This third-round tournament game shows again the attacking possibilities of the English Opening on the kingside, even though I did not take the best advantage of them. After a Grunfeld-type defense from my opponent, I had a small opening advantage which soon turned into equality. Black, however, did not have any initiative of his own, so it was my ideas (for good or ill) that ended up driving the entire game.
A relatively harmless plan involving the advance of my h-pawn turned into an attacking possibility after Black recaptured with the wrong pawn (18...fxg6?!) and then left his knight in a vulnerable position pinned to his queen. I was able to whip up some initiative and could have had a serious attack with 21. f4! but focused erroneously on play along the h-file. After a simple board sight failure led to me passing up the chance to win a pawn, I entered a drawn double-rook endgame.
The analysis illustrates some useful concepts regarding how to attack. In addition to the above examples, there were more subtle improvements such as 17. Rh1 or earlier opportunities to place the queen on a better square. The game is also a useful example of how attacking play, even when not particularly threatening, can lead to opportunities being created on the board.
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1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 g6 3.g3 Bg7 4.Bg2 0-0 5.Nf3 d5 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.0-0 Nb6 8.d3 c6 9.Bg5 Na6N 9...h6 10.Bd2 Bg4 11.Rb1 Qd7 12.Ne4 Na6 13.b4 Nd5 14.Qc1 Kh7 15.Qc2 Rfc8 16.Rfc1 Be6 17.Qa4 Nb6 18.Qa5 Nd5 19.Qa4 Nb6 20.Qa3 Nd5 21.Rc2 Ndc7 22.Qc1 Bd5 23.Bc3 f6 24.Nc5 10.Qc1 10.Qd2 10...Re8 10...Bg4 11.Bh6 Bxf3 12.Bxf3 Bxh6 13.Qxh6 Qd4= 11.Bh6 11.Rd1 11...Bh8 12.Rb1 Bg4 13.h3 13.Qf4 13...Bxf3 14.Bxf3= Qd7 15.Kg2 Nc7 16.h4 Nbd5 17.h5 17.Rh1 17...Ne6 18.hxg6 fxg6?! 18...hxg6 19.Rh1 Nd4= 19.Nxd5 cxd5 20.Bg4 Rac8?! 20...Qd6!? 21.Qe3 Kf7 21...Rc6 22.Rbc1 Ra6 23.Rc7 Qd6 23...Qxc7?? 24.Bxe6+ Rxe6 25.Qxe6# 24.Rxb7+- 22.Rh1?! 22.f4! Bf6 23.f5 gxf5 24.Bxf5 Rg8 25.Qf3+- 22...Bf6 23.Bg5 23.f4 23...Rh8 23...h5 24.Bxf6 exf6 25.Bxe6+ Qxe6 26.Qxa7 Re7= 26...Qxe2? 27.Rhe1 Qxd3 28.Qxb7+ Kg8 29.Rbd1+- 24.Bxf6± exf6 24...Kxf6?? 25.f4 Qd6 26.f5+- 25.Bxe6+ Qxe6 26.Qxe6+? 26.Qxa7 Rc7 27.Rbc1± 26...Kxe6= 27.Rbc1 h5 28.f3 28.e3!? ½–½
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