[Event "Mid-Week League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.21"] [Round "2"] [White "Duffield, Jon"] [Black "Bragg, Colin"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B21"] [WhiteElo "1500"] [BlackElo "1789"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2023.11.21"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.11.21"] [WhiteTeam "Barrow"] [BlackTeam "Kendal A"] {[%evp 0,50,16,19,62,62,62,27,31,31,41,41,68,32,9,-9,44,-14,16,10,28,16,22,-23, -7,-62,-52,-52,-52,-71,-71,-120,84,36,3,-40,-29,-29,-51,-51,-51,-51,71,71,71, -158,-144,-223,-223,-283,-229,-277,-295]} 1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 {This is the Smith-Morra Gambit of the Sicilian Defence} dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 a6 6. a4 e6 7. Be2 (7. Bc4 {this is the book move}) 7... Qc7 8. Be3 b6 (8... Nf6 $15) 9. O-O Bb7 $2 $11 {I guess the idea may be to consider castling Queenside as Colin hasnt prepared to castle Kingside. Such an idea is double edged.} (9... Nf6 $15) 10. Rc1 Bc5 11. Qd2 d6 12. Nd4 Nge7 13. Nxc6 $2 $15 Nxc6 14. f4 O-O 15. f5 f6 $2 $14 16. Bc4 $2 $11 (16. fxe6 Nd8 $4 17. Nd5 $18) 16... Nd8 $1 17. fxe6 $2 $15 Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 Qxc4 19. e7 $1 Re8 20. Nd5 $5 Bxd5 $2 $16 (20... Qxa4 $1 $11) 21. Rxc4 Bxc4 22. Rd1 $4 $19 (22. exd8=Q $16) 22... Nf7 $2 $17 ( 22... Rxe7 23. Qxb6 Rxe4 24. b3 Bf7 25. Rxd6 Re1+ 26. Kf2 Re8 27. h4 $19) 23. b3 $2 $19 (23. Qxb6 $19) 23... Be6 24. Qd3 $4 $19 b5 $2 $19 25. Rc1 Rxe7 { Although the computer likes Blacks position it is hard to see how Black can go out to win the game without blundering a piece and with it the game...the game was agreed drawn.} 1/2-1/2