Shetty, Atulya (1959) - Jia, Roger (1808)
2008 Michigan Juniors, 03/16/2008
Round 4 [Shetty,Atulya]

1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.O-O Ng6 In this line, it is a good idea for white to play h4.
9.Nc3 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Bxg6 Bxg6 is a mistake because after fxg6 black might be able to play Rxf3 and Nxd4. This might also weaken e5. Instead maybe Bc2, Na4, or h4.

[11.Bc2]

[11.Na4 Qa5 12.b4 Qc7 13.Nc5]

[11.h4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.h5 Nh4 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qxd4]

11...fxg6 12.b4 Bd7 13.Na4 Qd8 14.Be3 b6 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Nb2 Nb8 17.Qd2 Here white is trying to get the c-file.
17...h6 18.Rc2 Rxc2 19.Qxc2 g5 20.Rc1 Qc8 21.Qg6 Qb7? Instead black should have played 21...Qe8 or 21...Qa6.
22.h4 Finally, white manages to break through.
22...Be8 23.Qxe6+ Bf7 24.Qh3 gxh4 25.Nxh4 Bxh4 26.Qxh4 Rc8 Here black probably thought that he would gain the c-file and get compensation for the pawn. Instead he loses another pawn.
27.Bxh6 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qc8 Now black has the c-file but white has two pawns.
29.Qf4 Nc6 Threatening 30...Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Qxc1+.
30.Bd2 Nd8 31.Qe3 Ne6 32.Qc3 Qc3 is not a very good move because after the queen trade, black will play a6 and white's bishop and knight are very bad and don't have many squares.
32...Qd8 33.Be3 Ng5 34.Bxg5 Getting rid of the opposite colored bishops.
34...Qxg5 35.Nd1 Trying to get to e3.
35...Be6 36.Ne3 Qg6 Black's only hope is to get a perpetual check.
37.Qc2 Qh5 38.Qc6 Qf7 39.b5 Just waiting for black to do something.
39...Kh7 40.a4 g6 41.Qc2 Kg7 42.Nf1 Bf5 43.Qc3 Qe7 44.Ng3 Be6 45.Qc6 Qf7 46.Qd6 White is trying to move his queen to d8 and maybe play Qf6.
46...Kh6 47.Qd8 Kg7 Here, Qf6 makes it very easy to win.
48.Kf1 This makes the king more vulnerable. Instead white should have played Qg5.

[48.Qf6+ Qxf6 49.exf6+ Kxf6 50.f3 If black could attack the a4 and b5 pawns he might have a chance.
50...Kg5 51.Kf2 Kf4 52.Ne2+ Kg5 53.Ke3 Bf5 54.Kd2 Kf6 55.Nc3 Be6 56.Na2 Bd7 57.Nb4 Ke6 58.Ke3 Kd6 59.Kf4 And white wins because his king can just march up. If black tries to stop him, white's knight can penetrate.]

48...Qf4 Here, white might be able to just play Kg1 and make his king safer. If black plays Qxd4 then white plays Qf6 winning a bishop. If he plays Qc1+ white can play Nf1and he is threatening Qe7 and Qf6.
49.Qc7+

[49.Kg1 Qc1+

(49...Qxd4 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Qxe6 Qa1+ (51...Qd1+ 52.Kh2) 52.Kh2)

50.Nf1 Qf4 51.Qe7+]

49...Bf7 50.Qc3 Qg4 51.Ne2 Qe4 52.f3 If 52...Qb1+ 53.Kf2 and there are no checks.
52...Qb1+ 53.Kf2 Qa2? Black had to stop Qc7 and e6.
54.Qc7 Kf8 55.Qd6+ Kg8 56.Qd8+ Kg7 57.Qf6+ Kg8 58.e6 Bxe6 59.Qxg6+ Kf8 60.Qxe6 Qxa4 61.Qxd5 a6 62.Qa8+ Kg7 63.bxa6 It creates a passed pawn for black but it also creates a passed pawn for white and white's passed pawn is more advanced and is going to queen with Qb7+, a7, a8=Q.
63...Qa5 64.Qb7+ Kf6 65.a7 Qh5 66.Qxb6+ Ke7 67.Qe6+ Forcing the trade of queens and winning the game. If 67...Kxe6 68. Nf4+ and Nxh5 and white queens.

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Canty, James (2130) - Shetty, Atulya (1959)
2008 Michigan Juniors, 03/16/2008
Round 5 [Shetty,Atulya]

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ The idea of Bb5+, is too trade the light squared bishops. If white plays c3 right away, then black can stop d4 with 3...Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 stopping d4.
3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Rd1 White has to eliminate the knight on e4 that is stopping his attack. His idea is Ne1, f3 and h4.
11...Be7

[11...Bb4 Bb4 isn't a very good move because after Ne1 and Bxe1, white has control of the dark squares and can attack on the kingside.
12.Ne1 Bxe1 13.Qxe1 h6 14.f3 Ng5 15.Qg3 f6]

