Back in Business

Although the club has suspended face-to-face chess for the year, members are continuing to take part in online events. The first round of the Dyfed Closed Online tournament recently took place and it will run until January. The WCU online leagues have also resumed, and we are greatly helped here by the fact that Rudy and Julie van Kemenade are still available to play for us. We are taking part in the formidably strong Open section, with Rudy as our captain and top board. We don't have enough available members to field an under-1800 team as well, so Tom Gunn and Sam Holman, as well as taking their turns in the Open team, will be playing for Steynton at the lower level.

Our first match in the Open was against White Knights. Rudy's Petroff against Bill Hewitt reached an unbalaced middlegame where Black had two pieces for a rook. The advantage was with Rudy, who managed to convert the imbalance to a clear extra knight, only to get it trapped in the endgame. After that he was still a pawn up in the queen ending but could only draw. I spent most of the game trying to shore up the weaknesses in my position against Allan Pleasants's Modern Defence, but was beginning to feel more comfortable as time started to run out for both of us. I then thought I saw an opportunity to go on the attack, but it was an illusion and my position quickly collapsed. Julie took too long getting her counter-attack started against Jason Garcia in a King's Indian Defence. White's centre was very dominant, and, as she tried to mix things up, she walked into a pawn fork and resigned at once. Tom's Queen's Gambit gave Tomasz Miga the two bishops and an imposing phalanx of pawns on the queenside, which ultimately proved impossible to stop. White Knights won the match 3½-½.

[Event "WCU Online Open3"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.10.28"] [Round "1"] [White "Hewitt, William"] [Black "Van Kemenade, R."] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "2093"] [BlackElo "1999"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] {[%evp 0,133,19,22,22,25,3,23,33,30,30,21,-1,-2,21,21,21,21,17,12,15,15,71,71, 71,58,71,63,63,54,77,65,77,79,77,20,58,-23,37,3,38,19,53,-10,-4,-43,-49,-51, -33,-20,32,32,63,-46,-46,-10,-49,-49,-70,-89,-89,-62,-78,-78,-86,-204,-204, -211,-211,-267,-289,-282,-282,-261,-180,-126,-167,-170,-150,-131,-143,-143,0,0, 0,-51,-48,-60,-52,-65,-61,-62,0,-58,-58,-63,-65,-58,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-55,-11,-8,0, -34,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,-79,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 (7... Bg4 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 dxc4 (11... Ne6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Re1 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qf6 15. Bf5 Be7 16. Be3 h6 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Rxe6 O-O 20. Qg3 Bh4 {J Howell-Van Kemenade, Sheffield 1991,0-1}) 12. Bxc4 Qd7 13. Qe3+ Be7 14. Rd1 O-O-O $17 {Hewitt-Van Kemenade, WCPL 2012,0-1}) 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O (9... c6 {has been tried here but scores badly for Bl (at 11% with 4-0 losses for Van Kemenade)}) 10. Nc3 (10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Be4 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. c4 Qf5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. d5 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ne5 20. Be4 Qg5 21. g3 Nd7 22. Qd4 $11 {Mason-Van Kemenade,GBR ch Great Yarmouth, 2007; draw agreed}) (10. h3 Bf5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bf6 