[Event "Hebden Bridge Summer Rapidplay: Group A"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.07.28"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Syrett, M."]
[Black "Shapland, D."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.29"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 {This is the Nimzowitsch Variation. I think it's
a good option to play against a Kings Gambit player. They probably don't have
to face it all that often and it gives them a taste of their own medicine.
Black allows White to get a passed d-pawn in exchange for swift and harmonious
development.} 4. Nf3 {I think the mainline here goes something along the lines
of...} (4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. d4 Ne7 7. dxc6 Nbxc6 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 {
... and Black is doing well here in my view.}) 4... exf4 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. d4 Bg4
{This is one of Black's key ideas. He's assumed the initiative here and will
try to hamper White's development as much as possible.} 7. c3 {I was pleased
to see this move. I don't think it puts Black under any pressure.
Understandably, Martin didn't fancy taking the gambit pawn as he was hoping to
gambit a pawn himself... However, in this position it was probably his best
option.} (7. Bxf4 Qf6 {7... Bd6 also looks reasonable.} 8. Qe2+ Nge7 9. Be5 Qg6
{Black has compensation for the pawn here on account of his more harmonious
set up. White will need to unravel if he's to take advantage of that extra
passed d-pawn.}) 7... Bd6 {Now Black can hold f4 comfortably so White has some
problems completing his development.} 8. Bc4 Nf6 9. O-O {Fritz reckons it's
worth White trying...} (9. Qe2+ {But even after...} Kf8 $5 {Black is doing ok.}
10. O-O Qd7 {With a slight edge for Black according to Fritz.}) 9... O-O 10.
Qc2 $6 {I was also pleased to see this move! In a rapidplay game I always like
to see a position that looks like it has plenty of tricks and traps in it and
now I have the opportunity to create some threats.} Rc8 {This seemed obvious
to me but the engine prefers a more obscure and circumspect approach...} (10...
h6 11. Na3 Re8 12. Bd2 a6 {with advantage to Black.}) 11. Bd3 $2 {Overlooking
one of the points of my last move.} Bxf3 12. gxf3 Nxd4 13. Qg2 {Typically,
despite his disappointment at falling for a cheapo, Martin finds the most
resourceful continuation. The game now spirals into total mayhem. Martin
really has to pursue this course as any 'normal' move will just land him with
a lost game.} Ne6 14. Bf5 {It's going to be hard for White to launch any kind
of attack on the Black king with his queen's side still undeveloped.} Bc5+ {
Aside from opening the d-file, I also wanted to prevent Martin from getting
his rook onto g1. I've failed to land wins against him in the last couple of
years mainly due to him finding awkward coutner play or launching berserker
attacks to get perpetual check. I was determined not to give him any counter
chances in this game.} 15. Kh1 Nh5 {I also considered playing...} (15... Nd5 {
This is better than the game continuation. Fritz gives...} 16. Rd1 {but now...}
Qh4 $1 17. Qg4 {White can't take on d5 because 17.Rxd5 Qe1+ is going to be
mate.} Qxg4 18. fxg4 Ne3) 16. Qg4 Nf6 {I should have had the courage to play
the move I'd originally planned in response to this queen advance...} (16... g6
$1 17. Bxe6 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Kg7 {and White is pretty much busted as the Black
development advantage is huge.}) 17. Qh3 Ng5 $6 {This is just plain dodgy!
