07/03/2012 - C.Sreeves vs A.Burnett

[Clement Sreeves]

1.c4 e5
2.g3 Nc6
3.Nc3 g6
4.Bg2 Bg7
5.d3 d6
6.e4 h5
7.h4 Nd4
8.Nce2 Ne6
9.Nf3 Nf6
10.0-0 a5
11.b3 0-0
12.a3 c6
13.Bb2 c5
14.Bc3 Nd4
15.Nexd4 exd4
16.Bd2 Ng4
17.b4 axb4
18.axb4 Rxa1
19.Qxa1 f5
20.Ng5 Ne5
21.Qa3 Qe7
22.bxc5 dxc5
23.f4 Ng4
24.e5 Bh6
25.Bd5+



Spoiler here>> OK, so everything according to plan so far. Now with Bh6, I can see he is trying to get some counterplay- let's say after the natural 25.Rb1 Bxg5 26.hxg5 h4!?, there could be some annoying tricks to watch out for. 27.gxh4 Qh7 To be honest, I think I would still be completely winning in this line, but it would be terrible to give him any counterplay if it is avoidable. Also he would be getting rid of his terrible bishop. Instead I have found a much simpler solution: 25.Bd5+ Kh8 (Kg7 would block to the queen's route to h7) 26.Nf3! Sure, my knight is not so active anymore, but Black just has 0 counterplay here. If he ever goes Ne3 I can just take and pick up that pawn at any time. Otherwise I'm just going Rb1-b5 and it's game over. <<Spoiler here