2014-11-16 - Shepherd, Paul 0-1 Russell, Chris
[Event "4NCL Division 3s"] [Site "Daventry Court ENG"] [Date "2014.11.16"] [Round "2.99"] [White "Shepherd, Paul D"] [Black "Russell, Chris"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C05"] [WhiteElo "2103"] [BlackElo "2096"] [PlyCount "60"] [EventDate "2014.11.16"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 b6 7. Bb5 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. a3 Qc7 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 g5 {A less well known way of treating the French - Black goes straight for the throat rather than trying to manoeuvre in the centre. With the pawns blocked he is hoping his king will stay safe for long enough to make a breakthrough.} 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Nf1 ({ Really White should try and open lines on the queenside as fast as possible.} 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. b4 {ensures active play.}) 13... Rdg8 14. Be3 h5 15. N3h2 Rg7 16. Bd3 Kb8 17. Ng3 g4 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. b4 c4 20. Bc2 f6 21. Nxg4 f5 22. Nh2 Bg5 23. Bxg5 Rxg5 24. Qe3 Rg7 {Technically Black only has compensation for the pawn, but in practice the open space on the kingside and lack of counterplay make it very hard for White to find good defences.} 25. Nhf1 { From now on White fails to find good ideas and rapidly bombs.} Qd8 26. f4 $2 ( 26. Bxf5 $5 exf5 27. Nxf5 Rgh7 28. f4 { would be an enterprising way to try and unbalance the game.}) 26... Qh4 27. Bd1 Rhg8 28. Kf2 Nf8 29. Qf3 $2 Rg4 30. Ke3 $2 Rxg3 0-1
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