
26. Bg4 Rg6 27. Bf5 {with a fierce initiative.}) 23. d4 ({After} 23. d3 Nb7 $1
(23... Bf5 24. Ne2 Qa4 25. Qc3 e4 26. h6 $1 Rf6 27. Bh5 exd3 28. cxd3 {
is very dangerous for Black.}) 24. Qxe5 Qxc1 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qe5 Nd8 {
Black has enough counterplay.}) 23... Nc4 $6 (23... Bf5 {
is more precise, when White is forced to make a draw with} 24. dxe5 Re8 25. h6
Re6 26. Qd2 Nc4 27. Qd8+ Kh7 28. hxg7 Kxg7 29. Qd7+ Kg8 30. Qd8+ {indicated aft
er the game by the organizer of the match, chess enthusiast Jan van Reek}) 24.
Kh2 Rxf3 ({A correct decision, White still has some threats after} 24... Kh8
25. h6 $1 gxh6 26. Ne2 {
but of course the computer prevented me from allowing this.}) 25. gxf3 Bf7 26.
h6 (26. dxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Qxc1 28. Ne4 Qxc2+ 29. Kg3 Qc1 {
leads to a draw as well.}) 26... gxh6 27. Ne4 Bg6 28. Qf1 ({
I wonder if, without assistance, I would have found} 28. Qg1 Kf7 29. Qf1 Ne3
30. Nd6+ (30. Qh3 Nf5 {isn't winning either.}) 30... Kg7 31. Qg1 Nxc2 $1 {
myself, when the computer shows 0.00

}) 28... Kh8 29. Qxc4 Qxc1 30. Qe6 Qf4+
31. Ng3 Bh5 {And White has to take the perpetual.} 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qb7+ Kg8
34. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2
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