2017-10-19 - Bourne, Iain 0-1 Palmer, Richard

[Event "South Bristol B v D&F D"] [Date "2017.10.19"] [White "Ian Bourne"] [Black "Richard Palmer"] [Result "0-1"] 1.d4 g6 2.c4 Bg7 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e5 6.Bd3 Ne7 7.Nge2 O-O 8.h4 f5 9.h5 f4 10.hxg6 Nxg6 11.Ng1 {Freeing a path for Qh5} Nd7 12.Bd2 Nh4 {Maybe I should play Qg4 here but after 13.g3 it is unclear.} 13. Qg4 (13.Qh5 {I was expecting this, which leads to horrific complications. One possible line is:} 13...Nxg2+ 14.Kf1 Nf6 15 Qh2 Ne3+ 16 fxe3 fxe3 {Threatening Ng4+.} 17.Ke2 Bg4+ {And now if:} 18.Kxe3 Nxd5! {with the winning threat of 19...Qg5+.} (18...Nh5? Be2!)) 13...Ng6 14.Qe6+ {This was probably a mistake as the Queen is in danger of getting trapped.} 14...Rf7 (14...Kh8?? 15.Qxg6) 15.Nb5 {In this opening I like to play a6 early on but didn't find time for it so Ian came up with this.} (15.Qh3 {I was expecting this.} Nf6 16.Qh2) (15.Qxd6?? Bf8!) 15...Nf6 16.Qxd6 Rd7 17.Qxc5 a6 (17...Bf8 18.d6) 18.Na3 Bf8 19.Qa5 b6 20.Qa4 Bc5 21.Nf3 Ng4 22.Rf1 Nh4 23.Ke2 Rg7 24.Nxh4 Qxh4 25.Qe8+ Bf8 26.Bc3 Nxf2 {With the threat of Bg4+ winning the Queen,} 27.Qxe5 Bg4+ 28.Kd2 {From here on the win is forced, but some of the moves are not easy to find/} 28...Qg3! 29.Qd4 Nxd3 30.Qxd3 Qxg2+ 31.Ke1 (31.Kc1 Be2 {Wins.}) Be7 32.Bd4 Re8! 33.Rxf4 {There is nothing better} Bh4+ 34.Bf2 Bxf2+ {White resigned in view of:} (34...Bxf2+ 35.Rxf2 Rxe4+) 0-1

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