Frigderi - Flying Saucers (1779)
4th PAL-CSS Freestyle Final (playchess.com #078679), 10/20/2006
Round 3 [Dagh Nielsen] [C45]

Start Position According to Arno Nickel's report before the tournament, my opponent was Pavel Bystrov playing as centaur, who had been leading the preliminary clearly until the last two rounds. I expected 1.e4 and then, who knows. As it turns out, also on Bystrov's team in the final was Jana Samorukova and IM Dennis Breder, both of whom I had played against in the preliminary, beating the latter as white in a French. I find it quite amusing that in 5 out of 8 games in the preliminary, I played opponents that I would later meet again in the final. The game ended up being very sharp on virgin lands, with white being in the driving seat due to creative and precise play, and black just barely hanging on to a draw through precise defense.
 1.e4 [%emt 0:00:03]
 1...e5 [%emt 0:00:28]
 2.Nf3 [%emt 0:00:04]
 2...Nc6 [%emt 0:00:34]
 3.d4 [%emt 0:00:05]
 3...exd4 [%emt 0:00:10]
 4.Nxd4 I frankly don't know too much about the Scotch. A funny prelude to this game is that Rentner2 in the preliminary played the Scoth as white in round 7 and 8 against both me and Frigderi, winning against the latter, both games continuing 4...Bc5. I had played a rare move order after 4...Bc5 that Rentner2 didn't find a way to punish in that game. Faced by all this, I smelled a rat and decided on 4...Nf6. The only move I have analysed systematically here is 4...Qh4, with help of Gutman's book, but I do not have confidence in this move. [%emt 0:00:00]
 4...Nf6 [%emt 0:01:58]
 5.Nxc6 [%emt 0:00:11]
 5...bxc6 [%emt 0:00:10]
 6.e5 [%emt 0:00:03]
 6...Qe7 [%emt 0:00:20]
 7.Qe2 [%emt 0:00:07]
 7...Nd5 [%emt 0:00:03]
 8.c4 [%emt 0:00:06]
 8...Ba6 My "knowledge" of this variation was reading some posting on chesspublishing.com claiming that black had about one precise way to an equal position, but I could not remember if it was with 8...Ba6 or 8...Nb6. I decided on 8...Ba6 with 10...g5 as follow up here. [%emt 0:07:34]
 9.b3 [%emt 0:00:23]
 9...O-O-O [%emt 0:01:55]
 10.g3 [%emt 0:00:47]
 10...g5 [%emt 0:00:48]
 11.Bb2 [%emt 0:00:41]
 11...Bg7 [%emt 0:00:10]
 12.Nd2 [%emt 0:14:53]
 12...Nb4 [%emt 0:00:16]
 13.O-O-O!? Creative play by my opponent. Most common is 13.Nf3 here. There is one game with 13.0-0-0 in the Shredder base, and I would suspect that this could also have been seen in CC games. [%emt 0:00:09]
 13...Nxa2+ [%emt 0:01:45]
 14.Kb1 [%emt 0:00:33]
 14...Nb4 [%emt 0:00:04]
 15.Qe3 Here I went into the box, spending most of the time figuring out if 17...f5 was sound. [%emt 0:00:24]
 15...c5 [%emt 0:21:38]
[15...Kb8]
16.Ne4 [%emt 0:00:42]
 16...Bb7 [%emt 0:00:17]
 17.Bh3 [%emt 0:00:20]
 17...f5 [%emt 0:08:52]
[17...Kb8]
18.Bxf5 . [%emt 0:26:42]
[18.Nxc5 Bxh1 19.Rxh1 is another way.]
18...Rhf8 [%emt 0:00:20]
 19.g4New opening move [%emt 0:00:15]
[19.Bg4New opening move h5 20.Bxh5 Bxe5 and it's rather unclear.]
[19.Bh3 Bxe5 20.Nxc5New opening move
(20.Rhe1 Bxb2!New opening move 21.Nd6+ Qxd6 22.Rxd6 cxd6 23.Kxb2 Rf3 and black should be at least no worse.)
20...Bxh1 21.Rxd7 Rxd7 22.Nxd7 Bg2! 23.Qxe5 Qxe5 24.Nxf8+ Bxh3 25.Bxe5 Bf5+ 26.Ka1 g4 and black is at least no worse.]
19...Bxe5 [%emt 0:00:23]
 20.Rhe1 [%emt 0:00:10]
[20.Nxc5 Bxh1 21.Bxe5 Bc6 22.Kb2 a5]
20...Bxh2 [%emt 0:00:23]
 21.f3 [%emt 0:00:11]
[21.Nxc5 Qxe3 22.Rxe3 Bc6 with another unclear, probably equal position.]
