NM Jonathan Yu from Toronto was one of the many Canadians at this year's Gibraltar Chess Festival. He scored an impressive 5.5/9 (2409 performance) in the masters tournament and should gain 75 FIDE points for his effort. Here is one of his wins with the Black pieces over a Dutch Fide Master.
[Event "Gibraltar Masters 2015"]
[Site "Caleta ENG"]
[Date "2015.01.28"]
[Round "2.69"]
[White "De Haan, Eric"]
[Black "Yu, Jonathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2299"]
[BlackElo "2081"]
[Annotator "MacKinnon,Keith"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
1. d4 e6 {It seems that Jonathan is a French player! (if 2.e4 then d5)} 2. c4
Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nge2 (5. Bd3) 5... cxd4 6. exd4 O-O (6... d5 7. a3
Be7 {ends up being pretty similar}) 7. a3 Be7 8. Nf4 (8. d5 {is a move that
Black needs to be prepared to meet}) 8... d5 (8... d6 $5 9. Be2 e5 10. Nfd5
Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6) 9. cxd5 exd5 {keeps the game on the less travelled path} (
9... Nxd5 10. Ncxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 $13 {and both sides could argue about the
various merits of their positions.}) 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Be3 Re8 12. O-O Bd6 $1 {
taking advantage of the tactical possibilities to place his pieces on the
optimal squares} 13. Ncxd5 (13. Re1 $5 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Nxd4 16.
Rd1 {and White regains his pawn with some small initiative. I believe the
resulting endgame should be very equal, however}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxh2+ 15.
Kxh2 Qxd5 {Let's take stock. It's clear that White's opening has been a
failure and that Black has at least equality. In terms of imbalances, we see
that White has the two bishops (something which should be a big advantage for
him). On the other hand, he has an isolated pawn on d4 which the e3 Bishop
needs to babysit. Black doesn't really have any weaknesses at all, and his
plan is very simple - i.e. attack d4. For these reasons, I would argue Black
has an edge here (if not objectively, then at least practically)} 16. Rc1 (16.
Qc2 {Definitely the best move. It was important to prevent Black from
exchanging White's best piece - the Bishop on d3} Qh5+ (16... g6 17. Qc5 Be6
18. Rac1 Rad8 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 $11) 17. Kg1 Be6 18. Rad1 Rad8 $11) 16... Bf5 17.
Bc4 (17. Rc5 Qd6+ 18. Kg1 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Rad8 {it's fairly equal, but White
needs to work a little bit for the draw}) 17... Qd6+ 18. Kg1 Qg6 19. Bd5 Rad8
20. Bxc6 (20. Bf3 {was likely preferable} Be4) (20. Qf3 $2 Ne5 $1 21. dxe5 Rxd5
$15 22. Bxa7 ({and not} 22. Qxd5 Be4 23. Qxe4 Qxe4 $17) 22... Rdxe5 $15) 20...
bxc6 21. Rc5 h6 22. Qf3 $6 {I'm a little confused as to why White gave Black
some tempi here to get his Bishop to the best square (d5)} Be4 23. Qh3 Bd5 24.
Re1 Re6 25. Rcc1 Re4 26. f3 Re6 27. Bf2 Rde8 28. Qg3 Qd3 29. Re5 Qd2 30. Rce1
Qxb2 {Both players have been making logical moves since 22, but here White
severely hurts his chances at drawing this game} 31. f4 $2 f5 $2 {I'm guessing
that the players were hitting time trouble here. Now, there is no way for
Black to remove the rook on e5 without giving White a dangerous passed pawn} (
31... f6 $1 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Bxe6 $17 {Queen and Bishop of opposite
colors is a very different situation than wihout those Queens on the board. In
fact, this piece combination is known for its attacking possibilities}) 32.
Rxe6 $2 (32. Qd3 {and White is close to equality once again} Qa2) 32... Rxe6
33. Rxe6 Bxe6 34. Qg6 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Bd5 36. Bh4 Qe4 37. Bf6 Qxf4+ (37... Qxg2+ {
was the other good option} 38. Qxg2 Bxg2 39. Be5 $17 {with a position that is
most likely drawn with best play, but offers Black winning chances as well})
38. Kg1 Qg4 39. Qxg4 fxg4 40. Bd8 Kf7 41. g3 Ke8 42. Ba5 Kd7 43. Bb4 g6 44. Bf8
(44. Kf2 Ke6 45. Ke3 {would have held I believe. In the game, White made it
very easy for the Black King to become a weapon}) 44... h5 45. Bh6 Ke6 46. Bg5
Kf5 47. Be7 Ke4 48. Bf6 Kf3 49. Kh2 Kf2 50. Bg5 Bb3 51. Be7 a5 52. Bg5 (52. a4
$2 {with the idea of trading the a-pawns doesn't exactly work since the Black
King can shift his attack to d4} Bxa4 53. Bd8 Ke3 $17) 52... a4 53. Be7 Ke3 54.
Bf6 (54. Bc5 Bd5) 54... g5 55. Kg2 h4 $2 {Probably the move which led to the
win, but I am unconvinced by the pawn sac} 56. Kh2 $2 (56. Bxg5+ Kxd4 57. Bf6+
(57. gxh4) 57... Kd3 58. gxh4 Bf7 59. Kg3 Bh5 60. Be7 {The computer tells me
that White is holding, and I have no reason to disagree. When the Black King
tries to support the advance of the c-pawn, the White King will go to f4 and
g5 to win the g-pawn}) 56... Kf2 (56... h3 $1 57. Bh8 Kd3 58. Bg7 Bd5 59. Bf6
Bf3 60. Bg7 c5 $1 61. dxc5 Bc6 {and a3 will fall}) 57. Be5 Bd5 58. Bd6 Ke3 59.
Be5 $2 {This was the wrong way to go about defending the pawn} (59. Bc5) 59...
h3 {Now Jonathan saw the idea!} 60. Bf6 Kd3 61. Kg1 Kc4 62. Be5 c5 63. dxc5 Kb3
(63... Bc6 {also works}) 64. c6 Kxa3 65. c7 Bb7 0-1