12.Ne1 h6 Now, if 13.f3 Ng5 14.h4 Nh7.
13.f3 Ng5 14.Be3 O-O 15.Nd3 Instead of Nd3 and trying to go for an attack, white should probably play Nc3, Bf2 and control the light squares. Maybe later he should try for f5.
15...Rac8 16.Nc3 b6 17.Qf2 White intends to play Qg3 and h4.
17...a6 18.Qg3 Kh8 Now if 19.h4 Nh7 15.Bxh6 doesn't work.
19.Nf4 Na5 20.Nh5 Rg8 Stopping h4 and Qxg7.
21.Nf4 Nc4 22.Bc1 Protecting the b2 pawn.
22...b5 23.h4 Nh7 24.Ncxd5? An interesting sacrifice but fortunately for black, he has a defense. Maybe white should play Nce2 instead with the idea of b3 and then developing the bishop. Black has the c-file but his kingside pieces can't move. Black has to try for the f6 break but has to look out for e6 and g6 weaknesses.
24...g5

[24...exd5 25.e6 Qe8

(25...Qc7 26.exf7 Rgf8 27.Ng6#)

(25...fxe6 26.Ng6#)

26.exf7 Qxf7 27.Ng6+ Qxg6 28.Qxg6]

25.hxg5 exd5

[25...hxg5 26.Nxe7 gxf4

(26...Qxe7)

27.Qh4 Qd8]

26.e6 26.g6 was better but black is still better.
26...fxe6 27.g6 Ng5 Now, even though black is a piece up, it is still tricky.
28.b3 Nd6 29.Qg4 Nf5 30.Qh5 Bf8 31.Nd3 Threatening Ne5 and Bxg5.
31...Ng3 Black wants to trade the c1 bishop with Ne2+ and Nxc1.
32.Qh4 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Nxc1 34.Raxc1 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Qe7 36.Qf4 Rxg6 37.Rc7 Qe8 38.Rb7 Threatening Rb8, winning back the piece.
38...Rg8 39.Ne5 Bg7 40.Re7 Qh5 41.Ke2 Rf8 42.Qe3 Rc8 Now black is much better because white has no attack and black is about to start attacking.
43.Qd3? Allowing Bxe5 and Qh2.
43...Bxe5 44.dxe5 Qh2 45.Kf2 Nh3+ 46.Ke3 Qg1+ 47.Kd2 Qxg2+

[47...Qc1+ 48.Ke2 Nf4+ 49.Kf2 Nxd3+ 50.Ke2

(50.Kg3 Qf4+ 51.Kh3 Nf2#)

50...Rc2+ 51.Kxd3 Qd2#]

48.Qe2 Rc2+

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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nge7 8.O-O Ng6 In this line, it is a good idea for white to play h4. 9.Nc3 Be7 10.a3 O-O 11.Bxg6 Bxg6 is a mistake because after fxg6 black might be able to play Rxf3 and Nxd4. This might also weaken e5. Instead maybe Bc2, Na4, or h4.
	[11.Bc2]

	[11.Na4 Qa5 12.b4 Qc7 13.Nc5]

	[11.h4 Nxd4 12.Nxd4 Qxd4 13.h5 Nh4 14.Bxh7+ Kxh7 15.Qxd4]
11...fxg6 12.b4 Bd7 13.Na4 Qd8 14.Be3 b6 15.Rc1 Rc8 16.Nb2 Nb8 17.Qd2 Here white is trying to get the c-file. 17...h6 18.Rc2 Rxc2 19.Qxc2 g5 20.Rc1 Qc8 21.Qg6 Qb7? Instead black should have played 21...Qe8 or 21...Qa6. 22.h4 Finally, white manages to break through. 22...Be8 23.Qxe6+ Bf7 24.Qh3 gxh4 25.Nxh4 Bxh4 26.Qxh4 Rc8 Here black probably thought that he would gain the c-file and get compensation for the pawn. Instead he loses another pawn. 27.Bxh6 Rxc1+ 28.Bxc1 Qc8 Now black has the c-file but white has two pawns. 29.Qf4 Nc6 Threatening 30...Nxd4 31.Qxd4 Qxc1+. 30.Bd2 Nd8 31.Qe3 Ne6 32.Qc3 Qc3 is not a very good move because after the queen trade, black will play a6 and white's bishop and knight are very bad and don't have many squares. 32...Qd8 33.Be3 Ng5 34.Bxg5 Getting rid of the opposite colored bishops. 34...Qxg5 35.Nd1 Trying to get to e3. 35...Be6 36.Ne3 Qg6 Black's only hope is to get a perpetual check. 37.Qc2 Qh5 38.Qc6 Qf7 39.b5 Just waiting for black to do something. 39...Kh7 40.a4 g6 41.Qc2 Kg7 42.Nf1 Bf5 43.Qc3 Qe7 44.Ng3 Be6 45.Qc6 Qf7 46.Qd6 White is trying to move his queen to d8 and maybe play Qf6. 46...Kh6 47.Qd8 Kg7 Here, Qf6 makes it very easy to win. 48.Kf1 This makes the king more vulnerable. Instead white should have played Qg5.
	[48.Qf6+ Qxf6 49.exf6+ Kxf6 50.f3 If black could attack the a4 and b5 pawns he might have a chance. 50...Kg5 51.Kf2 Kf4 52.Ne2+ Kg5 53.Ke3 Bf5 54.Kd2 Kf6 55.Nc3 Be6 56.Na2 Bd7 57.Nb4 Ke6 58.Ke3 Kd6 59.Kf4 And white wins because his king can just march up. If black tries to stop him, white's knight can penetrate.]
48...Qf4 Here, white might be able to just play Kg1 and make his king safer. If black plays Qxd4 then white plays Qf6 winning a bishop. If he plays Qc1+ white can play Nf1and he is threatening Qe7 and Qf6. 49.Qc7+
	[49.Kg1 Qc1+
		(49...Qxd4 50.Qf6+ Kh7 51.Qxe6 Qa1+ (51...Qd1+ 52.Kh2) 52.Kh2)
	50.Nf1 Qf4 51.Qe7+]
49...Bf7 50.Qc3 Qg4 51.Ne2 Qe4 52.f3 If 52...Qb1+ 53.Kf2 and there are no checks. 52...Qb1+ 53.Kf2 Qa2? Black had to stop Qc7 and e6. 54.Qc7 Kf8 55.Qd6+ Kg8 56.Qd8+ Kg7 57.Qf6+ Kg8 58.e6 Bxe6 59.Qxg6+ Kf8 60.Qxe6 Qxa4 61.Qxd5 a6 62.Qa8+ Kg7 63.bxa6 It creates a passed pawn for black but it also creates a passed pawn for white and white's passed pawn is more advanced and is going to queen with Qb7+, a7, a8=Q. 63...Qa5 64.Qb7+ Kf6 65.a7 Qh5 66.Qxb6+ Ke7 67.Qe6+ Forcing the trade of queens and winning the game. If 67...Kxe6 68. Nf4+ and Nxh5 and white queens. 1-0

