[Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "Barrow"] [Date "2021.09.22"] [Round "1"] [White "Duffield, Jon"] [Black "Horne, George"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B05"] [WhiteElo "1447"] [BlackElo "1689"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "120"] [EventDate "2021.08.25"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.09.23"] 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. c4 Nb6 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. b3 Bf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Qd2 a6 14. g4 (14. Rac1 {the book move}) 14... Bg6 15. g5 Be7 16. h4 $2 (16. Nh4 $1 $16) 16... Bh5 17. Nh2 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 $6 $11 (18. Qxe2 $1 Qc8 19. d5 Ne5 20. f4 Ng6 21. f5 Ne5 22. Ne4 $13) 18... Qd7 19. Ng3 $6 $15 Bf8 $6 $11 (19... Qh3 20. Rae1 d5 21. c5 Nd7 22. Nf3 Nf8 23. Qd3 Ne6 24. Qf5 Qxf5 25. Nxf5 Bf8 26. Re2 g6 27. Ng3 a5 28. Rd1 Bg7 29. h5 Bh8 30. a4 Rab8 31. Rc2 Nb4 32. Rcc1 Rbd8 33. Kg2 Re7 34. Rd2 $15) 20. f4 g6 21. f5 Bg7 22. f6 $2 $11 {although this move seems the best because it encases the Bishop behind a tomb -it also allows for th perfect safety of Blacks king.} Bf8 23. h5 gxh5 $2 $16 24. Rae1 $2 $13 (24. Nf5 $1 Rad8 25. Rae1 Kh8 26. Qd1 Nc8 27. Qxh5 d5 28. Ng4 Re4 29. Re2 Rxg4+ 30. Qxg4 Nd6 31. cxd5 Nb8 32. Rh2 Nxf5 33. Rxf5 Re8 34. Rxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. g6 fxg6 37. Qxg6+ Bg7 38. f7+ Kf8 39. fxe8=Q#) 24... h4 $2 25. Nf5 Re4 $2 26. Nh6+ $4 $13 ( 26. d5 $1 Nd8 27. Bxb6 Rxe1 28. Qxe1 cxb6 29. Rf4 b5 30. Ne7+ Kh8 31. Rxh4 Qf5 $18 (31... bxc4 32. Rxh7+ Kxh7 33. Qh4+ Bh6 34. Qxh6#)) 26... Kh8 27. Qd1 $4 $19 (27. d5 $1 Na7 28. g6 hxg6 29. Bxb6 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 cxb6 31. Re4 Qh3 32. Nxf7+ Kg8 33. Ng5 Qg3+ 34. Kh1 Rd8 35. f7+ Kg7 36. Ng4 Nc8 37. Qb2+ Qe5 38. Nxe5 Be7 39. Ng4+ Bf6 40. Qxf6+ Kf8 41. Qh8#) 27... Rae8 $4 $15 {a draw offer was made by George here.} (27... Bxh6 28. gxh6 d5 29. Kh1 dxc4 30. Qf3 Ree8 31. Bf2 Nxd4 32. Bxd4 Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Qxd4 34. Rd1 Qe5 35. Qg2 Qg3 36. bxc4 Nxc4 37. Rd7 Kg8 38. Qxg3+ hxg3 39. Nf3 $19) 28. Qh5 Nd8 $3 (28... Bxh6 29. Qxh6 Rg8 30. Bf2 Rf4 31. Be3 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qe6 33. Kf2 Qf5+ 34. Nf3 h3 35. Kg3 Qd3 36. Re1 $11) 29. d5 $4 $19 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe3 31. Kh1 Qe8 32. Qxh4 Qe4+ 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Nf5 Nd7 35. Nf3 Ne5 36. Nd2 Rg4 37. Kh2 Rxg5 38. Ne4 Rg6 39. Ne7 $3 Rh6+ ( 39... Rg4 40. Kh3 Rxe4 41. Rg1 Ng6 42. Nf5 $19) 40. Kg3 Ng6 41. Nf5 Rh5 42. Ne3 Re5 $1 43. Kf3 $1 Bh6 $1 44. Rh1 Bxe3 45. Kxe3 c6 46. Rd1 cxd5 47. cxd5 b5 48. Kd4 Nb7 $2 $19 49. Rc1 Nc5 $4 50. Nxc5 $4 (50. Nxd6 $5 Re2 51. Rxc5 h5 52. Rc7 Rd2+ 53. Ke4 h4 54. Nxf7+ Kh7 55. d6 h3 56. Ke3 h2 57. Kxd2 h1=Q 58. Ng5+ Kg8 59. Rg7+ Kf8 60. Ne6+ Ke8 61. d7#) 50... dxc5+ 51. Rxc5 h5 52. Rc8+ Kh7 53. d6 Re6 54. Rc6 Nf8 55. Kd5 Nd7 56. Rxa6 Nxf6+ 57. Kc5 Ne4+ 58. Kd5 (58. Kxb5) 58... Rxd6+ $3 59. Rxd6 Nxd6 60. Kxd6 h4 {and even though George was short on time(he only had 30 seconds left) Jon rightly assumed George would certainly win from here.} 0-1