Szilard Tamas vs Andrew Hards [Event "Nomads A vs Phoenix A"] [Site "Sheffield"] [Date "2014.11.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Szilard Tamas"] [Black "Andrew Hards"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [Annotator "Hards,Andrew"] [PlyCount "56"] {Our first match against my personal bogey team, Phoenix, and a chance for revenge after Szilard beat Arjun the night before in the C Team match.} 1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 d4 4. Bc4 e6 5. O-O b5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. d3 h6 8. c3 c5 9. Qb3 a6 {Eight of my first nine moves have been pawn moves.} 10. a4 bxa4 { OK, nine of my first ten…} 11. Qxa4+ Bd7 12. Qd1 Bc6 {Well if I’m going to move pieces, I should do it one square at a time as if they were pawns…} 13. c4 {Very happy to see this – it makes my d-pawn less of a target and leaves the d3 pawn vulnerable, potentially.} Ng6 14. Re1 Nd7 15. Nbd2 Ngxe5 16. b3 Ng6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bd2 {White’s position is very cramped – whilst I seem to have all the space and all the play.} O-O 19. Qc2 { Here I spotted a tactic. Just a matter of whether my opponent will allow it… } Nde5 20. Ba5 Qd7 21. Bb6 {Answer – yes.} Bxe4 22. dxe4 d3 23. Qc3 dxe2 24. Nxe5 Nxe5 25. Qxe5 Bf6 26. Qc7 Qxc7 27. Bxc7 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Rad8 $1 {Szilard res igned but… things aren’t as completely lost as I thought, albeit I still have a large advantage.} (28... Rfd8 29. Re1 Rd1 30. Ba5 Rb8 31. f3 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Rxb3 33. Kf2 Rb2) 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)