[Event "Ringwood Invitational 7 Team Battle"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.10.12"] [Round "?"] [White "Halse, Robert"] [Black "Clark, Ian"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B94"] [WhiteElo "1889"] [BlackElo "1970"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "82"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "300+3"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {this used be popular in the 1950s and 60s then almost disappeared completely for a few decades but has made a bit of a comeback since 2012.} (6... e6 {is the main move}) 7. Bc4 (7. Qe2 {is considered by some to be strongest}) 7... e6 8. O-O b5 $6 {the most popular choice here but it is asking for trouble} 9. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qb6 11. Bxf6 {this helps Black unravel} (11. Nd5 $1 {leaves White in a strong position} Qb8 (11... Nxd5 12. Qxd5 $1 Bb7 (12... Ra7 13. Nc7+ Rxc7 14. Qe6+) (12... Be7 13. Nxg7+) 13. Nc7+ Qxc7 14. Qe6+ Be7 15. Qxe7#) 12. a4 {and it is very hard for Black to activate his pieces.}) 11... Nxf6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Bxe6 14. dxe6 Be7 {White has some compensation for his piece but not really enough} 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. c4 Qb7 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. Qc2 b4 19. a3 b3 20. Qf5 Be7 21. Rac1 Rdf8 22. Qd3 a5 23. Rc3 a4 24. Qd5 Rf6 25. Re1 Rhf8 26. f3 Rf5 27. Qd3 Rc5 {correctly judging he can give up the h7 pawn} 28. Qxh7 Qb6 29. Kh1 Bf6 30. Qe4 (30. Rcc1 Bxb2 $19) (30. Rd3 Re8 31. Rd2 Rxc4 $19) 30... Bxc3 31. e7 Re8 32. bxc3 {Black is a rook up and the rest is easy} Re5 33. Qa8+ Kd7 34. Qxa4+ Kxe7 35. Rxe5+ dxe5 36. c5 b2 37. Qh4+ Qf6 38. Qb4 Rd8 39. h3 Rd1+ 40. Kh2 Qf4+ 41. g3 Qd2# 0-1