[Event "Amsterdam 2728 m"]

[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "1927.11.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reti, Richard"]
[Black "Weenink, Henri Gerard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[Plycount "85"]
[Eventdate "1927.11.09"]
[Eventtype "match"]
[Eventrounds "10"]
[Eventcountry "NED"]
[Sourcetitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[Sourcedate "2014.11.20"]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7
( 4...dxe4 5.Nxe4 Nbd7 {Food for thought is the fact that Ivanchuk
says Bg5 is an innacuracy because of dxe4 entering an innocent
Rubinstein Variation.} )
5.e5 Nfd7 6.Bxe7 Qxe7 7.f4 a6
( 7...c5 {This would be a premature pawn break in view of Nb5.} 8.Nb5
Qd8 9.Nd6+ Kf8 )
8.Nf3 c5 9.dxc5 Qxc5?!
{This allows for Qd4 which gives an slight edge to white in the
resulting endgame.}
( 9...Nc6 {Most played move according to databases is this one, and it
makes sense, it doesnt allow Qd4 to be played.} )
10.Qd4 Nc6 11.Qxc5 Nxc5 12.Bd3?!
{I dont like this move, I think the bishop is a little bit misplaced}
( 12.O-O-O O-O 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Rxd4 b5 15.b4! Nd7 16.a3 Nb6 17.g4 {I
liked this variation for White, at first glance it looks like White
will play Bd3 Rf1 and eventually f5 meanwhile if Black plays Nc4,
after Bxc4 every recapture benefits white. After bxc4 a4 seems like a
strong move meanwhile exd5 makes f5 even stronger. Stockfish doenst
like it and gives -.64 because of the resource I didnt see with my
Home analysis, Ra7 with pressure over the knight.} )
12...Nb4 13.Kd2?!
{An innacuracy in my opinion. 13.0-0-0 is much more natural and
better. Altough Kd2, leaving the king in the center makes some sense.}
13...O-O 14.Nd4 Bd7 15.a3 Nbxd3?
{Probably the first mistake of the game. The knight on d4 needed to be
challenged. Exchanging knights already gives Black a worse endgame,
good knight vs French Bishop endgame.}
( 15...Nc6 16.Nce2 )
16.cxd3 Rfc8 17.b4!
{The best move, forcing the exchange of a pair of knights and entering
a better endgame.}
17...Na4 18.Nxa4 Bxa4 19.Rac1 Kf8 20.f5
{At first this seems to be premature because g4 hasnt been played, but
taking on f5 is suicide.}
( 20.g4 g6 21.Rxc8+ Rxc8 22.h4 {The line I calculated with g4.} )
20...Ke7 21.Rhf1?!
{Altough the pawn on f5 cant be taken I would say g4 is better.}
21...Bd7 22.g4 Rxc1 23.Rxc1 Rc8 24.Rxc8
{I dont know if Reti should have accepted the draw with this move.
Maybe he correctly assesed that his opponent would blunder in the
endgame.}
24...Bxc8 25.Ke3 f6 26.exf6+ Kxf6 27.fxe6 g5 28.h3 Bxe6 29.a4 b6 30.a5

( 30.Nxe6 Kxe6 31.Kd4 {This logical move is a draw if Black knows what
he is doing. Here are all the variations I calculated.} 31...Kd6
( 31...b5 {Of course loses.} 32.axb5 axb5 33.Kc5 Ke5 34.Kxb5 Kd4
35.Kc6 )
( 31...a5 {Loses too, but it is tricky.} 32.bxa5 bxa5 33.Kc5 Ke5
34.Kb5 Kd4 35.Kxa5?? {Drawing.}
( 35.Kc6 {Zugzwang!} 35...h6 36.Kd6 Kxd3 37.Kxd5 Kc3 38.Kc5
Kb3 39.Kb5 Ka3 40.Kxa5 )
35...Kxd3 36.Kb5 d4 37.a5 Ke3 38.a6 d3 39.a7 d2 40.a8=Q d1=Q )
( 31...h6 32.Ke3 Ke5 33.d4+ {A draw too. As same as Ke5.} )
32.Ke3 Ke5 33.d4+ Kd6 {With a draw to follow. All entry points are
controlled by enemy pawns.} 34.b5 axb5 35.axb5 {And no king will enter
the enemy's position.} )
30...bxa5 31.bxa5 Bd7 32.Nf3 h5 33.gxh5 Bxh3 34.h6 Bf5 35.Nd4 Bh7??
{The final mistake. Even with 1 second on the clock a master shall not
blunder like this. Bg6 was needed to protect the a6 pawn with Be8, Bb5
if needed.}
36.Nc6 g4 37.Nb4 Kg5 38.Nxa6 d4+ 39.Kf2??
{Blunderfest? This draws the game.}
( 39.Kxd4 g3 40.Ke3 Kg4 41.Nb4 {And there is no way Black is drawing.}
41...g2
( 41...Bxd3 42.Nxd3
( 42.Kxd3?! g2 43.h7 g1=Q {Probably still winning but with
complications that no one wants.} )
)
42.Kf2 )
39...Kxh6??
{Tartakower was right with his quotes about blunders. Bxd3 was a draw,
I can't see why Black didnt take the pawn.}
40.Nc5 Bg8 41.a6 Kg5 42.a7 Bd5 43.Kg3
{With Nd7-Nb6 to follow.
Algemeen Handelsblad 1927 NOV 10 }
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