Spanton (2009) - R Ashwath (2333)
Spanish Exchange
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.d4 exd4 6.Qxd4 Qxd4 7.Nxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 0-0-0 9.Be3 Ne7!? 10.0-0-0
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| Now both sides have castled, how would you assess the position? |
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Black's bishop-pair is more important than White's better pawn-majority, according to Stockfish17 and Dragon1, but not by much, although Dragon1 is the keener on Black's position.
10...Ng6 11.f3 Re8!? 12.Bf2!?
This may be a novelty. Known moves are 12.Rhe1 and 12.Nde2.
12...Nf4
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| What should White play? |
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13.Nce2?
13.Nce2?
The wrong knight. After 13.Nde2 Black cannot play 13...Nxg2? because of 14.Rxd7! Kxd7 15.Rg1. Instead the engines recommend 13...Ng6 or 13...Nxe2+. White could also play 13.g3, meeting 13...Nh3 with 14.Be3, and if 14...f5 then 15.R(either)e1.
13...Nxg2!
Correctly calculated - White cannot trap the knight.
14.h4
14.R(either)g1 is met by 14...Bh3, with the knight escaping at its leisure.
14...g6 15.h5 Bd6
Even stronger, according to the engines, is 15...Bh6+.
16.Bg3 Ne3 17.Rde1 Nc4 18.Bxd6!?
The engines approve of getting rid of the bishop-pair, even though Black's c pawns are undoubled.
18...cxd6 19.Nc3 g5!?
The engines like this, along with 19...Ne5.
20.h6?!
The white h pawn will prove harder to defend than any of the black kingside pawns.
20...Rhg8 21.Reg1 Ne5 22.Rg3 f6 23.Rhg1?!
This hardly helps matters. The engines suggest playing on the queenside with 23.a4, pushing the b pawn either one square or two.
23...Rg6 24.f4?!
Hastening the end.
The game finished:
24...gxf4 25.Rxg6 hxg6 26.Nde2 Rh8 27.Rh1 f3 28.Ng3 Nf7 29.h7 Ng5 30.Rh6 Rxh7 31.Rxg6 Rh3 0-1
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