[Event "WDCL Division 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.10.19"] [Round "?"] [White "Burriss, Nick"] [Black "Furness, Robert"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B01"] [Annotator "Nick Burriss"] [PlyCount "70"] [WhiteTeam "Culcheth B"] [BlackTeam "Culcheth A"] 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 e6 7. Bxf5 Qxf5 8. Qe2 Nc6 9. a3 O-O-O 10. Be3 h6 11. O-O-O Be7 {Played after 18 minutes thought! Was the alternative 11...g5 the cause of long consideration? (Nick)} 12. Rhe1 a6 13. h3 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 {Okay, but limits the Queen's mobility. (Nick)} 15. Qd3 Qh5 16. Qe4 {Occupying a dominating square (Nick)} Bf6 17. Rd3 $6 {An inaccuracy. 17. g4 would have forced the Queen to g6 and, after the exchange, isolated Black's e-pawn. 17...Qxh3?? loses the Q. (Nick)} Rhd8 18. Red1 R5d7 19. Bf4 (19. c4 {was better (Nick)}) 19... Qd5 20. Qxd5 Rxd5 21. c4 $4 { A blunder. The slightly abject retreat 21. Be3 was best (Nick)} Nxd4 $6 { The slightly abject-looking retreat R(5)d7 was best (Nick)} 22. cxd5 Ne2+ 23. Kb1 $2 {Kc2 was correct (Nick)} Nxf4 24. R3d2 Rxd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Nd4 { I thought for several minutes before selecting this losing move. 26. Nh2 was much better but I was already in serious difficulties (Nick)} g6 {Not quite entirely returning the favour. 26...Nxg2 retains Black's clear winning advantage. (Nick)} 27. Nc2 c6 28. g3 {Mistakenly thinking I could activate my Rook to good effect after Black takes the h-pawn. 28. Ne1 was necessary} Nxh3 29. Rh1 Nxf2 30. Rxh6 Kd7 31. Rh2 Ne4 32. g4 Ke6 33. Re2 Ke5 34. Ne3 Kf4 35. Kc2 Bd4 {And after a few more moves with both sides in a measure of time trouble, White resigned in a wholly lost position.} 0-1