[21.Qh3 Rxf5 22.Nd6+ Bxd6 23.Rxe7 Rxf2 24.Ree1
(24.Qxh7 Bxe7 25.Qxe7 Bf3 26.Qxc5 Rh2 27.Qxb4 Bxd1)
24...Nc2 25.Qxh7 Nxe1 26.Rxe1 and black should be OK.]
21...Bxe4+ [%emt 0:00:26]
 22.Bxe4 [%emt 0:00:24]
 22...Rde8 Perhaps a place to look for alternatives for black. [%emt 0:01:29]
[22...Kb8!? 23.Rh1 Bf4 24.Rxh7 Bxe3 25.Rxe7 d6]
23.Bc3 [%emt 0:02:42]
 23...a5 [%emt 0:05:01]
[23...Kb8 This was the move I had relied on in my analysis before move 17...f5, continuing
 24.Qf2
(24.Bxb4 is the improvement I had missed.
 24...cxb4 25.Rd5 and white has a promising attack.)
24...Be5 25.Bxe5 Qxe5 26.Bg6 Qxe1 27.Rxe1 hxg6 28.Rxe8+ Rxe8 29.Qd2 d6 30.Qxg5 Re1+ with a draw.]
24.Bxb4 [%emt 0:07:39]
 24...axb4 [%emt 0:00:13]
 25.Qd2 [%emt 0:00:03]
 25...Be5 [%emt 0:00:26]
 26.Qa2 [%emt 0:00:04]
 26...c6 [%emt 0:00:10]
 27.Qa8+ [%emt 0:00:06]
 27...Kc7 [%emt 0:00:11]
 28.Qa7+ [%emt 0:00:04]
 28...Kc8 [%emt 0:00:09]
 29.Re2 [%emt 0:00:08]
 29...Rf6 [%emt 0:00:10]
 30.Qb6! This move I had completely missed when playing 23...a5. In a sense, it is pure luck that black's position is not just totally lost. [%emt 0:00:23]
 30...Rd6 [%emt 0:04:45]
 31.Bd3! The game is probably still within the draw limit, but this move is the one requiring great precision from black. [%emt 0:00:45]
 31...Rd4 [%emt 0:00:08]
 32.Kc2 [%emt 0:00:40]
 32...Rd6 [%emt 0:00:12]
[32...Rxd3 33.Rxd3 is an alternative that I didn't have time nor really need to check.]
33.Bf5 [%emt 0:00:54]
 33...Rxd1 [%emt 0:00:08]
 34.Qxc6+ [%emt 0:00:18]
 34...Kd8 [%emt 0:00:02]
 35.Qa8+ [%emt 0:00:04]
 35...Kc7 [%emt 0:00:14]
 36.Qa7+ [%emt 0:00:02]
 36...Kc6 [%emt 0:00:11]
 37.Kxd1 [%emt 0:00:28]
 37...Qd6+ [%emt 0:00:07]
 38.Kc2 [%emt 0:07:10]
[38.Rd2 Bd4 39.Be4+
(39.Kc2 h6 is probably not much different, even though the h6 square is blocked for the black queen.)
39...Rxe4 40.Qa8+ Kc7 41.Qxe4 Qa6 and it will probably be difficult for white to do anything constructive without allowing an infinity of checks.]
38...Qd4 [%emt 0:00:11]
 39.Be4+ [%emt 0:00:02]
 39...d5 [%emt 0:00:06]
 40.Qa6+ [%emt 0:00:10]
[40.Qa4+ Kb6 41.Rd2 Qb2+ 42.Kd1 Qa1+ 43.Qxa1 Bxa1 44.Rxd5 Be5 and black should hold due to opposite colored bishops.]
40...Kc7 [%emt 0:00:13]
 41.cxd5 [%emt 0:00:09]
 41...Kd8! The key move that saves black. Black gets a fortress with rook and bishop against queen in the end. [%emt 0:00:15]
 42.d6 [%emt 0:00:19]
 42...Bxd6 [%emt 0:00:08]
 43.Rd2 [%emt 0:00:11]
 43...Rxe4 [%emt 0:00:06]
 44.Qb6+ [%emt 0:00:04]
 44...Ke7 [%emt 0:00:14]
 45.Qb7+ [%emt 0:00:24]
 45...Kf6 [%emt 0:00:11]
 46.Rxd4 Frigderi bietet Remis (Lag: Av=0.38s, max=1.7s) [%emt 0:00:23]

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