2022.10 2022.10 Downloads: 2022.10.06 2022.10.05 2022.10.12 2022.10.13 2022.10.20 2022.10.26 [Event "Chess Lesson"] [Site "Barnes & Nobel"] [Date "2022.10.26"] [Round "4"] [White "Gomez, Erick"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D87"] [WhiteElo "700"] [BlackElo "1900"] [Annotator ",JosephOAlford"] [PlyCount "88"] [EventDate "2022.10.06"] [SourceDate "2022.10.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. d5 {No, the strong center is the key to White’s game. Fritz calls for Be3 to support that center.} Na5 11. Bb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 f5 { Black is successfully attacking the center. Fritz shows a small Black advantage in all lines.} 13. f3 fxe4 14. fxe4 Bg4 {Second choice for Fritz who now shows a White advantage. He wanted to trade rooks and then play Bg4} 15. h3 {White needs to use his bishop to protect c3} Bxe2 {Fritz says Bc3 which I never considered.} 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17. Qxe2 Bxc3 18. Rb1 Qf6 {Fritz says this is weaker than e6 or e5. I did not consider giving White a supported passed pawn.} 19. Qc4 Bd4+ {Qd4+ eliminates any White counterplay. Fritz says Bd4+ is marginally better. He also likes b5 when Qb5 allows Qd4+ and then Qxe5 attacking the rook and threatening Qe1+. White would not take the b-pawn.} 20. Kh1 Qf2 {Qd6 is probably better. I thought White’s only replies were Bh6 when Qh4 wins the e-pawn or Ba3 when Qa2 forces Qc1 with advantage to Black. Fritz likes Qe5 or a6. White’s d6+ never seems to give any advantage.} 21. Bg5 Bf6 { Advantage to White. Fritz still slightly favors Black after Qg3 with Be5 to follow.} 22. Rf1 {Logical, but White loses most of the advantage. Fritz says now is the time for d6+ Kg7; Rf1 but he doesn’t seem sure about whether Black should now play Qg3 or Qb2 or Qd4} Qd4 23. Bxf6 {This favors Black. Fritz says trade queens. Then trade bishops and take the f-pawn. The problem with that is that White cannot protect his center after Re8.} exf6 {A momentary lapse. I had planned to exchange queens before recapturing the bishop. That would leave the a-pawn free to roam.} 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25. Rd1 {I was happy with Rf6 Re8. I should not have been. Rf6 Re8; d3 Re4; d2 Rd5 oops! I have a pawn on d5, so Re8 is not playable.} Kf7 26. Rxd4 Ke7 27. Kg1 Kd6 28. Kf2 b5 {Black wants to play Rc8 without allowing Rc4} 29. Ke3 a5 30. Kf4 Rc8 31. Rd3 Rc2 32. g4 a4 33. bxa4 bxa4 34. Ra3 Rc4 35. h4 Kc5 36. Rd3 Kd6 37. Ra3 Rb4 38. Rd3 Rb6 39. g5 fxg5+ 40. hxg5 Rb4 41. Rc3 Rb6 42. Ra3 Ra6 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Ra1 {Fritz says White is even after Ke3 or Kf3} a3 {White resigns. He cannot protect e4} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Chess Lesson"] [Site "Barnes & Noble"] [Date "2022.10.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Gomez, Erick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D85"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "700"] [PlyCount "43"] [EventDate "2022.10.06"] [SourceDate "2022.10.06"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 { Although this move is playable (and first choice for Fritz), a better arrangement of White pieces is Bc4 and Ne2} O-O 8. Rb1 {According to the opening book, this restrains Black’s queen bishop. Black can often win the a-pawn, but it is not clear that that is good.} c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Bb5 {Fishing. Fritz likes the sedate Be2 or the adventurous Qa4} Qb6 {I wasn’t sure about White’s move, but I’m pretty sure Black’s response is bad. I expected Qa5 to put more pressure on d4. I planned to reply Qd2 but then Rd8 is a problem. Fritz says it is time for Bg4 which also puts more pressure on d4.} 11. O-O Rd8 12. Bc4 {Good idea, but Fritz says Ng5 first.} Qc7 13. Ng5 {okay, maybe not such a good idea. Fritz now shows advantage to Black.