KID/Torre Atack

Trekkie vs Fritz. This time it's personal...

Trekkie asked me to take a look at this game and pass on some analysis and post it here. Others are welcome to post their own ideas or if you just see where I totally blew something. 🙂 I'm not gonna use a book here since Trekkie played this game in one sitting against Evil Fritz in OTB style. I believe this is sort of a hybrid Torre Attack against the KID?

[Event "Friend mode (162)"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trekkie"]
[Black "Fritz 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6

2. Nf3 g6

3. e3 Bg7 The e3 move is a little slow here and it blocks in your dark-squared bishop. e3 is nice and safe and puts in you a position in line with the Torre Attack opening. That's a solid opening and perfectly playable, but black is handing you the center for now so you can occupy it with c4, or you can play Bf4 here instead of e3. Both of these moves fire at the center. I prefer Bf4. That locks down e4 and gets the bishop developed and outside of your pawn chain on the dark squares.

4. Bd3 O-O Black's plan in the KID is to castle early, put the bishop on the long g7-a1 diagonal, fight back on the dark squares, and eventually counter attack. That's if everything goes according to plan of course.

5. O-O d6

6. c3 Bg4 c3 is rather slow here, but again it's perfectly playable and very safe. c3 gives you a lot of control over the dark squares and over-protects your d4 pawn. Nothing wrong with any of that. It does take away the c3 square from your queen's knight though and it hems in your dark squared bishop. Black pins your f3 knight.

7. e4 Qd7 I like e4. Black is handing you the center so why not take it and make black prove he can take it back? You also ignored the pin which isn't easy to do. Black helps you out here with Qd7. The queen has nothing to do on d7 that she couldn't have done from d8.

8. Qb3 Qc8 I don't like Qb3. There are many lines where Qb3 is a solid move after black moves the light-squared bishop. I like that you're attacking undefended material, I'm always in favor of that, but in this case black could have taken your f3 knight (...Bxf3) and the recapture is forced. Then your kingside pawns are wrecked and your king is left with his fly unzipped. It's much safer to play Qb3 AFTER you play Nd2. Then your d2 knight defends your f3 knight. Black plays defensively with Qc8 though so you escaped from this ok.

9. Nbd2 c6 Good move. Defending your f3 knight and developing your queenside. Black's bishop now doesn't have much to do. There is no pin and capturing your f3 knight now just trades bishop for knight.

10. Re1 Nfd7 Another good move. Developing a rook in the center. I have no idea what black is doing here except opening the diagonal for his dark-squared bishop.

11. h3 Bh5 Running the bishop away and forcing a decision from black. Black retreats the bishop, but could now lose a piece.

12. Ng5 a5 I don't care for Ng5. It looks like you're threatening black's kingside, but you're not. The knight has nothing to do here and could easily be run away by ...h6. Your attack doesn't have enough pieces behind it to be successful and it's too early. g4 would make black lose a piece, but weaken your kingside pawns in the process. That's always risky, especially against a computer program. 🙂 Black plays ...a5, threatening ...a4 and running your queen away. Then ...b5 gaining space looks ok. Better was ...h6 forcing the knight to retreat from g5 and gaining time on you or black could have just played his Knight back to f6.

13. Nf1 c5 I see your plan with Ng5. You want to bring your f1 knight to g3 and attack the bishop trapped on h5. I really like that you have a plan here. The problem with it is in the tactics. If black had played ...h6 here you would have to retreat the g5 knight back to f3 where black could capture it with his bishop and you'd have to recapture with your g-pawn. Or you could play g4 yourself and trap black's bishop. Either way your kingside pawns get involved in an accident.
Black plays c5 which doesn't do anything at all for black. It does create an open wound on b5 for you to pick at though. 🙂

14. Ng3 Qc7 You stuck with your plan. Black should have played a4 here and attacked your queen.

15. Nxh5 gxh5 Still staying with your plan. ...gxh5 wrecks black's pawn protection for his king and sticks him with doubled and isolated pawns on the h-file.

