[Event "Gibraltar Masters"] [Site "Gibraltar"] [Date "2015.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Walton, A."] [Black "Almagro Llamas, P."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A45"] [Annotator "Dave Hardy"] [PlyCount "79"] [EventDate "2015.??.??"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "GGB"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.01.20"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[%evp 0,60,32,32,32,-7,13,10,28,-8,-7,-7,-7,-7,-23,-14,-14,-9,34,15,16,15,10, -27,-12,-70,-70,-63,-29,-20,-13,-21,0,3,6,1,6,0,12,18,43,27,27,24,29,17,40,30, 0,16,31,25,3,20,90,60,48,46,50,-2,0,8,17]} 1. d4 {One of Alan's best events ever where he just missed out on an IM norm} Nf6 2. Bg5 {The Tromp has always been a dangerous weapon in Alan's hands as many opponents have found over the years.} Ne4 3. Bf4 e6 4. f3 Bd6 5. Bxd6 Nxd6 6. e4 O-O {despite the strange placing of the Knight, Stockfish likes Black's position} 7. Nc3 (7. Bd3 f5 8. e5 Nf7 9. f4 b6 10. Qf3 c6 11. Nc3 Na6 12. a3 Nc7 13. O-O-O b5 14. g4 a5 15. gxf5 exf5 16. Nge2 d5 17. Rhg1 Kh8 18. Rg3 Nh6 19. Rdg1 Ne6 20. Qh5 Ra7 21. Nd1 Qb6 22. c3 b4 23. a4 bxc3 24. bxc3 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Ne3 Rb7 27. Kd2 Rb2+ 28. Nc2 Ng4 29. Rxg4 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Qxe2+ 31. Kc1 fxg4 32. Rxg4 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Qe3+ {0-1 (33) Orosa Martinez,V (2085)-Anton Guijarro,D (2627) Linares 2016}) 7... b6 (7... Nc6 8. Qd2 e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Nd1 c5 11. c3 N4b5 12. Ne3 Nc7 13. O-O-O b5 14. g4 c4 15. h4 Na6 16. Ne2 Nc5 17. Ng3 Rb8 18. Kb1 a5 19. Ngf5 Nxf5 20. gxf5 d6 21. Rg1 Kh8 22. h5 Rg8 23. Be2 b4 24. Nxc4 bxc3 25. Qxc3 Ba6 26. Qe3 Bxc4 27. Bxc4 Rb4 28. b3 a4 29. a3 Rxb3+ 30. Bxb3 axb3 31. h6 g6 32. fxg6 hxg6 33. Rc1 Qa5 34. Rxc5 Qxa3 35. Rg2 Ra8 36. Qc3 Qxc5 37. Qxc5 dxc5 38. d6 c4 39. d7 c3 40. Rg1 Rd8 41. Rc1 c2+ 42. Kb2 Rxd7 43. Kxb3 Rc7 44. Rxc2 Rxc2 45. Kxc2 Kh7 46. Kd3 Kxh6 47. Ke3 Kg5 {0-1 (47) Stanic,A (2129)-Ilic,S (2053) Belgrade 2017}) 8. Qd2 f5 9. O-O-O fxe4 10. fxe4 Bb7 11. Bd3 c5 12. d5 $5 (12. dxc5 $1 bxc5 13. e5 Nf5 14. Nf3 {is the engines choice}) 12... exd5 13. exd5 c4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Qh4 16. Re1 Na6 {after the exchanges Black seems to have got his pieces on to some better squares but I still prefer White and any endgame looks not too good for Black with that pawn on d7} 17. g3 Qf6 18. Nh3 { we are told about Knight's on the rim but good players know when to break the "rules"} Nc5 19. Bg2 b5 20. Rhf1 Qd6 21. Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Nf4 b4 23. Qe3 b3 24. axb3 cxb3 25. cxb3 Qb6 (25... Ba6 26. Be4 Nxe4 27. Qxe4 Qc5+ 28. Kb1 $13) 26. Kb1 $1 {cool under pressure Alan gets the King safe} Ba6 (26... Nxb3 27. Qxb6 axb6 28. Re7 Rf7 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kc2 Nd4+ 32. Kd3 Nb5 {was best but I guess the higher ranked player didn't want to give his opponent an easy position to play}) 27. d6 $1 (27. Qc3 $1 {threat of Re7}) 27... Qxd6 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. Qe7 Qxe7 30. Rxe7 g5 31. Nh5 $1 {after the game lots of strong players commented on how good this move was especially as both players where now down to their last 5 minutes - the Knight is off to e8!} Bd3+ 32. Ka2 Bf5 33. Ng7 Bg4 34. Ne8 Rf2 35. b4 Nd3 36. Ka3 Nxb2 $4 {the final mistake - Black's pieces are too far away from the King to help and the pawn on b2 is little consolation} (36... h5 37. b5 Nc5 38. Bc4 Nd3 39. Nd6 Nxb2 40. Bb3 Rxh2 41. Nf7+ Kg7 42. Ne5+ Kf6 43. Nxg4+ hxg4 44. Rf7+ Ke5 45. Rxd7 $18) 37. Nd6 Rd2 (37... Bh5 38. Rxd7 Nd3 39. Rxa7 $18) (37... h5 38. Nf7+ Kh7 39. Ne5+ Kh6 40. Nxg4+ hxg4 41. Be4 {mating}) (37... Rxh2 38. Nf7+ Kg7 39. Ne5+ Kf6 40. Nxg4+ Kxe7 41. Nxh2) 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Rg8+ Kf6 40. Ne4+ 1-0