Jamie Hillman (Nomads A) -v- Xi Yang Guo (SASCA A) [Date "2016.29.03"] [Result "1-0"] 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c4 d6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Nf3 O-O 6.Be2 e5 {O-O is the most common move here but I was hopeful that, following taking on e5, my developed pieces would give me a slight edge} 7.dxe5 dxe5 8.Bg5 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 c6 10.Rd6 Ne8 11.Rd8 {pulling my rook back to d2 would probably have been better} Nc7 12.O-O Bg4 13.Rfd1 Ne6 14.Rxf8 Kxf8 15.Be3 Bxf3 16.Bxf3 {Black of the view that knights are going to be more useful than bishops in this closed position} h5 17.b4 Ke7 18.b5 {looking to open up the queenside but in hindsight probably not the best plan as it gives his rook more possibilities} Nd7 19.Rb1 (19. bxc6 bxc6 20.Nd5+ {would have been interesting here}) Ndc5 20.Bxc5 Nxc5 21.Rd1 a6 22.bxc6 bxc6 23.Kf1 {black has more space now and I am regretting opening up the B file} Rb8 24.Rb1 Rd8 25.Rb6 Kd7 26.Be2 Kc7 27.Rb2 Bh6 28.Ke1 Bc1 29.Rc2 Ba3 30.f3 Bb4 31.Kf2 Bxc3 32.Rxc3 Rd2 33.Ra3 Kb6 34.Ke3 Rb2 35.g3 a5 36.f4 {I was very short of time and getting desperate at this point} f6 37.f5 gxf5 38.exf5 a4 39.Bxh5 Rxh2 40.Be2 Ka5 41.Rc3 Kb4 42.Rc2 Rh3 43.Kf3 Rh1 44.Rd2 Ra1 45.g4 Kc3 46.Rd6 Rxa2 47.Rxc6 Nb3 48.Rxf6 Nd4 49.Ke4 Rxe2 50.Kd5 a3 51.Ra6 a2 52.f6 Rf2 (52...Nc2 {would have been better but we were both extremely short of time at this point, particularly me with about 2.5 minutes remaining}) 53.Kxe5 Kb2 54.g5 a1=Q (54...Nc6+ {would have won it but queening the pawn made it difficult for black to win}) 55.Rxa1 Kxa1 (55...Nf3+ 56. Kd6 {would have been interesting}) 56.Kxd4 {I am now winning but both of us were still very short of time} Rf5 57.Ke4 Rxg5 58.f7 Rg4 59.Kf3 Rg1 60.Kf2 Rc1 61.f8=Q Rxc4 62.Qa3+ 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)