11-year-old Eugene Hua won a nice game with the Black pieces in the final round of the Aurora Fall Open back in October to finish off a successful tournament with 3/5. Have a look, and take note of the pins that both players were under late in the game!
[Event "Aurora Fall op"]
[Site "Aurora CAN"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Chernik, Dmitry"]
[Black "Hua, Eugene"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "1994"]
[BlackElo "2029"]
[Annotator "MacKinnon,Keith"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.10.04"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CAN"]
1. e4 d5 {Today, let's look at a Scandinavian Defense.} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6
{Still not quite as popular as 3...Qa5 but strongly endorsed by GM
Dzindzichashvili and the move that I've played a number of times in tournament
games} 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 $5 {double edged. The risk Black runs in this
opening is a lack of development} (5... c6 {is the main line}) 6. h3 {very
restrained but not the most critical} (6. g3 {scores heavily and makes a lot
of sense. With 5...a6, Black often tries to play ...b5 and ...Bb7. The plan
works well against a White Bishop on c4, but not so well against the
fianchetto. White scores a commanding 66% in the following line} b5 7. Bg2 Bb7
8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. a4 {and White's development and space advantage is
clear}) (6. Bd3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Ne4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 $14) 6... b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
Be3 e6 9. Qd2 {White's opening play is a bit scattered in that he seems to be
switching plans. Black should have full equality already} Be7 (9... Nbd7 10.
O-O (10. O-O-O b4 $5 11. Ne2 Be7 12. Bf4 Qb6 $15) 10... c5 $1) 10. O-O-O h6 {
perhaps prophylaxis against Ng5-e4} 11. Bf4 Qb6 12. Be5 $6 {Willfully stepping
into range of Black's b8 knight wasn't the correct decision.} (12. Rhe1 $11)
12... Nbd7 13. Rhe1 Nxe5 (13... Rd8 {if Black wanted to keep up the pressure,
this was possibly preferable. ...c5 next}) 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Be4
Rd8 17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Qe2 {White has exchanged a number of pieces in the hopes
of reaching a playable endgame. Unfortunately for him, Black's Bishop
dominates the Knight, and it will be a long hard defense.} c6 19. Rxd5 $6 {Not
really a mistake, but it doesn't make White's life any easier. Now Black can
exert pressure along the c-file as opposed to the mass exchanges that would
have ocurred on the d-file had White tried to double his rooks there.} cxd5 20.
Nd2 O-O 21. Kb1 a5 22. f4 Rc8 23. g4 Qc5 $6 (23... a4 $1 $40 {and Black will
infiltrate on the dark-squares after the inevitable ...a3 If White tries to
stop this plan with} 24. a3 $4 b4 25. axb4 Bxb4 $19) 24. Qd3 $6 (24. Nb3 $1 {
may have allowed White to hold on} Qb6 25. Qe3 {and the White controls key
squares . f5 is in the air after Black declines the Queen exchange}) 24... a4
25. Rf1 a3 26. f5 Qb4 27. Nb3 Qc4 $6 {Gives White another chance to spice
things up with concrete play} (27... axb2 {makes White's life miserable}) 28.
Rf3 $6 (28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Nd4 Qb4 (29... axb2 30. Qxc4 bxc4 31. c3 Ba3 32. Nxe6
Re8 33. Nd4 Rxe5 34. Nc2 $11) 30. Qxa3 Qxd4 31. Qxe7 {when Black needs to be
careful and allow the draw that arises after, for example,} Qxe5 32. Qb7 Rf8
33. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 28... axb2 $6 {Not quite the right move order} (28... Qc7 {
eyeing the e5 pawn, but more importantly, keeping the Queens on the board}) 29.
Kxb2 $2 (29. fxe6 fxe6 30. Nd4 $11) 29... Qc7 $1 30. fxe6 {Not much choice.} (
30. Qe2 Bb4 $17) 30... Qxe5+ 31. Nd4 Bf6 (31... fxe6 32. Re3 Qf4 33. Nxe6 Qb4+
34. Kc1 Bf6 {is good but also more complicated, so I don't blame the Black
player for his move in the game}) 32. exf7+ Kxf7 $2 {This one, however, is
inaccurate. Now White has a number of draws at his disposal owing to the pin
on the Bishop and Black's (also) weak King} (32... Kf8 $1 33. Rxf6 (33. Qa3+
Kxf7 $19 {The difference is that now the White Knight on d4 is hanging} 34. c3
b4 $1 35. Qxb4 Rb8) 33... Qxf6 34. a3 {White has some drawing chances, but the
position is dominant after ...Rc4}) 33. Rf5 Qd6 34. Qb3 $4 (34. Kb3 {and White
is the first one to leave the pin}) 34... Rc4 {The obvious reply, but one that
the White player must have missed. It's now over} 35. c3 b4 36. Nb5 bxc3+ 37.
Qxc3 (37. Kc1 Qg3) 37... Qh2+ 38. Kb3 Rxc3+ 39. Nxc3 Qxh3 0-1