Having said above I didn't want to give Martin counterplay I've done a pretty
good job of ignoring my own advice. The problem was that the complexities
after this move were too alluring for me to ignore!} 18. Qh4 {If White goes
for a repitition} (18. Qg2 Ne6 19. Qh3 {then I have a shot to redeem my last
move.}) 18... Nxf3 $1 {This is sound although I couldn't calculate it all at
the time and I thought for ages about this move.} 19. Qxf4 {A sensible
response. Grabbing the knight leads to trouble.} (19. Rxf3 Qd1+ 20. Kg2 Qe2+ {
I'd seen this far and though the position looked good enough. Would I have
found Black's next if I'd gotten this far. I'd like to think so!} 21. Rf2 f3+
$1 {The killer blow.} 22. Kh3 Bxf2 {and it will soon be over.}) 19... Nxh2 {by
now we were both glancing anxiously at our clocks. This game is far too
compicated to play accurately at a classical time limit, let alone at
rapidplay limits! I played this rather desperately thinking that if I was
going to lose a piece anyway I might as well strip the White king naked! In
fact this is ok but there was a way to hang on to my piece.} (19... Nh4 $1 {
and now not} 20. Qxh4 {As Black has} Qd5+ 21. Be4 Nxe4 {Is a picturesque
position where all of White's pieces are on the edge of the board whilst most
of Blacks are nicely centralised.}) 20. Qxh2 {Despite being a piece up White's
advantage is not so large and Black's game is much easier to play.} Re8 21. Bg5
Bd6 $2 {This turns out to be a mistake. Instead I needed to find} (21... Qd5+
22. Qg2 Ne4 23. Bxe4 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 {and Black might yet be able to hold
this ending if he can get those king's side pawns moving.} 25. Nd2 Re2) 22. Qh3
Rc5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 {Of course not 23...Qxf6?? 24.Bxh7+ is winning.} 24. Qxh7+
Kf8 {This looks crushing... and objectively it is, but it isn't as striaght
forward as meets the eye and with so little time left to calculate it isn't
surprising that Martin goes wrong.} 25. Qh6+ {This isn't bad but it was better
to complete development immediately with} (25. Nd2 Ke7 26. Qh4) 25... Ke7 {An
amazing move to make given the position. It turns out the king has to step
into the firing line to avoid getting decapitated.} 26. Re1+ $2 {Incredibly
after this the tables turn one last time. If only Martin had developed that
knight on move 25 he could have checked with the other rook!} Re5 27. Rxe5+
Bxe5 {And now the Black king is safe and the counter-counter attack is on. The
threat is Rh8!} 28. Qd2 $2 {A last error in an error strewn, zeintot blighted
encounter! It was more tenascious, but still losing to try...} (28. Nd2 Rh8 29.
Bh7 Qg8 30. Bxg8 Rxh6+ 31. Kg1 Rg6+ 32. Kf2 Rxg8) 28... Rh8+ 29. Kg1 Qb6+ 30.
Qf2 Rh1+ $1 {The killer blow!} 31. Kg2 Rh2+ {When Martin resigned I think I
had a handful of seconds left on my clock! Mayhem} 0-1

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.09.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bak, A."]
[Black "Eagleton, G."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.26"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Huddersfield"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 h6 11. Bh4 Nfd7 12. exd6 {For those who are interested
I think this is the first move of the game that doesn't feature in my database.
Previously played have been...} (12. Ncb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc5 14. exd6 Na6 15.
Be2 Nf6) (12. f5 dxe5 13. fxe6 exd4 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15. Bc4+ Ke8) 12... Qxd6 13.
Ne4 Qd5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Rd1 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Qa5+ 17. Rd2 Ba3 18. Qg3 g5 19. fxg5
Bc1 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21. Nc4 Bxd2+ 22. Kd1 Qd5 23. Nxd2 b5 24. Bd3 Nc5 25. g6 Rg8
26. Rf1 f5 27. Rf3 Bd7 28. Qf4 Rxg6 29. g4 h5 30. gxf5 exf5 31. Rg3 Rxg3 32.
Qxg3 a5 33. Qe3 Qh1+ 34. Bf1 Qd5 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Bf6 {With only seconds left
on their clocks the players agreed a draw here. It looks like White is about
to checkmate Black and if 36... Qf7 37.Qxc5 Qxf6 38.Qd5+ picks up Black's rook.
However, if Black had found 36... Ne6! then the game should stay level with 37.
c4 Qb7 38.Be5 and the game bowls on. White did misss a chance right at the end
of the time scramble. Had he played...} (36. Qg5+ $1 {then he can pick up the
Black rook after...} Kh7 37. Bg2 {winning. A really, really crazy game!})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Leonard, P."]
