[Event “Robert P. Smith Memorial”]
[Site “Pittsburgh”]
[Date “2021.10.06”]
[Round “4”]
[White “Bruce Leverett”]
[Black “Ed Dean”]
[Result “1/2-1/2”]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Ba6 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qd3
{
Somewhat artificial. Just developing with 10. Bd2 and 11. Rc1 is fine.
}
10… Qc8 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rfc1 Qb7 13. a3 Bf8 14. b4 c6 15. b5
{
Black was ready to shut down White’s minority attack with 15. … b5.
}
15… cxb5 16. Nxb5 Rac8 17. h3
{
A waste of time. More logical was 17. Rab1, to follow up by pushing the a-pawn.
}
17… Ne4 18. Be1 Nb8 19. Qb3 a6 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Nd7 22. Bb4 Rc6 23.
Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Ne1 Nf6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Rb1 b5 27. Nd3 Qc4 28. Nc5 Qxb3 29.
Rxb3 Ra8 30. f3 Kf8 31. a4 bxa4 32. Ra3 Rb8
{
Black should have called White’s bluff with 32. … Ne8. After 33. Rxa4 Nc7, White can’t make further progress on the queenside.
}
33. Rxa4 Rb2 34. Rxa6 Re2 35. Ra3 g5 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. g4 Rh2 38. Nd3 Rxh3
39. Kg2 Rh4 40. Ra8+ Ne8
{
After 40. … Ke7 or 40. … Kg7, 41. Ne5 prepares to win the f-pawn.
}
41. Rd8 h5 42. gxh5 f6 43. Rxd5 Ng7 44. Rd7 Nxh5 45. d5 g4 46. d6 gxf3+ 47.
Kxf3 Rh3+ 48. Kf2 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Re2 50. Nc5 Rxe3 51. Rc7 Re1+ 52. Kf2 Re5
53. Nd7+
{
?? White should reap the fruit of his labor by 53. Rc8+ and 54. d7. Instead, blitzing in my opponent’s time pressure, “patzer sees check, patzer takes check.” Aarrgh!
}
53… Ke8 54. Nxe5 fxe5 55. Re7+ Kd8 56. Rxe5 Nf6 57. Re7 Ne8 58. Ke3 Nxd6
59. Rh7 Ke8 60. Kd4 Nf7 61. Kd5 Ke7 62. Rh5 Kf6
{
Agreed drawn
} 1/2-1/2
testpcc 