15. Bf4 Qd7 16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Ba2 Be4 {Hewitt-Iolo Jones,WCPL 2015, 1/2-1/2}) 10... Nxc3 (10... Bf5 {main, when} 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. cxd5 Qxd5 {transposes back to Mason-Van Kemenade above. In the line played Wh has gained by not having to play a3, but then in the other line there are later possibilities for Wh to play Ra2 bringing this R to the e file ( an idea that Wh wished was available later in this game)}) 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Re1 (12. cxd5) ( 12. Bf4) (12. Rb1 {main lines}) 12... Bf5 13. cxd5 (13. c5 Bf6 14. Bf4 a6 15. Bd3 Be6 16. Qc2 g6 17. Rab1 Rb8 18. Rb2 Re8 19. Qb1 Qc8 20. h4 {Raphael-Sears, De Verteuil Memorial, Port of Spain 2010,1-0}) 13... Qxd5 14. Bf4 (14. Bd3 { main, transposes to 70 games}) 14... Bf6 (14... Rac8 15. Nd2 { Belikov-Shtyrenko, Alushta op 2013, draw agreed}) (14... Bd6) 15. Nd2 (15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bg3 Na5 17. Ne5 Rxc3 18. Bf3 Qd8 19. d5 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) (15. Qb3 {possible with the pawn on a2} Qxb3 (15... Be6 16. Qb1 (16. Qxb7 Nxd4 $11) 16... h6 17. h3 $16) 16. axb3 Ne7 (16... Rfc8 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Bf3 c6 19. Nc4 $18) 17. Bxc7 Rfc8 18. Bd6 Rxc3 19. Bc4 b5 20. Bf1 Nd5 21. Rxa7 Rd8 22. b4 Be6 23. Bc5 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 15... Qa5 (15... Qd7) 16. Qc1 (16. Qb3 Ne7 17. Nc4 $18 {Stockfish10 & KomodoDragon2}) 16... Bg6 17. a4 (17. Nc4 Qf5 18. Bxc7 Rac8 19. Qf4 Ne7 20. Qg3 Qd5 21. Ne3 Qd7 22. Be5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxc3 24. d5 $18 { KomodoDragon2}) 17... Qf5 (17... Bg5) 18. Be3 (18. Bg3 h5 19. Qd1 Rfe8 20. Nc4 Re7 21. Ne3 Qa5 22. h4 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 18... Na5 $11 19. Qb2 b6 20. Qb5 c6 21. Qb4 (21. Qxf5 Bxf5 $11) 21... Rfe8 22. Rac1 Rad8 (22... Be7 {initial idea} 23. Qb2 Qf6 24. Nf3 Qd6 $13 {KomodoDragon2}) 23. h3 h5 (23... c5 24. Qb5 $11 ( 24. dxc5 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Rxd2 26. cxb6 axb6 27. Qxb6 h5 $19 {looked at by Bl, but concerned about back rank}) 24... cxd4 25. cxd4 h6 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 24. Bf3 c5 (24... Be7) 25. dxc5 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxd2 27. cxb6 (27. Re8+) 27... axb6 28. Qxb6 Nc4 (28... Kh7) 29. Qb8+ (29. Re8+ Kh7 30. Qb8 Kh6 31. Rce1 $11 { KomodoDragon2}) 29... Rd8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Kh7 32. Qb5 (32. Qe2 Ne5 $15) 32... Qf4 $19 33. Rd1 Be5 34. Qd5 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Nb2 36. Rd2 Bxc3 (36... Nxa4 $1 37. g3 Bxc3 38. Re2 Bf6 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) (36... Qh1+ 37. Ke2 Qb1 38. Be4 Bxe4 39. Qxe5 Bd3+ 40. Kf3 Nc4 41. Qxh5+ Kg8 42. Qg5 Qb7+ 43. Kg3 Qc7+ 44. Kh4 Ne5 $19 {KomodoDragon2}) 37. Bxh5 Bxd2 (37... Bb1 {keeps g6 covered while the R has nowhere to go} 38. Rxb2 (38. Bxf7 Bxd2 39. Qxd2 (39. Qh5+ Bh6) 39... Bd3+ ) 38... Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qe1+ 40. Kf3 Bxb2 41. Bxf7 g6 42. Bg8+ Kh6 $19 { KomodoDragon2}) 38. Bxg6+ fxg6 (38... Kxg6 {exposes the Bl K} 39. Qxd2 Qh1+ ( 39... Qe5 40. a5 Qb5+ 41. Kg1 Nc4 42. Qd3+ Kh6 43. g4 $11) (39... Nxa4 40. Qc2+ ) 40. Ke2 Qb1 41. a5 Nc4 42. Qd5 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 39. Qxd2 Qh1+ (39... Qe5 {original idea} 40. Qb4 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 40. Ke2 Nxa4 (40... Qb1 $15 41. Qd4 (41. a5 Qe4+ 42. Kf1 Nc4 43. Qa2 Qe6 44. Qa1 (44. a6 Ne3+) 44... Qa6 $19) 