16. Be3 Nc6 This develops your bishop, defends your d-pawn, and connects your rooks, but it blocks your rook on the e-file. Analyze e5 here and see what you find? Notice how your pieces, your queen, both bishops, knight, and your pawns all point to black's kingside? That's where you need to attack. Bc4 is also better and at least makes a threat on f7. You just disrupted black's kingside pawn cover and most of your pieces are aimed at the black king. You should look for moves that take advantage of the situation and help you continue the attack. Be3 doesn't really do that.

17. Nf3 cxd4 I still like Bc4 or e5 here. Nf3 takes a piece away from the kingside attack. When you first played Ng5 it was too soon, but since black has let the knight just sit there the whole time you've managed to build an attack around it. Now you've removed the knight for black and slowed your atack.

18. cxd4 e5 Black now stops your e-pawn from advancing to e5. Since you have the two bishops in this game you shouldn't let the center become blocked. opening up the game is the key to using two bishops properly.

19. d5 Nb4 You blocked the center. You just cut the movement ability of your bishops in half and your e1 rook now looks kinda silly and will have to move again to get itself in the game. D5 does attack the c6 knight, but it'll just hop away and pester you somewhere else.

The position on the board has now changed quite a bit in the last 6 moves. You had a good position for a kingside atack. Now, after 19.d5 we have a closed center and your space advantage is on the queenside. Your two bishops, your queen, the open c-file, your space advantage, and the direction your pawns are pointing, are all calling for you to play on the queenside.

20. Rac1 Nc5 Good move. Siezes the open file and attacks the queen. Black blocks the attack on his queen and attacks your queen and bishop at the same time. But it also pins the c5 knight to black's queen. Black has a little threat here to win a piece if you're not careful.

21. Be2 Qb6 Hanging on to your 2 bishops. If you're going to hang on to the bishops you also need to look for ways to open the game up.

22. Bxc5 dxc5 Trekkie - This is the move where you said Fritz recommended Rxc5 in the post game. Either Bxc5 or Rxc5 is a solid move. 23.a3 is the killer move after 22.Rxc5 dxc5. a3 forces the b4 knight to move or get captured. The b4 knight is pinned to the black queen so the knight can't move anywhere except d5. You would then play Qxd5 winning a knight for a pawn. But, that's only possible after 22.Rxc5 dxc5 because your bishop would be pinning the black c5 pawn to the black queen.

23. a3 a4 You attack the knight with a good move, but black fires back at your queen.

24. Qe3 Na6 A fine move, but risky because of your queen and c1 rook being on the same diagonal while black still has his dark-squared bishop on the board. Qc4 would be better if you plan on continuing play on the queenside.

25. Nh4 Bh6 Ok so the queenside is now forgotten. Now you've switched your attack back to the kingside. This is fine, but you really should pick one side of the board and concentrate your efforts there unless you see tactics that win material outright. Tactics always comes first. In this case Nh4 let's black skewer your queen and rook. You get out of it by playing a check, which I guess you saw before this, but if not for that check you would have lost the exchange.

26. Qg3+ Kh8 Qg3+ is the only good move you have here. You forked the king and the black e-pawn.

27. Qxe5+ Bg7 Black could have played ...f6 here and you would have lost the rook and probably your b2 pawn later (...Qxb2) and been forced to play Qxh5. Nothing wrong with that for now though. Black plays Bg7 attacking your queen.

28. Qxh5 Qxb2

29. Qf3 b5 At the end of all of this you've won a pawn.

30. Nf5 b4 I like Nf5. Threatening to trade off the very strong dark-squared bishop (since you no longer have one). Black has a passed c-pawn now which could be trouble, especially if the dark squared bishop stays on the board. The queening square for the black c-pawn is a dark square. Since you no longer have a dark-squared bishop you may have problems defending c1 later without losing material. That's a long way off of course, but it's still an issue that you may have to deal with.

31. Nxg7 Qxg7 getting rid of black's dark-squared bishop.

32. Bxa6 Rxa6 I assume you're just trading down material here. Black's c-pawn is hanging.

33. e5 f6 Good move. You've got a passed d-pawn and both of your center pawns are strong. Now that e1 rook that I made fun of earlier looks great. 🙂 So I take back everything I said about that rook. Black's f6 is bad. black just helped you create another passed pawn. Now you have connected passed pawns. Black is in serious trouble.

