[Event "Club K.O."]
[Site "Barrow"]
[Date "2022.12.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Whalley, Frank"]
[Black "Mackenzie, Matthew"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "1630"]
[BlackElo "2178"]
[Annotator "Mackenzie, Matthew"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2022.12.07"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.12.07"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
Bb7 9. Be3 $6 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Qe6 {Black now has a
slight advantage after White's inexact 9th move} 13. Ne4 h6 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
Bxc5 Rfe8 16. Be3 {(as at move 9, and again not the best!} Qg4 $5 {played in
the hope he would try to swap off Queens with 17 Nd4 which looks plausible -
but falls to 17....Qg2+!! 18 Kg2 Nd4+ and wins} 17. h3 $1 {after this Black
loses some of his advantage - instead 16....e4!, which I thought about playing,
would have left White struggling} Qg6 18. Nh4 Qf6 19. Qg4 Bc8 $5 20. Qg3 Nb4
21. f4 $2 {White is now dreaming of an attack, but his position is too loose
for this - he had to defend the c-pawn instead} Nxc2 $1 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qf2
$2 {23 Bf4 was the best try, but after 23....Qd4+ and taking the Ra1, its not
enough for White even if he tries B takes h6} Qxe3 {A pin of course!!!} 0-1