Stuart Crossthwaite vs Kevin Marshall [Event "Nomads C v Nomads B"] [Site "?"] [Date "2008.10.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Stuart Crosthwaite"] [Black "Kevin Marshall"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C44"] [WhiteElo "110"] [BlackElo "133"] [PlyCount "130"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. dxe5 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bc4 f6 8. Be3 {Still in Fritz 8’s book.} Bd6 {This isn’t in the book but then neither is anything else.} 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. O-O-O Ke7 12. Nxd6 cxd6 { Apparently Stuart’s plan was to target this pawn but Kev looks after it carefully.} 13. Rd2 Be6 14. Bxe6 Kxe6 15. Rhd1 Rhd8 16. h4 h5 17. a3 Na5 18. b3 b6 19. f4 Rac8 20. Kb2 g6 21. Rd5 Nb7 22. b4 $2 {Stuart had had the initiative till this point and maybe relaxed. (As is often the case when you play Kev!)} Rc4 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Bh6 Rxe4 25. R5d3 Rd7 26. Rg3 Rg4 $1 {Doubling pawns like this looks messy but the black squared bishop can’t get at them.} 27. Rxg4 hxg4 28. Rf1 Rf7 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. c4 Ke6 31. Kc3 d5 32. cxd5+ Kxd5 33. Kd3 Nd6 34. Bg5 b5 35. Be3 a6 36. g3 Nc4 $2 {This is OK but Ne4 was much better.} ( 36... Ne4) 37. Bc1 e4+ 38. Kc3 e3 $2 39. Kd3 Ke5 40. Bxe3 Nxa3 41. Bd4+ Kd5 42. Bc5 (42. Bf6) 42... Nc4 43. Bf8 Nb2+ 44. Ke3 Nd1+ 45. Kd3 Nf2+ 46. Ke3 Nd1+ 47. Kd3 (47. Kf4 {Exploiting the weakness of the pawns.}) 47... Nf2+ 48. Ke3 Nh3 49. Be7 Ke5 50. Bd8 Ng1 51. Bc7+ Kf5 52. Bd8 Nf3 53. Be7 Ne5 54. Bd8 $2 { Very short of time.} Nc6 55. Ba5 Nxa5 56. bxa5 Ke5 57. Kd3 Kd5 58. Kc3 Ke4 59. Kb4 Kf3 60. Kc5 Kxg3 61. Kb6 b4 62. Kxa6 b3 63. Kb7 b2 64. a6 b1=Q+ 65. Kc8 Qb6 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)Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)