Robert Shaw vs P Davies [Event "Clay Cross B v Nomads D"] [Site "?"] [Date "2009.02.24"] [Round "?"] [White "R Shaw"] [Black "P Davies"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C00"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2009.??.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. Bd3 {Preparing to castle} Bg7 5. e5 {Dnying bishop long diagonal} d5 6. O-O Nd7 7. Bf4 f5 8. Ng5 Nf8 {The threat was Nxe6, forking queen and bishop, but this leaves knight badly placed. I was expeing Qe7} 9. c4 Bh6 10. Qd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. dxc5 Bb7 14. Qxd8+ { I had miscalculated the followingexhange} Rxd8 15. Bxe6 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 Nxe6 17. Bxd8 Nxd8 {Leaves me with rook and 2 passed pawns against a knight and a biishop, a slight advantage} 18. Nc3 a6 19. Rfe1 Ne6 20. b4 Ne7 21. Rad1 Bc6 22. Rd6 {The plan here was to double rooks on the d file, force a swap, then collect pawns.} Nf4 23. g3 Nh3+ 24. Kf1 O-O 25. Rf6 {This was probably an error. The plan ws to swap rooks as before or, if that was refused, 26 e6 to be followed by Rf7 and gain of a knight. I’d overlooked Be8} Rd8 26. e6 Bf3 { Be8 would have been better, threatening Kg7. The rook can be extricated, but the resulting position is weaker.} 27. Re3 Be4 28. Nxe4 Rd4 {Unforced error, but 28 fxe4 allows me tdouble rooks on the f file. I think I had a slight advantage here.} 29. Nd6 Rxd6 {Another unforced error} 30. cxd6 Nd5 {I hadn’t noticed this knight fork, but it proved irrelevant} 31. Re2 Nxf6 32. d7 Kf8 33. d8=Q+ {Computer says mate in 9 from here} Ne8 34. e7+ {Rd2 would have been quicker, followed by Rd7, and mate by move 38.} Kf7 35. Qd5+ {From here on, black was apparently playing for stalemate} Kf6 36. Kg2 Ng5 37. h4 Ne4 38. Rxe4 {Uneven exchange, but I can afford to lose material, and it simplifies the postion.} fxe4 39. Qxe4 a5 40. bxa5 b4 41. f4 b3 42. axb3 h5 43. Kf3 g5 44. fxg5+ {Not hxg5+ since I wanted to be able to bring my king in.} Kg7 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. g6 Nf6 {Black’s only alternative are Nd6 and Nc7, . Either way, I promote, knight captures, queen capures, and mate follows 2 moves later.} 47. e8=Q+ {Qxf6 would have been stalemate} Kg7 48. Qf7+ {If Kh8, Qxf6 and mate. If Kh6, Qg5 and mate.} 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)