Hi
One of the most creative games I played against a strong chess engine and a real nightmare ....
Tigran is extremely aggressive and in the particular game it started to push it's kingside pawns toward my king trying to storm the position form the early stages of the middle game ....
Here are some of my personal comments about some intersting moments of the game :
_8... e4 The first sign of the aggressive nature of the chess engine ....
_11... h5 12. f4 Again pushing his kingside pawns but I will not stand idle and I can also push my pawns ....
_13... g5 maintaining his aggressive approach ....
_15... g4 depriving the a white piece from occupying the f3 square,nasty
_17... Nf3+ Way too aggressive and the first weak move from the chess engine ....
_21. Nb4 I spent 8 minutes pondering this move and the main aim of it is to prevent the black bishop from positioning itself on the c6 square where he can cause real damage ....
_26. Nf4 a critical move which gave it's fruits later on ....
_33... Bg6 It was extremely hard to play against a pair of bishops even though white has a superior position ....
_40. Ra8 The rock behind the enemy lines was throne in the black's side but I had the feeling that Tigran was happy to lock the castle on the 8th horizontal line.Yes it gave me a headache but it was not fatal for my future intentions ....
_44. g4 Bxf4 the move that began the serious problems for Tigran penetrating the black kingside and eliminating one of the nasty bishops from the game ....
_47. Ke5 Again with the intention to advance in black's territory ....
_49. Rg3 two moves later and I doubled the white rocks on the 6th horizontal line and the rest of the game is just to exchange one of my rocks with the black one and the rest even though long and boring,it pretty much obvious
Cheers
[pgn][Event "Et Mortuus Est Rex"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2020.07.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dr.Deeb"]
[Black "Tigran 2.4n"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2032"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[Annotator "Stockfish NNUE run (halfkp-256x2-32-32) 30062"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2020.??.??"]
{A01: Nimzowitsch-Larsen Opening} 1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nf3
d6 6. Be2 f5 {last book move} 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nc3 e4 {Black threatens to win
material: e4xf3} 9. Ne1 Nf6 10. d4 O-O 11. Qd2 h5 (11... Qe7 12. Nc2 $11) 12.
f4 $14 exf3 13. Bxf3 g5 (13... Qe7 14. Nd3 $16) 14. g3 (14. Nd3 a5 $16) 14...
Bh6 (14... h4 15. Nd3 $16) 15. Bg2 (15. Nd3 Qe8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh7 $16)
15... g4 (15... Rc8 16. Nd5 $16) 16. Nd3 Nxd4 17. Nd5 (17. exd4 $4 {taking the
knight will lose the game} Bxd2 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bd5+ Kh7 $19) (17. Bxb7 $6 {
is easily refuted} Bc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 $14) 17... Nf3+ $2 (17... Nxd5 $142 18.
Bxd5+ Ne6 $18) 18. Bxf3 gxf3 19. Nxf6+ Rxf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nb4 Re8 (21... c6
{does not help much} 22. Rad1 $18) 22. Rae1 c6 (22... Qe5 {does not solve
anything} 23. Rxf3 Bg5 24. Nd5 $18) 23. Rxf3 Qe6 (23... Kh7 $18 {there is
nothing else anyway}) 24. Nd3 Qe4 (24... Bf8 {cannot change destiny} 25. Nf4
Qf7 26. Qa5 $18) 25. Kf2 Rd8 26. Nf4 Be8 27. Qd4 Rd7 28. Qf6 Kh7 29. Ng2 Bg7
30. Qg5 (30. Qxf5+ $5 {makes it even easier for White} Qxf5 31. Rxf5 Bg6 $18)
30... d5 31. Qxf5+ Qxf5 32. Rxf5 dxc4 (32... Bg6 {doesn't change the outcome
of the game} 33. Rf4 $18) 33. bxc4 Bg6 34. Rf4 Bc3 35. Rf1 Be5 (35... Rd2+ {
is no salvation} 36. Kf3 Kg8 37. Rf2 Rxf2+ 38. Kxf2 $18) 36. Rf8 Bf7 37. Nf4
Bxc4 38. Rc1 Bf7 39. Rc2 Kg7 40. Ra8 (40. Rc8 {keeps an even firmer grip} Re7
$18) 40... b6 41. Rc8 (41. Kf3 {and White can already relax} c5 42. Rc8 Kh7 $18
) 41... c5 42. Kf3 Bc7 (42... Rb7 {does not win a prize} 43. e4 $18) 43. e4 Be5
44. g4 Bxf4 (44... hxg4+ {no good, but what else?} 45. Kxg4 Re7 $18) 45. Kxf4
Be6 46. Rc6 Rf7+ (46... Bxg4 {is not much help} 47. Rg2 Kf8 48. Rg3 $18) 47.