[Black "Morgan, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "156"]
[BlackElo "162"]
[Annotator "Leonard,Pete"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Courier 'A'"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 {So much for rehearsing the French, in the expectation of
playing Dave Patrick!} Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 e5 {He's the
first to leave my openings book; this probably needs ...Nbd7 first.} 7. Nf3 Bg4
$6 {John said afterwards that this was a mistake. My book talks of "Black
exchanging his problem bishop", but his pawn isn't on e5 in that line.} 8. dxe5
Bxf3 {Forced, if he doesn't want to lose a pawn.} 9. gxf3 {I did wonder about}
(9. exf6 Bxg2 10. Rg1 {but it looks hard to hold on to the pawn on f6, and
maybe also to castle. Fritz 14 gives} Bh3 (10... Bf3 11. Rg3 Bh5 12. Ne2 Bxe2
13. Bxe2 Nd7 14. O-O-O $16) 11. Ne2 Nd7 12. Rg3 Be6 13. Nd4 Rc8 14. a4 $14)
9... dxe5 10. Nxb5 $1 {I thought for a good while about this, which was
begging to be played. Should I castle or play Bg5 first? Of course, either
gives him the possibility of defending b5, plus I didn't want to commit my QB,
which might be better on c5. In the end I thought "Just go for it." A pleasure
for once to find that I was right and that this is also Fritz's preferred move.
} cxb5 {If he didn't do this, I was happy simply to withdraw the knight to c3,
having gained a pawn.} 11. Bxb5+ Nfd7 $2 {I think this is "game over", I was
certain he'd play} (11... Nbd7 {when I was leaning towards} 12. O-O-O {Fritz
only counts this as equal, giving either} Rb8 {or} (12... Be7 13. Bh6 Rb8 14.
a4 (14. Ba4 $2 Rb4 15. Bc6 Rd4) 14... Rb7 $11) 13. a4 Be7 14. Bh6 Rb7 15. Qc3
Qb8 $14 {In either case, Black's king is stuck in the centre but White still
has to break through.}) 12. Qd5 {Again I havered; should I castle and avoid
his checks? This seemed too good to miss. This time, Fritz disagrees,
preferring} (12. O-O-O {followed by Qd5; e.g.} Be7 13. Qd5 a6 14. Ba4 O-O 15.
Qxa8 Qc7 16. Qa7 $18 {The exchange and two pawns ahead should be enough.})
12... Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Bb4 {I'd expected something like} (13... Qc7 {and here I
should probably have been unable to resist} 14. Qxa8 {Fritz again prefers} (14.
O-O-O Bd6 15. Ba5 Qc5 16. Bxd7+ Ke7 17. Qxa8 Qxa5 18. Rxd6 Kxd6 19. Qb7 Qxa2 (
19... Nxd7 20. Rd1+ Ke7 (20... Ke6 21. Qc6+ Ke7 22. Rxd7+ Kf8 23. Qf6 Qe1+ 24.
Rd1 {and Black loses either queen or rook.}) 21. Rxd7+ Kf6 22. Rxf7+ Kg5 23.
Qe7+ Kh5 24. b3 {followed by Qf6, when the rook can't leave h8. Needless to
say, this is Fritz's analysis, not mine!})) 14... Bd6 {I wonder whether I
would have noticed that} 15. Bxd7+ {"encourages"} Kxd7 {as} (15... Qxd7 16.
O-O-O O-O 17. Bb4 {is even better for White:} Nc6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Qxf8+ Qxf8
