Nigel Redmond vs Steve Withington [Site "The Latvian Club, Bradford"] [Event "Bradford B vs Sheffield D"] [Date "2017.02.04"] [White "Nigel Redmond"] [Black "Steve Withington"] [Result "0-1"] 1. d4 e5 2. e3 exd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Nd2 Bd6 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. c3 Bg4 8. O-O Ne7 9. Re1 c6 10. Qc2 Bh5 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. f4 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. Nf1 O-O-O 15. Bg5 f6 16. exf6 gxf6 17. Bh4 {My plan was to castle queenside and hopefully get a good attack going on the kingside. But my king now has few squares and there are dangerous pins and threats to my queen from two good bishops} Rde8 18. Bg3 Qd8 19. Qa4 Qb6 20. Qa3 c5 21. Rac1 c4 22. Bc2 Nc6 23. Bf5 {Now things were getting really complicated} Ne5 24. b3 Bg4 25. Bxg4 Nxg4 26. Kh1 h5 27. h3 h4 28. Bh2 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Ne4 30. bxc4 dxc4 31. Ne3 Rhg8 32. Nxc4 Qe6 {Oh dear, I’m in trouble now. Still, I have threats and my opponent must play accurately} 33. Nd6+ Kd8 34. Nxb7+ Kc8 35. Nd6+ Kd8 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Qxa7 Ke7 39. Qb7 Re2 40. Qd5 Rg5 41. Bd6+ Ke8 42. Qa8+ {White makes his 42nd move with a minute to spare and hope is fading} Kf7 43. Rb1 Kg6 44. Qg8+ Kf5 45. Rf1+ Ke4 46. Qe6+ Ne5 {I can’t be checked now} 47. dxe5 {Bxe5 would have been better, a costly mistake made under pressure} Rgxg2+ 48. Kh1 Rh2+ 49. Kg1 Reg2# {Just call me Houdini} 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)
