GAME 021 - Andy Mills

Davies,Edward - Mills,Andy
Portsmouth League 07/08, 05.10.2007

1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.g3 Nc6 4.Bg2 Nf6 [4...g6 is much more common.] 5.Nge2 [5.d3 g6 6.f4 Bg7 7.Nf3 Bg4 8.h3 Bxf3 9.Qxf3 0–0 10.0–0 Rc8 11.g4 e6 12.f5 Nd7 13.Qg3 Be5 14.Qf2 Bd4 15.Be3 Qb6 16.Ne2 Bxe3 17.Qxe3 Nd4 18.Nxd4 cxd4 19.Qh6 Rxc2 20.b3 Qb5 21.f6 Nxf6 22.Rxf6 Qxd3 23.Raf1 Rxa2 24.R6f3 Qc2 25.R1f2 Qb1+ 26.Rf1 Qc2 27.R1f2 Qb1+ 28.Rf1 draw Larino 2450 - Narciso 2537] 5...g6 6.d3 [or 6.0–0 ] 6...Bg7 7.0–0 [7.Be3 0–0 (7...Ng4 8.Bd2 0–0 9.h3 Nf6 10.0–0 Rb8 11.Qc1 white manages still to carry out this plan 11...b5 12.Bh6 b4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.Nd5 e5 15.a3 a5 16.axb4 axb4 17.c3) 8.h3; 7.h3 a6 8.Be3 Bd7 9.0–0 b5 10.Qd2 h5 11.f4 e5 12.fxe5 Nxe5 13.Bg5 Be6 14.Qf4 Ned7 15.Qxd6 Qb8 16.Qxb8+ Rxb8 17.Nf4 Nh7 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Bf4 Bd4+ 20.Kh2 e5 21.Bd2 Nhf6 22.Rae1 b4 23.Nd1 Ng4+ 24.Kh1 h4 25.c3 bxc3 26.bxc3 hxg3 27.cxd4 cxd4 28.Rf3 Rb1 29.Rxg3 Rxd1 30.Rxg4 Rxd2 31.Rxg6 Rxa2 32.Rc1 Kf7 33.Rg5 Rg8 34.Rf1+ Nf6 35.Rxg8 Kxg8 36.Rxf6 a5 37.h4 a4 38.Bh3 Ra1+ 39.Kg2 Rd1 40.Be6+ Kg7 41.Rf3 a3 42.Bc4 Rd2+ 43.Kg3 a2 44.Rf7+ Kg6 45.Ra7 1–0; Edward Davies - Joe Coburn 2007] 7...0–0 8.h3 [8.Bg5 h6 9.Be3 Ng4 10.Bd2 seems a very strange way to play 10...Nd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Ne2 Qb6 13.h3 Nf6 14.c3 dxc3 15.Bxc3 Bd7 16.Kh2 a5 17.f4 a4 18.a3 white hasn't played in the spirit of the closed sicilian] 8...Bd7 [8...Rb8 9.f4 (9.Be3 b5 10.Qd2 (10.a3 Bd7 11.f4 a5 12.a4 b4 13.Nb5 Ne8 14.Rb1 Na7 15.c4 bxc3 16.Nxa7 cxb2 17.e5 Qb6 18.Nb5 Bxb5 19.axb5) 10...b4 11.Nd1 a5 (11...Ne8 12.a3 a5 13.axb4 axb4 14.d4 cxd4 15.Nxd4 Bd7 16.Nxc6 Bxc6 17.Re1 Nc7 18.Bh6 Bxh6 19.Qxh6 Ne6 20.Ne3 Nc5 21.Ng4; 11...e5 12.c3 a5 13.f4 exf4 14.gxf4 Bd7 