41... Qc2+ 42. Ke3 Nc4+ (42... Nxa4 43. Qh4+ Kg8 44. Qd8+ $11) 43. Kf3 Qb3+ 44. Ke2 Qxa4 45. Qh4+ Kg8 46. Qd8+ Kf7 47. Qd5+ Ke7 48. Kd3 Na3 $14 {KomodoDragon2, is a tricky ending for both human players}) 41. Qd4 {Bl missed that the Q move covers a1 as well} Qxg2 42. Qxa4 Qxh3 $11 43. Qd4 Qf5 44. Kf1 g5 45. Kg2 g4 46. Qe3 g5 47. Qc3 Kg6 48. Qc6+ Qf6 49. Qc2+ (49. Qxf6+ Kxf6 50. Kg3 Kf5 51. Kh2 Kf4 52. Kg2 $11) 49... Kh5 50. Qh7+ Qh6 51. Qf7+ Qg6 52. Qd5 Qf6 53. Qe4 Qg6 54. Qd5 Kh4 55. Kf1 g3 (55... Qa6+ 56. Kg2 Qe2 57. Qf5 $11) 56. fxg3+ Kxg3 57. Qg2+ Kf4 58. Qd2+ Ke5 59. Qc3+ Ke6 60. Qc6+ Kf7 61. Qd7+ Kg8 62. Kg1 Qg7 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. Qh5+ Kg8 65. Qe8+ Kh7 66. Qh5+ Kg8 67. Qe8+ {Normal} 1/2-1/2 [Event "WCU Online Open3"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.10.28"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Francis, Matthew"] [Black "Pleasants, Allan J"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B04"] [WhiteElo "1648"] [BlackElo "2088"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "80"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] {[%evp 0,80,19,31,80,74,88,86,77,61,96,84,69,30,38,-7,38,7,47,13,63,39,22,-1, 11,6,-4,-29,-18,-38,-45,-46,-40,-17,-23,-20,15,-25,2,8,3,0,23,23,32,-1,-3,0,36, -15,-11,-39,-12,-52,-44,-43,-22,-33,-28,-31,-34,-112,-117,-121,-70,-60,33,35, 32,-92,-88,-127,-133,-335,-374,-383,-404,-409,-433,-480,-498,-543,-547]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 (3... c6 4. Bd3 d6 5. O-O e5 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Nh5 {Francis-J Van Kemenade, Aberystwyth ch 2009,1-0}) 4. Bc4 c6 (4... a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. c3 (6. Be3 e6 7. O-O Bd7 8. Nc3 Nge7 9. Qd2 h6 10. Rfe1 g5 11. h3 Ng6 12. Ne2 {Whitfield-Pleasants, Frome open 2012,1-0}) 6... Nf6 7. Qe2 Bg4 8. Nbd2 {Talsma-Pleasants, 4NCL 2012,1-0}) 5. O-O (5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. e5 Nd5 8. h3 a5 9. c3 b6 10. Qe4 Bf5 11. Qh4 Nd7 12. Bh6 {Navarro Cia-Pleasants, London Classic 2013,1/2-1/2}) 5... Nf6 6. Qe2 (6. e5) (6. Re1 {main lines}) 6... O-O 7. e5 (7. Bb3 {main} a5 8. a4 Na6 9. Rd1 Nc7 10. c3 b6 11. Nbd2 Ba6 12. Bc4 Bb7 13. Bd3 d5 14. exd5 Ncxd5 15. Ne4 {Frostrick-Pleasants, 4NCL 2018, 0-1}) 7... Nd5 8. h3 Na6 (8... dxe5) (8... h6) (8... a5) (8... b5) 9. Bb3 {3-2} (9. Bxa6 {4-0}) 9... Nac7 10. c4 Nb6 (10... Nb4 11. Bd2 Nba6 12. Nc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Bf5 14. Rfd1 Qc8 15. Be3 {Hartmann-Foerster, Bundesliga 1983,1-0}) 11. Bf4 (11. Nc3 a5 12. Be3 a4 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. a3 Qc8 15. c5 {Pietrusiak-Balcerowski, POl ch Rzeszow 1966,1/2-1/2}) (11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Rd1 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qc7 14. Nc3 a5 15. b3 Nd7 16. Re1 Nxe5 {Franzoni-Lobron, Biel GM 1981,0-1}) (11. Rd1 $16 { KomodoDragon2}) 11... Ne6 {KomodoDragon2} (11... Bf5 {DeepFritz13}) 12. Bh2 a5 $11 13. a4 dxe5 (13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 14. dxe5 (14. Bxe5 $14) 14... Nd7 (14... Nd4 15. Qe3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Nd7 17. Qc3 Nc5 18. Bc2 Qb6 19. Nd2 Rd8 $15 {KomodoDragon2}) 15. Nbd2 Ndc5 16. Bc2 Qb6 17. b3 Bh6 18. Rab1 $11 (18. Ne4 $11) 18... Qb4 19. Rfd1 Nf4 (19... Bd7 $15 {Deep Fritz13}) (19... b5 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 (21... Bh6 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. Rd4 Be6 24. Rbd1 Bg7 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) (21... f6 {Deep Fritz13} 22. Nxc5 Qxc5 23. e6 Bd6 24. Rd3 