[Event "WDCL Div 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.02.28"] [Round "?"] [White "Quilter, Tom"] [Black "Norris, Ethan"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B90"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rn1qkb1r/1b2pppp/p2p1n2/1p6/3NP3/P1N4P/1PP1QPP1/R1B1KB1R b KQkq - 0 8"] [PlyCount "65"] {[%evp 0,81,19,29,72,53,85,77,58,45,45,45,64,37,52,1,69,-3,16,13,5,-2,9,26,17, 7,17,17,22,-9,-10,-25,-21,-25,51,71,50,37,70,68,43,13,55,-64,-93,-166,-108, -133,-122,-145,-158,-155,-215,-218,-172,-210,-73,-55,-79,-81,-80,-86,-99,-142, -123,-182,-182,-210,-189,-184,-88,-110,-77,-90,-79,-89,-85,-103,-103,-78,-69, -124,643,625] [#]} 8... e6 {We join this game as Tom makes an aggresive thrust with g4} 9. g4 h6 10. Bg2 Qc7 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Rc8 14. g5 { continuing to play aggresively, but Black has wisely kept his King in the centre} hxg5 15. fxg5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Nh5 17. Qg4 e5 18. Be3 g6 {to prevent White opening the position with g6} 19. Rf2 O-O 20. Raf1 Qc4 21. h4 { Unfortunately for White this leaves the Queen unfefended exposing it to a pin along the 4th rank so..} d5 $1 {often a typical pawn break in the Najdorf} 22. Ne2 (22. exd5 {of course cannot be played because of} Qxg4 {which was the main downside of h3-h4}) 22... d4 $17 23. Bc1 d3 24. cxd3 Qxd3 25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. Bxh3 Rc2 27. Be3 Bxe4 28. Nc3 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Bc6 30. Rc1 f5 31. gxf6 Bxf6 32. Ke2 Bxh4 33. Be6+ Kg7 34. Nd5 Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 exf4 37. Rc6 Rf6 38. Rc7+ Kh6 39. Kf3 Be1 40. Kg4 Rf5 {Tom tried to defend heroically from here but in the end was unable to stop the f pawn.} 0-1