15.Nf2 Ne8 16.d4 cxd4 17.cxd4 d5 18.e5 Nc7 19.Nd3 Ne7 20.Ng3 h5 21.Nc5) 12.Bh6 Nd4 13.Bxg7 Kxg7 14.f4 e5 15.Kh2 Nh5 16.f5 h6 17.Ne3 Nf6 18.a3 Bd7 19.axb4 Nxe2 20.Qxe2 axb4 21.Ra7 Ra8) 9...Nd7 10.g4 b5 11.Ng3 b4 12.Nce2 a5 13.f5 Qb6 14.Kh1 c4 15.Nf4 cxd3 16.cxd3 Ba6 17.g5 Qb5 18.Qg4 Nce5 19.Qh4 Bb7; 8...Ne8 9.Be3 Nd4 10.g4 (10.f4 f5 11.Rb1 a5 12.a4 Nc7 13.exf5 gxf5 14.Kh2 Rb8 15.Ng1 Bd7 16.Nf3 Bc6 17.Qd2 Qd7 18.Rbe1 Rbe8) 10...Bd7 11.Ng3 b5 12.Nd5 e6 13.Nf4 b4 14.Qd2 Rb8 15.Rab1 Nc7 16.c3 bxc3 17.bxc3 Ncb5 18.Rfc1 (18.cxd4 cxd4) 18...Nc6 19.Nfe2; 8...Nd4 9.Be3 (9.Nxd4 seems unintuitive 9...cxd4 10.Ne2 Nd7 11.f4 f5 12.Kh2 Kh8 13.exf5 gxf5 14.c3 dxc3 15.bxc3 Qa5 16.Be3 Nc5 17.Bd4 e5 18.Be3 Be6) 9...Ne8 10.Kh2 Bd7 11.Qd2 Rc8 12.Nd1 Bc6 13.Ng1 d5 14.c3 Ne6 15.exd5 Bxd5 16.f3 Nd6 17.Nf2 Nf5 18.Ng4 Qd6 19.Ne2; 8...Nd7 9.Rb1 Rb8 10.a3 a6 11.Bg5 b5 12.b4 Re8 13.Qd2 Nd4 14.Nxd4 cxd4 15.Ne2 Bb7 16.c3 dxc3 17.Nxc3 Nb6 18.Bh6; 8...a6 9.Be3 Be6 (9...e6 10.Qd2 Qc7 11.Bh6 Rb8 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.g4 b5 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.f4 Bb7 16.f5 d5 17.g5 Qxg3 18.gxf6+ Kxf6 19.fxe6+ Kxe6 20.exd5+ Kd7 21.Ne4 ... 2101 - 1934) 10.Nf4 Rc8 11.Nxe6? fxe6 12.Qd2 b5 13.Bh6 Bxh6 14.Qxh6 Nd4 15.Qd2 Nh5 16.Ne2 Nf3+ 17.Bxf3 Rxf3 18.Kg2 Qf8 19.Ng1 Rf6 20.f4 Qh6 21.Nf3 Rcf8 22.e5 Rf5 23.Kh2 dxe5 24.g4 Qxf4+ 25.Qxf4 Rxf4 26.gxh5 Rxf3 27.Rxf3 Rxf3 28.Kg2 Rf5 29.hxg6 hxg6 30.Rf1 Kg7 31.Rf3 g5 32.Kf2 Kg6 33.Ke3 Rf4 34.a3 Kh5 35.Rxf4 exf4+ 36.Kf3 Kh4 37.b4 cxb4 38.axb4 Kxh3 39.c4 g4+ 0–1; Edward Davies - P. Hurn; 2007; 8...Be6 9.f4 Qc8 10.g4 Ne8 11.f5 Bd7 12.Ng3 Qc7 13.Bf4 e5 14.Nd5 Qd8 15.Be3 Nf6 16.Bg5 h6 17.Nxf6+ Bxf6 18.Bxh6 Re8 19.Be3 Bg5 20.Qd2 Bxe3+ 21.Qxe3 g5 22.f6 Nd4 23.Qxg5+ 1–0; Edward Davies - Chris G...; 2008] 9.Be3 [9.g4 e5 10.Ng3 Ne8 11.Be3 Nc7 12.f4 exf4 13.Bxf4 Ne5 14.Qd2 Ne6 