34. e6 Qe7 Good move. Passed pawns must be pushed. And you pushed the right one. Your e1 rook is a very strong piece behind that passed pawn. I wish now I'd never said anything about that d### rook.

Continued in next post -

35. Qg4 Ra5 Qe3 or Qd3 would be better. Your queen can help your passed pawns and rooks if she's on the d or e file. But on g4...? Ra5 for black attacks your d-pawn Black should have played b3 and gotten his own passed pawn threat going.

36. axb4 cxb4 Great move. Get rid of that black b-pawn before it goes anywhere else.

37. Qd4 Rd8 Black's going after your d-pawn.

38. d6 Rxd6 Yep, I'm assuming you see the back rank threats and all of the troubles black has with his king.

39. Rc8+ Kg7 Ouch. If black were a human he'd have sweat the size of golf balls falling off of his head right now.

40. Qxb4 Re5 Qxb4!! Best move of the game for you. You win a passed pawn, attack an undefended rook, and pin the d6 rook to the black queen. That's about all you can ask from one move. Very nice.

41. Qg4+ Rg5 Solid. Keep attacking, checking if you can, and keep looking for moves that force an immediate response from black. Black lines up his rook with your king, blocks your check, and pins your g-pawn after your queen moves out of the way.

42. Qxa4 Rxe6 You win another pawn. Qc4 would have set up a nasty pin on the c7 square for your rook. Pinning the black queen to the king. If you analyze that a bit you'll see that black loses material from that point onward and can't do anything about it. Your move, Qxa4 wins another pawn, but you end up losing your main threat, which is the advanced e-pawn.

43. Rxe6 Qxe6 You're still up a pawn and your rook is more active than black's.

44. Rc7+ Kh8

45. Qc2 Rg7 Qc2 is a blunder, but black misses it. I like the threat on the h7 pawn you're making though. You're looking for attacking moves and making threats and that's good. Instead of ...Rg7 black should have played ...Qxh3. Your g-pawn is pinned to your king because of the pin on the g-file. If black had played ...Qxh3 material would be even and we'd have a very complicated endgame. And it's complicated enough already for me. Instead black defends against checkmate and protects his h pawn.

46. Rc8+ Rg8

47. Rc7 Rg7

48. Rc8+ Rg8 Was there a time control you had to meet? 🙂

49. Rc6 Qf7 Again black misses ...Qxh3.

50. Qc3 Rd8 Good move. Pinning the f-pawn and attacking it twice. Rd8 from black doesn't seem to have a point?

Your queen and rook are controlling the center of the board while black's two pieces are relegated to defense.

51. Qxf6+ Qxf6 You win another pawn, trade off the queens (Thank you!) and simplify the endgame. By playing Qxf6 first instead of Rxf6 you force the trade there and make the endgame a lot easier from a tactical standpoint. I like that move. OTB it's an especially good move. When you're up material if you can get the queens off the board it makes the game so much simpler and helps prevent blunders. Your queen was a very strong piece there, but why keep queens on the board if you can win in a simpler way?

52. Rxf6 Rc8

53. g4 Rc2

54. g5 Rd2

55. Kg2 Kg7

56. h4 h5

57. Rh6 Rd4

58. Rxh5 Rg4+ Another black pawn leaves. It's over now unless you come up with a series of the most atrocious blunders you can find. All you have to do is move your king down the board and slowly creep your pawns along. Black can't stop you.

59. Kf3 Rg1

60. Rh6 Rd1

61. h5 Rg1
62. Rg6+ Kf7
63. Ke4 Rh1
64. Kf5 Kf8
65. h6 Rh2
66. f4 Rh3
67. Ra6 Rh4
68. Ke6 Kg8
69. g6 Rxh6
70. Kf6 Rxg6+
71. Kxg6 Kf8
72. Re6 Kg8
73. Re8# 1-0

Summary: You seemed to do a good job of spotting offensive tactics. You found moves that went after undefended pieces and pawns a few times. You spotted pins and skewers for the most part, but you missed a few chances at discovered attacks. Your early kingside atack starting with 12.Ng5 worked fairly well for you, but black helped you there by missing a few good defensive moves. But you had a plan and you carried it out. That will help you a lot in future games. Keep in mind that good players will not allow you to plop a white-knight down on g5 and leave it there.

