2015-10-13 - Ruano Marco, Javier 1-0 Richards, John

[Date "2015.10.13"] [Round "4"] [White "Ruano Marco, Javier"] [Black "Richards, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A04"] [Annotator "Pickup,Ian"] 1.e4 c5 2.d3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.c3 e6 6.Nf3 Nge7 7.O-O O-O 8.Re1 d6 9.Be3 Qc7 10.Na3 a6 11.d4 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Rd8 13.Qe2 e5 14.Nxc6 bxc6 15.Red1 a5 16.c4 Ba6 17.Qc2 Rab8 18.Rd2 c5 19.Bg5 f6 20.Be3 Nc6 21.Nb5 Bxb5 $6 {doesn't work out well as Black's bishop turns out to be inferior once his knight is exchanged.} 22.cxb5 Nd4 23.Bxd4 exd4 24.Rxd4 Qb6 25.Rd2 Qxb5 26.Bf1 Qb6 27.Rad1 Kh8 28.b3 Bf8 29.Bc4 Kg7 30.Rd5 {Somewhere hereabouts Black offered a draw.} 30...Be7 31.h4 Qb4 32.a4 Qb6 33.Kg2 Rf8 34.h5 Rbd8 35.Rh1 {Javier's calm build-up is both remorseless and instructive! Stockfish reckons white is already plus 2.} 35...Qc6 36.Qd2 g5 37.Qxa5 f5 38.Rhd1 fxe4 39.Qe1 Bf6 40.Qxe4 Qc7 41.Qe6 Qe7 42.Rxd6 ( 42.Qxe7+ {was another way to skin this particular cat.} 42...Bxe7 43.Re1 Bf6 ( 43...Kf6 44.Rd3 g4 45.Re6+ Kf7 ) 44.Re6 Be5 45.h6+ Kh8 46.a5 Ra8 47.a6 ) 42...Qxe6 43.Bxe6 Bd4 44.Rxd8 Rxd8 45.Bc4 Rf8 46.f3 Re8 47.a5 Ra8 48.a6 Ra7 49.b4 Rc7 50.b5 {A nice demonstration of how opposite coloured bishop endings need not be drawn!} 1-0

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