[Event "BCL Division 1"] [Site "Luton"] [Date "2026.05.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Bowler, Andrew"] [Black "O'Brien, Thomas P"] [Result "0-1"] [Annotator "O'Brien, Thomas P"] [ECO "C47"] [WhiteElo "2123"] [BlackElo "1938"] [PlyCount "68"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.02.13"] [WhiteTeam "Milton Keynes B"] [BlackTeam "Luton A"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 {The Glek system of the Four Knights Opening with g2-g3, named after the Russian/Belguim GM Igor Glek.} Bb4 (4... Bc5 {is the theory, but I preferred Bb4 to disrupt the position as} 5. Nd5 {leads the exchange of this Knight. I lose a bit of tempo but he has ideas such as Qb3, 0-0 & Re1.}) 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Ne7 7. Nxe5 Nxd5 8. Bg2 Nf6 9. c3 Bc5 10. d4 Bb6 11. O-O O-O {After the central exchanges and King safety played, with} 12. Bg5 {I played} d6 {to get rid of his Knight and prevent a potential Ng4.} 13. Nc4 {Going back to theory in the Glek, Black normally has a7-a6 played, so that he can retreat his Bishop to a7.} h6 14. Nxb6 axb6 {I don't mind the exchange on b6 as most of his pawns are on dark squares.} 15. Bf4 d5 {To cut off the long h1-a8 diagonal. I was expecting White to play on Queenside and try and losen up the position for his Bishop pair.} 16. Qd3 Be6 17. a3 Qd7 18. Rfe1 {I create creativity with} c5 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Qf1 {White is losing control of the light squares.} Qa4 23. Bc1 Rc7 {Getting ready to double Rooks on the d-file.} 24. f4 $2 {This just lets me open up the centre and attack the g1-a7 and h1-a8 diagonals.} d4 25. f5 Bb3 26. Rd2 Rcd7 27. cxd4 Rxd4 28. Rxd4 Qxd4+ 29. Be3 Qxb2 30. Bxc5 Rd2 {Gaining control of the seventh rank.} {White's next move} 31. Bb4 $4 {loses fast with forced mate, or catastrophic loss of material.} (31. Be3 {holds on for a bit longer.} {But then} Bc4 {gives White big problems.}) 31... Qd4+ 32. Kh1 Rxg2 33. Kxg2 Bd5+ 34. Kh3 Qg4# 0-1