[Event "Bedford A vs. Luton A"] [Site "Bedford"] [Date "1984.03.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Perkins, Andrew"] [Black "Roe, Phil"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C68"] [Annotator "Perkins, Andrew"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventType "team-match"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.10.03"] [WhiteTeam "Kents Luton A"] [BlackTeam "Bedford A"] {At a chess event run by BH Wood, I had a very good year and came 3rd in the Southport Premier, July 1971. The prize was a voucher with which I bought Bobby Ficsher My 60 Memorable Games. It was from game 56, Fischer vs.Gligorich, that I studied the Ruy Lopez exchange in detail. I had great respect for Phil's tactical aggresstion against me, so I was relieved to play this studied varation to limit his tactical options. For the first 13 moves the game was directly from the book above. Typically, he played the most aggressive line. Fortunately, having studied Ficher's game, I was able to keep up with him.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 (10. hxg4 {would have been a blunder}) 10... Bd6 11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2 Rxh2 13. Qxg4 ({Fischer explains why} 13. Kxh2 {would lose for White}) 13... Qh4 {Many who play this seem to prefer this line to the text below} ({Fischer's line is} 13... Rh4 14. Qf5 Ne7 15. Qxf6 gxf6 {and Gipslis recommends} 16. c3 {as an interesting continuation}) 14. Qxh4 Rxh4 15. c3 ({In a previous postal game, I had played} 15. Nf3 {and although it was a drawn game I wasn't sure what I was doing, so I was glad to play 15.c3}) 15... f6 ({The main alternaive was} 15... exd4 {which gives a different game}) 16. Nf3 Rh8 ({I presume that he must have thought the text move was more flexible, rather than} 16... Rh7 {to double the rooks on the h file}) {Because his last move slowed his Kingside play, I decided to play} 17. dxe5 {to introduce the main theme of the opening, that White has a Kingside majority} Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. f4 Bd6 20. Be3 Kf7 {He wanted to keep is King on the Kingside where Black has a pawn minority} 21. Kf2 Rae8 22. Kf3 Rh5 {On the same principle, of White having a better endgame, I played} 23. Rh1 Reh8 24. Rxh5 Rxh5 25. Rd1 {The other boards in the match, prevented offering a draw, so I thought centralise, and see what happens} Ke7 26. Bd4 c5 27. Bf2 b6 28. Bg1 {guards the h2 square and threatens pawn to g4} ({I rejected the intended} 28. g4 {because I didn't like} Rh2 {which threatens Bxf4} 29. Kg3 $2 Bxf4+) 28... Rh1 {I saw the looming discovered check, and spent two minutes checking the line before playing} 29. e5 fxe5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Bxc5+ bxc5 32. Rxh1 Kd6 33. Rd1+ Kc6 34. Ke4 Bf6 35. Kf5 Kb6 {The time control was reached and black resigned} 1-0