
Alekhine Defense, Alburt Variation
[Event "2023 Chess.com Daily Chess Championship - Round 2"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2023.03.16"]
[Round "-"]
[White "dr_eng75"]
[Black "SorenChessCoach"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Tournament "https://www.chess.com/tournament/2023-chess-com-daily-chess-championship"]
[CurrentPosition "8/5p2/8/8/1p3p2/1Pk5/4K3/8 w - - 2 80"]
[Timezone "UTC"]
[ECO "B04"]
[ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Alekhines-Defense-Modern-Alburt-Variation...6.Bb3-Bg7-7.O-O-O-O"]
[UTCDate "2023.03.16"]
[UTCTime "06:08:13"]
[WhiteElo "1433"]
[BlackElo "1611"]
[TimeControl "1/86400"]
[Termination "SorenChessCoach won by resignation"]
[StartTime "06:08:13"]
[EndDate "2023.03.26"]
[EndTime "21:23:56"]
[Link "https://www.chess.com/game/daily/490150853"]
[WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/6547591.0cc63454.50x50o.6d1521f41b32.jpeg"]
[WhiteCountry "104"]
[WhiteTitle ""]
[BlackUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/28725520.a03a49a1.50x50o.c569a105aa41.jpeg"]
[BlackCountry "164"]
[BlackTitle ""]
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bg5 $6
Nc6 9. Nc3 $6 Bg4 10. h3 $6 {h3 further weakens the position, since black wants to
take on f3 anyway, aiming also at d4 pawn and triple attack on e5} 10... Bxf3 $1
11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 $4 {complete waste of a tempo. e5 pawn is up for the grab}
12... Nxb3 $6 13. axb3 Bxe5 14. Re1 $2 Bf6 $6 15. Bxf6 exf6 16. Qf3 c6 17. Ne4 $6 f5
18. Nc3 Qg5 19. Re2 Rfe8 20. Rae1 Kf8 {The king wants to support the rooks'
trade} 21. Qd3 Qf6 22. Qd2 g5 $2 {My bad, I erroneosuly thought I'd have issues
with queen on h6 check} 23. g3 $6 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 Nd7 {Just plan on readjusting the
knight, making it more active} 25. Qd3 Ne5 26. Qe2 g4 27. hxg4 Nxg4 $2 {fxg4
would've been way better since the Nf3 fork and check is really perilous for
black} 28. Qd2 $6 Ne5 $6 {Kg7 is more efficient as defense than wasting precious
tempo retreating a wonderful attacking knight} 29. Re3 Ng4 30. Rd3 d5 31. Ne2
Qh6 {I want to trade off everything. Those extra 3 pawns are enough to win the
game, and normally you want queens off the board asap. Too versatile and
dangerous $1 Get them out, folks $1 LOL} 32. Qxh6+ Nxh6 33. Rf3 $6 Re8 34. Nd4 $6 Re1+
35. Kg2 Re5 $6 36. b4 Kg7 37. Kh3 Kg6 38. b3 Re4 39. c3 $6 a6 40. Kg2 Re1 $6 41.
Nc2 $6 Rb1 $6 42. Nd4 Rb2 43. Kh3 Ra2 44. Kg2 Ra1 $2 {Apologies for my rook's failed
oddysey} 45. Nc2 $2 Rc1 46. Nd4 Re1 47. Kh3 $6 Re5 {Here I decided to give a try to
the knight at generating mayhem to my opponent, whilst rook and king guard the
f5} 48. Kg2 Ng4 49. Kh3 Nf6 50. Kg2 Ne4 51. Kg1 $6 Nd6 $6 52. Kg2 $6 Nb5 {Knights
off the board now $1} 53. Nxb5 axb5 54. Re3 $6 {He should've opposed the rooks's
trade} 54... Rxe3 55. fxe3 Kg5 56. Kf3 h5 57. Kg2 Kg4 58. Kf2 Kh3 59. Kf3 Kh2
60. Kf2 b6 61. Kf3 c5 62. bxc5 bxc5 63. Kf2 Kh1 64. Kf1 Kh2 65. Kf2 Kh3 66. Kf3
b4 67. cxb4 cxb4 68. Kf2 Kg4 69. Kg2 h4 70. gxh4 Kxh4 71. Kf3 Kg5 72. Kg3 Kf6
73. Kf4 Ke6 74. Kf3 Ke5 75. Kf2 Ke4 76. Ke2 d4 77. exd4 Kxd4 {It should be
obvious for a while now, that the white king can't chase two rabbits} 78. Kd2 f4
79. Ke2 Kc3 {Thanks to my opponent for the fierce battle in this Alekhine
defense. See you soon, guys $1} (79... Kc3 80. Kf3 Kxb3 81. Kxf4 Kc2 82. Kg5 b3
83. Kf6 b2 84. Kxf7 {-57.3}) 0-1