2015-05-02 - Kingston, Ian 0-1 Meadows, Michael
[Event "4NCL Division 3"] [Site "Daventry Court ENG"] [Date "2015.05.02"] [Round "9.80"] [White "Kingston, Ian S"] [Black "Meadows, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteElo "1970"] [BlackElo "2035"] [ECO "C15"] [EventDate "2015.05.02"] [PlyCount "74"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 {Before the match Chris said "Oh, I play this and it's rubbish!" which was more than enough to encourage me to take up the French for the day.} 4...dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6 7.Bb5 ( 7.d5 exd5 8.Nxd5 {Prevents white becoming tangled.} ) 7...Ne7 8.Nxe4 Qd5 9.Qd3 O-O 10.c3 f5 11.Ng3 Qxg2 12.Bf4? {The start of a bad plan for white, allowing black the time to play f4.} (12. Bd2) Nd5 13.Be5 Nxe5 14.dxe5 f4 15.O-O-O!? {A good practical shout.} ( 15.Qe4 Qxe4+ 16.Nxe4 Rf5 {White enters the endgame down two pawns.}) 15...fxg3 (15... Qxf2 {Calmly collecting the second pawn and not allowing any counter-play was a better practical move, especially considering that I blunder straight after.}) 16.hxg3 h6? ( 16...g6 {This is of course the correct move. White will never break through.}) 17.Rxh6 Rf5 18.Rh4 Qxf2 19.Rdh1 Qe3+ 20.Qxe3 Nxe3 21.Rh8+ Kf7 22.R1h7 c6 23.Bd3 Rxe5 24.c4 Nxc4!? 25.Bxc4 Rc5 26.b3 b5 27.Rd8 bxc4 28.Rhh8 cxb3+ 29. Kb2 Rb8 30.Rxc8 Rc2+ 31.Kb1 Rxc8 32.Rxc8 c5 33.Rc7+ Kf6 34.Rxa7 c4 35.a4 c3 36.a5 Rb2+? {Who needs a mate in two?} ( 36...Rg2 ) 37.Kc1 Ra2 0-1
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