Andrew Hards vs Farshad Ai [Event "Ecclesall A vs Nomads A"] [Site ""] [Date "2016.10.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Andrew Hards"] [Black "Farshad Ai"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B12"] [Annotator ",ahards@hotmail.com"] [PlyCount "80"] [TimeControl "120"] {Second match of the season, and an uncomfortably high board for me versus an opponent I’ve never beaten, Farshad Ai.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. f4 Nbc6 9. Nxf5 Nxf5 10. Bg4 Qh4+ { It was around about here I started to panic…} 11. Kd2 (11. g3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qxh1+ 13. Kd2) (11. Kf1 Ng3+ 12. hxg3 Qxh1+ 13. Kf2) 11... Qf2+ 12. Kd3 { One is supposed to centralise one’s king, after all. Might as well start early. } Qxg2 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nd2 d4 15. Qf3 Qxf3+ 16. Nxf3 dxc3 17. Kxc3 Bb4+ 18. Kb3 O-O-O 19. Rf1 Be7 20. Kc4 Rd7 21. Be3 Rhd8 22. Rac1 Kb8 23. Rc3 a6 24. Bb6 Re8 25. a3 h6 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. h4 Re6 28. Rd3 { A blunder but not spotted by Farshad (or me for that matter).} Rxd3 (28... Na5+ 29. Kc3 Rc6+ 30. Kd2 Nc4+ 31. Ke2 Rxd3 32. Kxd3 Nxb6) 29. Kxd3 f6 30. Nd4 { More or less equalising.} Nxd4 31. Bxd4 fxe5 32. Bxe5+ {The point – it’s a recapture with check and this will fizzle out now into a drawn ending.} Kc8 33. Bxg7 Bxg7 34. Rxg7 Re4 35. Rh7 Rxf4 36. Rxh6 Rf2 37. Kc3 f4 38. h5 Rh2 39. Rh8+ Kc7 40. Rf8 Rxh5 {With the offer of a draw.} 1/2-1/2 You must activate JavaScript to enhance chess game visualization. Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)
