[Event "Bedfordshire Chess League Division 1"] [Site "Bedford"] [Date "2019.10.24"] [Round "?"] [White "Perkins, Andrew"] [Black "Karimi, Qais"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A14"] [WhiteElo "2073"] [BlackElo "1953"] [Annotator "Notes by Andrew Perkins"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventType "team"] [SourceVersionDate "2022.04.18"] [WhiteTeam "Luton"] [BlackTeam "Bedford B"] 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Nbd7 5. O-O Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c6 8. d4 a5 9. Nc3 ({If now, White plays c5, Black's pawn on a5 hinders support from b4} 9. c5) 9... Qc7 10. Rc1 b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. cxd5 exd5 ({Black can't play} 12... cxd5 {because White then has} 13. Nxd5) 13. Rfd1 Rfc8 {He had used 13 minutes for 13 moves. By the time I made my next move, I was 10 minutes behind him.} {It seemed to me as though the positioning of the pieces in this Reti set up, allowed their potential and I wondered if Black had been a little too accommodating. For example, looking at Black's light squared Bishop; it's been developed but enclosed by it's own pawns.} 14. Ne5 Qb8 ({He decided he'd had enough of the Queen on the c file and moved it back. If} 14... Nxe5 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Nxd5) 15. Bh3 {Normally, White can't play this in the Reti, but here there is the space to do it.} Rd8 ({Once again, he can't play} 15... Rc7 {because of} 16. Nxd5) 16. Na4 b5 17. Bxd7 bxa4 18. Bxc6 Rc8 19. Qf5 axb3 20. axb3 g6 21. Qf3 Bxc6 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Nxc6 Qd6 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 {I thought that I was a pawn up, and so simplify by exchanging and take advantage of the extra pawn as we near the end game. However, I had underestimated my opponent.} 25. Ra1 Ne4 26. Qd3 Qb7 27. f3 Ng5 28. Bc1 Ne6 29. Bd2 Qb6 30. e3 Ng5 {At first I underestimated what might follow and defended f3 by playing} 31. Kg2 ({If instead I had attacked the Knight with} 31. e4 {he could play} Qxd4+ $1 {with a Knight fork} ({Or indeed} 31... Nxf3+ $1 32. Qxf3 Qxd4+ {winning the Rook. An unpleasant surprise.})) 31... Qe6 32. g4 f5 33. gxf5 gxf5 34. Rg1 Kg7 ({If for example} 34... Qg6 {it looks as if} 35. Kf1 {would be a handy move.}) 35. Kh1 Kf6 {I thought things were looking good for me now.} 36. e4 Nh3 37. e5+ Kf7 38. Rg2 Rg8 39. f4 Rxg2 40. Kxg2 Nxf4+ 41. Bxf4 Qc8 42. Bd2 Qg8+ 43. Qg3 Qc8 44. Qc3 Qg8+ 45. Kf2 Qg4 {There's probably a better move, but I was getting irritated by the potential of the Black Queen, bothering the Kind and attacking the weak pawns, so I played} 46. Qe3 ({Without the pressure of the clock and under calm analysis, I now think} 46. Qc7+ {would have been better.} {(After this, it's mate in 13 according to PowerFritz} Kg8 47. Qd8+ Kf7 48. Qf6+ Kg8 49. e6 Qg6 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. e7 Qf7 52. e8=Q Qxe8 53. Qxe8 h5 54. Qe7+ Kg6 55. Bg5 a4 56. Qf6+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ Kh8 58. Bf6# {Humayun Mirza)}) 46... Qh4+ 47. Ke2 Qxh2+ 48. Kd3 Qh1 {Black has a lost game, but is causing White maximum irritation. White was keeping calm, but not calculating well.} 49. e6+ ({It's not clear to me now, why White can't just play} 49. Bxa5 {Black can now check, but I think the White King can escape to b4.}) 49... Ke8 50. Qf4 Qb1+ 51. Ke2 Qxb3 ({After the game, he suggested he could play} 51... Qe4+ {and thought it could be a draw.} {But I think that White could play} 52. Qxe4 fxe4 53. Bg5 {which would win.}) 52. Qxf5 Qb5+ 53. Ke1 Qb7 {White had 4 minutes +10 second increments on the clock with which play his remaining moves, and the human element came in.} {So I played} 54. Qf7+ Qxf7 55. exf7+ Kxf7 56. Bxa5 {Over the years, experience of endgame technique, has impressed certain points upon me, and at this point, I knew I would win.} Kf6 57. Kf2 Kf5 58. Kf3 Kg5 59. Bd8+ Kf5 60. Bh4 h6 61. Bd8 Ke6 62. Kf4 Kd7 63. Bf6 Ke6 64. Bg7 h5 65. Kg5 Kf7 66. Be5 h4 67. Kxh4 Ke6 68. Kg5 Ke7 69. Kf5 Kd7 70. Kf6 Kc6 71. Ke6 Kb7 72. Kxd5 Kc8 73. Kd6 Kd8 74. d5 1-0