G Frost v S Housley [Event "Davy"] [Site "?"] [Date "2015.11.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Geoff Frost"] [Black "Steve Housley"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "73"] {My first ever game in the Sheffield League Division 1 was November 1965. This is my 50th anniversary. I wanted to put on a good show but am quite rusty.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 {We have been here before in 50 years } Na6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 Nc7 9. O-O a6 {This slightly unusual system does very little in the centre and White has decisions to make about when to try to blast things opn. Meanwhile Black routinely plays for b5, something that White cannot stop, but it takes time} 10. e5 Nfe8 11. Be3 Rb8 12. a4 Bd7 13. Qd2 {Defends b2, c3 and allows the Rooks to be connected} b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b3 b4 16. Ne4 Bg4 17. Ra7 f5 18. Nf2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 dxe5 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Bxc5 Bc3 {Blaqck has his Bishop on the favoured diagonal, but the g1-a7 diagonal is stronger and Black does not habe the c5 pawn to guard Bd4} 22. Qe3 Nd6 23. Nd3 f4 24. Nxf4 Nf5 25. Qe4 {This is a critical position. If Black retreats to d6, white must either take or retreat the Q and if black repeats, play Qc1} Rf7 26. Ne6 Nxe6 27. dxe6 Rg7 28. Rd1 Qc8 29. Bf2 h6 {White is effectively 2 rooks up} 30. c5 h5 31. Qd5 Rh7 32. c6 Nd6 33. c7 Rb5 34. Qxb5 Qxc7 (34... Nxb5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rxc8 Nxa7 37. Bxa7) 35. Rxc7 Nxb5 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Rxe7+ {black resigns} 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)