Ke5 Bxg4 48. Rg2 Kh7 (48... Re7+ {doesn't change anything anymore} 49. Kd5 Kf7
50. Rf2+ Ke8 51. Rff6 $18) 49. Rg3 Rd7 (49... c4 {otherwise it's curtains at
once} 50. Rxc4 b5 $18) 50. h3 Be2 51. Rgg6 Bc4 (51... Bd3 {is not the saving
move} 52. Rg5 Rd8 53. Rxh5+ Kg7 54. Rg5+ Kh7 55. Rg4 $18) 52. Rh6+ Kg7 53.
Rcg6+ Kf7 54. Kf5 Bxa2 (54... Rd3 {doesn't improve anything} 55. Rh7+ Kf8 56.
Rxa7 Rf3+ 57. Ke5 $18) 55. Rh7+ Ke8 56. Rxd7 Kxd7 57. Rg7+ Kc6 58. Rxa7 Bb1 59.
Rh7 c4 60. Rh6+ Kb7 (60... Kc5 {doesn't get the bull off the ice} 61. Kf4 c3
62. Rxh5+ Kb4 63. Ke3 $18) 61. Kf4 c3 62. Ke3 Bxe4 63. Rxh5 (63. Kxe4 $6 {
succumbs to} c2 64. Rh7+ Kc8 65. Rh8+ Kc7 66. Rh7+ Kc6 $11) 63... c2 (63... Kc6
{is still a small chance} 64. Re5 Bh7 $18) 64. Kd2 Kc6 65. Re5 Bd3 66. h4 Kd6
67. Re1 Bh7 68. h5 b5 69. h6 b4 70. Re8 b3 (70... Bg6 {hardly improves anything
} 71. Rg8 Bf5 72. Rg7 b3 73. Kc1 Be4 74. h7 Bxh7 75. Rxh7 Kc5 76. Rb7 Kc4 77.
Kb2 c1=Q+ 78. Kxc1 Kc3 79. Rb8 Kc4 80. Kd2 b2 81. Rxb2 Kd4 82. Rb1 Ke4 83. Rb5
Kd4 84. Ra5 Kc4 85. Ke3 Kb4 86. Rf5 Kc4 87. Re5 Kb3 88. Kd3 Kb4 89. Rd5 Kb3 90.
Rb5+ Ka4 91. Kc4 Ka3 92. Kc3 Ka2 93. Ra5+ Kb1 94. Ra4 Kc1 95. Ra1#) 71. Kc1 Kc5
(71... Bf5 {does not improve anything} 72. Re3 b2+ 73. Kxb2 Kd7 74. Rf3 Bh7 75.
Rf7+ Kd6 76. Rxh7 c1=R 77. Kxc1 Ke5 78. Ra7 Kf6 79. h7 Kf5 80. h8=Q Kf4 81. Re7
Kg4 82. Rf7 Kg3 83. Qh3+ Kxh3 84. Rg7 Kh2 85. Kd2 Kh3 86. Ke3 Kh4 87. Rg1 Kh3
88. Kf4 Kh2 89. Rg3 Kh1 90. Ke3 Kh2 91. Kf2 Kh1 92. Rh3#) 72. Re7 $18 Bg6 73.
h7 (73. h7 Kd6 74. h8=Q Kxe7 75. Qe5+ Kf7 76. Qg5 $18) 1-0
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