Gillian Moore VS Edward Davies
Emsworth Rapidplay, 12.07.2007
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Be2 0–0 6.Nf3 Nc6?! [6...e5 7.dxe5 exchange variation 7...dxe5 8.Qxd8 Rxd8 9.Bg5 (9.Nxe5? Nxe4 10.Nxe4 Bxe5 11.Bg5 Rd4) 9...Re8] 7.0–0 Allows black to get back to a main line after an inaccurate move order. [7.d5 the test to black's unusual move order 7...Nb8 (7...Nb4 8.Be3 e6; 7...Ne5 8.Nxe5 dxe5 9.0–0 e6 10.Be3 exd5 11.cxd5) 8.0–0 Na6] 7...e5 8.dxe5 Fritz questions this line for white, though it does feature in the database as the third most popular move. [8.d5 Standard move 8...Ne7; 8.Be3 The other standard move] 8...dxe5 [8...Nxe5 is an option, e.g. 9.Bg5 h6 10.Bh4] 9.Qxd8 [9.Bg5 Qxd1 10.Rfxd1 Bg4 This seems like a boring line.] 9...Rxd8 [9...Nxd8 maybe an interesting option 10.Be3 Ne6] 10.Bg5 h6? [10...Rd7; 10...Rf8 11.Rfd1 Bg4 This looks ok for black. An interesting game in the database follows: 12.Rd3 h6 13.Be3 Nxe4 14.Nxe4 f5 15.Nc5 e4 16.Rb3 exf3 17.gxf3 f4 18.fxg4 fxe3 19.fxe3 Nd4 20.exd4 Bxd4+ F: 0.6] 11.Bxf6 Bxf6 12.Nd5 At this point I felt disheartened and concentrated on planning the most sensible way of defending the position. 12...Bg7 13.Nxc7 Rb8 14.Nd5 [14.Rad1 Bd7 15.Nd5 Kf8] 14...b6?! according to fritz, F: 1.1 [14...Nd4 F 0.6 15.Rae1 (15.Nxd4 exd4 16.f4 Kf8 17.a4 d3 18.Bxd3 Bxb2 19.Ra2 Bd4+ 20.Kh1 Bd7 Still doesn't inspire confidence for black) 15...Nxe2+] 15.Rad1 [15.Rfd1] 15...Bg4 I planned on getting my knight securely on d4 and then preparing f5 for chances of counterplay only a pawn down. [F1: 15...Be6 ] 16.g3?! This does not look convincing. [16.Rfe1 Bxf3 17.Bxf3 Nd4 18.Bg4 Kf8 19.a4 a6 20.Bh3 (20.b4) 20...f5 21.exf5 gxf5 22.f4 exf4 (22...e4 23.Ne3 Nb3 Not good for black.) 23.Nxf4] 16...Bxf3 [16...f5! 17.exf5 gxf5 18.Rfe1 Bxf3 19.Bxf3 e4 20.Bh5 Bxb2 F: 0.3 Black has got right back in the game.] 17.Bxf3 Nd4 The first part of the plan is complete. 18.Bg2 Bf8 Here I was planning on preparing an idea of Rc8 followed by b5 and f5 [F1: 18...f5 19.f4 exf4 20.Nxf4 Kh7] 19.h4?! This is not a challenging move [19.f4 the most punishing move 19...Bc5 20.fxe5 Nf3+ 21.Kh1 Nxe5 22.b4] 19...f5 The second part of my original plan, (of securing a knight on d4 and seeking counterplay with f5. The b5 counterplay move was should have been played first. [19...b5! is