2014-11-15 - Snook-Lumb, Chris 0-1 Humphreys, Jerry
[Event "4NCL Division 3s"]
[Site "Daventry Court ENG"]
[Date "2014.11.15"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Snook-Lumb, Chris"]
[Black "Humphreys, Jerry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1682"]
[BlackElo "2045"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.11.15"]
[WhiteTeam "e2e4.org.uk 5"]
[BlackTeam "Downend & Fishponds"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Nf3 b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bb7 8. O-O
Rc8 9. b3 d6 (9... d5 $5 10. cxd5 Nb4 {would help to avoid a passive position.}
) 10. Bb2 Be7 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Rad1 a6 13. Nc2 Qc7 14. e4 Rfd8 15. Ne3 {
This position is equal but Black does not find a good plan.} Qb8 16. Qe2 Ba8
17. f4 Ne8 $2 18. f5 Ne5 19. Ng4 (19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bh3 Nc7 21. Ng2 {
gives White a decent initiative.}) 19... Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nf6 21. Qf3 exf5 22.
Qxf5 b5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Qa7+ 25. Bd4 Qd7 {White is still better but now
he retreats and loses position. There is no real advantage for him in keeping
the queens on.} 26. Qf2 Qg4 27. h3 Qg6 28. Rd3 Nd7 29. Rf3 Bf6 {Black has been
waiting all game to swap off dark squared bishops but White cannot avoid the
exchange and in doing so gets his position cramped.} 30. Be3 Ne5 31. Rf5 Rc3
32. h4 $2 Ng4 33. h5 {Now Black has a combination leading to a winning ending}
Qxf5 34. Qxf5 Nxe3 35. Qf2 Nxf1 36. Bxf1 Rdc8 37. Qf5 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 Be5 39. a4
bxa4 40. bxa4 a5 41. Qd7 Bxg3+ 42. Kg2 Be5 43. Bd3 h6 44. Kf2 R8c7 45. Qb5 R3c5
46. Qb8+ Kh7 47. Ke2 g6 48. Qb1 g5 49. Qf1 Kg7 50. Qf5 Rb7 $2 (50... Rc3 {
offers a very easy way to win}) 51. Bb5 Rbc7 52. Bc6 Rc2+ 53. Kd3 Rh2 54. Qg4
Re7 55. Bd7 Rh4 56. Qf3 $2 Rxd7 0-1
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