[Event "Bundesliga 2012-13"] [Site "Forchheim GER"] [Date "2013.02.24"] [Round "10"] [White "Hansen, SuB"] [Black "Schneider, Il"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C41"] [WhiteElo "2566"] [BlackElo "2489"] [Annotator "Hansen"] [PlyCount "45"] [EventDate "2012.10.20"] [WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"] [BlackTeam "SF Berlin 1903"] {An important game for me and Hamburg! In retrospect it doesn't look that way but before the game I had a feeling this game could be the deciding factor. So far my bundesliga-season has been disappointing. Prior to this game I was on minus 2, and I never booked a 'minus-season' before in the bundesliga, so I very much wanted to level the score in this weekend. Unfortunately saturday was a setback when I only drew against a lower rated opponent. He played well but I was still kinda annoyed. In general the season have been a lot like that with draws in excellent positions against Babula, Firman and Howell and unlucky defeats against Vallejo and Grandelius (In a good season I wouldn't lose those games).} 1. e4 {So here we are against Schneider. I have played him once before (a game I won) and I had a feeling he didn't like to play me. He seemed very restless (so much it was a bit disturbing actually). He is a dangerous player with a very active style. He likes to do something with every move. His openings are very 'junior-like' and in general contains no long mainlines. As You probably all know I play all serious first moves with white. Here my aim is to get a quiet position where his tendency to 'do something' will backfire. He wants an open fight I want quite manouevering.} e5 2. Nf3 d6 {I was hoping for the other move and was planning to play some slow d3 system in the Spanish.} 3. d4 exd4 {Yes of course! A system that fits his style perfectly.} 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 {Here I thought for some time. I have both studied systems with Be2 and g3 and lately Bf4 followed by long castle. I believe the latter one is good for white. But! 1) He will get the kind of position he likes 2) I don't remember any of the long forced lines (baby crying in the night has sort of reset my brain). 3) He might have something prepared. So I went through the options and came up with:} 6. Nde2 {(!) I immediately felt good when I played this. Ilja on the other hand looked very unsettled. He very quickly played:} O-O {And after} 7. g3 {He instantly bashed out:} b5 $6 {Very active. But moving pawns is like getting a tattoo - it can't be undone.} 8. Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O b4 {Activity again. But maybe too much.} 10. Nd5 {Here I felt very good. White has a solid position without weaknesses. He also controls more space (which I love). In general white should seek to keep his space advantage or exchange it for another kinda of advantage - basically my kind of chess.} Nbd7 $6 11. Nef4 {I would rather have a piece on d5 than a pawn (bishop on g2 can sometime become bad).} Nxd5 12. Nxd5 a5 13. a3 { Attacking his weakness and letting the rook on a1 into the game without moving it.} Nf6 $2 {[#]Oops the devil taps you on the shoulder and laughs - meaning You just feel that can't be right. He quickly got up and walked around in a restless manner - bodylanguage clearly showing he didn't want to be here. I felt good.} 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {Played instantly, almost defiantly.} 15. e5 {Yeah baby yeah} Ne4 {Also instantly, and banged on the clock.} 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 {Entering a very nice ending. As I am getting older I like endings much better...} cxd6 {Also instantly. Very strange because it creates a new weakness. But ok, Ilja want to be active and attack on the c-file.} 18. Bf4 Rfc8 19. Rfe1 {I felt white was more or less winning now.} d5 20. f3 Nc5 {Here I got an idea based on the way he was playing and acting. I noticed that it was somehow very important to him to react immediately to forcing moves. As if he needed to say that he has seen everything. Here I noticed that if I take on b4 and exchange on a8 he has to take back with the rook. So I calculated for some time. Ilja got up and went walking and when he was some meters away I played:} 21. axb4 {(!) And very quickly wrote it on the scoresheet. He returned to the board and took back (halfway standing):} axb4 {I instantly took on a8. He looked a bit puzzled but didn't wanted to look like everything has not been foreseen and after only about a minute played:} 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 $2 { After my reply:} 23. Bh3 $1 {He gave up! White is winning tons of material in every line.} 1-0