He Got Game

Eduardo Patricio Iturrizaga Bonelli – John Paul Gomez
7th HDBank International Open Chess Tournament; Ho Chi Minh City, March 15, 2017
Queen’s Pawn Game D02

Evaluation symbols and punctuation marks are by Brazilian Grandmaster Rafael Duailibe Leitão. 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 cxd4 4. exd4 d5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Be7. The same position can be reached through 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Ngf3 e6 9. Nh4 Bg6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Bd3 Be7 – Caro-Kann Defence (B13). 12. 0-0 0-0. For 12. ... Nh5 13. Be5 0-0 14. Rfe1 Qd7 15. Nf3 g5 16. Rad1 g4 17. Nd2 g5 18. Be2 f6 19. Bxg4 Ng7 20. Nf3 fxe5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Bf6 23. Re2 Qf7 24. Rde1 Rae8 25. h3 Re7 26. Re3 Nf5 see Honfi – Barcza, KS Jubilæum, Copenaghen 1965. 13. Rae1 a6 14. Qd1 b5 15. a3 Na5 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Qe2 Ra7 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. g4!± Nfe4?! 19. ... Nc4 20. h4 Nd7 seems to give much better survival chances as after 21. Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Qxg6 Nf6 24. g5 Qe8 Black appears to have limited damages to the best possible worst. 20. f3 Nf6 21. h4. Now White’s attack spreads itself smoothly. 21. ... a5 22. h5! gxh5 23. Qh2 g6

24. Nxg6! fxg6 25. Bxd6+− hxg4 26. Be5 g3 27. Qh6 Bd8 28. Bd6 Rff7 29. Bxg6 Rg7 30. Kg2 Rxg6 31. Qf8+ 1 : 0. For if 31. ... Kh7 then 32. Rh1+ and mate in two moves.