20. Bxf8 Kxf8 $18) 16. Qd5 Ke7 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. Bg5+ Ke8 (18... f6 19. Bxf6+
Kxf6 20. Qxd6+ $18) 19. Rd2 $18) 14. Qxe5+ {Here I was spoiled for choice and
concerned to KISS so as not to throw the win away. I'm again glad to see that
Fritz agrees with me! Replaying the game, OTB, I thought, why not} (14. c3 O-O
15. cxb4 {which leaves me two pawns up and with bishops versus knights. After}
Qb6 {I could take the rook, but it leaves my king rather exposed.} 16. Qxa8
Qxb5 17. Qxa7 {After the game, John said he'd've resigned straight away if I'd
simply taken on d7; I don't know whether this was when he was referring to:}) (
14. Bxd7+ {but it's actually only Fritz's third choice:} Kf8 15. Qxa5 Bxa5 16.
Bxa5 Nxd7 17. O-O-O $18 {I decided pretty swiftly not to go for}) (14. Qxa8 $2
Bxd2+ 15. Ke2 Qxb5+ 16. Kxd2 Qb6 {which leaves Black in the better position; e,
g.} 17. Rae1 O-O 18. Qd5 Qxb2 19. Rb1 Qa3 20. Qd3 Qxa2 $19) 14... Kd8 15. Qxh8+
Ke7 16. c3 {Even better was} (16. Bxd7 {(perhaps this is when John was
thinking about resigning)} Bxd2+ 17. Ke2 {and now he can't take my bishop with
either the knight or the king, or he loses his rook or bishop in return. He
could try} Qa6+ 18. Kxd2 Qd6+ 19. Kc1 Qxd7 20. Rd1 Qe8 21. Qxh7 $18) 16... Bxc3
{Tempting to get a pawn back, but} (16... Qxb5 17. cxb4 {left him with a few
more possibilities against my king. I'm still winning, though.}) 17. Bxc3 Qxb5
18. O-O-O {Finally I do the natural thing and castle, only to find that Fritz
now prefers} (18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Qc8 {and how does Black prevent 20.Rxd7+ and 21.
Qxa8?}) 18... a5 {Trying to get his rook out, but he should have played 18...
Qc6 to prevent 19.Be6+.} 19. Rd5 {In my defence, I did notice that} (19. Bf6+
$1 Nxf6 {is mate in two, but I didn't analyse} (19... Ke6 {sufficiently. The
answer is} 20. Bd8 $1 {when how is Black to stop Qe8#? Not by} Qc5+ 21. Kb1 Qf8
{when, I am proud to say that I (analysing OTB) noticed} 22. Rd6+ $3 Kxd6 (
22... Qxd6 23. Qe8+ {and mates on e7.}) 23. Qd4+ {and mates on d5; isn't that
pretty?})) 19... Qa4 20. Rhd1 {20.Bf6+ was still possible.} Ra6 21. Re5+ Nxe5 {
Better was} (21... Re6 {when I was intending} 22. Rxe6+ {and didn't see} (22.
Bxa5 Qc4+ 23. Kb1 Nc6 24. Red5 Nf8 25. Bd8+ Ke8 26. Bg5 {which Fritz gives as
mate in 13; far too complicated for me!}) 22... fxe6 23. Qxh7+ $18) 22. Qxe5+
Re6 23. Qxb8 {A final mistake: I missed mate in three but he resigned anyway.}
(23. Qc5+ Ke8 24. Qc8+ Ke7 25. Qd8# {Awfully early in the season if this is to
be my best game!}) 1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "King's Indian Defence"]
[Date "2014.10.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sykes, N."]
[Black "Clegg, R."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Annotator "Sykes,Nick"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Courier 'A'"]

1. c4 {Robert said after this move. "Shame I was hoping for a French". I bet
he was! There was no chance I was going to play 1.e4 against Robert, he knows
he French Defence FAR too well. This has been shown with his games in the
Closed Tarrasch against Dave Shapland and an impressive win in the Winawer
against formed HB player Dave Wedge} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 {This move order
prevent Black playing the Grunfeld} d6 4. d4 Bg7 {Much better!! A King's
Indian, I felt like I was at least on an equal footing with respect to opening
knowledge having lots of experience playing this with White and also playing
this opening with Black} 5. Nf3 ({I flirted with the Saemisch} 5. f3 {for a
season, but I have more experience with the move played}) 5... O-O 6. Be2 e5 7.
O-O (7. d5 {is the popular Petrosian Variation, this is line I face most often
playing Black}) 7... Nc6 (7... Na6 {is a trendy line but Robert likes the big
main lines}) 8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 {The Bayonet Attack, I have polayed this many
times with White and feel pretty comforable in these sort of positions} (9. Ne1
Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 {is what most King's Indian players are
aiming for with a King hunt!}) (9. Nd2 {is the other main choice} a5 10. a3 Bd7
11. b3 c6 {is one line}) 9... a5 {This is not the most popular but is still a
big main line, the most popular move is} (9... Nh5 {when the big main line run
as follows} 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 c6 13. Be3 h6 14. Ne6 Bxe6 15. dxe6
fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Bc2) 10. bxa5 (10. Ba3 axb4
11. Bxb4 Nd7 12. a4 {is main line and similar to the game}) 10... Rxa5 11. a4
Nd7 12. Nd2 $5 {I figured that Black was going to play ...f5 so I wanted to
bolster e4 by playing f3, also after Nb3 attacking the rook,, also the knight
on b3 supports the c5 push which is thematic in this line of KID} (12. Ba3 {is
the main line}) 12... b6 {preventing c5} 13. Nb3 Ra8 14. Be3 f5 15. f3 f4 16.
