The Mingrelia Defence Returns (Part 2)

                                                      

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7.c3 

Alternately, 7.a3 Bg4 8.b4 Bd4 9.c3 Bb6 10.Nxb6 axb6 11.Bxf7+? (not the time to go Jerome-ish, this move is based on miscalculation) 11...Kxf7 12.Nxe5+ Nxe5 13.f3 Be6 14.f4 Ng4 15.f5 Qh4 16.fxe6+ Kxe6 17.d4 Qxh2 checkmate, Alby - ZoranBogojevic, 3 0 blitz, FICS, 2024 

7...Be6 

A slip. 

An up-and-down alternative: 7...Bg4 8.b4 Bb6 9.a4 Nf6 10.a5 Nxd5 11.Bxd5 Nxb4 12.cxb4 Bd4 13.Rb1 c6 14.Bb3 0–0 15.d3 Qf6 16.Bb2 Bxb2 17.Rxb2 d5 18.exd5? (18.h3) e4 19.Rc2 Bxf3? (19...exf3) 20.Qxf3? (20.gxf3) exf3 21.g3 Qf5 22.Bc4 Qh3 White resigned, Leurette,M - Pintor,M, corr FICGS, 2020 

8.d4 exd4 9.cxd4 

9...Nxd4 

9...Na5 was better, but not much of an improvement: 10.Be2 Bb6 11.b4 Nc6 12.Nxb6 axb6 13.d5 forking two pieces.

10.Nxd4 Bxd4 11.Qxd4 

11...c5 

With a pawn for a piece, Black can try to hold on with 11...Nf6. However, the time control is 1 move in 3 days, so the clock is not going to save him

12.Qxg7 Bxd5 13.Qxh8

Sloppy. Instead, 13.exd5, since 13...Qf6 (to protect the Rook) is met by 14.Bb5+ Kd8 15.Bg5, pinning and winning the Queen.

13...Bxc4 14.Qxg8+ Kd7

15.Qxd8+ Rxd8 16.Rd1 d5 

Giving me a chance for a passer.Will it amount to anything? Do I need it to, up a Rook?

17.exd5 Kd6 18.Bf4+ Ke7 19.d6+ Kd7

The King re-establishes its blockade - temporarily.

20.Rac1 b5 21.b3 Be2 22.Re1 Re8 23.Rxc5

Eyeing c7.

23...Re4 24.Rc7+ Kd8 25.Bg5+ Ke8 26.d7+ Kf8 27.d8Q+ 

27...Kg7 28.Qf6+ Black resigned