[Event "Shropshire League Division 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.12.08"] [Round "?"] [White "Best, Francis"] [Black "Zdanowksi, Adrian"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B08"] [WhiteElo "1855"] [BlackElo "2051"] [Annotator "Francis Best, Fat Fritz"] [PlyCount "67"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.08.30"] [WhiteTeam "Shrewsbury A"] [BlackTeam "Maddocks A"] {[%evp 0,67,19,31,75,63,72,88,90,85,72,78,78,63,64,63,74,55,66,62,-12,-5,-7, -58,-70,-121,-57,-123,-15,3,-30,-59,41,-34,10,-54,-85,-72,-94,-94,7,48,125,-41, -4,198,173,0,357,368,362,166,823,401,360,367,471,411,404,406,416,423,640,603, 1031,29992,29993,1089,1134,1198]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. a4 b6 {Adrian and I have had several games in this line. I wanted to play a slightly different, more dynamic variation and had seen the possibility of sacrificing a Pawn or two early on to open up lines against the black king. In fact, I got my lines a little mixed, but the principles remained the same.} 8. e5 Nfd7 9. e6 fxe6 10. Bc4 (10. h4 $1 Nf6 11. h5 Nxh5 12. Ng5 {is Fat Fritz's preference. Other engines' preference is Bc4, as played. The position is nominally about level, but there are distinct attacking possibilities for white and, if black is not careful, the queenside pieces can remain inactive for a while.}) 10... Nf6 11. h4 Nc6 (11... d5 $1 { at this point would have been in black's favour.(-0.56)}) 12. h5 $1 {back on track again.} d5 {(0.39) The fact that a single tempo can make such a difference in evaluation, shows this is a tricky line to handle for black.} 13. Bd3 gxh5 14. Qd2 (14. Ne2 $1 Nb4 15. Nf4 Qe8 16. Ng5 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 c5 18. Nxh5 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Kd2 $18 {1.87}) 14... Nb4 15. Ne5 (15. Ne2 {is still FF's preference.}) 15... Qe8 $6 {this is possibly the key turning point.} (15... Nxd3+ $1 16. Nxd3 Bd7 17. Bh6 Be8 18. Qg5 Bg6 {with a tiny edge for White, but no more.}) 16. Be2 $6 {although this keeps some small advantage for white, FF prefers} (16. Bh6 $1 Nxd3+ 17. cxd3 Kh8 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. g4 hxg4 20. f3 Rg8 21. Qh6+ Kh8 22. Ne2 g3 23. Rh3 Rg7 24. Nf4 Kg8 25. Kd2 g2 26. Rg1 Qxa4 27. Ne2 Qa5+ 28. Ke3 c5 {is a bizarre FF line - hardly a human variation.}) 16... Ng4 {Although it might seem attractive to exchange off pieces, it is relatively easy for white to bring reserves into the attck, whereas black is exchanging off some key defeenders.} 17. Bxg4 hxg4 18. O-O-O { Principally to get the rook into play, rather than worrying about king safety.} Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qg6 $6 {This allows white to double rooks on the h-file with tempoo.} (19... c5 {might be preferred, to try drumming up couterplay.}) 20. Rh6 $18 {(2.14)} Qg7 21. Rdh1 Rf7 22. R6h5 Kh8 {During the game, I thought thata better try might have been} (22... Rf5 {but after} 23. Rxf5 exf5 24. Nxd5 Nc6 25. Nxc7 Ra7 26. Bxb6 $18 {leaves white ahead on material and black's pieces poorly coordinated and king still exposed.}) 23. Bh6 Qg8 (23... Qg6 24. Rg5 Qxc2+ 25. Qxc2 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Rxf2+ 27. Kd3 {is FF's best try but it is still hopeless for black (2.90)}) 24. Rg5 Qe8 25. Qd4 Rf5 26. Qxb4 Rxg5 27. Bxg5 c5 28. Qxg4 Qf7 29. Qh4 Ra7 30. Rh3 d4 31. Rf3 (31. Ne4 Bb7 32. Nd6 exd6 33. Bf6+ Kg8 34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Rg7) 31... Qe8 32. Bh6 dxc3 33. Rf8+ (33. Qg5 { forces mate straight away, but who cares?}) 33... Qxf8 34. Bxf8 1-0