[Event "Mid Week Cumbrian League"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Blower, Trevor"] [Black "Hymer, Barry"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A02"] [WhiteElo "1594"] [BlackElo "1984"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "102"] [WhiteTeam "Barrow B"] [BlackTeam "Ulverston A"] {[%evp 0,14,58,-55,11,-23,13,-39,8,1,41,14,20,-25,16,-31,-32]} 1. f4 {Trevors favourite Bird's Opening} d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 Nbd7 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 c6 6. O-O Be7 7. c3 exf4 8. Bxf4 Qb6+ 9. e3 $2 $17 {a mistake that blocks in the Bishop on f4} Qxb2 10. Ng5 $4 $19 h6 $6 $19 (10... Qxa1 11. Qb3 (11. Nxf7 O-O 12. Qb3 d5 13. Nd2 Qxf1+ 14. Nxf1 Rxf7 $19)) 11. Rf2 $4 $19 Qb6 $2 (11... Qxa1 12. Nxf7 Kxf7 13. Qb3+ Ke8 14. Rf1 Nc5 15. Qa3 (15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Na3 Bxd3 17. Qd2 Bxf1 $19) 15... Nxd3 16. Bxd6 c5 17. Nd2 Qb2 $19) 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Re2 g5 14. h3 Ngf6 15. Nd4 gxf4 16. exf4 Nc5 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Nc4 Ne6 19. Nf5 b5 $2 $17 (19... Bf8 $19) 20. Nxe7 $2 $19 Kxe7 21. Ne3 Kf8 22. Qf1 Ng7 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. g4 d5 25. Qf2 $3 {eyeing up the c5 square for the Queen.} Ne6 26. Rf1 Ng7 27. g5 Nfh5 28. Ng4 hxg5 29. fxg5 Bxg4 30. hxg4 Ng3 31. Qc5+ Kg8 32. Re7 Qb6 $4 $11 (32... Ne2+ 33. Kf2 Qg3+ 34. Kxe2 Qxg2+ 35. Ke1 $19) 33. Qxb6 axb6 34. Rfxf7 Ne8 35. Kf2 Nh1+ 36. Kf3 Rxa2 37. Bxh1 $4 $19 (37. g6 $1) 37... Rxh1 $6 $19 (37... Rh3+ 38. Kf4 Rf2+ 39. Ke5 Rxf7 $19) 38. g6 Nd6 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Kf4 Rf2+ 41. Kg5 c5 $4 $11 42. Rd7 c4 $2 $14 43. Rh7 $2 $11 (43. Rge7 {here it is almost winning but for the trick of Ne8 but Trevor would have been favourite to cause a major upset.} Ne8 $16) 43... Rxh7 44. Rxh7 $4 $19 (44. gxh7 Rh2 45. Kg6 d4 46. Rxd6 dxc3 47. Rf6+ Ke8 48. dxc4 b4 49. Kg7 Rxh7+ 50. Kxh7 c2 51. g5 c1=Q 52. g6 Qh1+ 53. Kg7 b3 54. Rf8+ Kd7 55. Rf7+ Kd6 56. Rf6+ Kc5 57. Kf7 Qb7+ 58. Kg8 b2 59. Rf1 Qg2 60. Re1 b1=Q 61. Rxb1 Qxg6+ 62. Kh8 Qxb1 $19) 44... cxd3 45. Rh1 Ne4+ 46. Kh6 Kg8 47. g5 d2 48. g7 Rf7 49. Rd1 Rxg7 50. Kh5 Rxg5+ 51. Kh4 Rg2 { an excellent effort and extremely well played by Trevor, he spotted his mistake afterwards which was even more remarkable.} 0-1