} e6 14. d5 {Best, but still favoring Black.} exd5 {Leaving the White bishop very powerful. Na5 or Ne5 } 15. Bxd5 Be6 {A sacrifice to remove the dangerous pieces. But it’s not enough.} 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Qc2 b6 {Qe5 just leaves too many weaknesses} 19. Bd5 Rd7 20. g3 Rad8 21. Bf4 Be5 {Ne5 is better. The queen can’t move without subjecting the rooks to attacks by the bishops.} 22. Bxc6 { I would have continued one more move Bf4; Bd7 Qd7; hoping for gf Qg4+ with a perpetual check. Of course White would have replied to Qd7 with Rfd and an easy win.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Chess Lesson"] [Site "Barnes & Noble"] [Date "2022.10.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Gomez, Erick"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "*"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "700"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2022.10.20"] [SourceDate "2022.10.20"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. Ne5 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 {c4 is better to prevent queen and bishop lining up on the diagonal. Fritz likes Qb6 or Qc7} 8. exd4 Qb6 {Not Nd7; Nf7} 9. Qc2 h6 10. Nd2 Nh5 11. Bg3 {Both sides miss Nc4 dc; Nc4 and Bd6} Nxg3 12. hxg3 Nd7 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14. Ng4 f5 15. Nxh6+ { Fritz does not approve of the sacrifice. Ne3} gxh6 16. Rxh6 Rf6 17. Rh5 Nf8 18. O-O-O Qg7 19. Rdh1 Kf7 {Too soon to run, says Fritz. Bd7 or Rb8 to start a counter-attack} 20. Ng5+ {Fritz wants to add more attack with Qe2} Ke8 {Not Ke7; Rh7 Nh7; Rh7} 21. Qa4+ {Trades help the defending side by relieving the cramped position. Nh7 looks like a better try. Fritz says Qb3 or Kb1} Bd7 22. Bb5 a6 23. Bxd7+ Qxd7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rh8 Re8 {Black has a piece for 2 pawns. Lots of game left.} * You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "https://lichess.org/cgCroWvi"] [Date "2022.10.13"] [Round "3"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D30"] [WhiteElo "1731"] [BlackElo "1863"] [PlyCount "96"] [EventDate "2022.10.06"] [TimeControl "4500+20"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nc3 h6 {Interestingly, Fritz doesn’t like this move. He claims equality after either 0-0 or Nbd7} 6. Bh4 c6 7. Bg3 {Too passive for Fritz who prefers Bf6 or (my choice) e3.} O-O {Also too passive for Fritz. He says take the c-pawn and defend it with b5} 8. Ne5 { Defending c5, but allowing Nh5 to remove White’s bishop.} Nbd7 9. cxd5 {This unnecessarily frees Black’s light-squared bishop. e3 was better.} exd5 10. e4 { And this just loses a pawn. e3 looks good. Fritz likes Nd7 followed by Qb3} dxe4 {Now Black has to protect that pawn. Fritz says take with the knight} 11. Bc4 {Threatening to bring the Q to b3 to pile up on f7} Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. O-O Be6 14. Re1 {Black’s pin halts the attack on e5. Fritz suggested Qe2 attacking without allowing a pin.} Bb4 15. Qd2 {Qc2 would protect c3 and also attack e4. Qd2 is the second choice for Fritz.} Qa5 16. Rac1 Nxc3 {Black is still ahead, but Fritz says this is premature. Rfd8.} 17. bxc3 Ba3 18. Rc2 Nd5 {Threatening Nc3 with Bb4 to follow} 19. Nc4 {White seizes the initiative.} Qa6 20. Rxe4 {Ne6 look like a better continuation. Fritz likes simply Na3} Nf6 {I had intended Bf5 which Fritz agrees is a better move.} 21. Rxe6 fxe6 22. f3 { Defending when he should be attacking. Na3 and then Be6+} Nd5 23. Be5 {Na3 followed by Qe1 and Re2. White is looking for a mate, not for a pawn.} Be7 24. Qe1 Bf6 25. Bd6 {Re2 here or next move} Rfe8 26. Qg3 b5 {Black misses Nc3 with Bd4+ protecting the knight} 27. Ne5 Qb7 28. Ng4 Kh7 {I had planned Qf7 which fails to Nh6+} 29. Be5 {I like Rc1 threatening to invade with Bc2+} Qe7 { Threatening Bh4} 30. Bd6 Qf7 31. Ne5 Bxe5 32. Bxe5 Qg6 33. Qf2 Rf8 34. Rc1 { With the nasty threat of Bc2} Qg5 35. Re1 Nf4 36. Bxf4 {The dangerous knight must go and White sees an extra pawn coming his way} Qxf4 37. Bxe6 {The bishop is now lost. But Re6 would allow Qc1+; Qe1 (protecting c3) and Black can trade queens. Fritz says Be6 is the best of the bad moves.