[Event "OU v Kents/Luton"]
[Site "Open University Milton Keynes"]
[Date "2016.11.24"]
[Round "?"]
[White "McCready, Mark, J"]
[Black "Mohammed, Shamal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[Annotator "Notes by Mark McCready"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[SourceVersionDate "2023.10.07"]
[WhiteTeam "Kents Luton"]
[BlackTeam "Open University, Milton Keynes"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Ngf3 Qb6 {This is an antiquated move which I played because I forgot the theory. Qb6 was premature; the Queen should never be moved so early in the French Defence.} 6. exd5 exd5 7. Nb3 Bg4 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qxc5 10. Be3 Qd6 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Nd4 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 {This is precisely what I aimed for. Mostly inspired by Capablanca in my youth who blockaded an Isolated Queen Pawn with a Bishop in one of his famous games. Normally this is done with the Knight and not the Bishop.} Rfe8 16. Qb5 Ng4 {I found Black's last move to be strange; the cheap threat is very easily countered.} 17. g3 Qh6 18. h4 Qh5 {Black needs more pieces in attack to make this work. There is no threat here.} 19. Rae1 f6 {I understood it, but thought it was not the best move in the position.} 20. c4 Ne5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxb7 Rb8 25. Qxa7 Qxb2 {It was better to take with the Rook I thought and was suprised by this.} 26. c5 Rc8 27. Qa6 Rg8 {After this was played I knew I would win.} 28. c6 g5 29. c7 Qc3 30. hxg5 fxg5 31. Qd6 h5 {The fatal blunder.} 32. Qh6# {Believe it or not it took a second or two to register but then I had not long been out of hospital from a head injury and was not yet fully functional.} 1-0