Tim England vs Robert Shaw [Event "Nomads E vs Worksop C"] [Site "Home"] [Date "2015.04.22"] [Round "-"] [White "Tim England"] [Black "Robert Shaw"] [Result "1-0"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 { Flawed. Be7 would have been better } 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Qxb4 Nxb4 7. Nxd5 exd5 { Material parity, but I have slightly better development } 8. Kd1 Bf5 9. a3 Nc2 10. Ra2 Nxd4 { Here, I was feeling pretty optimistic. I’m a pawn up, with better development, and white’s a2 rook is pretty constrained. } 11. e3 Nb3 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Ba4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Bxc2+ 15. Kxc2 Ne4 16. Nh3 O-O-O 17. f3 Nc5 18. Ng5 Nh6 19. b4 Ne6 20. Bb2 Nxg5 21. Bxg7 Rhg8 22. Bxh6 f6 23. Bxg5 Rxg5 24. g3 Re5 25. Kd3 Rde8 { By this point I was playing for a draw. } 26. Re2 f5 27. Rc1 Kc7 28. Rce1 Kd6 29. e4 dxe4+ 30. fxe4 fxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Rd5+ 32. Kc3 Rxe4 33. Rxe4 Re5 34. Rd4+ Ke6 35. Kd3 b5 36. Rh4 h5 37. Rd4 a6 38. Re4 { Here, I counted squares and decided that if I swapped off rooks we’d promote simulltaneously. I’d need 5 king moves to clear the g & h pawns , then four pawn moves to promote, and Tim would also need five king moves to clear the a, b, and c pawns, then four more moves to promote the b pawn. This calculation proved to be in error. } 38... Rxe4 39. Kxe4 Kf6 40. Kd4 Kf5 41. h3 Ke6 42. Kc5 Ke5 { Trying for simultaneous promotion again. If I tried to support my c pawn, the g & h pawns would be able to force promotion. } 43. Kxc6 Ke4 44. Kb6 Kf3 45. g4 h4 { My earlier plan had clearly failed, so I decided to play for stalemate. } 46. g5 Kg3 47. g6 Kxh3 48. g7 Kh2 49. g8=Q h3 50. Kc5 Kh1 51. Qb3 h2 52. Qd3 a5 53. Qf1# 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)