[Event "Dorset Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "1997.02.02"] [Round "?"] [White "Lenton, Oliver"] [Black "Waddington, Mike"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C00"] [Annotator "Waddington,Mike"] [PlyCount "106"] [EventDate "2003.10.??"] 1. e4 e6 2. b3 b6 {A small point, when I develop my bishop I will be hitting a pawn.} 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 $1 {taking the initiative as 7 e5 Nfd7 8 d4 is not in keeping with White's fianchettoed bishop.} 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 $15 9. a3 O-O-O 10. Qd2 {I felt c4 and then d4 should have been played.} e5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Be2 h6 {menacing g5, g4 and Bg5 hence} 13. Kb1 g5 14. Ne1 Nd4 15. Bg4+ f5 16. Bxd4 $2 exd4 17. Bf3 Qd6 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. a4 Rhe8 20. h4 Bf6 21. hxg5 hxg5 {I was unsure of Bxg5.} (21... Bxg5 22. f4 Bxf4 23. Qf2 {which lets the knight back into the game.}) 22. g3 Re6 $6 (22... Qc6) 23. Ng2 Qc6 24. Rhg1 $2 (24. Rhe1 $1) 24... Rde8 {Clearly Re2 must be prevented.} 25. Rde1 {[#] Black to play.} Qxg2 $3 {Strong engines struggle even in the first place to consider and then appreciate this move!} 26. Rxg2 Rxe1+ 27. Kb2 Rf1 {White must defend Ree1, Ra1 and Rfb1++. Tricky. When playing the queen sac I considered the only defence to be b4 when I intended c6!! and the white king is imprisoned but did I have time to mate? White's best replies seemed to be f4 and Rh2. I did not know.} 28. Ka3 (28. b4 c6 29. Rh2 (29. f4 Ree1 30. fxg5 Ra1 31. Kb3 b5 $1 32. axb5 cxb5 33. c4 dxc3 34. Qc2 Bd4 35. Re2 Rfb1+ 36. Qxb1 Rxb1+ 37. Kc2 Rxb4 $19) 29... Ree1 30. Rh7+ Kc8 $1 31. Rf7 Rb1+ 32. Ka3 Ra1+ 33. Kb3 b5 $1 34. axb5 cxb5 35. c4 dxc3 36. Qc2 Bd4 37. Rxf5 Rfb1+ $19) 28... a5 {This and my next were my intended reaction to Ka3 and therefore I did not consider Ra1+.} (28... Ra1+ 29. Kb4 Re5 $1 { with a5 and Rc5 mate looming.}) (28... Be7+) 29. b4 Rb1 30. bxa5 Ree1 31. axb6 Be7+ 32. Ka2 Bb4 33. c3 dxc3 34. Qc2 Rb2+ (34... Rbc1) 35. Qxb2 cxb2 36. Kxb2 Kxb6 {The upshot is an easily winning endgame.} 37. Rh2 Re2+ 38. Kb3 Bd2 39. Kc4 g4 40. d4 {hoping for Kd3.} Be1 41. d5 Rxf2 42. Rh1 Re2 43. Rh6+ Kb7 44. Rf6 Re5 45. Kd4 Bxg3 46. a5 Re4+ {the easiest.} 47. Kd3 (47. Kc5 Bd6+ 48. Kb5 Rb4#) 47... Bd6 48. Rxf5 Ra4 49. Rg5 g3 50. Ke3 Rxa5 51. Kf3 Ra2 52. Rg4 Rf2+ 53. Ke3 Bc5+ 0-1