definitely the best move here, e.g. 20.cxb5 Rxb5 21.Rd2 f5 black has very good chances of counterplay] 20.exf5 [20.f4 This move pressurises black the most, e.g. 20...Bg7 21.fxe5 Bxe5 22.Kf2 fxe4 23.Bxe4 Kg7 24.g4 Ne6] 20...gxf5 21.Rfe1 [21.f4! more punishing move 21...Bd6 22.Kf2] 21...Bd6 [21...Bg7 apparently a lot better than the game continuation 22.a4 Kf7 23.b4 Rbc8 24.Rc1] 22.a3?! This was the third move of the game which I considered passive where white should have played moves to attack black's central setup [Fritz suggests this surprising line 22.f4 Nc2 23.fxe5 Nxe1 24.exd6 Nxg2 25.Kxg2 Rxd6 (25...Kf7 26.Ne7 Rd7 27.Nxf5 Re8 28.Kh3 h5 F: 1.6) 26.Ne7+ Kf7 27.Rxd6 Kxe7] 22...Kf7 23.Ne3? F: 0.2 Black has a chance to almost equalise. I now saw a tactical possibility. I assumed Gillian was planning on playing Be5+ as this looks like a very strong positional move with a very strong centralised bishop; this was the main purpose of Ne3 I believe. [23.f4 Nc2 24.fxe5 Bc5+ 25.Kh2 Nxe1 26.Rxe1 F: 1.3] 23...Bc5 Hoping my opponent continues with her plan of Bd5+. However, getting caught up in these tactical ideas, I missed a chance of getting more objectively concrete counterplay [23...b5 24.cxb5 Rxb5 25.b4 a5 26.bxa5 Rxa5 27.g4 Fritz only gives white a quarter pawn advantage here(!)] 24.Bd5+ Now, partly for psychological effect in the context of the game, I banged out the following tactic. I believe Gillian had not seen this judging by her body language. Although objectively the evaluation of the game doesn't change a lot, it can be very unpleasant to see an unexpected tactical continuation, mostly because of the fact that it was overlooked. 24...Rxd5 25.cxd5 Nf3+ 26.Kf1 Nxe1 27.Kxe1?! [27.Rxe1 Fritz's choice 27...Kf6 28.b4 Bd4 29.Rc1 Bxe3 30.fxe3 Rd8 31.Rc6+ Kg7 32.d6 F: 0.68] 27...Bxe3 28.fxe3 Rc8 Although the material difference has not changed, I was pleased to have steered the original position around move 12 sensibly into a rook ending 1 pawn down with plenty of cause for hope 29.Ke2 e4 30.d6! I believe this move to be dubious as it is clear the pawn can be captured by the king and rook, and the resulting pawn ending looks quite promising for black (in my opinion it looks more promising for black). However, looking at other lines, maybe this is the best chance for white. [30.Rf1 Kg6 31.h5+ Kg5 32.Rd1 Rd8 33.Rd4 Rd6 34.Ra4 Rd7 35.Rd4 Kxh5 F: –0.6] 30...Ke6 31.b4 Rd8 32.d7 Fritz flags a warning for this move. Instead it suggests g4 [32.g4 The resulting rook ending should be drawn. 