[Event "Bedfordshire League Match"] [Site "Milton Keynes"] [Date "2018.04.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Perkins, Andrew"] [Black "Kenworthy, Gary"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A37"] [WhiteElo "2155"] [BlackElo "2230"] [Annotator "Notes, Andrew Perkins"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.02.13"] [WhiteTeam "Luton"] [BlackTeam "Milton Keynes A"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 e5 5. Bg2 c5 {This did surprise me. I think it's reminiscent of what Botvinnik might have done; blockading the d4-square.} 6. d3 Nc6 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Bd2 {I had decided on a Queenside plan, which wasn't much, but at least it was a plan against a formidable opponent.} a5 10. a3 {Taking advantage that Black cannot play pawn-a4.} h6 {I think he had in mind, stopping my Knight going to g5, attacking his potential Bishop on e6.} 11. Nb5 Be6 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 cxb4 14. Bxb4 Nxb4 15. Rxb4 {So he's got rid of my Queen Bishop, which frankly I didn't see much future for. But at least I've progressed my plan, that is play on the Queenside, with a possible target on b7 and also d6.} {Anyway, he wasn't going to take that laying down, so he played} d5 {I'd be interested to see what a Master might play at this point. What I played was} 16. Qc2 {He now thought for some ten minutes, clearly considering how to lay out his game, and then played} dxc4 17. dxc4 Nc6 18. Rbb1 {It seems that Black can play more actively. White seems to be stalling.} ({I rejected} 18. Ra4 Rxa4 19. Qxa4 e4 {put me off. Eg.} 20. Ne1 (20. Nh4 $4 g5) 20... f5) 18... Qe7 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Nd2 f5 {I was now afraid of his playing pawn-e4. So I played it.} 21. e4 f4 22. Bf1 g5 {He's got the bit between his teeth, and if White doesn't do anything, he's going to be pushed, especially on the Kingside.} 23. c5 {This was like a defensive move and it was logical to continue to play on the Queenside.} fxg3 24. hxg3 Ra2 {I didn't see the point of this. Because when I played} 25. Rb2 {that defends the Queen and attacks the Rook, and I'm easy with that.} {But what he played was} Nb4 {I think that's the move of someone who has won a tournament the week before .Unexpectedly, this is the crisis of the game.} 26. Qc3 ({If I had played} 26. Rxa2 Nxc2 ({If} 26... Nxa2 {the pawn on c5 looks weak.}) 27. Rcxc2 {looks reasonable, with material balance for the Queen, but I'm not sure how it would continue.}) ({If instead} 26. Qb1 {he could immediately play} Rxc5) 26... Rxc5 {I think this was a miscalculation.} (26... Nc6 27. Rxa2 Bxa2 28. Nd6 Rc7 29. N6c4) 27. Qxb4 {And Black resigned. If 27... Rxb2 [27...Rxc1 28.Qxe7 Rxb2 29.Qxe6+ Kh7 30.Nb3 Rcc2 31.Bc4 Rxf2 32.Qg8+ Kg6 33.Qe8+ Kh7 24.Bg8+ and mate follows.] 28.Qxb2} 1-0