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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. Nbd2 d6 9. Re1 O-O 10. c3 Nbd7 11. Bf1 Re8 12. g3 Qc7 13. Bg2 Rad8 14. Nf1 e5 15. Ne3 h6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Nh4 e4 19. Bf1 d5 20. f4 a6 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 b5 23. a3 Bc8 24. Qe2 g5 25. Ng2 f5 26. Qe3 Qg7 27. Be2 Bd6 28. Rf1 Re7 29. Rf2 Rc7 30. Rcf1 g4?! “Black has had a comfortable advantage for some time but this move only makes it easier for White to defend and rules out a range of options and plans which would give White something to constantly worry about. Keeping the tension would leave Black with a nice advantage to work with.” 31. Qd2 h5 32. Ne3 Be6 33. Qd1 Qd7 34. Qb3 Qc6 34... h4!?. 35. h3 “A curious move which I assumed was bad but it is hard to be sure.” “This really did surprise me as I had the firm idea that the main idea was to now play h4 and so shut of a whole avenue of attack for Black. After all, Black has the space advantage on this side of the board so it should be easier for Black to make use of the open h-file.” 36... hxg4 37. Rh2 Rxh2 38. Kxh2 Rd7 39. Kg2 Rh7 40. Qd1 Qc7! 41. Rh1 Bxf4! “This is probably the only, or at least the best try for a win for Black. He has been better all through the game from the opening and after some careless and lazy play has found most of his advantage dissipated. ” 42. gxf4 Qxf4 43. Rxh7 Kxh7 44. Qg1 Kg6 45. Qf2 Qh6? “Made too quickly, and a very careless mistake which throws away any winning chances. As it happens White has a saving resource which I had not seen and after the correct move 45... Kg5 it appears White does indeed have a saving resource but we will never know if White would have found it. Now it is Black who must take care to make a draw. (46. Bxg4! fxg4 47. Qg3 Bg8 48. Kh2 a5 49. Kg2 a4 50. Kh2 Qxg3+ 51. Kxg3 Be6 52. Nf1 Bf7 53. Ne3 Be6=) (45... Qxf2+ 46. Kxf2 Kg5 47. Bxg4! Probably the only way to draw. 47... fxg4 48. Kg3=) .” 46. Kg3! “Probably the only useful move for White and Black must play very carefully now.” “Possibly or probably losing now. 47... Qh6+ 48. Kg3 (48. Ke5 Bc8=) 48... Qh3+=”. “The best practical try.” “This should lose on the spot, but it was worth a try after already going wrong.” 51. Kf2? “Black now gets a second chance to draw after having gone wrong on move 51. Nxf5! would have won on the spot.” “This just throws away the draw which was to be had with gxf3. A pretty awful way to lose considering White was just hanging on for most of the game, but that is chess for you. You must work harder at the board and keep playing the right moves right up to the end. 52... gxf3! when what was played in the actual game does not work here. A sample line might be as given here now. The position is equal with best play but White has to be more careful than Black. 53. a4 f4 54. Nc2? (54. axb5 fxe3+ 55. Kxe3 axb5 56. Bxb5 Kh4 57. b4 Bh3 58. Bc6 Kg3) 54... bxa4 55. Bxa6 Kg4 56. Bb5 e3+ 57. Nxe3+ fxe3+ 58. Kxe3 Kg3 59. Bxa4 f2 60. Bb5 Kg2 61. Kf4 Bd7 62. Bd3 Bh3 63. Ke5 Kg1 64. Kxd5?? Bf1 65. Bf5.” 53. a4 “As it happens the position is now actually winning for White but my next move is comical in its stupidity. I could have resigned but inertia sees me play on a few pointless moves. Overall a pretty awful loss, and another nice gift for Orr. Coming just a round after Stephen Brady blundered from an actual winning position, as opposed to my merely better position. Though I was comfortably better from move 13 onwards and probably should have been able to extract a win from the position. However I can't claim I was ever actually winning. With luck like this Orr could go on to win the event, but I still very much doubt it. In fact I reckon I will finish ahead of him by the end of the event. ” 53... f4?? 53... Kg5 54. axb5 axb5 55. Bxb5 Kf4 56. Nf1 Kg5 57. Bc6 f4 58. b4. 54. Nxg4 “Game over.” 54... Kxg4 55. axb5 a5 56. b6 Bc8 57. Bb5 Bb7 58. Bd7+ Kg5 59. Kxf3 Kf6 60. Kxf4 Ke7 61. Bb5 Kd6 62. Kf5 Bc8+ 63. Kf6 Bb7 64. Kf7 Ba8 65. Ke8 Bc6+ 66. Kd8 Bb7 67. Bd7 Bc6 68. Bc8 a4 69. b7 1-0 Annotator(s): Colm Daly, Irish Chess Journal, October 2010, pp. 6-8. Event information: Tournament report. |
