Headache of thinking

Van der Linden, Patrick - Verduyckt, Johan 0-1

Zilveren Toren 2014 2014.03.28

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 ( Bd7)

6.Bd3 Bd7 ( cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7)

7.Bc2 Rc8 ( cxd4 8.cxd4)

8.O-O cxd4 9.cxd4 Nb4 10.Nc3 Nxc2 11.Qxc2 Ne7 12.Be3 ( 12.Bf4 Nf5 13.Qd2)

12... Nf5 13.Qd2 Bb4 14.a3 ( 14.Rac1)

14... Bxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Rfc1 O-O ( Nxe3 17.fxe3 ( 17.Qxe3 O-O)17... Bb5)

17.Qb2 ( 17.Bf4 Rc4 18.g4 Ne7 19.Bg5 Ng6 20.h4)

17... Nxe3 18.fxe3 b5

Diagram #1

( Rc7 ( b6))

19.Nd2 Qd8 20.Nb3 Qg5 21.Qf2 f6 22.Qf4 Qh5 23.exf6 ( 23.Nc5 fxe5 24.Qg3 Rc7 25.Rf1)

23... Rxf6 24.Qg3 ( 24.Qd6 Qe2 25.Re1 Qf2+ 26.Kh1 Rcf8 27.h3 Bc8 28.Nc5 Rg6)

24... Rcf8 (24... Rg6 25.Qd6 ( 25.Qe1 e5)25... Qe2 (25... Qh3 26.g3 Rf6 27.Qxd7 Rcf8 28.Nc5))

25.Ra2 ( 25.Nc5 Bc8 26.Rf1)

25... Qf5 26.Qe1 b4 ( e5)

27.axb4 Bb5 28.Raa1 ( 28.Nd2)

28... Qd3 29.Nd2 Rf2 30.Nf3 Re2 31.Qg3 Qxe3+ 32.Kh1 a6 33.Ng1 Qxg3 34.hxg3 Re3 ( Rb2)

35.Nf3 Rc8 36.Ra3 Rc4 ( h6)

37.Ne5 Rc8 38.Kh2 h6 ( Re2)

39.Ng4 Rd3 ( Re4 40.Ne5 Rxd4)

40.Ne5 ( 40.Re1 Rdxc3 41.Rxc3 Rxc3 42.Rxe6 Bd7 ( Rc4) 43.Re3)

40... Rxd4 41.Re1 Rd2 ( Re4 42.Rxe4 dxe4 43.g4 e3 44.Kg3 e2 45.Nf3 e5 46.Kf2 ( 46.Ne1 ( 46.Ra1 Rxc3)46... Rf8 47.Ra1 Rf1 48.Rc1 Bc4 ( Ba4) 49.Rb1 Kf7)46... e4 47.Ne1 Rd8 ( Rf8+ 48.Ke3 Rf1 49.Ra1) 48.Ra1 e3+)

42.Nf3 Rc2 ( Rd3)

43.Rxe6 ( 43.Re3 Kf7 ( Rf8 44.Nd4) 44.Nd4)

43... R2xc3 44.Ra2 Rb3 ( d4 45.Rd2 d3 46.Re1 Rc2 47.Rdd1 Rb2 48.Ne5 Rcc2 49.Rg1 d2)

45.Rd2 Bc4 ( Rxb4 46.Rxd5 Bc4 47.Rd4 Bxe6 48.Rxb4 a5 49.Ra4 Rc5)

46.Ne5 Rxb4 47.Nxc4 dxc4 48.Rxa6 c3 49.Rc2 ( 49.Rd7 Rg4 50.Ra1 c2 51.Rc1 Rb4 52.Rd2 Rb2 53.Rf2 Kh7)

49... Rb2 50.Ra2 ( 50.Rc1 Rd2 51.Kg1 ( 51.Raa1 c2 52.Rf1 Rf8 ( Rcd8 53.Rfc1 Rd1) 53.Rfc1 Rff2)51... c2)

50... Rxa2