Neil Craig vs Robert Shaw July 9th, 2014, Nomads vs Rotherham, Summer League [Event "Summer League"] [Site "Home"] [Date "2014.07.09"] [Round "-"] [White "N Craig"] [Black "R Shaw"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Qe2 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nbd2 Re8 9. Ne4 Bb6 10. h3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 { Also considered Bxd4. The pawn capture blocks the daigonal for the bishop, but opens file for rook, and pins knight to queen. } 12. Qf3 Nf6 13. Bd2 Nxe4 { I wsa expecting dxN, which would allow me to advance my pawn, opening up a bishop attack on f2. I’d completely overlooked the bishop fork. } 14. Bxf7+ Kh8 15. Bxe8 Qxe8 16. dxe4 Bd7 17. Rae1 Bb5 { The f1 rook is trapped, so I will regain material parity. } 18. c3 Bxf1 19. Rxf1 Qg6 20. Re1 Kg8 { Anticipating Rf8 } 21. e5 Rf8 22. Qd5+ Qf7 23. e6 Qxf2+ { After some thought, I decided white couldn’t force promotion and still keep his original queen } 24. Kh2 c6 { Threatening Bc7, which would force the white king back to h1. A queen sacrifice on f1 can then force mate. } 25. e7+ cxd5 26. e8=Q Bc7+ 27. Kh1 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kf7 { Here, white resigned. He can only prevent Qf1, mate, by Re1, but that loses the d2 bishop, giving me a decisive material advantage. } * 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)