[Event "7th Elstree & Borehamwood Congress"] [Site "Borehamwood"] [Date "1981.05.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Perkins, Andrew"] [Black "Flear, Glenn"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "1975"] [BlackElo "2358"] [Annotator "Perkins, Andrew"] [PlyCount "41"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.04.18"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 {"I tended to favour the exchange variation 4.Bxc6 but had a bad experience in a recent game. I thought a player of Flear's strength would know what to do in this line and would probably grind me down." Andrew Perkins} Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 {I saw that black was playing the Archangelsk (counterthrust) variation and wanted to get me thinking. It was possible to play a quieter 7.d3 but I surprised myself by playing a more aggressive move.} 7. d4 Nxd4 {After Nxd4, I saw a combination and so I went for it.} 8. Bxf7+ Kxf7 9. Nxe5+ Kg8 {It was about this time, that I felt Flear had lured me into a very tricky line that he knew well.} ({If} 9... Ke6 10. Qxd4 c5 {in theory, black's King should not be in the middle of the board.} {If} 11. Qc3 b4 (11... Nxe4) 12. Qb3+ {But in the game, black knew what he was doing and put the King down on g8.}) 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qd3 ({I think the theory books say} 11. Qd1 {but I played Qd3.}) 11... Qe8 12. Bf4 ({The point being if} 12. Qb3+ d5 {12. Bf4 develops the Bishop and defends the Knight.}) 12... Nh5 ({I was a little surprised he didn't go for} 12... Bxe4 {but I guess he wanted to expose the clumsy Bishop on f4.}) 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. Qxg3 Bd6 15. f4 Bxe4 {Finally Bxe4. He has equalised and knows what he's doing.} 16. Nc3 Bxe5 17. fxe5 Bc6 {I'm guessing he didn't want to play Bxc2 and give more development time for white. I confess I had no clear idea of what white should do. I felt it was his decision as a master to develop his positional advantages.} 18. Rf6 {I played this to stop black Qg6 and prepare to double the rooks.} b4 {This is a blunder. He misread a tactical point on my next move.} 19. Ne4 {After Ne4, white has two threats: Qb3+ and Rxc6, allowing the Knight to f6.} Bd5 {Bd5 meets both threats.} 20. Nd6 Qd8 21. Nf5 {If 21... g6 22. Rxg6+} 1-0