Bf2 g5 {Black is playing in typical KID fashion as in the 9.Ne1 lines, but I
fear White's queenside play is faster} 17. a5 $1 {this move simply is aimied
to force c5} bxa5 18. c5 Rf7 $6 {The whole Rf7/Bf8 idea that Black plays in
the KID is way too slow here in my opinion, although HIARCS already assesses
the position is very difficult for Black} 19. Rxa5 Rxa5 20. Nxa5 Bf8 $2 {
Thematic but far too slow! This is more apt when the position is closed but it
is about to open up!} ({Robert obviously didn't fancy} 20... Nxc5 21. Bxc5 dxc5
22. Qb3 {which is probabaly Black's best, although White is still much better})
21. cxd6 cxd6 22. Nc6 $1 {It's this move Robert said he underestmated, but
Black is really struggling anyway. As far as I can see Black is going to lose
a pawn in a much worse position} Qe8 {Instead after...} (22... Nxc6 {this
loses the exchange and probabaly the game} 23. dxc6 Nf6 24. Bc4) 23. Nb5 {
Black needs to be careful as his Queen is running out of squares and must
prevent Nc7} Nxc6 24. dxc6 {the c-pawn is now a monster!} Nb8 (24... Nf6 25.
Nxd6 Qxc6 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 {leaves White up an exchange but may have made White
work a bit harder}) 25. Nxd6 Bxd6 26. Qxd6 Ba6 (26... Nxc6 27. Bc4) 27. Bxa6 (
27. Rb1 $1 {is even stronger} Nxc6 ({obviously} 27... Bxe2 28. Rxb8 {wins the
Queen!}) 28. Bxa6 {wins a piece}) 27... Nxa6 28. Rc1 Nc7 29. Bb6 Qe7 30. Rd1 ({
also winning is} 30. Qd7 Qf8 (30... Na8 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Bd8 Re8 33. c7 Nxc7
34. Bxc7) 31. Bxc7 Rxd7 32. cxd7) 30... Qxd6 31. Rxd6 Na8 ({no better is} 31...
Na6 32. Rd5 h6 33. Rxe5) 32. Rd8+ Rf8 33. Ba5 {Robert had finally had enough!}
1-0

[Event "Calderdale League 1"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.11.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Velosa, C."]
[Black "Leatherbarrow, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[Annotator "Velosa,Carlos"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Halifax 'A'"]
[BlackTeam "Hebden Bridge 'A'"]

1. f4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. c3 {Controlling b4 and d4 squares}
g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Na3 {Stopping the queen moving to b6 or alternatively
allowing support for d4 after Nc2} O-O 8. Re1 {supporting a possible e4 move}
Rb8 9. Nc2 {I went with the d4 idea in order to gain control of the centre} Bd7
10. d4 cxd4 $17 11. cxd4 d5 {preventing e4} 12. Ne5 Qc7 (12... Be6 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. b3 $17) 13. Ne3 $15 e6 14. b3 $11 {opening c1-a3 file for the bishop}
b5 {preventing Ba3} 15. Bb2 {further defending the d pawn as i was
antecipating Qb6} Qb6 16. Bh3 {I was expecting the black knight on f6 to
eventually move to d6, so i prepared a knight sac on d5, with a pawn gain} Nxe5
$15 17. fxe5 {kicking the black knight so that i could then sac my knight} Ne8
(17... Ne4 $5 {was a much better move} 18. Qd3 (18. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} exd5
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 19. Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]}) 18... Bc6 $15) 18. Nxd5 {and my
plan was now in motion} exd5 19. Bxd7 Bxe5 {I must confess, i did not see this
coming but looking back, it is the most obvious move to make} 20. Bxb5 {i
thought i would continue gaining pieces} Bxg3 {but so did Andy!!} (20... Qxb5
21. dxe5) 21. hxg3 $16 Qd6 {this move looked odd at first but i then spotted
the attempt at forcing a draw} 22. Qd3 Rxb5 23. a4 {preparing the bishop on a3
and gaining a rook for a bishop} (23. Ba3 $1 Qxa3 24. Qxb5 $16) 23... Rb7 $14
24. Ba3 Qe6 (24... Qb8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Kg2 $14) 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rac1 Nd6 {
the knight should have gone to f6 to prevent the pin} 27. Rc6 Qd7 28. Rec1 Ne4
29. Qe3 (29. Qf3 {Apparently this was a better move but i was looking at Qh6+}
Qf5 30. Qxf5 gxf5 $18) 29... Kg7 $16 30. Kg2 Qg4 (30... Qf5 31. Rf1 Qd7 $16)
31. Rh1 $4 {not the best move because now the game was leveled. I was still
looking at Qh6+} (31. Qf3 Qd7 32. a5 $18) 31... Rxb3 $4 {This move lost the
game for Andy} (31... h5 {h5 would remove all threats and level the game} 32.
