[Event "Barrow Club Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.03.28"] [Round "6"] [White "Gawne, Martin"] [Black "Mackenzie, Matthew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "1812"] [BlackElo "2137"] [Annotator "Matthew Mackenzie(MM), Alan Llewellyn"] [PlyCount "50"] [EventDate "2022.03.29"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c4 c5 10. Rc1 cxd4 (10... Rc8 $11 {may have been better, Martin gets an isolated d-pawn in the game but has plenty of play for it-(MM)}) 11. exd4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Rc8 13. Qb3 {a tricky move that causes me some problems-(MM)} e6 14. Rfe1 Re8 15. Bd6 Nb8 16. Ba3 Nc6 17. Qd3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Ndb4 19. Qd2 a5 20. Qf4 $1 {I saw this coming, but thought that getting a pawn for the exchange plus messing up his K-side would give me practical chances....-(MM)} Nxd4 21. Nd6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qe7 23. Nxe8 {he should have taken the other rook, when the computer gives White a slight advantage-(MM)} Qxe8 24. Qe3 Rc5 $1 {he didn't see this and now panics-(MM)} (24... b5 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Bd3 Bxb2 27. Rxc8 Bxc8 $15) 25. f4 $4 (25. Red1 Qc6 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Qh6 Qd6 28. Rxd6 Bxh6 29. Rc3 $14) 25... Qc6 {- his bishop on c4 falls due to the mate threat and his K-position has been ruined into the bargain.- (MM)} 0-1