Kg7 25. Re1 $14 {KomodoDragon2}) 22. Bxe4 (22. Qxe4 Bh6 23. Qh4 Bg7 24. Re1 $16 {KomodoDragon2- Bl must take a little care of his K side}) 22... Be6 (22... Qc5 $11 {both Engines}) 23. Bc2 Qc5 24. Kf1 (24. Qe4 Bh6 25. Qh4 $14 {both Engines}) 24... Rad8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 h5 28. Qe4 Bh6 29. Nd4 Bc8 30. e6 $6 {overpressing} (30. g4 $11) 30... f5 $19 31. Qd3 Bg7 (31... Qd6 {wins the e pawn cleanly}) 32. Nf3 Qd6 (32... Bxe6 33. Qd8+ Bf8 34. Be2 $11 {KomodoDragon2}) 33. Qxd6 exd6 34. Ng5 (34. Nh4 Bxe6 ( 34... Kh7 35. e7 Bd7 36. Nxf5 $1 {an Engine idea} gxf5 37. Bxh5 Kh6 38. e8=Q Bxe8 39. Bxe8 $16 {and Wh has good winning chances despite the opposite colourBs with being able to have two connected passed pawns}) 35. Nxg6 $11 { both Engines}) 34... Bf6 $19 35. Nf7 (35. Nf3 {is safer but} Bxe6 $19) 35... Be7 36. g4 (36. f4 Bxe6 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. fxg5 {rescues the N, but Bl is still a sound pawn up}) 36... Bxe6 37. Nh6+ Kg7 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Nxf5+ Bxf5 40. Bxh5 Bc2 {Normal} 0-1 [Event "WCU Online Open 3"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.10.28"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Garcia, Jason"] [Black "Van Kemenade, J."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E62"] [WhiteElo "2076"] [BlackElo "1641"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "39"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] {[%evp 0,39,19,27,80,54,53,28,32,41,45,23,29,26,42,10,35,41,39,46,73,36,33,41, 56,21,39,45,89,75,100,29,86,62,112,112,112,95,265,280,489,468]} 1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 (2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nd7 6. Nc3 c6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Rb1 O-O 9. b4 f5 10. Qb3 Kh8 {Garcia-Van Kemenade,Dyfed Open 2020,1-0}) 2... Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 (6... Nbd7 {main}) 7. O-O e5 8. d5 Ne7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ne1 f5 11. Nd3 Nf6 {all mainline play so far by both players} (11... h6 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 g5 14. Nfe2 Ng6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. c5 Qe7 17. cxd6 Nxd6 18. Bc5 Qe8 {Hetherington-R Van Kemenade, Cleveland 1987,1/2-1/2}) 12. Bg5 a6 $146 { Thinking of moving the Q to e8, but it uses up a tempo on the Q side} (12... h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4 Be5 16. exf5 Bxf5) (12... fxe4 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Bf5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 {main lines}) 13. f4 h6 (13... Nxe4 { Stockfish13 & KomodoDragon2} 14. Nxe4 fxe4 15. Bxe4 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Bxg6 b5 18. Qc2) (13... exf4 14. Nxf4 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. g4 Bd7 18. Qd3 Kg7 19. Rae1 Be5 20. Ne6+ Bxe6 21. dxe6 c6 22. Rxf8 Qxf8 23. Rf1 Qe8 24. Rf7+ Kh8 25. Be4 $18 {KomodoDragon2}) 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qd2 (15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qd2 Bg7 17. c5 Bd7 18. Rad1 Kh7 19. Rfe1 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 15... Kg7 (15... exf4 16. Nxf4 g5 17. Ne6 Bxe6 18. dxe6 f4 19. gxf4 gxf4 20. Rxf4 Bg5 21. Rxf8+ Qxf8 22. Qe2 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 16. fxe5 Bg5 $6 {trying for some play but Wh's centre is too strong} (16... dxe5 17. Kh1 c6 18. Rad1 cxd5 19. exd5 Ng8 20. c5 Bg5 21. Qc2 e4 22. Ne5 Nf6 $16 {KomodoDragon2}) 17. Qe2 $18 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qd6 (18... Bf6 19. Nf3 