[Event "Barrow Club k.o."] [Site "Barrow-in-Furness"] [Date "2020.09.21"] [Round "4"] [White "Mackenzie, Matthew A"] [Black "Gawne, Martin P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B22"] [WhiteElo "2133"] [BlackElo "1803"] [Annotator "alanm"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] {[%evp 0,65,45,29,45,9,8,-20,-20,-15,-16,-16,8,14,44,-2,38,35,35,35,36,15,51,3, 20,20,26,26,19,13,13,12,31,-2,5,7,33,-12,17,-5,3,14,9,5,5,8,8,8,11,-5,0,-3,8,0, 0,-27,0,-16,-16,-119,-119,-123,-123,-521,0,0,242,239]} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Be3 (9. Nc3 $11 {an alternative is to play Nc3 first then decide where to place the Bishop but its most probably going to e3 eitherway.}) 9... Be7 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nb4 13. a3 (13. Qb3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Nfd5 15. Bd2 Rac8 {this is still theory the game we are following is Timothy Bingam - Helgi olafsson from oslo 1983} 16. a3 $14) 13... Nbd5 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Rc6 19. Na4 Qc8 20. Rxc6 Qxc6 21. Nc3 Qd7 22. Bg3 a6 23. Be5 b5 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bf6 26. Qf3 Qe7 27. Bb1 Rc8 28. Qd3 g6 29. f4 $2 {Over-reaching Martin has so far met fire with fire and hasn't secoumbed to the usual onslaught that players who play Mattf often crumble into. Now Matt in his frustration blunders by weakening his whole Kingside position.} Bxe5 $1 30. fxe5 Qg5 31. Rf1 $4 (31. Kf2 $1 {bizarely this is the only move which effectively defends against the threat of 31...Ne3}) (31. Re1 $4 Rc1 32. Qe2 Nf4 33. Qf2 Rxe1+ 34. Qxe1 Qxg2#) 31... Nf4 (31... Ne3 $3 {This is crushing} 32. Qe4 Nxf1 33. Kxf1 Qd2 34. Kg1 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Qh4 g5 37. Qxh6 Qf4+ 38. g3 Qf2#) (31... Rc1 32. h4 Rxf1+ 33. Qxf1 Qe3+ 34. Qf2 Qc1+ 35. Qf1 Qxb2 36. Qd3 Nc3 37. Bc2 h5 {else h5 by White causes problems} 38. Kf2 Qxa3 39. d5 exd5 40. Ke3 a5 $19 {with a won endgame for black}) 32. Qf3 $1 Rc4 $4 (32... Rc1 33. Rxc1 (33. Qxf4 $4 Qxf4 $19) 33... Nxh3+ 34. Qxh3 $2 (34. Kh2 Qxc1 35. Bxg6 Qf4+ 36. Qxf4 Nxf4 37. Be4 Kg7 38. Bb7 (38. b4 {if white tries to be clever in this endgame he can come unstuck.} f6 39. Bb7 Ne2 40. exf6+ (40. d5 fxe5 41. dxe6 Kf6 42. Bxa6 Nd4 $15) 40... Kxf6 41. Bxa6 $2 Nxd4 $15) 38... a5 39. Ba6 b4 $11) 34... Qxc1+ 35. Kh2 Qxb1 $17) 33. Qxf4 {Martin must have overlooked that 33... Qxf4 34 Rxf4 Rc1+ doesnt win the bishop on b1 because of 35.Rf1} 1-0