Positionally you were all set to continue with a kingside atack after move 15 but you voluntarily moved away from it. You wrecked black's kingside pawns and then switched to playing on the queenside. You let your black off the hook. Against better players that type of play will let your opponent right back into the game. If the majority of your pieces and pawns are all pointing to one side of the board that's where you should be playing. That's where your space advantage is and that's where you'll have the most opportunities.

You also closed the center after you had gotten the 2 bishops. Keep the center pawns open and mobile or open it up if you get the 2 bishops. Don't let your opponent lock it up. If the center gets crowded then the knights become strong. Especially if the knights can find a good outpost.

You used your pawns well. You didn't make any weakening pawn moves and in the end your pawns were the deciding factor in your win. The only really bad pawn move was 19.d5. That's a one move attack against a knight that can get away and it also locked the center which slows down your bishops.

Whew! ok I'm tired. My eyes hurt and I gotta go to work.

All comments are welcome by the way. Hope this helps Trek!

My post-game notes.
1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6
3. e3 Bg7
4. Bd3 O-O

My first four moves were automatic and premeditated. I wanted to play a Colle opening. I was not worried about the Black’s black square fianchetto. I did not use it as I played this game OTB, but I have a copy of “The Ultimate Colle” by Gary Lane which shows how the Colle can be played against any Indian or benoni. Have read the book and been using it for my RHP game as a reference. Tmetzler’s cool database tool will show that I have used the Colle for all my games as white lately.

5. O-O

No real plan to castle so early however since Black got this done with the last move I thought I might as well follow. OTB I would almost always follow a castle with a castle in any board position similar to this.

5……d6

King’s Indian Defence. Recognised and noted. Not really changing my first series of opening moves.

6. c3

Whilst this is considered passive I had my reasons here and will play this in the future. My queen is destined for b3. Therefore I reasoned that c4 would block the a2-g8 diagonal. Potentially allowing a king side attack on the pawn structure from afar. Also my very long time goal for the queen side is the c-file.

6….Bg4

Expected. Pins my knight. Only real square for Black’s white bishop, allowing what I expected would be 7….Nbd7

7. e4

First rule of chess openings, DO NOT MOVE A PIECE TWICE ESPECIALLY NOT A PAWN. I think I just broke that rule. However, it takes possession and control of the centre. As well as being within the theme of Colle’s e-file pawn push. I concede though I need to rethink my move order if I intend on playing Qb3 and do not wish to block the second longest diagonal.

7….Qd7

What the ?? The queenside knight was supposed to go there. I also expected the queen to move (eventually) to the c7 square. Lost of tempi, allows me to move forces to my queenside and attack, attack, attack !!!

8. Qb3

Repeat after me…..move order, move order, move order……..Nbd2 should have come first. Saving grace this attacks the undefended b7 pawn. If black takes my knight I could still survive but at the cost of my kingside pawn structure.

8……Qc8

Thank God this is friend mode game, a handicap level. This is a human like blunder worrying more about a back file attack than attacking your opponent first. The Black queen is now over looking the c-file where I expected it, but not off the back rank and taking two moves instead of one to get there.

9. Nbd2

Covers my previous blunder like it never happened. At this point I had a half formed idea that my two knights could be used to attack Black’s kingside. Not going to be seen for a few more moves but Re1 and h3 will be required (and are played) in preparation for Nf1 and this king side attack. More comments about my intended attack later in these comments.

9. c6

Gives room in front of the Black queen, and secures the b5 square. Should be expected at this point the Black intends an attack on the queen side flank a-file and b-file. Countering my intended attack on the c-file. However, it blocks the knight being placed on c6. Though at this point I felt Nbd7 would still be played eventually and a stronger move.

10. Re1

Part of my king side attack plan. Also long term position for my rook. I want to push the e-file pawn forward, trying to keep it in a pawn chain with the d file pawn.

10. Nfd7

Another blunder!! Right square and piece just the wrong one was moved.

11. h3

My final preparation move. Black is either going to trade a bishop for a knight or move.
11…..Bh5

Yes. I now have a target. That bishop is going to go and hopefully at the same time I can break up the pawn structure around the fianchetto.

