Bryan Wood vs Robert Shaw [Event "Nomads vs Stannington"] [Site "Home"] [Date "2016.02.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Bryan Wood"] [Black "Robert Shaw"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 {Declining the gambit. Bc5 would be more common} 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Bg4 5. O-O Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nd4 {Planning Nc2 to gain the rook. The knight will likely be indefensible, but writing it off still leaves me with a material advantage} 7. Qf2 Nxc2 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. fxe5+ Nf6 {King to e-file would be instant mate from Qf7. Kg6 would leave my king exposed.} 10. exf6 gxf6 11. d4 Nxa1 12. Bg5 Bg7 13. Nc3 Rf8 14. e5 Kg8 {The same position as if I’d castled, but with loss of tempo.} 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Bxf6 Qe8 17. Nd5 Rf7 18. Qg3+ Kf8 19. Bg7+ Kg8 20. Nf6+ Rxf6 {The only legal move. Since my knight can’t be saved, this effectively leaves mean down on material.} 21. Bxf6+ Qg6 22. Qxg6+ hxg6 23. Rxa1 c6 {Getting my pawns onto white squares in the hope of negating the bishop advantage} 24. Re1 Kf7 25. Bg5 Re8 26. Rxe8 Kxe8 27. h4 d5 28. g4 Kf7 29. h5 Kg7 30. h6+ Kh7 31. Bd2 a6 32. g5 b5 33. b4 Kg8 34. Kf2 Kh7 35. Kf3 Kg8 36. Kf4 Kf7 37. Ke5 {Here, I resigned. I can stop the h pawn promoting, or keep the white king out of my pawns, but I can’t do both, so defeat is inevitable.} 1-0 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)