[Event "Barrow Club Championship 23-24"] [Site "?"] [Date "2023.11.08"] [Round "7"] [White "Llewellyn, Alan Mansel"] [Black "Roy, Rob"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A21"] [WhiteElo "1605"] [BlackElo "1559"] [Annotator "Llewellyn,Alan"] [PlyCount "103"] [EventDate "2023.11.08"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.11.08"] 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. Nd5 Be7 4. e4 Nf6 5. d3 Nxd5 6. cxd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 d6 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Qg5 Qxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 (11... f6 $2 12. Ne6 Ke7 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Nb5 $16) 12. Nf3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. Nd2 Nb6 15. Nc4 Ke7 16. Be2 Rb8 17. Ne3 g6 18. g4 $2 $17 {The ob Knight on b6 can now reroute to the excellent f4 square where it can be a menace to me.} Ba6 $2 $11 19. b3 $6 $15 Nd7 $3 {heading for f4 oblivious to me} 20. Kd2 Nf8 21. Rac1 Kd7 22. h3 $6 $15 Ne6 23. d4 $4 $19 Bxe2 24. Kxe2 (24. d5 $4 {this is the move i thought i had until i noticed the reply Nf4 was killing me...} Nf4 $5 $19) 24... Nxd4+ 25. Kd3 a5 $2 $17 26. f4 $3 f6 $6 $17 27. Rhf1 c5 $2 $11 28. fxe5 fxe5 29. Rf7+ $6 $15 (29. Rf6 Rhg8 30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. Rcf1 $11) 29... Kc6 $6 $11 (29... Ke6 $15) 30. Nd5 Rb7 $1 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 $3 $13 {the knight is worth a rook here} 32. Rxe7 Rf8 33. Re1 $2 $17 Rf2 34. Rh7 Ne6 $2 $11 35. Rxh6 Nf4+ 36. Ke3 Rxa2 37. Rf1 $4 $19 Re2+ 38. Kf3 Rb2 39. Ra1 $2 $19 Rxb3+ 40. Kf2 Nxh3+ 41. Ke1 $6 $19 Nf4 42. Rxa5 Kb6 43. Ra8 Re3+ 44. Kd2 Rxe4 45. Rhh8 Kb5 46. Rhb8+ Kc4 47. g5 $2 $19 Kd4 (47... d5 $4 48. Ra4#) 48. Rb6 d5 49. Kd1 c4 50. Ra4 Kd3 51. Rf6 Ng2 52. Rf3+ { And quite unbelievably starting with 1 hour 30 minutes on the clock, Rob ran out of time. The position is clearly winning for Black and with only 5 more minutes on the clock I'm sure he would have won, but running out of time and me having enough pieces to mate means I win} 1-0