15.Be3 Bc6 16.Nd5 b5 17.Rf2 b4 18.Raf1 Nd7 19.g5 Bxb2 20.Nf6+ Kh8 21.h4 Be5 22.Nf5 Nxf6 23.Nh6 Ng8 24.Nxf7+ Rxf7 25.Rxf7 Be8 26.R7f3 Qa5 27.Bh3 Qxa2 28.Qg2 d5 29.h5 gxh5 30.Rf6 Ng7 31.Rf8 0–1 Oberst 2284 - Reich 2378; 9.f4 Rb8 10.g4 b5 11.Ng3 Ne8 12.f5 Nc7 13.g5 Nd4 14.h4 b4 15.Nce2 Ncb5 16.h5 Nxe2+ 17.Nxe2 Nd4 18.Ng3 Qe8 19.Be3 Nc6 20.Rb1 Rb6 21.Qg4 Ra6 22.Qh4 Rxa2 23.f6 Bh8 24.Bh3 Ne5 25.Rf4 b3 26.cxb3 Nxd3 27.hxg6 fxg6 28.Bxd7 Qf7 29.fxe7 1–0 Melekhina 2099 - Coleman 2201] 9...Rb8 [9...a6 10.Qd2 Re8 11.Rae1 b5 12.f4 b4 13.Nd1 Rc8 14.f5 Ne5 15.g4 Bc6 16.Ng3 a5 17.g5 Nfd7 18.c3 Bb7 19.Nf2 Ba6 20.h4 Rb8 21.h5 a4 22.c4 Qc7 23.Qe2 b3 24.a3 Rbd8 25.Nh3 Nc6 26.Nf4 Nd4 27.Bxd4 Bxd4+ 28.Kh1 Ne5 29.Nd5 Qa7 30.hxg6 hxg6 31.f6 Kh7 32.Bf3 Nxf3 33.Qxf3 exf6 34.gxf6 Bc8 35.Nf5 Bxf5 36.exf5 Rh8 37.Kg2 Qb7 38.Rh1+ Kg8 39.Ne7+ 1–0 Buxade 2202 - Ercan 2075; 9...Ne8 10.Qd2 Nd4 11.f4 Bc6 12.Rae1 Nc7 13.Bxd4 cxd4 14.Nd5 Rc8 15.f5 Bxd5 16.exd5 Na6 17.fxg6 hxg6 18.h4 Qc7 19.Rc1 Qb6 20.h5 Qxb2 21.Bh3 gxh5 22.Bxc8 Rxc8 23.Qg5 Qxa2 24.Nf4 f6 25.Qg6 Nc7 26.Rce1 Kf8 27.Rxe7 1–0 Abasov 2194 - Gasparian 2204; 9...Qc8 10.Kh2 h6 11.Qd2 Kh7 12.f4 e6 13.g4 Ng8 14.Ng3 Nd4 15.Nd1 Ba4 16.c3 Nc2 17.Rc1 Nxe3 18.Nxe3 Rb8 19.f5 Qd7 20.h4 Bc6 21.g5 f6 22.fxg6+ Kxg6 23.h5+ Kh7 24.g6+ Kh8 25.Rf2 Qe7 26.Rh1?? f5 27.exf5? Qh4+ 28.Kg1 Qxg3 29.Rh3 Qg5 30.Kh1 exf5 31.Bxc6 bxc6 32.Rg2 Qe7 33.Nc4 Qe6 34.Re3 Qd7 35.Rge2 f4 36.Rf3 Qg4 37.Rff2 Qxh5+ 38.Rh2 Qd5+ 39.Kg1 Rbe8 40.Rxe8 Rxe8 41.Qxf4 draw (luckily for white); Edward Davies - Simon Roberts] 10.Qd2 b5 11.Bh6 (draw Insua 2213 - Baena 2110). Without intending to sound preachy, the game was just getting started. 11...a5 12.Bxg7 Kxg7 13.f4 b4 14.Nd1 Nd4 15.Ne3 Nxe2+ 16.Qxe2 e6 17.g4 Ne8 18.g5 f6 19.h4 Qc7 20.h5 Bc6 21.Bf3 Rd8 22.Qh2 fxg5 23.fxg5 d5 24.e5 d4 25.Bxc6 Rxf1+ 26.Rxf1 Qxc6 27.Ng4 gxh5 28.Qxh5 1–0