Swedish Championship, part 1 | CHESS AT THE BAG OF CATS

Two rounds of the Swedish Championship played so far. I quite like the hosting city, Örebro and today I went for a long walk along “Svartån”, lost track of time and suddenly had to half run back to town. After that I had to defend a worse position against Stellan Brynell, so instead of commenting on that game, I prefer to show yesterdays scuffle. Not a perfect game, but a very interesting opening:
   [Event "Swedish Championship"]  [Site "Örebro"]  [Date "2013.07.06"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]  [Black "Hector, Jonny"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A09"]  [Annotator "Tiger"]  [PlyCount "127"]  [EventDate "2012.07.28"]  [EventType "swiss"]  [EventRounds "8"]  [SourceDate "2011.03.24"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 f6 4. Na3 $5 {Technically speaking, this is not a  novelty, but I am clearly the first who has played it with some purpose.} e5  5. Nc2 b5 $5 {I thought there was nothing I did not now about this position,  but no, I was wrong. This move had not entered my preparations.} 6. cxb5 ({I  also considered} 6. e4 Bb7 $1 7. cxb5 Bxe4 8. Bc4 {, but did not quite like  White's position after} Bd5 {, since} 9. Nxe5 fxe5 10. Qh5+ g6 11. Qxe5+ {does  not work, due to} Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Nxe7 $17) 6... a6 $5 ({The engine likes} 6...  Qd5 $5 {when} 7. g3 $1 (7. e3 d3 8. Na3 {is far from clear.}) 7... a5 8. bxa6  Rxa6 9. a3 {seems to be somewhat better for White.}) 7. e4 $1 ({It was also  possible to play} 7. e3 d3 8. Nxe5 fxe5 9. Qh5+ Kd7 10. Bxd3 {with nice  compensation for the piece.}) 7... Be6 $1 8. Bb2 $5 {I played this with the  intention to discourage Black from playing something that would allow me to  sacrifice on d4.} axb5 ({After} 8... Nh6 {(this defends against Nxe5) I  intended} 9. Ncxd4 (9. Nxe5 $4 fxe5 10. Qh5+ Nf7) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 {In the  post mortem Jonny agreed with me that this would be compensation enough for a  piece, although my statement: "...and I have four pawns for the piece." was  not too brilliant.}) 9. Bxb5+ c6 10. Bd3 c5 $5 {A very energetic move.} ({  Jonny decided that} 10... Nh6 {would be too slow. After} 11. O-O c5 12. Bb5+  Nd7 13. a4 cxb4 $6 14. Ncxd4 exd4 15. Nxd4 {White has very nice compensation  again.}) 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. Nxe5 $1 {It is now or never. My queenside pieces  look a bit awkward due to the strong pawn on d4, so it seems natural to get  rid of it.} fxe5 13. Qh5+ Kf8 (13... Bf7 $6 14. Qxe5+ Qe7 15. Qxg7 $16) 14.  Qxe5 Qe7 $1 ({This seems better than} 14... Qd6 15. Qxd6+ Bxd6 16. Nxd4 Bd7 {  when I can play} 17. a4 $5 Ne7 18. O-O {with more than enough compensation for  the piece.}) 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nf6 $1 ({This is stronger than} 16... Nc6  17. Qc3 Nb4 18. Be2 Nf6 19. O-O Kf7 20. a3 $16) 17. O-O Kf7 18. Qe3 ({I spent  a long time considering} 18. e5 $1 {, but did not like it due to} Rd8 {, when  I somehow managed to miss that} 19. Qh4 $1 Nd5 20. Qh5+ $1 ({I only considered  } 20. Qxh7 Nf4 $1 {when Black gets very good coordination.