[Event "NCCU County Championships u1850"] [Site "Eamont Bridge, Penrith"] [Date "2022.12.03"] [Round "?.4"] [White "Sanjoy Banerjee"] [Black "George H Horne"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E16"] [WhiteElo "1703"] [BlackElo "1767"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "137"] [EventDate "3.??.??"] [WhiteTeam "Merseyside u1850"] [BlackTeam "Cumbria u1850"] {[%evp 0,137,16,28,27,-16,-9,-4,21,-7,22,7,16,12,17,6,2,2,7,8,-5,-14,-12,-26, -25,-18,-23,-23,-25,-25,-25,-25,-23,-13,-12,-33,14,18,18,6,4,10,-6,-9,43,-86, -90,-90,56,59,39,38,38,-57,223,125,124,126,133,119,116,134,134,127,128,133,127, 107,113,122,123,129,116,130,49,19,131,136,110,71,138,140,150,134,150,119,119, 118,114,47,150,115,98,129,118,120,351,120,115,124,128,128,180,119,155,144,141, 143,179,174,196,165,166,166,174,140,131,120,123,68,97,0,167,89,798,1024,1022, 1022,1022,28035,1032,29629,29969,29976,29977,29978,29989,1032,29975,29974]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 {The Queens Indian Defence} 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 O-O 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. e3 (11. Rfd1 $11 {this is the book move here because 11...Nd4 is a mistake...} Nd4 $2 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Nxe6 dxe6 14. Kxg2 $16) 11... Qb6 {the apparent defending of pieces and pawns on the Queenside is just a roose, George intends to target the b2 pawn...} 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. a3 Rab8 14. Rab1 d6 15. Ng5 h6 16. Nge4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Ne7 $6 $11 (17... Ne5 $11 {this was more adventurous}) 18. b4 $1 {the initiative has passed to Sanjoy...} cxb4 19. Rxb4 Qc7 20. Rdb1 Nc6 21. R4b2 Ba6 22. Qa4 $2 $15 {this looks good but is a mistake...} Rxb2 23. Rxb2 Rb8 $4 $18 ( 23... Na5 $15 {wins a pawn}) 24. Rxb8+ $4 $11 (24. Qxc6 $3 {not easy to spot} Qxc6 25. Rxb8+ Kh7 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Bxc6 $18) 24... Nxb8 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Bf1 Nc6 $4 $16 (26... d5 $1 $11) 27. Bd3 $1 {sometimes creating threats overwhelms the opponent and Sanjoy is pileing on the threats} g6 {practically forced} ( 27... f5 $4 28. Qxe6 fxe4 29. Bxe4+ g6 (29... Kh8 $4 30. Qe8#) 30. Qxg6+ Kh8 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Bd5+ Qf7 33. Qg6+ {even better than 33.Bxf7+} (33. Bxf7+ Kxf7 34. Qxd6 $18) 33... Kh8 34. Bxf7 Ne7 35. Qh6#) 28. Qf8 Qe7 29. Qxe7 Nxe7 30. Nxd6 Kg7 31. Kf1 Nc6 32. Ke2 Ne5 33. Nb5 Bxb5 34. cxb5 Kf6 35. a4 Ke7 36. a5 Kd6 37. Kd2 Kc5 $4 $16 (37... Nxd3 $1 38. Kxd3 Kc5 39. b6 axb6 40. axb6 Kxb6 41. Kd4 f6 $11) 38. Be2 Kb4 39. b6 axb6 $4 $18 (39... a6 $3 40. Bxa6 Kxa5 41. b7 Nc6 42. Be2 $11) 40. axb6 Nd7 41. b7 Kc5 42. Bf3 Kb6 43. Kc3 Kc7 44. Kb4 $4 $11 (44. Kd4 {being ready to meet e5 with Kd5!! is a key move in the position.. .} f6 (44... e5+ 45. Kd5 Kxb7 46. Kd6+ Kc8 47. Bc6 Nb6 48. Kxe5 $18) 45. Bg2) 44... e5 $2 $18 (44... Ne5 45. Be2 (45. Be4 f5 46. Bg2 Nd3+ 47. Kc4 Nxf2 48. Bf3 Nh3 49. Kd4 Ng5 50. Bh1 Nf7 51. e4 e5+ 52. Kd5 f4 53. gxf4 exf4 54. e5 $18) 45... Kxb7 $11) 45. g4 f5 46. gxf5 gxf5 47. Bd5 $2 $18 (47. Kc4 $3 {a computer move} e4 48. Be2 Kxb7 49. Kd5 Kc7 50. Ke6 Nc5+ 51. Kxf5 Kd6 52. h4 Ke7 53. Kg6 Ne6 54. Bc4 Nc5 55. Kxh6 Nd7 56. Kg7 Nf6 57. Bf7 $18) 47... Nb6 48. Kc5 $6 $18 (48. Bc6 $3 {Sanjoy was in time trouble here and for all of the endgame with minutes on his clock, so its understandable he didnt find this move, George too was getting increasingly short of time...} Kb8 49. Kc5 Kc7 50. b8=Q+ Kxb8 51. Kxb6 $18) 48... Na4+ 49. Kb5 Nc3+ 50. Kc5 Nd1 (50... Na4+ $11 {the position isnt drawn} 51. Kb4 Nb6 52. Bc6 $3 $18) 51. Be6 Nxf2 52. Bxf5 Kxb7 53. Kd5 e4 54. Bxe4 Ng4 55. Kd4+ Kc7 56. h3 Nf2 $4 $11 (56... Nxe3 $3 $11 {in time trouble , George misses a great chance to draw- the remaining white pawn wont be able to Queen because the Bishop remaining for Sanjoy is the wrong colour to force through the pawn without stalemate. All George would have to do is get his king to h8...and its a draw...}) 57. h4 Kd6 58. Bg6 Ke6 59. h5 Kf6 60. Kd5 Nh3 61. Kd6 Kg5 $4 $18 {the e-pawn even if its caught now the Black King cannot get into h8...} (61... Kg7 62. e4 Kf8 63. Kd7 Kg7 64. e5 Nf4 65. e6 Nxe6 $11) 62. e4 Nf4 63. e5 $3 Nxg6 {desperation} 64. hxg6 Kxg6 65. e6 h5 66. e7 h4 67. e8=Q+ Kg5 68. Qe2 Kf4 69. Qg2 $5 {George finally gives up the ghost...a great game...} 1-0