Serbia Open 2024, Amateurs section - II round

Nastavljam s analizama partija na prošloletošnjem turniru amatera na Serbian Open-u. Bio sam glavni favoriti i prvi po rejtingu u toj klasi fiće ili kartinga, dakle rejting ispod 1800. Ali, tada me je skolila besparica teška, da sam mogao, povukao bih prijave za oba turnira i potrošio te pare na hranu. Siromaštvo, vrućine, manjak perspektivâ, nevolje s komšijskim klincima, rastanak s ambicijama da se preselim u Holandiju po rodbinskoj vezi. Teško je bilo igrati šah. 

 

SERBIA OPEN 2024 AMATEURS

II kolo

Narazangaya, Zorigoo – Ja

 

1. e4 a6 

 

St. George opening

 

I prepared Saint George opening and with it I went through few dozens French advanced games, although not all I wanted, since I couldn’t afford to renew subscription on Chessgames.com.

 

2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e5

 

I was expecting 4. exd5 which is according to the contemporary engine the best way to treat French.

 

4. ...c5 5. Be3? (better was 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qg4 ans after 9. ...Ne7 treefold repetition is what should be expected.) 5. ...cxd4? (5. ...Nc6! and whit will eventally lose the pawn.) 

6. Bxd4 Nc6 7. f4 Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Ne7  9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Qf2 Qa5 11. Nd2

One of many critical positions. Here I have good advantage and 11. ...Bb4 will make white to allow ruining her pawn structure and worry about her king’s safety. White would have to play 12. Qg3 and after 12. ...Nd4 I am better.

 

11. ...b5? 12. Nb3 Qc7 13. Bd3 Bb7?

 

13. ...Be7 was better. Castling was priority. Now it is again equal position.

 

14. O-O Be7 15. Rae1 Na5 16. Qg3?

 

Better was 16. Ne2 and then Nd4. 

16. ...Nc4??

 

Cowardness! I shoud’ve had balls and play 16. ...Nxb3 17. Qxg7 O-O-O and I would have had attack. I “calculated” that but came to conclusion that “I don’t have anything concrete”.

17. Bxc4??

 

17. f5! And I now really must run away in queen castling. Objectivelly it’s a drawish after 17. f5.

 

17. ...dxc4 18. Nd2 O-O-O 19. Nf3 f6 20. Ne4 f5 21. Neg5??

 

Now white is lost. I mean he, that is she, would’ve been lost against a decent player.  21. Nxd6+ was desperate but best measure to stop my attack. 21. ...Bxd6 22. exd6 Rxd6 23. Re5 and like in sinking ship white is covering at least one big hole.

 

21. ...h6 22. Nh3 Rd7 23. Rd1?

 

Further mistake. 23. Kh1 Rhd8 24. Qg6 Qb6! and if 25. Qxg7? Bxf3!  

 

 23. ...Bc5+ 24. Kh1 Rhd8 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Qg6??

 

White keeps making mistakes. Now 26. Nhg1 was only move which saves the king.

 

26. ...Qc6 27. Nhg1 Be3?

 Now my series of mistakes begins and it never ends... 21....Qd5 was natural and I would so have control on d-file.

 

28. Ne2? (28. c3 was better, but I need Adrian Mihalchichin to explain me why.)

28. ...Kc7 29. c3 Qe4 30. Nfd4

 

And now calamity at the umpires’ table starts. Four young referees opened a  discussion about some administrative matters at their table. My table – No 1 – was naturally closest to them. Rade Goljović, Janko Babić, Branislav Jablanović, Petar Jevtić – couldn’t clear up some issue regarding rhe sheets or list of participants or something bloody else, and they talked very loud. If the umpires act like a bunch of crazy pensioners on tha bench in a park, what one should expect from players, especially children. Later I will write about some parents (there were many children in this section) who were allowed to watch their kids and who commented loudly games with umpires (!) and talked withe the casually very loud. So, in this for me crucial part of the most important game, I was distracted by and mad at umpires. Shame on them.

 U naredna dva poteza sam odigrao ...Bxd4 i ...Qd3 ali u pogrešnom redosledu. Imam dobijenu poziciju, ali toga nisam ni svestan. U sebi psujem sudije.

 

30. ...Bxd4??

 

31....Qd3! And ...Bd5 and my Queen is infiltrating deeply in enemy’s lines, behind them even more. Also: white muts move rook since the Knight is pinned. And now the position is equal.

 

 

31. Nxd4 Qd3??

 Too late. I had 31. ...Rxd4 and should let white Queen take g7, but my bishop and advanced queen would be enough for perpetual check. I calculated and calculated that perpetual check, but brain was woolly and umpires were still so loud.

 

32. Nxe6+! 

 

Now I am lost.

 

32....Kb8 33. Rg1 Qe2 34. Nd4 Qf2 35. Qe8+??

 

35. e6 and then Qxf5 was better. But white got afraid od counterattack and gives me now some chances. But white still has upper hand.

 

35. ...Kc7 36. Qg6 Be4

 

In this position 37. a3 secures victory. The move white played threw all advantage out of a window and position is equal again.

 

 

37. e6?? Re7 38. Nxf5??

 

Now I am winning. 38. h3 was only rescuing move. I would play 38. ...Qxb2 and than ...b4 and ...c3 goes into promotion.

 

38. ...Rxe6??

Desperate move when it was no cause for desperation. I had time to save important pawn f5 with 38. ...Qc2!

 

39. Qxg7+ Kb6 40. Qd4+ Qxd4 41. Nxd4 Rf6 42. Rf1 Kc5 43. Kg1 b4 44. g3 a5 45. Re1 Bd3?

 

39. ...Bd5 was better, but white would still have huge advantage, I am still lost.

 

46. Re5+ Kb6 47. Re6+??

 

White should’ve kept rooks on the board. From +4.4 to +1.9

 

41. ... Rxe6 48. Nxe6 bxc3 49. bxc3 Kb5?? (49. ...Bb1) 50. g4 Ka4 51. f5 Ka3 52. f6 Bg6

 

Here white blunders without consequences. 53. h4! was winning because it creates 2 chained passed pawns.

 

53. Nf8?? Bf7?? (53. ...Be8!) 54. Nd7?? (54. h4 is wining for the same reasons as mentioned above) 54. ... Kxa2 55. Ne5 Be6 56. h4 a4 57. g5 hxg5 58. hxg5 a3 59. g6 Kb2 60. f7 a2 61. f8=Q a1=Q+ 62. Kh2 Qe1 63. Qb4+ Kc1 64. Qa3+ 

 64. ...Kb1 and it would've been draw!

 

64. ...Kc2?? 65. Qa2+ Kd1 66. Qb1+ Ke2 67. Qe4+ Kf1?? 68. Qg2#