12. Ng5

This was a bad blunder. Whilst OTB this looked like a good outpost, it really is not. I had all sorts of ideas about playing Nxf7 as my next move. Probably pinning the rook after Rxf7. But that did not take into account 13…..d5, in which Black removes the pin and opens the f-file for itself. Hence I realised whilst waiting for Blacks 12th move that this was a mistake. Especially then realising that h6 would simply move back my knight. Fritz, wib and my chess sensei, my chess sensei is not wib but someone else on RHP whose privacy I am respecting, all three suggest g4 which wins the bishop. I have to be honest and say I did not even consider this move. My plan was to disturb the kingside pawn structure of Black but not move mine. So I never considered moving my kingside pawns to I reached the endgame. After all of that consideration, if I am to keep with my original plan but protect the knight on f3 then Be2 seems like a reasonable move. Not the best move I could have made, in hindsight, but it keeps to my tactical plan.

12……a5

Expected and noted but ignored because I have other things on my mind. Black definitely should have played 12….h6 here.

13. Nf1

As wib noted my plan now becomes obvious. Despite the weakness of my knight on g5 I was committed and continued with the plan. As noted earlier I still did not consider g4. The idea of this attack is also to try and out position Black’s forces to the kingside whilst keeping my main goal on the queenside.

13. c5

Still Black did not play the obvious 13….h6. Hence did not punish my earlier mistake.

14. Ng3

Stuck to my plan. In hindsight it was probably one minority piece short of a good attack. My white square bishop moved to e2 instead of the blunder of the knight outpost, may have made the attack stronger. Using the bishop would have given flexibility to the attack.

14……Qc7

Finally. Only three moves to get it here !

15. Nxh5 gxh5

My plan works. The kingside pawn structure of Black is distrupted.

16. Be3 Nc6

Solidifies my queen side. The rook can wait on e1 till it is needed. Black’s move points to the queenside attack along the a and b files.

17. Nf3

Blunder. Those ideas I had when I first moved the knight onto g5 of attacking the f7 square could have been saved here. Bc4 was by far the best move. Could have continued my kingside attack. My only reasoning for missing the best move was that I was worried about the pressure on my d-file pawn.

17…….cxd4

As I expected when I made my previous blunder Black takes my d-file pawn.

18. cxd4

I respond in kind. Opening up the c-file !!!!

18…….e5

Now I panicked about my centre pawns. I did not want to trade.

19. d5

Knew as soon as I made the move it was a mistake. Rac1 would have been better.

19……Nb4

Threatens my a-file pawn.

20. Rac1

Takes possession of the file. Threatens the Black queen.

20…….Nc5

Blocks my attack on the queen and continues the Black attack on the a and b files. As well as threatening my bishop.

21. Be2

Possible alternative and more aggressive move was Bxc5. Forces Black to exchange by taking back wit the d-file pawn. In affect breaking Black’s pawn chain in the centre and hence giving me more power of the centre. Especially since it also promotes my rook on e1 to become strong from its current weak position.

21…….Qb6

Not a good move.

22. Bxc5 dxc5

I should of played Rxc5 here. Black’s last move just lined up my black bishop with the queen. (Not my analysis) The game would have continued something like:

22.Rxc5 dxc5 23.a3 Rfc8 (or 23. ... Nxd5 24.Qxd5 Qxb2 25.Bxc5) 24.axb4 Qxb4 25.Qc2

Back to the game.

22. ... dxc5

23. a3 a4

24. Qe3 Na6
25. Nh4 Bh6
26. Qg3+ Kh8
27. Qxe5+ Bg7
28. Qxh5 Qxb2
29. Qf3 b5
30. Nf5 b4
31. Nxg7 Qxg7
32. Bxa6 Rxa6

This whole series of moves was about simplification. I picked up a pawn nut in the end I played this to reduce the steam coming out of my brain 🙂 There was probably numerous ways this could have been played better.

33. e5 f6
34. e6 Qe7

My centre pawns are now very powerful. The rook on e1 is strong. So I am happier that my way forward is easier to find.

