[Event "BCL Division 1"] [Site "Luton"] [Date "2024.12.17"] [Round "?"] [White "Taylor, Alistair"] [Black "Joseph, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A45"] [WhiteElo "1803"] [BlackElo "1692"] [Annotator "Joseph, Michael"] [PlyCount "66"] [SourceVersionDate "2025.01.02"] [WhiteTeam "Leighton Buzzard A"] [BlackTeam "Luton A"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. h4 Bf5 6. f3 h5 7. Bd3 e6 8. Nge2 c6 9. Qd2 b5 10. Ng3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Qb6 12. Bd6 $6 Nbd7 13. b4 a5 $1 14. O-O Bf8 $1 15. Bxf8 Kxf8 16. a3 Kg7 17. Nce2 Rhe8 ({This was a bluff! I could have played} 17... e5 {right away, but I wanted him to play pawn-f4 to block the centre. This gave me the g4 square. Also I can now open the a-file anytime I wanted, after doubling Rooks, but I wanted to block the centre first so he had no counterplay.}) 18. f4 $2 {Closing the centre and weakening the e4 & g4 squares.} Ng4 $1 {Threatening Qd8 winning the h pawn.} 19. Nh1 Ndf6 20. Nf2 Nxf2 21. Kxf2 Ne4+ 22. Kg1 Ra7 $1 23. Nc3 {Played under time pressure, overlooking the next move.} Ng3 $1 24. Rf3 Nf5 25. g3 axb4 26. Ne2 Rea8 27. e4 dxe4 28. Qxe4 Rxa3 29. Rd1 Rxf3 30. Qxf3 Ra3 31. Qe4 Re3 $2 (31... Nxg3 $1 {Winning.}) 32. Qg2 Ra3 33. Kh2 Ne3 {And Black went on to win.} 0-1