32...fxg4 33.Rd4 h5 34.b5 Rxd6 35.Rxe4+ Kf6 36.Rf4+ Kg6 37.Rc4 Rf6 38.Rc8 Kg7 39.Rc1 Rf7 40.Rd1 Rc7 41.Rd5 Rc2+ 42.Kf1 Kg6 43.e4 Rc5 44.Rd6+ Kf7 45.a4 Re5 46.Rh6 Rxe4 47.Rh7+ Ke6 48.Rxh5 Rxa4 49.Kf2 Ra3 50.Rg5 Rc3 51.Rxg4 Kf6 52.Ra4 Rc5 53.Rxa7 Rxb5 54.Rb7 Kg6 55.Ke3 Rb3+ 56.Kd2 Rh3 57.Rxb6+ Kh5 58.Rb5+ Kxh4] 32...Rxd7 33.Rxd7 Kxd7 34.Kd2 b5 35.Kc3 Ke6 36.Kd4 Kd6? Surprisingly this is a mistake. [36...a6 37.Kc3 (37.h5 Kf6 38.Kd5 Kg5 39.Ke5 Kg4 40.Kf6 Kxg3 41.Kxf5 Kf3 42.Kg6 Kxe3 43.Kxh6 Kd2 44.Kg6 e3 45.h6 e2 46.h7 e1Q 47.h8Q Qg3+ 48.Kf7 Qxa3 49.Qf6 Kc2 50.Kg6 Qxb4 51.Qxa6 Qe4+ 52.Kf6 b4 53.Qa2+ Kc3 54.Qa1+ Kb3 55.Kf7 Kc2 56.Qa2+ Kc3 57.Qa1+ Kd2 58.Qb2+ Ke1 59.Qc1+ Kf2 60.Qb2+ Kf3 61.Qb3+ Kg2 62.Qa2+ Kg3 63.Kg8 Qd3 64.Qa1 b3 65.Qg1+ Kh4 66.Qh1+ Qh3 67.Qc6 Qg4+ 68.Kh8 Qd4+ 69.Kg8 b2 70.Qh1+ Kg5 71.Qg2+ Kf4 72.Qf1+ Ke3 73.Qe1+ Kd3 74.Qg3+ Kc2 75.Qg2+ Kb3 76.Qg6 Qc4+ 77.Kh8 Ka2 78.Qg2 Qc8+ 79.Kg7 Ka1 80.Qg1+ b1Q 81.Qa7+ Qa2 82.Qg1+ Kb2 83.Qb6+ Qb3 84.Qf2+ Qcc2 85.Qf6+ Qcc3) 37...Ke5 38.Kd2] 37.g4 [37.h5 Fritz's choice 37...a6 38.Kc3 Ke5 now definitely won for black, e.g. 39.a4 bxa4 40.Kb2 Kd5 41.Ka3 Kc4 42.Kxa4 Kd3 43.Ka5 Kxe3 44.Kxa6 Kf2 45.b5 e3 46.b6 e2 47.b7 e1Q 48.b8Q Qa1+ 49.Kb6 Qb2+ 50.Kc7 Qxb8+ 51.Kxb8 Kxg3] 37...fxg4 38.Kxe4 Ke6 A little inaccurate. [38...h5 Better play.] 39.Kf4 [39.h5 makes things a bit more complicated for black but still loses 39...Kd6 40.Kf4 Kd5 41.Kxg4 Ke4 42.Kh4 Kf3 43.Kh3 Kxe3 44.Kg3 Ke4 45.Kg4 Ke5 46.Kf3 Kf5 47.Ke3 Kg5 48.Kd4 Kxh5 49.Kc5 Kg4 50.Kxb5 h5 51.Ka6 h4 52.Kxa7 h3 53.b5 h2 54.b6 h1Q 55.b7 Qh7 56.Kb6 Qg6+ 57.Ka7 Qf7 58.Ka8 Qf3 59.Kb8 Qxa3 60.Kc8 Qc5+ 61.Kd7 Qb6 62.Kc8 Qc6+ 63.Kb8 Kf5 64.Ka7 Qc7 65.Ka8 Qa5+ 66.Kb8 Ke5 67.Kc8 Qc5+ 68.Kd8 Qd6+ 69.Kc8 Qc6+ 70.Kb8 Qc5 71.Ka8 Qa5+ 72.Kb8 Kd6 73.Kc8 Qc7#] 39...h5 40.e4 a6 [40...Kf6 would have been ok too 41.e5+ Ke6 42.Ke4 g3 43.Kf3 Kxe5 44.Kxg3 Ke4 45.Kg2 Kf4 46.Kf2 Kg4 47.Ke3 Kxh4 48.Kd4 a6 49.Kc5 Kg4 50.Kb6 h4 51.Kxa6 h3 52.Kxb5 h2 53.Ka5 h1Q] 41.e5 g3 42.Kxg3 Kxe5 43.Kf3 Kf5 44.Kg3 Ke4 I stopped writing down the moves at this point to save time 0-1
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