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Nf5 21. Nxf6 Qxf6 22. Rae1 $18 { KomodoDragon2}) 19. Nd3 Bf6 $2 20. e5 {Normal} 1-0 [Event "WCU Online Open 3"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.10.28"] [Round "1.4"] [White "Gunn, Tom"] [Black "Miga, Tomasz"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D60"] [WhiteElo "1398"] [BlackElo "1815"] [Annotator "kemen"] [PlyCount "98"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] {[%evp 0,98,28,27,19,-16,0,-7,10,8,25,28,26,24,43,19,86,20,34,31,40,20,34,28, 28,1,-2,-13,-6,-6,0,-15,-16,-41,-2,-2,7,-49,-83,-86,-113,-114,-129,-132,-131, -121,-137,-139,-159,-150,-141,-151,-157,-157,-173,-342,-150,-177,-137,-125, -112,-147,-174,-174,-169,-131,-117,-115,-166,-224,-231,-241,-242,-237,-259, -273,-221,-217,-169,-238,-321,-407,-422,-424,-504,-575,-576,-620,-633,-742, -697,-741,-785,-1577,-820,-1071,-1110,-1652,-2084,-29983,-29984]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 (5. e3 O-O 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nbd7 10. Bxe6 $6 fxe6 11. Nxe6 Qa5 12. Nxf8 Nxf8 $19 {Gunn-Miga, WCU Online Open2, 2021,0-1}) 5... O-O (5... h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Qc2 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 {Stuart-Miga, West Wales Congress 2019,0-1 }) 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 (7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4 c5 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 cxd4 11. exd4 Bb7 12. Qd2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qc7 {D Chung-Miga U1850 League 2020,0-1}) (7. Rc1 { deters an early c5} h6 8. Bh4 b6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bg3 Ne4 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nf6 14. O-O {Andersen-Miga,4NCL online 2021,1-0}) 7... c5 8. O-O dxc4 (8... b6) (8... cxd4) 9. Bxc4 h6 10. Bxf6 (10. Bh4 {transposes to 177 games, 54% for Wh; it is better to keep the B for the moment -(perhaps Bl might even play the weakening ...g5?)}) 10... Bxf6 {4-5-4 results} (10... Nxf6 {2-4-4 results}) 11. Rc1 b6 (11... cxd4) (11... a6) 12. Re1 (12. d5 {2 draws}) 12... Bb7 13. Qe2 (13. d5 $11) 13... Qe7 (13... Bxf3 14. Qxf3 cxd4 15. exd4 Bxd4 $17 {KomodoDragon2}) 14. Red1 a6 15. a3 (15. a4 {holds up the pawn advance }) 15... b5 16. Ba2 c4 (16... Rac8 $17) 17. Bb1 e5 (17... Rfd8) 18. Qc2 (18. d5 $11) (18. a4 $11) 18... g6 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 $19 { KomodoDragon2; Bl has two Bs, more space, and the Bl pawn majority can advance far more easilt than the sluggish Wh one on the other side} 22. Rd2 Rfe8 23. Ng3 Rad8 24. Rcd1 Qc7 (24... h5 {KomodoDragon2, starts to loosen Wh's K side where the Bl Bs and Q threaten to infiltrate}) 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Ne2 Qg5 (27... Be4 28. Qc1 Bxb2 29. Qe1 Bxb1 30. Qxb1 Qd3 31. Qf1 Qxa3 { KomodoDragon2 demolishes Wh's Qside}) (27... Bxb2 $19 {is less forcing}) 28. Ng3 Qf6 29. b3 c3 (29... Qc6 30. f4 Bd6 31. bxc4 Qc5 32. Nf1 bxc4 $19 { KomodoDragon2}) 30. Ne4 (30. b4 {probably needs playing to prevent Bl getting there instead}) 30... Qc6 31. f3 f5 32. Ng3 Qc5 33. Qd3 (33. Qc1 {keeps the a pawn, but then} a5 34. Kf2 b4 {cements Bl's advantage}) 33... Qxa3 34. Qd8+ Kf7 35. Qd7+ Qe7 36. Qxe7+ Kxe7 37. Kf2 Kd6 {the K march cannot be prevented} ( 37... Bxg3+ 38. hxg3 a5 39. Ke2 b4 40. Bc2 Kd6 {is KomodoDragon2 preferred route}) 38. f4 Bg7 39. Ne2 Kc5 40. g3 Kb4 41. Bc2 Be4 42. Bxe4 fxe4 43. Nc1 c2 (43... Ka3 {also}) 44. Ke2 Bc3 (44... Kc3) 45. g4 Ka3 46. f5 g5 (46... Kb2) 47. f6 Bxf6 48. Kd2 Kb2 49. h3 Bc3+ {Normal} 0-1