LSG2 - Utrecht, 12/15/2007
Round 5 [Smerdon, David]
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To be honest, this game wasn't really that good, and there were a few others in the
match that really should have been annotated instead of this. However, as it was my last game for Utrecht,
I'm going to include it anyway. 1.e4 g6 2.d4 d6 3.Pc3 Lg7 4.Le3 a6 5.Dd2 I don't really understand the Modern, to be honest. Black says, "Hey, I'll refuse to develop for as long as possible, give you the centre, and pretty much force you to attack me as soon as possible." Deal. 5...Pd7 6.h4 h5 7.Ph3 I have a really good score with this idea. The knight on g5 always covers the weak e4 pawn, as well as allowing for a bunch of tactics on the e5 and f7 squares. 7...b5 8.Pg5 Lb7 9.a4 c6 | ||
| [9...b4 10.Lc4! e6 11.Pe2 | ||
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(11.Lxe6 is too early: 11...fxe6 12.Pxe6 bxc3 13.Dxc3 De7 14.Pxc7+ Kf8 15.Pxa8 Lxa8 16.f3 Kf7) | ||
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11...Pgf6 12.Lxe6! Now
it's time to get your freak on. 12...fxe6 13.Pxe6 De7 14.Pxc7+ Kf7 15.Pxa8 Dxe4 16.Dxb4 Lxa8  ] | ||
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10.f4! First played by my good mate Tom
Rendle, who is equally aggressive at snooker. | ||
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[Sokolov tried 10.Td1 , Timofeev tried 10.f3?! and Zhigalko tried 10.Bd3, but all of these moves are inferior.] | ||
| 10...Ph6 | ||
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[10...e6?! was played in the stem game. 11.f5 gxf5 12.exf5 De7 13.fxe6 fxe6 14.axb5 cxb5 15.Ld3 | ||
| [10...Pgf6 11.e5] | ||
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11.e5!? Forward is the only way. 11...d5 | ||
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[11... | ||
| 12.e6 Pf8 13.exf7+ | ||
| [13.f5!? gxf5 14.Le2 Pxe6 15.Pxe6 fxe6 16.Lxh5+ Pf7 17.Lg6 is also interesting.] | ||
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13...Pxf7 14.Pxf7
Kxf7 15.g4? Too
much testosterone. | ||
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[15.Le2] | ||
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15...hxg4 16.Le2
Dd7 17. 19...Lc8 | ||
| [19...Pe4!?] | ||
| [19...bxa4! 20.Pf2 a3! 21.bxa3 c5! was a tough sequence to see.] | ||
| 20.Pf2 Dd6 21.Pd3!? | ||
| [21.Lxg4 Pxg4 22.Pxg4 Lxg4 23.Txg4 Lf6 looks pretty boring.] | ||
| 21...Pe4 22.Da5 Dd8 | ||
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[22...g3 had be worried. I don't think
white has enough: 23.Pe5+ Lxe5 24.dxe5 De6 25.h5 Ld7!  ] | ||
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23.Dxd8 Txd8
24.Lxg4 Lxg4
25.Txg4 Maybe black can hold, but there's
weak foot soldiers on both sides of the table. 25...Lf6 26.a5! Tdc8?! 27.Thg1 | ||
[27.Pe5+ Lxe5
28.fxe5 Tg8
29.Thg1 e6 ] | ||
| 27...c5 28.Txg6? | ||
[Missing 28.dxc5! d4
29.Pe5+! Lxe5
30.fxe5 dxe3
31.Txe4 Txc5
32.Txe3 ] | ||
| 28...cxd4 29.Pe5+ Ke6? | ||
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[We both thought 29...Lxe5 30.fxe5 was winning, but we missed 30...Pc5!! with the idea 31.Lxd4 Pb3+] | ||
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30.Lxd4 Kf5
31.h5 Tc4?! Attempt
to mess things up. 32.Pxc4 Lxd4 33.Pb6 | ||
[33.Td1!
bxc4 34.Txd4
e6 35.Td1] | ||
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33...Th8 34.Pxd5?! Oh,
what a high quality game. | ||
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[34.Th1 e6
35.Tg2! Le3+
36.Kb1 Lxf4
37.Tg7!] | ||
34...Lxg1 35.Pxe7+
Kxf4 36.Txg1
Txh5 White's
biggest trump is the black king.37.Tf1+ Ke3 38.Te1+ Kf3 39.Pc6 Th6 40.Pb4 Pc5! 41.b3! Pb7 42.Kb2 Pxa5 43.Ta1 Pb7 44.Pxa6 | ||
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[44.Txa6 Txa6
45.Pxa6 Pd8
46.Kc3 Pe6] | ||
| 44...Th4? | ||
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[44...Pd6 45.Pc7] | ||
| 45.Td1 Th6 46.Pc7 Th5 47.Td7 Pc5 48.Tf7+ Ke3 49.Te7+ Kd2 50.Te8! b4 51.Td8+ Ke3 52.Pd5+ | ||
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[52.Tb8?? Pd3+!
53.Ka2 Pe1] | ||
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1-0 | ||
