[Event "Ringwood Invitational 17 Team Battle"]
[Site "lichess.org"]
[Date "2021.03.01"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Halse, Robert"]
[Black "Simons, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1806"]
[BlackElo "2154"]
[Annotator "peter"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2021.??.??"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]
1. d4 e5 {The Englund Gambit.} 2. e4 (2. dxe5 {Grabbing the pawn is considered
strongest but the resulting positions can be tricky at blitz speeds.}) 2... Nc6
{And now we have a Nimzowitsch Defence} 3. d5 {One of several choices here for
White.} (3. dxe5) (3. Nf3) 3... Nce7 4. f4 {Again White has many options. This
is not generally considered the most challenging.} (4. Nc3) (4. Nf3 {Most
popular}) (4. h4 $5 {Best scoring}) (4. c4) (4. Be3 {The choice of the top
players and scores well}) 4... exf4 (4... Ng6) 5. Bxf4 Ng6 6. Bg3 Bc5 7. Nf3 d6
8. Be2 (8. Nc3 {aiming for a quick Qd2 and 0-0-0 is best}) 8... Qe7 9. Nc3 Nf6
10. Qd3 a6 $15 (10... O-O $15) 11. O-O-O b5 12. Rhe1 {we have reached the
turning point of the game. Black stands well. He has a good grip on e5,
should castle and if given time play Bd7, with a choice of playing in the
centre or the queenside.} b4 {This gives the initiative to White which he
grabs with both hands} (12... O-O $17 13. Nd4 (13. h4 Bd7) 13... Ne5 14. Bxe5
Qxe5 15. Nf3 (15. Nc6 Qxh2) 15... Qf4+ 16. Kb1 Ng4) 13. Na4 Ba7 (13... O-O 14.
Nxc5 dxc5 15. d6 {is messy but good for White}) (13... Nxe4 {taking the pawn
is not possible} 14. Bf1 f5 (14... Bf5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. d6 cxd6 17. Bxd6) 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. d6 Qe6 (16... cxd6 17. Bxd6) 17. Ng5 {and Black's king is
getting slaughtered}) 14. e5 $1 {utilising a potential pin on the e-file} dxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O (16... Qxe5 17. Bf3 $18 {the queen is lost}) 17. Bf3
Qd7 18. Bxf6 (18. d6 {immediately was even stronger}) 18... Qxa4 (18... gxf6
19. b3 Qd6 {and Black is worse but can fight on}) 19. d6 $18 c6 20. Be7 Qxa2 (
20... Re8 21. d7 $18) 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22. d7 Bxd7 23. Qd6+ Kg8 24. Qxd7 {White
has no difficulty converting with his extra rook.} g6 25. Re8+ Rxe8 26. Qxe8+
Kg7 27. Qe5+ Kh6 28. g4 f6 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Rd7+ Kg8 31. Rxa7 Qa1+ 32. Kd2 Qxb2
33. Qb8# 1-0