[Event "BCL"] [Site "Luton"] [Date "2024.11.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Patel, Daven"] [Black "Potts, Alexander"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A16"] [WhiteElo "1441"] [BlackElo "1710"] [Annotator "Mirza,Humayun"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventType "game"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.02.13"] [WhiteTeam "Luton C"] [BlackTeam "Bedford C"] 1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 {Daven has been playing this system since last season and it took a few games before he gained his first win. This season he's playing with more polish.} d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Bg2 g6 {The last book move in the game.} 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nc3 c6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O Be6 9. b3 Qd7 10. Bb2 {Daven has adopted hypermodernism. Control the centre by pieces, not pawns.} Bh3 11. Qc2 Bxg2 {Alexander argues against the Hypermodern school, to rid White of one of his fianchettoed Bishops.} 12. Kxg2 Nb4 13. Qc1 Nd3 14. Qc2 Nxb2 {And Alexander gets rid of the other fianchettoed Bishop. What will Daven do now?} 15. Qxb2 e5 16. Qc2 Qe6 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. d4 {Having lost his hypermodern system to Alexander's manoeuvres, Daven goes back to old school, trying to control the centre with pawns.} Nf6 19. h3 e4 {The pawn advance appears to arrest White from bolstering the centre with pawns to f3 and e4 but it now allows} 20. Nf4 $1 {The Knight now has an outpost has consequences.} Qe7 21. d5 Rfd8 22. Rd2 Rac8 23. Rfd1 cxd5 24. Qb2 {This looks like a mistake, since it positions the Queen on the same diagonal as Black's Bishop. But events take an unexpected turn in which the Queen on b2 turns to White's advantage.} Qb4 25. Rc1 g5 (25... d4 {was better for Black}) 26. Nfe2 Qf8 27. Nd4 g4 28. h4 Rd6 {Black appears to be preparing to double Rooks on a file but this this allows White's next move.} 29. Nf5 Re6 $2 ({The Rook moves to the wrong file.} 29... Rdc6 {was the correct destination.}) {Daven now plays a winning combination.} 30. Nxg7 Qxg7 31. Nxd5 $1 {Capturing the pawn with a tempo, and releasing the Queen on b2.} Rxc1 {Understandably, Alexander wants to liquidate and get the Queen off the long a1-h8 diagonal.} 32. Qxc1 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 {The dust has settled and material still even} Qf6 ({Trying to avoid Rg5+ perhaps but} 33... h6 {would have stopped this. However, the game is still objectively lost.}) 34. Qc8+ $1 {Daven goes for the jugular.} Kg7 35. Rg5+ Kh6 {And Black resigned before White's mate in two.} 1-0