All,
My sixth round game.
An incredibly irritating game. I had white against a 2117. Completely outplayed
him for the whole of the game. What a miserable experience for him to have to
sit and grovel for the entirety of the encounter. Won a pawn relatively easily,
after his Dutch-Defence structure collapsed rather quickly. The end-game is
simply poor for him.
So, having won the pawn in the end-game, the win should be rather trivia.
Amazingly, white started to go majorly wrong on move 46. An innocuous move. I
saw the plan of putting a pawn on g5 and then pushing the H-pawn, but I did not
realise that the utter blockade of the king-side was tenable for black. I
thought the putting of the H-pawn on yet another light-square would lead to me
winning a tempo somewhere and being able to round up all of the pawns or allow
the white king to penetrate. What I did not appreciate, was that the black king
has both the a8 square to run to and that he will gain tempo on the
light-squared bishop were it to try and control the a4-e8 diagonal and cover
both the a8 and e8 squares at the same time. An annoying situation where the
tempo required is not quite there and that black, despite being a pawn down,
has enough, especially with the a7-pawn, to hold it. Very annoying!
46. g4 is the simple way to play on and win. G4-g5 is then too strong with
h4-h5 to come.
Even at the end, with 81. Kxa7, white does not have enough to win it. I thought
about it for over 20 minutes, checked and double-checked, and happily, the
computer confirms, that it is only a drawn variation for white. I am glad I did
not risk it and go and lose it!
So, 4/6 now. I need to turn on the burners now. 3 wins now will take me to 7/9,
which will be excellent. Unlikely but possible. I have black verses a 2087
tomorrow, a draws type of player, who plays 1. D4 and sits on his position.
Game 6 below.
Take it easy
Chris
[Event "Lichtenberger Sommer 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.08.18"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Ross, Chris N"]
[Black "Stiemerling, Wilfried"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Schachgemeinschaft Niederkasse"]
[BlackTeam "BSG Pneumant Fürstenwalde"]
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 e6
3. g3 d5
4. Bg2 Be7
5. O-O O-O
6. c4 Ne4
7. Qc2 f5
8. b3 Nc6
9. Bb2 Bd7
10. Nbd2 Be8
11. Ne5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Nxd2
13. Qxd2 dxc4
14. Qe3 c6
15. bxc4 Qa5
16. Qb3 Rb8
17. Rfd1 Bc5
18. e3 Bh5
19. Rd7 Qb6
20. Bd4 Rfd8
21. Bxc5 Qxc5
22. Rxd8+ Rxd8
23. Qxb7 Qxc4
24. Qxc6 Qxc6
25. Bxc6 Kf8
26. Kg2 Rd1
27. Rxd1 Bxd1
28. Kf1 Ke7
29. Ke1 Bc2
30. Kd2 Bb1
31. a3 Kd8
32. Kc3 Kc7
33. Bb5 Be4
34. Bc4 Kd7
35. Kd4 Bc6
36. Kc5 Bb7
37. Bb3 Bf3
38. Kb5 Be2+
39. Kc5 Bf3
40. Bc2 Bc6
41. Bd3 Bf3
42. Kb5 Bb7
43. Bc4 Bc8
44. h4 g6
45. Be2 Bb7
46. f4
46... h5
47. Bc4 Bc8
48. Kc5 Kc7
49. Bb5 Bd7
50. Bc4 Bc8
51. Bd3 Bd7
52. e4 Be8
53. exf5 gxf5
54. Be2 Bg6
55. Bc4 Bf7
56. Bb5 Bg6
57. Bc6 Bf7
58. Kb5 Bg6
59.
Bf3 Be8+
60. Ka6 Kb8
61. Bd1 Ka8
62. Bb3 Bd7
63. Bc4 Kb8
64. Be2 Be8
65. Bf3 Bf7
66. Bc6 Bg6
67. a4 Kc7
68. Bb5 Kb8
69. a5 Bf7
70. Ba4 Ka8
71. Bb5 Bg6
72. Bd7 Bf7
73. Bc8 Kb8
74. Bb7 Be8
75. Bf3 Bf7
76. Bc6 Kc7
77. Ba4 Kb8
78. Bd7 Ka8
79. Ba4 Kb8
80. Bc6 Kc7
81. Kb5 Kb8
82. Ka6 Kc7
83. Ba4 Kb8
84. Bc6 1/2-1/2
