2017 Unc Fraud Round 1 Anton Taylor, 1966 - Andrew Orr, 1669 Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack (B13)

2017 Unc Fraud Round 1
Anton Taylor, 1966 - Andrew Orr, 1669
Caro-Kann: Panov-Botvinnik Attack (B13)

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. c5 I had recently had a long conversation regarding this opening with GM Gregory Kaidanov and we went over a few short variations that occur after Nc6. I have been guilty of allowing white to play in this same way and had suffered a major loss. I was prepared. 7. ... b6 8. Bb5 Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. Ne5 Qc7 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. b4 It may seem strange to trade the good knight off for the bad bishop and indeed 11. b4 is dominant. However, I settled on principle to try and create a passed pawn that could only be blockaded by a queen or rook is probably winning. 12. ... Qd7? Similar to my game against CM Surya Parasuraman a few months before this game (http://notkeres.blogspot.com/2017/08/2017-cleveland-open-round-3-cm-surya.html) Black should have played Ne4 with similar ideas. My opponent fails where I too slipped with the black pieces (the position isn't the same but the ideas are exactly the same). 13. O-O Be7 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Na4?! This move is certainly interesting. It invites a host of complications but if the players navigate correctly white only obtains a slight advantage. Komodo actually seems to go wrong with 15... Nh5 when 16. Be3 Nf6 17. cxb6 Qb5 18. bxa7 Qxb4 19. Qb3 Rxa7 20. Nc5 seems likely to produce dangers only for black. 15. ... Qb5 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. Rfc1 Bd8 18. Rc2 a5 19. bxa5 I made this move fairly quickly anticipating the text reply because it seems the most natural but it seems that Qxa5 is much better for black than the text ...  19... Qxa5 20. Nxb6 Bxb6 21. cxb6 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Qxb6 23. Be3 Ne4 24. a4 Nd6 looks hold-able by white but very dangerous. 19. ... Rxa5 20. cxb6! My opponent clearly did not expect this move. 20. ... Qxb3 21. Rxc8 Qxa4 22. Rxd8+ Ne8 23. b7 1-0