[Event "Barrow Club Championship 23-24"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.22"] [Round "?"] [White "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [Black "Blower, Trevor"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2123"] [BlackElo "1578"] [Annotator "Mackenzie,Matthew"] [PlyCount "81"] {[%evp 0,81,15,23,76,77,97,83,103,32,48,36,92,73,75,62,77,39,53,55,27,33,47, -28,-29,-8,11,-89,22,-11,6,6,1,-56,-16,-39,-37,-45,-37,-71,-94,-84,-85,-87,-13, -12,15,4,62,48,90,89,94,28,16,14,117,140,171,171,194,194,224,224,224,224,265, 287,287,258,416,416,547,578,647,647,647,520,520,520,601,547,547,547]} 1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 c6 5. Bd3 Qc7 6. O-O Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 {maybe keeping the tension in the centre is preferable, though we have had this position before - I now deviate with a probably inferior move and Trevor gets a good game} 10. Qe2 $6 Nbd7 11. a4 Nc5 12. Bc2 Be6 13. Bg5 Nh5 14. Qe3 b6 15. Nbd2 f6 16. Bh6 Nf4 $1 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. b4 Nb7 $1 19. c4 c5 20. b5 Nd6 21. Qc3 Nf7 22. Nf1 Rae8 $6 23. Ne3 Nh6 24. Nd5 $1 {finally White has some chances of his own} Qc8 $6 25. Nxf4 exf4 26. Kh2 {guarding against any possible h3 sacs} Nf7 $6 {he has wasted time with this Knight, and now White opens the position to his advantage} 27. a5 g5 28. e5 $1 f5 $2 {initially looks like he has blocked things again, but....} 29. Bxf5 $1 {of course} Bxf5 30. e6+ Kg6 31. exf7 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Kxf7 33. Nxg5+ Kg6 34. Nf3 Rf6 35. Re7 Qg8 36. Nh4+ Kg5 37. Nxf5 Kxf5 38. Qd3+ Kg5 39. Rxh7 Rf5 40. Rh5+ Kxh5 41. Qxf5+ { and Black resigned as he cannot avoid the Queens being swapped off - play might continue} (41. Qxf5+ Kh4 42. Qxf4+ Kh5 43. g4+ Kg6 44. Qf5+ Kh6 45. Qh5+ Kg7 46. Qg5+ Kf7 47. Qxg8+ Kxg8 48. axb6 axb6 {and the three connected pawns can triumph over the King on their own, so 1-0}) 1-0