Robert Shaw vs Owen Thompson [Event "Nomads D v University B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.03.04"] [Round "?"] [White "R Shaw"] [Black "Owen Thompson"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "69"] [PlyCount "107"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 {Preventing Bg4} Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 Bd7 8. Bd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Qxd4 Bf6 12. Qd3 c5 13. Qg3 {Aiming for the d6 pawn. Be7 allows Bh6, losing the rook. Qc7 allows Ne4. Qe7 allows Bh6 and Rae1.} Bh4 14. Qxd6 b6 15. Re1 Bf5 16. Qxd8 {swapped queens off to simplify} Raxd8 17. Re2 {Defends c2, but main aim was to double rooks on e file} Rfe8 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bf4 Bxc2 20. d6 g5 21. Be3 {Intending to trap the bishop with g3} f5 22. g3 f4 23. gxf4 {Bxf4 gains a pawn, but leaves me with doubled h pawns. gxh4 loses a pawnand also doubles the h pawns} h6 24. Rc1 {Forcing bishop away} Bf5 25. Kh2 g4 26. hxg4 Bxg4 27. Nb5 {Overlooked the pin Rg1. 27 … h5 is forced, but then 28 d7 wins material. Black’s next move is either 28 … R d8 29 f3 and I gain bishop for pawn, or 28 … Rxe3 29 fxe3 and I win rook for bishop.} a6 28. Nc7 Rd8 29. Nxa6 Rxd6 30. Rc4 {A blunder. I was planning f5, gaining one of thebishops, but this move loses material} b5 31. Rxc5 Rxa6 32. Rxb5 Rxa2 33. Rb4 {Sticking with the earlier plan, since Black didn’t seem to have noticed my aim.} Kf7 34. f5 h5 35. f3 Be7 {Attacks my rook but allows me to pin his bishop. following by Bg5. However, I don’t see any move that could have saved both bishops/} 36. Rb7 Bxf5 37. Bg5 Bd7 { Loses the bishop. Computer analysis suggests Rxb2, losing a rook for a bishop The resulting endgame would be R+P v B+B+P. a probabledraw} 38. Rxd7 Ke6 39. Rxe7+ Kf5 40. Bh4 Rxb2+ 41. Kg3 Rb3 42. Re8 Rb5 43. Rg8 Ke6 44. Rg6+ { I did this rather than Rg6 to push the king away so that when I swapped rooks off I’d be able to pick up the h5 pawnimmediately} Kf7 45. Rg5 Rxg5+ 46. Bxg5 Kg6 47. Kh4 Kf5 48. Kxh5 {Plain sailing from here} Ke5 49. f4+ Ke6 50. Kg6 Kd6 51. f5 Kd7 52. f6 Ke8 53. f7+ Kf8 54. Bh6+ 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)