[Event "Dorset"] [Site "West of England"] [Date "1998.01.31"] [Round "?"] [White "Pleasants, Allan J"] [Black "Trudeau, Gary"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D01"] [Annotator "Martin"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "1997.??.??"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 Nbd7 4. Qd2 e6 5. e4 {This has a classical French Defence look about it.} Bb4 6. exd5 (6. e5 {does not win a piece as Black can play either} h6 ({or} 6... Ne4 7. Bxd8 Nxd2 8. Bxc7 Nxf1 9. Kxf1 b6) 7. exf6 hxg5 8. fxg7 Rg8 {with about equal chances.}) 6... exd5 7. O-O-O O-O {Black takes up the chance to castle on the opposite wing inviting White to attack him.} 8. Qf4 $2 {And Allan jumps at the chance. Although there is logic to this move to attack Black's king, it simply allows Black too much easy play and a target for an attack on the queenside.} Bxc3 $1 9. bxc3 Re8 10. Nf3 $6 ( 10. Bd3 {seemed more natural to stop Black's next move.}) 10... Re4 11. Qd2 { With this retreating move Allan accepts his 8th move was a mistake.} Qe7 12. c4 $2 {In a difficult position this is Allan's fatal mistake as it loosens White's already weakened defensive position even more.} Qa3+ 13. Kb1 Re6 $1 { Backward moves are always the hardest to spot but this simple but effective move has too many threats. As well Rb6+ Black threatens Ne4.} 14. Qc1 {This allows a mate in 3 but the game was already lost.} Rb6+ {and White resigns . Many thanks to Allan for being a great sport in submitting this game. He only played a couple of weaker moves but was unfortunately punished.} 0-1