[Event "Rated Classical game"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.12.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Asaway, Bill"] [Black "Doherty, Paul"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A27"] [WhiteElo "1952"] [BlackElo "1738"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "105"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. d5 (6. Nh4 {White has scored well from here in practice}) 6... exf3 7. dxc6 bxc6 (7... dxc6 $11 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. exf3 Bd6) 8. exf3 Be7 {this is rather passive} (8... Bb4) (8... Bc5) 9. Bd3 d6 (9... d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O O-O {is also better for White but at least gives Black some activity}) 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 Kh8 (11... Nh5) ( 11... g6 {seems most natural. Perhaps Black was worried about the black squares near his king.}) 12. Re1 $16 {An interesting decision not to grab the pawn, preferring just to keep up the pressure.} (12. Bxf5 {seems playabgle but not necessarily stronger than Re1} Bxf5 13. Qxf5 Nd5 14. Qd3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 $16 (15. Qxc3 $16)) 12... h6 {I don't understand the motivation behind this move which just seems to create weaknesses. Perhaps Black was envisaging g5 which he does eventually play.} (12... Nd7 13. Bxf5 Ne5 14. Be4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Rxf3 $16) (12... Nh5 $16) (12... g6) 13. b3 (13. Bxf5 {Again seems playable. Bill has more restraint than me!}) 13... Nh5 14. f4 Qd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Be2 Qf7 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Nd1 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Rae8 20. Ne3 Nf6 {Black has played standard moves but now Bill sees a specific opportunity to attack the weak pawns.} 21. Qa3 $1 Ra8 22. Qa5 {forking c7 and f5} Ne8 23. Qa6 {exploiting the pin on the long diagonal} g5 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Qxc6 Ng7 26. Nd5 Ne6 27. Re3 {this gives Black an opportunity to relieve a lot fo the pressure} (27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Nxc7 $18) (27. fxg5 hxg5 28. Re3 $18) 27... Nd4 (27... gxf4 {natural and by far the best move, exploiting the undefended rook on a1} 28. Rxe6 (28. Nxf4 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Qg7+ $19) (28. gxf4 Qg7+) 28... Qxe6 29. Nxf4 (29. Nxc7 Qe5 {and most of White's advantage has gone} 30. Rd1 Rad8 (30... Rac8 $2 31. Rxd6 Rf7 32. Rxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg6+ Rg7 34. Qe6+) 31. Qd5 $14) 29... Qf7 {and White may still be better because of the weak black pawns but this is no longer so easy}) 28. Qxc7 {now with 2 pawns advantage it is already a straightforward conversion but Bill's opponent understandably tries to mix it up and makes matters worse.} Qh5 29. Qxd6 Rae8 30. Nf6 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 Qxf3 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Qxh6+ Kg8 34. Qg6+ Kf8 35. Qxf5+ Kg8 36. Qxg5+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kf8 39. Qf5+ Kg7 40. Qg5+ Kf8 41. Qf5+ Kg7 42. Qd5 Qc3 43. Rd1 Qc2 44. Qg5+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Rd5 Re1+ 47. Kg2 Qe4+ 48. Kh3 Qe6+ 49. Qxe6+ Rxe6 50. Rd7 Re2 51. Rxa7 Rxf2 52. c5 Rc2 53. b4 1-0