[Event "George Kents Club Championship"] [Site "Luton"] [Date "1982.09.16"] [Round "3"] [White "Perkins, Andrew"] [Black "Brockelsby, Steve P"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2065"] [BlackElo "1923"] [Annotator "Perkins, Andrew"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "1982.08.??"] [EventType "team-k.o."] [EventRounds "4"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.02.13"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 {I guess he might well play the Pirc defence, so I had a look at Karpov - Timman, Montreal 1979 where Karpov played g3.} Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 ({If White had played} 6. Nf3 {then I think Black would have played} Bg4 {with the intention of Black swapping off the Knight.}) 6... e5 7. d5 {I departed from Karpov, and played something that suited me more. He then followed up with} Nbd7 8. h3 a5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Nc5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. O-O {I was playing cautiously. Any demonstration on the Queenside would not be as effective now. Steve was also playing cautiously, which against a higher rated player, suited him.} Ne8 13. f4 b6 {He took 20 minutes on this move. He was now 15 minutes behind me on the clock and he never pulled that time back.With his last move, he now has two ways of recapturing if White takes the Knight on c5.} 14. f5 Ba6 15. fxg6+ fxg6 16. Rxf8 Bxf8 17. g4 {I was still unclear whether my best play was on the Kingside or Queenside. I took my time, since Black hasn't tried anything energetic, allowing me to manevour how I want.} Bg7 18. Ng3 Nf6 {When I played} 19. a4 {he suprised me by playing} Ng8 20. Bf1 Qh4 21. Kg2 Rf8 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Nb5 {It looks as I've tried to keep the Kingside safe, and try to do something on the Queenside. He decided not to continue his Kingside aggression by playing} Qe7 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. c3 Bf6 {I think was waiting to see what I would do. The point of my previous move was my next move} 26. b4 {I was quite pleased to get some action on the Queenside, whilst the Kingside was contained. Steve had reached the point of having to play one move every minute to reach the first time control on move 35.} Nb7 ({He certainly didn't hazard} 26... Na6 {because White could play} 27. Nxd6 {and if} Nxb4 28. Ndf5 {attacking the Queen! And if} gxf5 {then the other Knight could come in attacking the Queen.} 29. Nxf5) 27. Qc4 Rf7 28. Rf1 {I was perhaps influenced by his time pressure. He has to consider matters on both the Kingside and Queenside now. If for example, he moves his Bishop, he reduces the defence on b7.} Qd7 29. Rf2 Kg7 30. Rf3 {In order to cover on c3 if the White Queen moves to f1.} ({I had been thinking of playing} 30. Qf1 {attacking on the Kingside.}) 30... Nd8 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Na7 Bg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Rxf7+ Nxf7 35. Qb5 {As well as threatening the Queen on d7, it also attacks the pawn on a5.} Qe7 {We both safely reached the time control.} ({If} 35... Qxb5 36. Nxb5 {the Black pawn on c7 is defenceless.}) {At George Kents, Social club, the barman wanted to close up by 10.30 pm, so I wrote down my next move and sealed it.} 36. Qxa5 {After the sealed move, we parted ways for the evening. Black would have guessed by move, and instead of resuming at a later date, he decided he'd had enough and decided he wouldn't continue and resigned.} 1-0