[Event "Dorset Rapidplay 2021"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2021.03.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Dommett, Alan"] [Black "Davenport, Rob"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "175"] [BlackElo "128"] [Annotator "Martin"] [PlyCount "51"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] [EventType "rapid"] [TimeControl "600+5"] 1. d4 Nc6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. c3 e6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Bg3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bc2 O-O 9. Ne2 c6 10. Nd2 Bg4 11. O-O Qe7 12. Nb3 Rad8 13. Nbd4 {Up to this point Rob has been playing the game very well and it looks at face value he has the advantage. However, Alan is looking at the tender f5 square which Rob tries to overprotect.} Qd7 14. h3 Be6 15. Nf4 c5 16. Nf3 {In view of what happens, Rob may have been wise to swap the knight on f3 off.} Qc7 17. Ng5 Qe7 18. Bh4 $1 { An excellent move by Alan eyeing up the pin on f6.} h6 19. Nh7 $1 {This may have been the move that Rob missed.} Rfe8 {Played to avoid the loss of the exchange but the pin on the knight on f6 just gets worse.} 20. Nh5 {This is a highly unusual position. Three of White's pieces are on the h-file all exerting pressure on the knight on f6.} Ned7 21. N7xf6+ Nxf6 22. Qf3 {And yet more pressure is being exerted on the pinned knight on f6.} (22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qd3 {Was an instant kill}) 22... Be5 23. Qe2 {This sets a subtle threat which Black does not see.} Qd7 24. f4 Bd6 25. Bxf6 {Black resigns. If} gxf6 26. Nxf6+ {wins the Black queen. Well played Alan.} 1-0