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ The idea of Bb5+, is too trade the light squared bishops. If white plays c3 right away, then black can stop d4 with 3...Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 stopping d4. 3...Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.Qe2 e6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 d5 10.e5 Ne4 11.Rd1 White has to eliminate the knight on e4 that is stopping his attack. His idea is Ne1, f3 and h4. 11...Be7
	[11...Bb4 Bb4 isn't a very good move because after Ne1 and Bxe1, white has control of the dark squares and can attack on the kingside. 12.Ne1 Bxe1 13.Qxe1 h6 14.f3 Ng5 15.Qg3 f6]
12.Ne1 h6 Now, if 13.f3 Ng5 14.h4 Nh7. 13.f3 Ng5 14.Be3 O-O 15.Nd3 Instead of Nd3 and trying to go for an attack, white should probably play Nc3, Bf2 and control the light squares. Maybe later he should try for f5. 15...Rac8 16.Nc3 b6 17.Qf2 White intends to play Qg3 and h4. 17...a6 18.Qg3 Kh8 Now if 19.h4 Nh7 15.Bxh6 doesn't work. 19.Nf4 Na5 20.Nh5 Rg8 Stopping h4 and Qxg7. 21.Nf4 Nc4 22.Bc1 Protecting the b2 pawn. 22...b5 23.h4 Nh7 24.Ncxd5? An interesting sacrifice but fortunately for black, he has a defense. Maybe white should play Nce2 instead with the idea of b3 and then developing the bishop. Black has the c-file but his kingside pieces can't move. Black has to try for the f6 break but has to look out for e6 and g6 weaknesses. 24...g5
	[24...exd5 25.e6 Qe8
		(25...Qc7 26.exf7 Rgf8 27.Ng6#)

		(25...fxe6 26.Ng6#)
	26.exf7 Qxf7 27.Ng6+ Qxg6 28.Qxg6]
25.hxg5 exd5
	[25...hxg5 26.Nxe7 gxf4
		(26...Qxe7)
	27.Qh4 Qd8]
26.e6 26.g6 was better but black is still better. 26...fxe6 27.g6 Ng5 Now, even though black is a piece up, it is still tricky. 28.b3 Nd6 29.Qg4 Nf5 30.Qh5 Bf8 31.Nd3 Threatening Ne5 and Bxg5. 31...Ng3 Black wants to trade the c1 bishop with Ne2+ and Nxc1. 32.Qh4 Ne2+ 33.Kf1 Nxc1 34.Raxc1 Rxc1 35.Rxc1 Qe7 36.Qf4 Rxg6 37.Rc7 Qe8 38.Rb7 Threatening Rb8, winning back the piece. 38...Rg8 39.Ne5 Bg7 40.Re7 Qh5 41.Ke2 Rf8 42.Qe3 Rc8 Now black is much better because white has no attack and black is about to start attacking. 43.Qd3? Allowing Bxe5 and Qh2. 43...Bxe5 44.dxe5 Qh2 45.Kf2 Nh3+ 46.Ke3 Qg1+ 47.Kd2 Qxg2+
	[47...Qc1+ 48.Ke2 Nf4+ 49.Kf2 Nxd3+ 50.Ke2
		(50.Kg3 Qf4+ 51.Kh3 Nf2#)
	50...Rc2+ 51.Kxd3 Qd2#]
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