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Leopold Lacrimosa v. Jeff Harden Annotated by Leopold Lacrimosa [Click here to view the "Annotated_Games" PGN file in Chess Tutor, an interactive chess board.] [Or download the PGN file to use in your own chess program.] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 The Queen's Gambit Declined, Orthodox Variation. I thought for sure my opponent was going to play 3...Bb4, the Nimzo-Indian, which I truly hate to play against: usually I answer with 4.e3. 4.Bg5 Be7 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Nf3 0–0 7.Rc1 a6
A line I have studied much since my coach IM Rashid Ziyatdinov has played this against me several times. 8.Bd3?! Well, I thought I new what I was doing, but I screwed up the move order. I was supposed to play 8.Qc2 first. 8...Re8 A waiting move. And now the Bishop comes out. 9.Bd3 dxc4 Black forces White to lose a tempo. 10.Bxc4 b5 11.Bd3 Bb7 Here I play 12.a4 Capablanca's move in this position: Capablanca - A. Schroeder, Rice Memorial Tournament, New York 1916 and also four years latter against T. Germann, D. Miller, and W. Skillcorn in a Simultaneous, London, 1920. There the games differ on move 18. Where as Schroeder played 18...h6 the others played 18...g6. Both games were won by Capablanca. 12...b4 13.Bxf6 Nxf6 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 c5 17.dxc5 Qa5 18.b3 Bxc5 19.Ng5 h6 ( 19...g6 20.Qh4 h5 21.Ne4 Rec8 22.Qg5! Bb6 23.Qxa5 Bxa5 ( 23...Rxc1+ 24.Kd2 Bxa5 25.Rxc1) 24.Ke2! Bd8 25.Nd6 Rc7 26.Rc4 Rd7 27.Ne4 Be7 28.Rd1 Rxd1 29.Kxd1 Rd8+ 30.Ke2 Rd5 31.Rc6 a5 32.Nd2 Kg7 33.Nc4 Bd8 34.e4 Rd4 35.f3 Rd7 36.Ra6 Kf6 37.Nxa5 Bxa5 38.Rxa5 Rd4 39.Rb5 e5 40.a5 Ke6 41.a6 Rd6 42.a7 Ra6 43.Rb6+! 1:0) 20.Qh7+ Kf8 21.Qh8+ Ke7 22.Qxg7 hxg5 23.Qxg5+ Kd6 24.Ke2 Kc6 25.Rc4 Rac8 26.Rhc1 Kb6 27.h4 f5 28.Qg7 Re7 29.Qe5 Rc6 30.Rxc5 1:0; 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Bd3 c6= Recommended by Fritz 7. 8...dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.Qc2 h6 So here I went ahead and continued with the same idea anyway. 12.Bxf6 Nxf6 13.Ne4 Nxe4 14.Bxe4 Bb4+
In the games of Capablanca, the Bishop does not have the check due to the Black b-pawn on b4. If only I had played the moves in the right order. Darn. 15.Ke2 Bxe4 16.Qxe4 Fritz says White has a slight advantage. (0.53) 16...Rc8 17.a3 17.Rhd1 Keeps the advantage according to Fritz. 17...Bd6 18.b4 a5 19.Ne5 Fritz doesn't like this move -(0.34), but I do. 19...axb4
(19...Bxe5 20.Qxe5 axb4 21.axb4 Qd7 22.Rhd1 Ra8 23.Ra1 Ra4 24.Rxa4 bxa4 25.Qa5) 20.Nc6 (20.Qc6 Rb8 21.Nd7) 20...Qg5 21.h4 Qd5 (21...Qh5+ 22.g4 Qd5 23.Qxd5 exd5) 22.Qxd5 exd5 23.Nxb4 c5?!
After the game my opponent said he didn't have any thing else to play. 24.dxc5 (24.Nxd5 cxd4 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.exd4 Bxa3 27.Rb1) 24...Bxc5 (24...Rxc5 25.Rxc5 Bxc5 26.Nxd5 Bxa3 27.Rb1) 25.Nxd5 Bxa3 26.Rb1 Rc2+ 27.Kf3 Rb8 28.Rb3
Draw offered. (28.Rhd1 Kf8 29.Rb3) 28...Rd2 29.Rxa3 (29.Nf6+ gxf6 30.Rxa3; 29.e4 f5 -/+) 29...Rxd5 30.Rb1 Rb6 31.Rab3 Rd2 32.R1b2 Rf6+ 33.Kg3 Rfxf2 34.Rxd2 Rxd2 35.Rxb5 g6 36.Kf3 h5 37.e4 Kg7 38.Rd5 Rb2 39.g3 Rb1 40.e5 Rf1+ 41.Ke4 Re1+ 42.Kf4 Ra1 43.Rb5 Ra4+ 44.Kf3 Kf8 45.Rb7 Rc4 46.Ra7 Rb4 47.Rc7= According to Fritz, the game stayed equal through out the entire game with only White having a slight plus here and there. Over all, I'm very happy with my play in this game. ½–½
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