} Rae8 38. Qc2+ {Fritz says Bd7 saves the bishop. White agrees with Black that the bishop is in trouble.} g6 {Kh8 is safer, avoiding a bishop sacrifice in some later lines.} 39. Re4 Qf6 {Black protects g6, but Qd6 is better protecting d5.} 40. Qb3 {Qe2 is better. Black cannot play Re7 and then Rfe because White sacrifices Bg8+ and then Re7} Re7 41. d5 Rfe8 {second choice for Fritz who prefers cd; Bd5 Re4; Be4} 42. f4 {d6 Re6; d2 Re5; de/Q Rd8} cxd5 43. Qxd5 Rxe6 44. Rxe6 Qxe6 45. Qb7+ Re7 46. Qxb5 Qe3+ {Faster than Qe1 when the queen can interpose on f1} 47. Kh1 Qe1+ 48. Qf1 Qxf1# 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Chess Lesson"] [Site "B&N"] [Date "2022.10.12"] [Round "2"] [White "Gomez, Erick"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "700"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "38"] [EventDate "2022.10.13"] [SourceDate "2022.10.13"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 Bd6 4. Bg3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Ne4 6. Nbd2 Nxg3 7. hxg3 Nd7 8. Bd3 {Fritz likes attacking the center with c4, but White intends to 000} Qf6 { Fritz shows equality after c5. This sets a little trap. Bh7 (or Rh7 Rh7; Bh7) g6 traps the bishop} 9. Qe2 e5 10. dxe5 {Fritz says this helps Black. Instead e4} Nxe5 11. O-O-O Nxd3+ {Fritz prefers Bg4 with advantage to Black or the equalizing Be6. I like the text. The two bishops look very good.} 12. Qxd3 Bf5 13. e4 {Second choice for Fritz. He says Qd5 000 favors White.} Bg6 14. Qb5+ { Advantage now to Black. Fritz favors White after Qd5 or e5} c6 15. Qxb7 { Opening lines to his king. That’s the QNP that you are never supposed to take with your queen.} O-O 16. Qxc6 Rab8 17. c3 Rfc8 18. e5 Rxc6 19. exf6 Rxc3+ { bxc3; Ba3 is mate} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Chess Lesson"] [Site "B&N"] [Date "2022.10.05"] [Round "1"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Gomez, Erick"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B92"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "700"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2022.10.06"] [SourceDate "2022.10.06"] {Definitely better than 700. Mr. Scott said Erick was probably 1400 on a good day. I suspect he’s rather better than that also. One problem with starting to play very young is that players get these very low ratings and take forever to dig out of that hole.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Bg5 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Kh1 b5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Be3 {Probably f3. Now Black can play Ne4; Ne4 Be4; Nb5 Qb7 with advantage. Fritz is ok with Be3, but says Black is slightly ahead after Be4} Qc7 14. f3 Nc6 15. Nb3 {White should trade on c6. Now his knight is out of play.} Rac8 16. Rfe1 Red8 17. f4 e6 18. Bf3 b4 19. axb4 Nxb4 20. Qf2 Nd7 21. Bd4 e5 22. fxe5 Nxe5 {That knight was protecting b6. Black doesn’t want to trade bishops or cut his bishop off from c3 but either is preferable to allow Bb6} 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bxd8 Nxf3 25. gxf3 Qxd8 26. Qd2 {Fritz approves, but says e5 is even stronger.} Qc7 {Black has a lot of pressure on the c-file.} 27. Nd4 {Blunder. White is going to lose at least a pawn on the c-file and should now take on d6.} Bxd4 28. Qxd4 Nxc2 29. Nd5 {And a second blunder. Now Nd4; Nc7 Nf3; Re3 Rc7; Rf3 Be4} Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Nxe1 31. Rxe1 Rb8 32. Qd2 Qb6 33. Rd1 {Fritz says Ra1. Trade the two queen-side pawns leaving Black’s extra pawn weak.