35. Qg4 Ra5

Blunders on both sides. I should have kept the queen on the 3rd rank and used it to support the d-file pawn. What Black is doing on a5 I have no idea.

36. axb4

Triple reason for this move. Reduces my problems with a passed b file pawn. Attacks the a-file rook. And with the expected exchange reopens the c-file for me.

36…..cxb4

As expected.

37. Qd4 Rd8

Though my d- file pawn needed support. So I was a couple of moves too late. Better here was, 37.d6! Qxd6 38.e7 Re8? 39.Rc8, again this is not my analysis but my chess sensei’s

38. d6 Rxd6

Lets force the Black rook off the back rank.

39. Rc8+ Kg7

Oh……what trouble Black is in with all the threats a back rank attack can bring.

40. Qxb4

Wrong time to take a piece of pie. Should have continued to attack with Qc4. This would have threaten to pin the Black queen with Rc7

41. Qg4+ Rg5

Am not sure what I am doing so when in doubt check if you can !!!

42. Qxa4?

“Again Qc4! was the right move. Now the game would be hard to win with good black play.” ----comments from my chess sensei

43. Rxe6 Qxe6
44. Rc7+ Kh8
45. Qc2 Rg7

Have to agree here with wib, Qc2 was a mistake not seeing the potential Qxh3. I missed the simple g4 which here would have been better.

46. Rc8+ Rg8
47. Rc7 Rg7
48. Rc8+ Rg8

There was a time control, though I had no problem with time. I was simply practicing an OTB technique to get my opponent in time management problems.

49. Rc6 Qf7

A mistake. Simplification would have been easier, taking out the rooks.

50. Qc3 Rd8

Plan to trade queens. Reduce my potential headache of an endgame.

51. Qxf6+ Qxf6

Forced trade, at the pain of Black losing a rook for no compensation. Plus I get another pawn.

Last series of moves I did not find easy, given I was worried about a mistake but it all came together.

52. Rxf6 Rc8
53. g4 Rc2
54. g5 Rd2
55. Kg2 Kg7
56. h4 h5
57. Rh6 Rd4
58. Rxh5 Rg4+
59. Kf3 Rg1
60. Rh6 Rd1
61. h5 Rg1
62. Rg6+ Kf7
63. Ke4 Rh1
64. Kf5 Kf8
65. h6 Rh2
66. f4 Rh3
67. Ra6 Rh4
68. Ke6 Kg8
69. g6 Rxh6
70. Kf6 Rxg6+
71. Kxg6 Kf8
72. Re6 Kg8
73. Re8# 1-0

Summary: I made mistakes but this is the best A48 Torre attack/Colle opening game I have ever played.

Any comments ???

I'm guessing you had Fritz set on quite a low level. My version has all sorts of fits with black's play here.

Originally posted by XanthosNZ
I'm guessing you had Fritz set on quite a low level. My version has all sorts of fits with black's play here.

Originally posted by trekkie
I was in friend mode with a handicap of +162....which means theorectically it gave me a +1.62 score ahead or in other words just over 1.5 pawns.

Hi trekkie - As promised:

[Event "Friend mode (162)"]
[Site "Melbourne"]
[Date "2005.02.16"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Trekkie"]
[Black "Fritz 8"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]

