[Event "Nomads D v Ecclesall"]
[Site "Home"]
[Date "2012.10.03"]
[Round "-"]
[White "Robert SHaw"]
[Black "Rod Tranter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5
{
French Defence, Advance variation
}
3... c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. O-O cxd4 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8. Nxd4 Ne7 9. Bg5
{
Intending to simplify position through multiple exchanges
}
9... Qb6 10. b3 Ng6 11. Nxc6 Qxc6 12. Re1 Be7 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qg4
{
Positions queen for expected kingside castling. If black castled queenside instead, I’d expect to pick up a couple of pawns.
}
14... O-O 15. c4
{
Intending Nc3
}
15... Rac8 16. Re3 dxc4 17. Rh3
{
Ignoring the attack to double queen on rook on h file. Black can avoid mate, but should lose the knight.
}
17... cxb3 18. Nc3
{
Preventing back rank mate
}
18... Rfd8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qxe7
{
A knight for two pawns up, but black’s pieces are better coordinated.
}
20... bxa2 21. Nxa2 Qc2 22. Nc3
{
To prevent Rd1, RxR, QxR mate
}
22... Rd2 23. Rf3
{
Allowing me to advance g or h pawns to open flight squares for my king, without trapping the rook on the h file.
}
23... Rxc3 24. Qxf7+
{
Recapturing the rook would have allowed a back rank mate.
}
24... Kh7 25. h3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Qc5 27. Rd1
{
27 Qxb7 Qxd2+ 28 Kh2 Qxg2++
}
27... Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1
{
My best option is now draw by perpetual check.
}
28... Qxe5 29. Qd3+ Qf5 30. Qd7 Qd5 31. Qa4 a5 32. Qc2+ Kg8 33. Qc8+ Kf7
34. Qc7+ Kf6 35. Qc3+ e5 36. Qa3 Kf7 37. Qa4 e4 38. g4 b6 39. h4 Qe6 40.
Qd1 b5 41. f4 exf3 42. Qxf3+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Qd7 44. Qe4+ Kf7 45. h5 Qd1+ 46.
Kf2
1/2-1/2
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Rod said afterwards my knight capture on move 20 was unexpected, but the slight gain of material did not prove worthwhile.
In the final position, black can almost certainly force a win, but precise play on both sides is required. Rod has to avoid perpetual check, and keep his pawn majority; I have to avoid forced queen exchanges. Instead, Rod accepted a draw.