[Event "4NCL Wessex A vs Atticus A"] [Site "lichess.org"] [Date "2020.10.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Lock, Gavin"] [Black "Redmond, John"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D38"] [WhiteElo "2185"] [BlackElo "2335"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2020.??.??"] [TimeControl "2700+15"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qb3 a5 6. Bg5 dxc4 {Novelty} 7. Qxc4 O-O 8. e4 $14 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 Nc6 11. O-O Bd7 12. e5 Qd8 13. Ne4 Re8 14. a3 Bf8 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. Rad1 Qd5 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qxc5 19. Rc4 Qb6 { Now black never unravels. White on the other hand has excellent mobility and can threaten the bishop on c8 and generate an attack on the kingside. Gavin never loosens his grip and finishes the game in style.} (19... Qe7 $1 {black gives up a pawn for actviity} 20. Rxc7 Bd7 21. Rxb7 Reb8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 { and it is difficult for white to mobilise his queenside}) 20. Rxc7 Rd8 21. Rd1 {preventing Bd7} Re8 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 {just loses the c8 bishop}) 22. Bd3 Be7 23. Bh7+ Kf8 24. Be4 Kg8 25. h4 a4 26. Rc1 {releasing the queen from defending c7} Qb3 27. Qe2 Qb6 28. Bb1 h5 29. Qe4 g6 30. Qf4 {white has the unstoppable threats of Bxg6, Qh6 and Ng5} (30. Qf4 Kg7 (30... Qxb2 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Qh6 Bd7 33. Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Ng5 Bxg5 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. Qxg5+ {etc}) 31. Ng5 f5 32. exf6+) 1-0