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[Event "DD_seizoensopening"][Site "Den Haag"][Date "2018.09.01"][Round "?"][White "Engelen, Niels"][Black "Cortenbach, S."][Result "1/2-1/2"][ECO "D06"][WhiteElo "1613"][BlackElo "1599"][Annotator "User"][PlyCount "93"][EventDate "2018.??.??"]1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. e4 Nb6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.O-O O-O 9. Be3 ({First I was planning to play:} 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Nb5 Rc8 11. Rc1 a6 {So far so good. But then I thought the knight has to go back. Butapparently you can sacrifice now the knight. Didn't see that all} 12. Rxc6 bxc6 13. Na7 Ra8 14. Nxc6) 9... N8d7 {[%cal Gd7f6] Heading for f6 was I thinking.} (9... Nc6 10. a3) 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nd2 $2 $146 {Of course if you play h3 then you also have to pay g4! But I changed my mind.} (11. g4 {of course moreaggressive!} Bg6 12. h4 h5 13. g5 {And then I think white has to continue with:knight d2 and then f4.}) 11... Bxe2 12. Qxe2 c5 {Of course, this move was hanging in the air for a long time.} 13. Rad1 {Indireclty hitting the Queen ond8} cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bc5 15. Nb3 (15. Bxc5 {Directly taking the bishop was alsopossible} Nxc5 16. Nc4) 15... Bxd4 16. Nxd4 {[%cal Gd4b5,Gb5d6] And the knight has a very pleasant position it. From here it can go to d6} Qe7 17. Kh1 {With the idea to play f4} (17. e5 $1) (17. f4) 17... f6 $2 ({I had expected this move:} 17... Rac8 18. Ndb5 a6 19. Nd6 Rc6 20. e5 Nc5 21. Rd4 f6 22. f4fxe5 23. fxe5 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1) 18. Ndb5 (18. f4 Rfd8 (18... Qc5) 19. a3) (18.Qg4 {Attacking the e6 pawn directly.} Rfe8 19. f4) 18... Rfd8 19. f4 a6 20. Nd6 Nf8 21. e5 f5 22. Rf3 $2 {And I thought this was a good move. But appently it is a very weak move.} (22. Qd3 {This is the move you have to play. And you see now why. Because the white Queen becomes more active.} Rab8 23. b3 Ng6 24. Qd4 Na8 25. a4 (25. Qa7 Nc7)) 22... Nc8 23. Rfd3 Nxd6 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 (25.exd6 {And this is much better. Because it will put much more pressure onblacks camp}) 25... Rd8 26. Rxd8 Qxd8 27. Qd1 Qxd1+ 28. Nxd1 {So the game planis as follows: There is active play on the king side not on the Queen side A:The white pawns on the Q-side has to say as long as possible on there originalsquare. Because if you will move the pawns then for black it will become moreeasy to attack them.  B: The white king has to become more active, and so ithas to go to the centre.  C:The white knight has to stay close to the whiteking, because it is not a wide range piece, like the bishop.} g5 $1 {I totally didn't consindered this move.} 29. Nf2 $4 ({Of course white has to take the pawn!} 29. fxg5 Ng6 30. Nf2 Nxe5 31. Kh2 Nc4 32. Nd3 e5 33. b3 e4 34. Nc5 Ne5 35. Kg3) 29... Ng6 $4 30. fxg5 Nxe5 31. Nd1 Kf7 32. g3 {To activate the king.}Nd3 33. Kg2 b5 34. Kf3 b4 35. Ke3 {So far so good.} Nc5 36. a3 $2 {But this is a huge mistake!} (36. Kf4 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nc5 (37... Nc1 38. a3 bxa3 39. bxa3 e540. Nb2 Ke6 41. Nd3 Nb3) 38. Kf4 {And now if The black knight wants for more:} Nd7 39. h4 Kg6 40. Ne3 Kh5 (40... e5+ 41. Kf3 a5 42. b3) 41. Nc4 Nc5 42. Ne5Na4 43. Nd7 Nxb2 44. Nc5 a5 45. Nxe6 Kg6 {White is taking over!}) 36... bxa3 37. bxa3 e5 38. Nc3 Ne6 39. h4 Nd4 40. a4 Ke6 41. Ne2 {Of course white want totrade of the knights.} Nb3 42. Nc3 Nc5 43. Kf3 Kf7 44. g4 Kg6 45. a5 {And I the get in time to reach the field c7!} Nb3 46. Nd5 Nxa5 47. Nc7 {And a draw was agreed} (47. Ne7+ {And maybe this move is maybe better.} Kf7 48. Nxf5) 1/2-1/2