[Event "Barrow Club KO"] [Site "Barrow"] [Date "2023.03.20"] [Round "3"] [White "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [Black "Horne, George"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2155"] [BlackElo "1765"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2023.03.20"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.03.20"] {[%evp 0,27,58,31,56,56,56,15,83,52,52,20,77,-59,-19,-36,-21,-42,-22,-64,-10,4, 4,-12,22,2,4,-23,-23,-120]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. c3 d6 7. h3 h6 8. Re1 Na5 9. Bb5 c6 $6 $14 (9... a6 $11) 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 Be6 12. Nbd2 c5 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Bd3 a6 19. Be3 Qc5 20. Rec1 Qxd4 21. Bxd4 Rac8 22. f4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 $6 $14 (23... Bxa2 $11) 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Kf2 Bb7 26. Ke3 Nd7 27. Ng3 g6 ( 27... Nc5 $11 {better was}) 28. Ne2 Bf6 $6 $14 29. b4 Kg7 30. g4 $6 $11 (30. Nc3 $1 $14) 30... Bxd4+ $1 31. Kxd4 f6 $2 $14 (31... Kf6 $11) 32. h4 $2 $11 ( 32. Bc2 Nb6 33. Bb3 Kf8 34. Be6 Ke7 35. f5 g5 $14) 32... g5 33. h5 $1 gxf4 34. Nxf4 Ne5 35. Ne6+ Kg8 36. Be2 Nc6+ 37. Kc3 Ne5 38. Nc7 Bxe4 $4 $18 {the losing move after such tense and gritty play by both sides} 39. Nxa6 Bc6 40. Nc7 Kf7 $2 $18 (40... Kf8 $1 $18) 41. Nxb5 $1 Bxb5 42. Bxb5 Nxg4 43. a4 Ke7 44. a5 Kd8 45. Kd4 Kc7 46. Bf1 $1 f5 47. Bg2 Ne5 48. b5 Nd7 49. Bh3 $3 (49. b6+ $3 { If the two Queenside pawns can be swapped off for the knight and the King get back to the darksquare corner it is a draw. (it is whats called a wrong coloured Bishop endgame where the king cannot be pushed from the queening corner of the last rooks pawn becuase the bishop doesnt control the queening square-it ends in stalemate).} Nxb6 50. axb6+ Kxb6 51. Ke3 Kc7 52. Kf4 Kd7 53. Bd5 Ke7 54. Kxf5 Kf8 55. Kg6 Ke7 56. Kxh6 Kf6 57. Kh7 Kg5 58. h6 Kf6 59. Kg8 Kg5 60. h7 Kf6 61. h8=Q+ Kg5 62. Qd4 Kf5 63. Kg7 Kg5 64. Bf3 Kf5 65. Qf6#) 49... Nf6 50. Bxf5 Nxh5 51. Be4 Nf6 52. b6+ $5 Kb8 (52... Kc8 53. a6 Nd7 54. Bf5 h5 55. a7 Kb7 56. Bxd7 h4 57. Kd5 h3 58. Bc6+ Kxb6 59. a8=Q h2 60. Kxd6 $18 ) 53. Bc6 $3 {The pawns can't be stopped without shipping too much material, so George resigned.} (53. a6 $3 {I suggested this move after the game but it does look losing after Nxe4} Nxe4 54. Kxe4 h5 55. Kd5 h4 56. Kxd6 h3 57. a7+ Ka8 58. Kc7 h2 59. b7+ Kxa7 60. b8=Q+ Ka6 61. Qb6#) 1-0