1. d4 Nf6
2. Nf3 g6
3. e3 Bg7 Pre-meditated perhaps but to me e3 is a little cautious. Personally I'd favour c4 and take firm possession of the centre. The early 7.e4 also suggests that time was lost here.
4. Bd3 O-O Again I don't favour Bd3 preferring 4.Be2 O-O 5.O-O. Black threatens to exploit this choice of move later.
5. O-O d6
6. c3 Bg4 c3 gives up momentum. Black might have played d5, Nd7 & c5 here battling back in the centre but Bg4 is also good pinning the f3 N against the white Q.
7. e4 Qd7 Qd7 is poor - c5 or Nd7.
8. Qb3 Qc8 Qb3 Bxf3, gxf3 etc - Fritz plays nice, but yes Nbd2 should have come first.
9. Nbd2 c6
10. Re1 Nfd7 Nfd7 is poor. Now blacks Q-side N has no access to either of it's preferred squares. The K-side N had d5 to run to after say e5 dxd5, dxe5 so why bother. White is in good shape now.
11. h3 Bh5 h3 is a good choice by white - Black gains nothing by exchanging and should retreat to e6, followed by Qc2.
Bh5??, g4! - wins B for p - a missed opportunity.
12. Ng5 a5 Ng5? - Should have allowed black to rally with h6, Nf3 Bxf3 extricating himself from the mess he was in. a5 I guess intends a4 to chase the Q off b3.
13. Nf1 c5 Nf1? - While I see the plan there were better options - g4 & Bc4.
c5 is another aimless move that gets black nowhere. What happened to a4, or failing that h6.
14. Ng3 Qc7 Ng3 is the obvious continuation of Nf1, while again black fails to follow through. h6 is no longer worthwhile, but surely a4 or cxd4 are better than Qc7.
15. Nxh5 gxh5 The plan to break up the fianchetto succeeds but I have to say it took a fair amount of assistance from black.
16. Be3 Nc6 Be3 & Nf3 consolidate (which is fair enough) but there are missed opportunities here notably e5! dxe5, Bxh7+ & Nxf7! Rxf7, Bc4 e6, Bxe6
17. Nf3 cxd4
18. cxd4 e5
19. d5 Nb4
20. Rac1 Nc5
21. Be2 Qb6 Qb6? - Nxb3 Rxc7, Nxa2 recovers a little bit of ground for black. Black's Q is now poorly placed and white takes advantage of this to 1st brush off black's Q-side attack...
22. Bxc5 dxc5
23. a3 a4
24. Qe3 Na6 ...and then counter attack on the K-side. A very nice sequence from white. Very assured play.
25. Nh4 Bh6
26. Qg3+ Kh8
27. Qxe5+ Bg7 Black might have tried f6 in the hope that white might make a mistake.
28. Qxh5 Qxb2
29. Qf3 b5 White again consolidates and then calmly snuffs out black's last ditch hopes on the Q-side.
30. Nf5 b4
31. Nxg7 Qxg7
32. Bxa6 Rxa6
33. e5 f6 I think I'd have played Rxc5 b3, e5 here just to drive home the advantage.
34. e6 Qe7
35. Qg4 Ra5 Qg4? The Q is more useful on the d or e files supporting the 2 advanced pawns.
Ra5? Punished by white.
36. axb4 cxb4 Nice move.
37. Qd4 Rd8 A chance to put the game beyond doubt - d6! Qxd6, e7 Raa8 (Re8, Rc8!), exf8=Q+ Rxf8.
38. d6 Rxd6 d6 is still powerful (if somewhat forced upon white).
39. Rc8+ Kg7
40. Qxb4 Re5
41. Qg4+ Rg5
42. Qxa4 Rxe6 Another missed opportunity - Black's Q was on the same file as his K which can be exploited by Qc4! Re5, Rxe5 fxe5, Rc7! pinning Q against K.
43. Rxe6 Qxe6
44. Rc7+ Kh8
45. Qc2 Rg7 Qc2? Fritz plays nice and ignors Qxh3! (several times) while white struggles to finish the job.
46. Rc8+ Rg8
47. Rc7 Rg7
48. Rc8+ Rg8
49. Rc6 Qf7
50. Qc3 Rd8
51. Qxf6+ Qxf6 Knocks off a pawn, forces the trade of Qs and simplifies the endgame for white. A smart move for white who was floundering somewhat. The end is inevitable now.
52. Rxf6 Rc8
53. g4 Rc2
54. g5 Rd2
55. Kg2 Kg7
56. h4 h5
57. Rh6 Rd4
58. Rxh5 Rg4+
59. Kf3 Rg1
60. Rh6 Rd1
61. h5 Rg1
62. Rg6+ Kf7
63. Ke4 Rh1
64. Kf5 Kf8
65. h6 Rh2
66. f4 Rh3
67. Ra6 Rh4
68. Ke6 Kg8
69. g6 Rxh6
70. Kf6 Rxg6+
71. Kxg6 Kf8
72. Re6 Kg8
73. Re8# 1-0

Summary: Some periods of very solid attacking play by white, although there were opportunities to put the game away early that were missed and the gate was left open occasionally too.