}) 20... Kf8 21. Bxh7  {is good for White.}) 18... Rd8 19. Be2 (19. a4 $5 Qd7 20. Bb5 Qxd2 21. Qa3)  19... Rxa2 {Other moves will allow me to play d2-d4 or a2-a4.} 20. Rxa2 Bxa2  21. Bxf6 ({Again I considered} 21. e5 {for a long time and did not like it.  After} Nd5 22. Qf3+ Kg8 23. Ra1 Nb4 24. Rxa2 Nxa2 25. Qb3+ Kh8 26. Qxa2 Rxd2  27. Qc4 {the engine considers White's advantage to be "big", but I missed 25.  Qb3+.}) 21... gxf6 22. d4 {now I expected 22...Kg7, when I had planned to lock  the bishop out of the game with 23.d5, with some compensation, but hardly  enough to win the game.} Nd7 $2 {This is a blunder. I was starting to get  short on time, but I had just enough to see that...} 23. Ra1 $1 {....puts the  bishop in dire straits.} Qb4 (23... Be6 24. d5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qxe3 26. fxe3  Ne5 27. e4 {would be survivable for Black if he had one more pawn.}) 24. Qc1 $1  Bb3 25. Rb1 $1 {The immediate threat is Rxb3, followed by Bc4+, winning the  queen.} Ke8 $5 ({After} 25... Kg7 26. Qc7 Qb8 27. Qc3 {White is winning easily.  }) ({Jonny did not play} 25... Ke7 {because of} 26. Qe3 Rb8 27. Bd1 Bxd1 28.  Rxb4 Rxb4 29. Qa3 {In the game continuation I should still play this line  although I will not be able to win the rook.}) 26. e5 $6 ({Much better is} 26.  Qe3 $1 Rb8 27. Bh5+ Kd8 28. Bd1 Bxd1 29. Rxb4 Rxb4 30. f3 $18 {when the win  should be quite simple.}) 26... Qxd4 $1 ({Black cannot play} 26... fxe5 {due to  } 27. Bh5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qg5+ {when the rook is lost.}) 27. Rxb3 Nxe5 {  I was quite short of time here and played what seemed like a realistic move;  realistic in the sense that I was now sure that I would not get mated on the  back rank.} 28. h3 $2 $138 {The throws the win away. Instead} (28. Rg3 $1 Kf7  29. Qb1 Ke6 30. Ra3 {is one line that should end with White victory.}) 28...  Qd2 $1 29. Bh5+ Kf8 30. Qc5+ Qd6 31. Qa7 Qe7 32. Rb7 Rd7 33. Rb8+ Kg7 34. Qe3  Ng6 35. Qxe7+ Rxe7 36. g3 {White is better, but Black should be able to draw  if he is able to play f6-f5-f4.} Ra7 (36... Ne5 $1) 37. Bg4 Ra2 $2 {We were  both in time trouble at this stage.} (37... Ne5 38. Bf5 Nc6 39. Rb6 Nd4 40. Bb1  $16) 38. Rb7+ Kh6 39. h4 ({Here I could have won with} 39. f4 $1 Ra1+ 40. Kf2  Ra2+ 41. Be2 {when there is no defense against h3-h4, followed by Rb7-f7 and  h5.}) 39... Ra5 40. Kg2 $2 (40. f4 {is winning again, as in the comment above.}  ) 40... Re5 $4 {A terrible blunder.} ({I thought that} 40... f5 41. Bd1 f4 (  41... Ne5 $1 42. Bb3 {with a clear, but probably not winning, advantage for  White.}) 42. h5 Ne5 43. gxf4 Nd3 44. Rb6+ {is quite bad for Black.}) 41. Rf7 {  Now Black loses a second pawn and it is all over.} Re4 42. Bf5 Re5 43. Bh3 Re2  44. Rxf6 Kg7 45. Ra6 h5 46. Bf5 Ne7 47. Re6 Rxe6 48. Bxe6 Kf6 49. Bd7 Kf7 50.  Bb5 Nc8 51. Kf3 Nd6 52. Bd3 Kf6 53. Kf4 Nf7 54. Bc4 Nd6 55. Be2 Kg6 56. Ke5  Nf7+ 57. Ke6 Nd8+ 58. Kd5 Nf7 59. Bb5 Kh6 60. Be8 Nd8 61. f4 Nb7 62. f5 Na5 63.  f6 Nb3 64. Bxh5 1-0
Tomorrow I am playing Hans Tikkanen, the winner from the two last years, with the White pieces. It should be possible to follow it here.