} Qxb2 34. Qxd6 Qb6 35. Qa3 a5 36. Ra1 Ra8 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Ra2 Qb5 39. Qc3+ Kh6 40. f4 a4 41. Ra3 Qe2+ 42. Kg1 Qxe4 43. Qh3+ Kg7 44. Qc3+ f6 {This move or the next Black should move to the 8th rank.} 45. Qc7+ Kh6 46. Rh3# {If you can’t be good, be lucky.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "ARC"] [Date "2022.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Tirtaglia, Rich"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C23"] [PlyCount "68"] [EventDate "2022.10.06"] [SourceDate "2022.10.06"] {Chess is played at the ARC, Adult Recreation Center, on Thursdays at 1 pm. I played 3 games against Rich Tirtaglia. In the last one he was a pawn up!} 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. c3 Bc5 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. Nh3 d6 6. Ng5 O-O 7. d3 h6 8. Nh3 Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. O-O Qe7 11. b4 {Good strategic idea – drive back Black’s pieces, but it fails to a tactical shot.} Nxb4 12. cxb4 Bd4 13. Na3 Bxa1 14. Be3 Bd4 15. Nb5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 a6 17. Nc3 Rf7 18. f3 Raf8 19. d4 exd4 20. Qxd4 Nh5 21. f4 {Black has 3 attacks on this square. White has only 2 defenses.} Nxf4 22. Rxf4 Rxf4 23. Nxf4 Rxf4 24. g3 Rf7 25. Ne2 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. Nf4 g5 28. Nh5 Rf3 29. h4 gxh4 30. gxh4 Ra3 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Ng4 Rg3+ 33. Kf2 Rxg4 34. Kf3 Rxh4 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "ARC"] [Date "2022.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "Tintaglia, Rich"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [PlyCount "60"] [SourceDate "2022.10.06"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Bg5 dxe4 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. dxe4 Bg4 8. Bb5 Rd8 {Fritz says a6} 9. Bxc6+ Qxc6 10. Nbd2 Bc5 11. Nxe5 Bxd1 {I missed Bf2+; Kf2 Qb6+ and White loses the queen} 12. Nxc6 bxc6 {And here Fritz shows Bf2+; Kxd1 bxc6} 13. Rxd1 {Not only a pawn down, but mine are doubled.} Ke7 14. O-O Rd7 15. b4 {Now Black is better. White could retain an advantage with either Nb3 or Nc4} Bb6 {Except that now White is better again. Black missed Rhd and White will never get his pieces free} 16. Nc4 Rhd8 17. Rxd7+ Rxd7 18. Nxb6 {Equality. White needed a4 or Rb1. In the latter case the knight controls d2 allowing White’s king to come to e2} cxb6 19. f3 Rd2 20. a3 {Losing a pawn. White could play Rf2 Rd1+; Rf1+ Rf1 with a draw.} Rc2 21. g4 {Making a bad situation worse. Rf2 Rxc3; Ra2 still has drawing chances, though Black’s king can reach the weakened pawns more easily.} Rxc3 22. Ra1 Rxf3 23. Rc1 Kd6 24. Kg2 Rxa3 25. Rd1+ Kc7 26. e5 Ra4 27. Rb1 a5 28. b5 Rb4 29. Re1 Rxb5 30. Kf3 a4 {And Black won.} 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event "Casual Classical game"] [Site "TCCC On-line"] [Date "2022.10.06"] [Round "1"] [White "bitterroot88"] [Black "JosephOAlford"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1731"] [BlackElo "1863"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2022.10.06"] [TimeControl "4500+20"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 e6 4. Ne5 Bf5 5. Nc3 c6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2 { Too passive. Fritz likes g4 which I did consider.} Ne4 {Right idea, says Fritz. Wrong execution. dc; Bc4 Nd5 is better.} 9. O-O {Losing a pawn. White could combine attack and defense with Qb3 Qa5; Rc1} Bxc3 10. bxc3 Nxc3 11. Qe1 Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 dxc4 {This trade gets Black in trouble. Nd7 looks better. Fritz also likes f6 or the immediate 0-0} 13. Nxc4 O-O 14. Nd6 Qe7 15. Nxf5 {Fritz shows Black with a small advantage after Qb2, a larger advantage after this trade of the well-placed knight.} exf5 16. a4 {White should attack the pawns before Black has a chance to develop. Rab or Qc2} Nd7 17. Qd3 g6 {This puts White on top again because of mate threats. Qe4 or Qe6} 18. Rab1 {Wrong rook. Now Black can play Nb6; Qb3 Rfd; a5 Nd5; Bg3 b6 with advantage. The immediate b6 is much weaker.