Saturday, September 22, 2012

I am getting really lucky lately!

Well, so far each week I have studied an opening that I have never played before and each time the opening gets used in a tournament game right away!  Here is my recent win using the Bayonet Attack against the KID.  My opponent made some strategic mistakes and I made some huge tactical ones.  Some less than accurate play from my opponent after he equalized and I was able to bring home the point.  Here is the game with some diagrams inserted. 


[Event "Team 45 45 League T54"]
[Site "Internet Chess Club"]
[Date "2012.09.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "maestrogaffney"]
[Black "Warpdrive"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1717"]
[BlackElo "1612"]
[Opening "King's Indian: orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Time "22:03:07"]
[TimeControl "2700+45"]
 
 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0–0 6.Be2 e5 7.0–0 Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.b4
The now popular Bayonet Attack. Kramnik has brought this line back to popular use by beating Kasparov with this line. Causing Kasparov to give up one of his favorite weapons as black is saying something for the white ideas here. 9...a6? First positional mistake. I have no desire to play b5. I want to open the c-file for invasion by my rook. This also wastes time by not getting a kingside attack going. [9...Nh5 10.Re1! Kramnik's move that revived this line. 10...f5 (10...Nf4 11.Bf1 f5 12.Bxf4 exf4 13.e5) 11.Ng5 Nf6 12.Bf3] 10.c5 This is one of the points of the b4 line. 10...b5?! 11.a4??

 And now my first tactical oversight. My opponent was playing very slow. I already had a 15 minute lead on time here. I just got impatient already. Not a good sign. 11...bxa4?? [11...dxc5! 12.bxc5 b4] 12.Rxa4 dxc5? Still ignoring his kingside. He needs to get something rolling or else I'm gonna roll him on the queenside. 13.bxc5 Bg4 14.h3 [14.Bxa6 Qe8 15.Bb5 Qb8 16.Rxa8 Qxa8 17.Qa4 And the black minor pieces are looking a little sad.] 14...Bxf3 15.Bxf3 Qb8 16.Ba3?! [16.Be3 Qe8 17.Qa1 Qc8 18.Be2] 16...Re8 17.Qc2 Qc8 18.Rd1?! The beginning of a faulty tactical plan. 18...Nd7 19.d6 cxd6 20.cxd6 Nc6 21.Rc4??

And here is the masterstroke of that faulty plan. [21.Nd5! Right away is much better. I looked at this line, but not seriously enough. This was screaming at me to be played and I ignored it thinking that I had some clever move instead. 21...Nd4 22.Qxc8 Rexc8 23.Ne7+ Kf8 24.Nxc8 Rxc8 25.Rxa6] 21...Nd4 22.Rxc8 [22.Qd3 Nxf3+ 23.gxf3] 22...Nxc2 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Bc1 Nd4 25.Nd5 Nxf3+ 26.gxf3 Bf8 27.Ba3 a5?! Another positional slip up. [27...Kg7 28.Rc1 Rd8 29.Rc6 a5 I have an advantage though it will still take accurate play to realize it. 30.Kg2 ] 28.Rc1 Kg7 29.Rc7 Rd8 30.f4!

 Clearance sacrifice. The best option is to accept it! 30...f6?? 31.Nb6 Black resigns.

 

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