1986-02-15 - Copeland, Graham 1-0 Johnson, R

A King's Indian produces a Queenless middle-game. Despite that Graham has a lot of pressure and it's a steady squeeze to produce the full point.

[Event "BRISTOL LEAGUE CONGRESS"] [Site "?"] [Date "1986.02.15"] [Round "2"] [White "Copeland, Graham"] [Black "Johnson, R"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A42"] [Annotator "Mordue,Tyson"] [PlyCount "69"] {Annotated by Graham Burgess, BCT Issue 56, March 1986. No rtf.} 1. d4 d6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 e5 5. dxe5 {"A quiet line with plenty of venom." GKB.} dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. f4 Nc6 8. Nf3 Nd4 9. Kf2 exf4 $6 {"9...Nxf3 10 gxf3 c6 is better. Now White's piece activity gives him a very clear advantage." GKB.} 10. Bxf4 Ne6 11. Rd1+ Ke8 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 b6 14. Bd3 Bb7 15. Bc2 Bc6 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Kd7 20. b4 Kc8 21. Rhe1 Rhe8 22. Kf1 $1 {Avoiding tactics involving ...Ng4+ or ...Ne4+ when the Bishop on d4 may be loose.} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Rxe8+ Nxe8 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 {"White's King now decides the game - Black is helpless." GKB.} 26. Ke2 Kd7 27. Ke3 Ke7 28. Kd4 Nh5 29. Be4 f5 30. Bf3 Nf6 31. c5 Nd7 32. g4 fxg4 33. Bxg4 Nf6 34. Bc8 g5 35. Ke5 {"d6, with correct timing, will cause devastation." GKB.} 1-0

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