} b6 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 {Second choice for Fritz with advantage to White. Fritz likes c5 with slight advantage to Black. During the game I was afraid of opening the diagonal and that White might respond to c5 with d5} 20. h3 {This doesn’t hurt White’s position, but it doesn’t help it either. Fritz likes Rc4 to double rooks against the c-pawn.} Qe4 21. Qd2 Nf6 22. f3 Qe6 23. a5 Nd5 24. Bh6 c5 {Fritz does not like this move which puts White back on top. He says Rd8 or bxa5. i prefer the text.} 25. dxc5 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 bxc5 27. Rb5 {Qb2 when the mate threat allows White to invade on b7} Rc8 28. Qb2 {Note the mate on g7} Nf6 29. Rb7 {I thought Rb8 was more stressful. Fritz likes Rb7} c4 30. Rxa7 { Disaster. Black’s pawn is now a killer. Fritz likes Qc3 or Rb8} c3 31. Qc2 Nd5 32. e4 fxe4 33. fxe4 Nb4 {Fritz prefers Nf6 to win the pawn. Now White could play Qb1 c2; Qb4 when the bishop kills Black’s pretty new queen and White still has a passed pawn. I would be happy with that position.} 34. Qf2 c2 35. Bc1 Nd3 36. Qf1 Nxc1 37. Qxc1 Qxe4 38. a6 Qd4+ 39. Kh1 Qxa7 0-1 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "The Proving Ground"] [Date "2022.10.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Frank, Cole"] [Black "Alford, Joseph"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C80"] [WhiteElo "1614"] [BlackElo "1900"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] [SourceDate "2022.10.04"] {A five-minute game at the Proving Ground where chess is played on Tuesday evenings} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. Re1 Nc5 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. Nxe5 Be6 9. d4 Nd7 10. Nc3 {Fritz shows advantage to Black after this. He prefers Nd3 or Nf3.} Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Bd6 12. Re1 Qh4 13. g3 Qh3 14. Qf3 O-O-O 15. Bf4 {A significant error. Fritz likes Ne4} Bg4 16. Qg2 Qxg2+ 17. Kxg2 Bxf4 18. gxf4 Rxd4 19. Re7 Be6 {The rook is trapped!} 20. f5 Kd8 21. fxe6 Kxe7 22. exf7 Kxf7 23. Re1 Rd2 24. Re3 Rhd8 25. Rf3+ Kg8 {That’s all I can remember. It was a five minute game. Cole managed to win back the exchange and pawn leaving us each with rook and pawn. Both flags fell (his first) so the game was drawn.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. [Event ""] [Site "The Proving Ground"] [Date "2022.10.04"] [Round "1"] [White "Alford, Joseph"] [Black "Cole, Frank"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B20"] [Annotator ",JosephOAlford"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2022.10.04"] [SourceDate "2022.10.04"] 1. e4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 {years ago I used to play the wing gambit playing e5 at this point. The result is a French Defense with no c-pawn for Black. I had good results against class A and Expert players.} Qxd5 5. c4 Qe4+ {I was testing a line I had seen on the internet. Here bxc4 in passing allows Nc3 beginning a queen chase. But White is 2 pawns down.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nd2 Qg6 8. Ngf3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. c5 e6 12. Bb5 Nd5 13. O-O Be7 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ne5 Qf6 17. Qxf6 Bxf6 18. Nxc6 Rfc8 {Fritz suggests a5 first, leaving the knight no good escape square.} 19. Na5 Nxe3 {Fritz does not like this move. e5 attacks White’s pawns.} 20. fxe3 e5 21. Rad1 exd4 22. exd4 Rab8 23. Nc4 b3 24. axb3 Rxb3 25. Nd6 Rd8 26. Rfe1 h6 27. Re8+ {Fritz prefers d5 with Ne4 to follow.} Rxe8 28. Nxe8 Be7 29. Nc7 {c6 Rb8} a5 30. Nd5 Bd8 31. Rc1 Rd3 32. Rc4 Rd1+ 33. Kf2 Ra1 34. c6 Bh4+ 35. Kf3 Ra3+ 36. Rc3 Rxc3+ 37. Nxc3 Bd8 38. d5 Bc7 39. Nb5 a4 {Black resigned as d6 Bc6; Nc6 a3; c7 a2; c8/Q+ and Black doesn’t queen.} 1-0 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization.
