2016-03-22 - Meadows, Michael 1-0 Chinnick, Tim
[Event "Bristol Knockout"] [Site "Downend Cricket Club"] [Date "2016.3.22"] [White "Meadows, Michael"] [Black "Chinnick, Tim"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 g6 5.Be3 Bg7 6.Nc3 Nf6 7.Bc4 O-O 8.Bb3 a6 {I've faced 8...a5 a number of times recently, but this has been the preserve of online play. Maybe it could be called the Accelerated Dragondorf.} 9.f3 b5 10.Qd2 Bb7 11.O-O-O Na5 12.h4 Nxb3+ 13.Nxb3 b4 14.Nd5 Nxd5 15.exd5 a5 16.h5 e6 {By not having a pawn on d6 black can free up the d8-h4 diagonal for the queen if needed.} 17.d6? {Having missed the subsequent closing of the kingside I thought this would be more of a thorn in black's position rather than a liability.} Bd5 18.Bg5 {I had wanted to prevent the queen from using the kingside diagonal but accidentally locked up my attack.} ( 18.Bh6 {Better than allowing black to close the kingside.} Qf6 19.Bxg7 Qxg7 20.Nc5 Rfd8 ) 18...f6 19.Bh6 g5 {Now black seems to have plenty of time to drum up an attack.} 20.Bxg7 Kxg7 21.Kb1 {Freeing my knight from b3.} Qb6 22.Nd4 {Defending the pawn tactically.} a4 ( 22...Qxd6? {Would be rash, as there's no rush in collecting the pawn.} 23.Nf5+ exf5 24.Qxd5 Qxd5 25.Rxd5 {White will regain the pawn and black is at risk of becoming passive.} ) ( 22...Kh8 {Avoiding 23.Nf5+.} ) 23.Nf5+ Kh8 24.Ne7 Ra5? {Black attempts to secure the position before winning the d6-pawn, but misses a nice sacrifice.} 25.Ng6+! hxg6 ( 25...Kg7 {Maybe black needs to sacrifice the exchange for the d6 pawn, but would be consigned to defending the endgame.} 26.Nxf8 Kxf8 27.Qd4 Qxd4 28.Rxd4 b3 ) 26.hxg6+ Kg7 27.g4? {Objectively throwing away the win. White would now have to play for the draw but I hadn't noticed. I had only just spotted that black's next move protects against 28.Qh2.} ( 27.Rh7+ {My original plan which I began to miscalculate.} Kg8 ( 27...Kxg6? {Loses very quickly.} 28.Rdh1 Qxd6 29.Qd3+ Be4 30.Qxe4+ f5 31.R1h6# ) 28.Qe1! {Similar to the actual game, but white has an extra tempo.} Qxd6 29.Qh1 f5 30.Rh8+ Kg7 31.Qh6+ Kf6 32.Rxf8+ Ke5 33.Qh2+ f4 34.Qh8# {Unsurprisingly I didn't spot this back at move 27.} ) 27...Qxd6! 28.Qe1! {Getting my queen to the h-file the slow way.} ( 28.Rh7+ {Taking the draw.} Kg8 ( 28...Kxg6?? {Of course not this capture as white can now sacrifice the queen and mate.} 29.Rdh1 Bxa2+ 30.Ka1 Qxd2 31.R1h6# ) 29.Rdh1 Bxa2+ 30.Ka1 Qxd2 31.Rh8+ Kg7 32.R8h7+ Kg8 {With a draw by repetition.}) 28...f5 29.Rh7+ Kg8?? {The losing move.} ( 29...Kf6! {The only defence.} 30.g7 Rg8 31.Qh1 Rxg7 32.Rh6+ Ke7 {The king escapes.}) 30.Qh1 Qe5 31.g7!? {Although this is still winning, white had a much cleaner alternative.} ( 31.Rxd7! Qh8 32.Qxh8+ Kxh8 33.g7+ ) 31...Qxg7 32.Rxg7+ Kxg7 {A surprising black draw offer.} 33.Qh5 fxg4 34.Qxg5+ Kf7 35.Qxg4 Bxf3? {A blunder, though black will find it hard to come up with another plan.} 36.Qxf3+? {A return blunder but white is still happy. The rest is a simple mop-up.} ( 36.Rxd7+! Kf6 37.Qg7+ Kf5 38.Qxf8+ ) 36...Ke7 37.Rxd7+ Kxd7 38.Qxf8 Rf5 39.Qg7+ Kc6 40.Kc1 Rd5 41.Qe7 Rd6 42.Qe8+ Kc5 43.Qxa4 Rb6 44.Kd2 Kc4 45.a3 Kc5 46.axb4+ Rxb4 47.Qa5+ Rb5 48.Qc7+ Kd5 49.c4+ {Black lost on time here.} 1-0
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