[Event "2017 CUCC"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2017.01.14"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kleinman, Michael"]
[Black "Qin, Joey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[Annotator "Joey Qin"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.??.??"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 {Allowing White to construct a
Maroczy but planning to take advantage of the fact that White will not have
the ideal piece positioning.} (4... Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 {It's not easy for Black to find good
play. He will constantly have to worry about the d6-pawn.}) 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 {
e3 seems like a strange position for the queen but White will develop via b3
and Bb2.} g6 7. h3 {Stopping ...Bg4 and ...Ng4 ideas.} Bg7 8. Be2 Nf6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Nc3 (10. Rd1 {This is the main move, threatening e5 and forcing Black
to make an early decision on how to develop his pieces.} Nd7 11. Nc3 Nc5 12.
Rb1 a5 13. b3 {Ni,H (2701)-Timofeev,A (2681) Sochi, 2009.}) 10... Be6 11. Rd1
Nd7 {With possible ideas of ...Ne5, ...Nc5, and ...Qb6. Black's main problem
is the lack of space so trading off pieces would be good for him.} 12. b3 (12.
Rb1 {This might have been stronger - getting off the a1–h8 diagonal and
planning an immediate b4 to seize initiative on the queenside.} Rc8 13. b4 Bxc4
$1 {Black needs to find this move otherwise White will have a lot of binding
pressure.} 14. Bxc4 Nce5 15. Nxe5 (15. Bxf7+ Nxf7 16. Nd5 e6 17. Nf4 Re8) 15...
Bxe5 {Only move.} 16. Qd3 Nb6 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Be3 Qb5 {unclear.})
12... Qa5 {I considered trading off queens to relieve some pressure but the
knight on b6 would be awkwardly placed and need to be relocated. Qa5 also
seemed to lead to more complex positions and chances for both sides.} (12...
Qb6 13. Qxb6 Nxb6 14. Bd2 {unclear.}) 13. Bb2 Rfc8 {Preparing for ...b5 ideas.} 14.
Na4 {Kleinman wanted to get out of the annoying pin and trade off the
important g7 bishop in hopes of a possible future kingside attack. However
after the trade, Black obtains a comfortable position where he can utilize the
dark squares.} (14. Rab1 b5 15. Nd5 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bxd5 18. Bxd5
e6 19. Bc4 Nce5) 14... Bxb2 15. Nxb2 b5 16. cxb5 {Black is not afraid of
trading off the e6 bishop because the resulting pawn structures will better
due to the bad bishop on e2.} (16. Ng5 Nc5 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 {unclear.}) 16... axb5 17.
Nd3 b4 {Fixing the White queenside} 18. Qh6 {The start of a faulty plan. Even
without the dark-squared bishop, Black has enough resources to defend.
Meanwhile with all the White pieces migrating to the kingside, the queenside
will be left powerless.} Qb6 $5 {The move that I spent the longest time on in
the game. First of all, it clears the a-file for the rook to bear down on the
a2-pawn. Secondly, it offers Nd4 defensive ideas. Thirdly, in lines where
White trades off the e6 bishop, the f-file is opened and the Queen eyes the f2
pawn. Finally, future f2-f4 ideas are stopped.} 19. Nf4 Nce5 20. Ng5 Nf8 {
The White attack has been stopped and now Black has serious threats with ...
Rc2.} 21. Rac1 $6 ({Trying to complicate the position and continue the attack
but at this point, it is better just to step back and go on the defense.} 21.
Nfxe6 fxe6 22. Rd2 Rc3 $13) 21... Rc3 {Nullifying possible tactics and
threatening ...Rxa2.} (21... Rxc1 $2 22. Rxc1 Rxa2 $2 23. Nfxe6 fxe6 24. Rc8
$18 {and Black gets mated.}) 22. Nfxe6 fxe6 23. Rxc3 $2 {Now Black is winning;
the White queenside is about to collapse and the White pieces are still stuck
on the kingside.} (23. a4 Rxb3 24. Bb5 Rb2 ({editor -} 24... Rc3 $1) 25. Rf1 {Only move.}
$13) 23... bxc3 24. a4 Qxb3 25. f4 c2 26. Rf1 Qe3+ 1-0
