Andrew Hards vs Yang Guo [Event "SASCA A vs Nomads A"] [Site "Hewlett-Packard"] [Date "2017.01.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Andrew Hards"] [Black "Yang Guo"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B08"] [Annotator ",ahards@hotmail.com"] [PlyCount "58"] {I was expecting to play Jon Arnott – but Yang is a strong player as well and in our only previous meeting ground me quickly into submission in the middlegame.} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Qd2 Ng4 7. Be2 Nxe3 8. Qxe3 Nd7 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 Qa5 11. cxd6 exd6 12. Rxd6 Nb6 13. h4 Be6 14. e5 {Cutting off the black squared bishop. I felt OK at this point, two pawns to the good, h5 coming and no immediate threats against my king. would have been better if I had played f4 in the opening (as I usually do against 1. … g6 but have neglected to do the last two times I’ve faced it!)} Nd7 15. Bb5 {It looks spectacular (and I hadn’t seen the sac on e5), but a quiet move was called for.} (15. Rhd1 Nxe5 16. R1d5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb4 18. Nxe5) 15... Nxe5 16. Nxe5 a6 17. Nc4 Qc7 18. Ne4 $2 {A blunder. Giving up the exchange was the better option by far – I missed Nb6 when I was looking at it which would have kept my pieces co-ordinated. This just exposes my queenside to a bishop blitz.} (18. Rxe6 axb5 19. Nb6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21. Nxa8 Rxa8) 18... axb5 19. Nb6 Rxa2 20. Rdd1 Ra1+ 21. Kd2 Rd8+ 22. Ke2 Qxc2+ 23. Nd2 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bd4 25. Qe4 Qxe4+ 26. Nxe4 Bxb6 27. Nd6 Kf8 28. f3 Ke7 29. Nxb5 Bc4+ { Just to rub it in 🙂} 0-1 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)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)