[Event "Beds County Champ"] [White "Elwin,A"] [Black "Valentine,B"] [Site ""] [Round "6"] [Annotator ""] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2024.05.20"] [WhiteElo "2055"] [BlackElo "1885"] [PlyCount "65"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Nbxd2 O-O 6. e3 {It is tempting to play e4, but it is difficult to develop the WKB after d6 and e5 by Black. It was at this point that I decided to play directly against B's kingside and see what happened.} d6 7. Bd3 Re8 8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 e5 10. O-O-O {the more aggressive castling option} Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bh5 13. Rdg1 (13. g4 Bg6 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nh4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rf8 17. Qe2 g6 18. Ne4 $0 $11 )Bg6 14. g4 c6 (14... Rc8 15. Kb1 c6 16. dxc6 Rxc6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 Qc7 19. g5 Nd7 20. h4 )15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. h4 e4 18. Ng5 d5 19. h5 gxh5 $6 {Ne5 is a better option allowing play against g4 and d3, but allows W to open the h file} 20. gxh5 Ne5 21. h6 g6 22. f4 Nxc4 23. Nxc4 Rc8 24. h7+ Kg7 25. Qg2 $6 (25. Qh2 {is better} Nh5 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27. f5 Rxc4+ 28. Kb1 Nf6 29. fxg6+ Ke6 30. Rg5 Rc8 31. g7 Qc7 32. h8=Q Qxh2 33. Qxh2 Kd7 34. Qf4 Re6 35. Rh6 Ke7 36. Re5 Kd6 37. Rxe6+ Kc5 38. Qxf6 $0 $18 )(25. Ne5 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Qc8+ 27. Kb1 Rh8 28. Ngxf7 Rxh7 29. Rxg6+ Kf8 30. Rxh7 Nxh7 31. Nh6 Ke8 32. Rg8+ Nf8 33. Ng6 Qh3 34. Rxf8+ Kd7 35. Ne5+ Kc7 36. Nf5 $0 $18 )Rxc4+ 26. Kb1 Qd7 27. Qh2 (27. f5 Qxf5 28. Rf1 Qe5 29. Qh3 Nh5 30. Nxf7 Qc7 31. h8=Q+ Rxh8 32. Nxh8 Kxh8 33. Rf5 Rc6 34. Rxh5+ gxh5 35. Qxh5+ Kg7 36. Rg1+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Rg7+ Kd6 39. Qh2+ Kc5 40. Rxc7 $0 $18 )Kh8 28. f5 Rc6 29. Qh6 Qe7 (29... Nh5 30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Rf1 Rf6 32. Rxf6 Nxf6 33. Qxg6 Rf8 34. Qh6 Qe7 35. Ne6 Rf7 36. Nf4 Rg7 37. Ng6+ Rxg6 38. Qxg6 $0 $18 )30. fxg6 fxg6 31. Qxg6 Rf8 32. Nf7+ Qxf7 33. Qg8+ {It's nice when plan comes together.} 1-0