Paul Cumbers vs Andrew Hards 4th July 2012, Sheffield Nomads Championship [Event "Nomads Championship 2012"] [Site "Sheffield"] [Date "2012.07.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Paul Cumbers"] [Black "Andrew Hards"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D45"] [Annotator "Hards,Andrew"] [PlyCount "56"] [TimeControl "120+2"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. e3 a6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. bxc4 b5 10. O-O b4 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. c5 a5 13. Qe2 Re8 14. a3 Bf8 15. axb4 axb4 16. Bd2 e5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Rxe5 19. Bxb4 {Fritz recommends Nd5 here…} Rh5 (19... Nd5 20. Bc3 Nxc3 21. Nxc3 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 Rxc5 $11) 20. f3 Nd5 21. Be1 Re5 ({ Here’s a sac line…} 21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Rxa4 {Fritz recommends going for the rook and bishop pair and scores the position virtually level.} 23. Rxa4 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Rxc5 25. Ra8 Rd5 26. Ba6 Bxa6 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. Ba5 {for example}) 22. Be4 Bxc5 23. Bg3 Bxe3+ ({I missed this…} 23... Ba6 24. Qa2 Bxe3+ 25. Kh1 Rh5 $19) 24. Kh1 Re8 25. Qc2 Bd4 26. Qxc6 Rxa4 27. Rxa4 Bd7 28. Qxd5 ({ Fritz recommends a queen sac…} 28. Qxd7 Qxd7 29. Rxd4) 28... Bxa4 1/2-1/2 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)