Re1 h4 $11) 32. Qh6+ (32. Qxb3 $4 {and the game would have been lost for white
(mate in 3)} Qxe2+ 33. Kh3 Ng5+ 34. Kh4 Qh5#) 32... Kg8 33. Qxh7+ Kf8 34. Qh8+
Ke7 35. Qe5+ {and Andy resigned} (35. Qe5+ Qe6 36. Rc7+ Kd8 37. Rh8+ Qe8 38.
Rxe8#) (35. Rc7+ Qd7 36. Qe5+ Kd8 37. Rh8+ Qe8 38. Rxe8#) 1-0

[Event "London Chess Classic (FIDE Open)"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2014.12.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Webb, Matthew"]
[Black "Guramishvili, Sopiko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2141"]
[BlackElo "2388"]
[Annotator "Shapland,David"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Bd3 e6 11. Rhe1 Qb6 12. Nd5 exd5 13. Nc6 $1 {Much as
I'm sure Matty would love to take credit for this amazing move this is very
much still opening book in a variation that is one of the most heavily
analysed in chess history. Never the less it's still a very beautiful and
remarkable concept.} dxe4 {It turns out that taking the second piece isn't a
good idea due to that half-open e-file.} (13... Bxc6 {White gets a huge attack
after...} 14. exd5+ Be7 15. dxc6 Nc5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bf5 {and despite being
a piece up, Black's position is a smoldering ruin.}) 14. Bxe4 {White is
threateningto play a move such as 15.Bd5+ Be7 16.Rxe7+ Kf8 17.Rxf8+ and it's
all over. So, Black has to give her king a bolt hole.} Nc5 15. Bxf6 {Removing
a key defender and doing further damage to Black's structure.} gxf6 16. Qh3 {
Seeing that Black's plan is to bung up the e-file with Ne6, White hurries to
take counter measures. In this kind of position the initiative is everything.}
Ne6 17. Bg6 $1 {Very pretty! The h-pawn is pinned (that's one reason why White
played Qh3 last move) and so is the f-pawn. Moreover, White is threatening to
play Qxe6+! so Black has to run with her king.} Kd7 18. Bxf7 Kxc6 {Black's
position is so awful that she really has to try and maintain her extra piece,
as it's the only way she has any chance of holding on. It's very interesting
to note that my engine assesses this position as equal when any hman can see
that Black is in the most perilous of situations.} 19. Qxe6 h5 {Black barely
has a decent move in this position. However, this certainly isn't good. She
might have had a better chance by going in for...} (19... Qd8 20. Qe3 Kc7 21.
Qc3+ Kb6 22. Qe3+ {and is there really nothing better for White to do than
take a perpetual check?}) 20. Be8+ {This is the move that Black needed to
prevent.} Kc7 21. Qxf6 Qf2 {Desperately seeking counterplay by sacrificing
back the material she's accumulated.} 22. Qxh8 Qxf4+ 23. Kb1 Bxg2 {The dust
has pretty much settled and as it does so we can clearly see that Black is
totally lost. She's an exchange down but, more importantly, her king is
dreadfully exposed and all White's heavy pieces are ready to take advantage of
this. The rest is a mopping up exercise for Matty.} 24. Qxh5 Bf3 25. Qh7+ Kb6
26. Rd3 Ra7 27. Qh3 Be4 28. Rc3 Rh7 29. Qc8 Bb7 30. Qb8 Qh4 31. Rf1 Qe7 32. a4
Bg7 33. b4 bxa4 34. Rc6+ {It's mate in 6 so Black resigned. A total demolition
job by Matty!} 1-0

