[Event "Bedford County Chess League Match"] [Site "Bedford"] [Date "1983.12.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Habershon, Paul"] [Black "Perkins, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B10"] [WhiteElo "2148"] [BlackElo "2065"] [Annotator "Andrew Perkins"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventType "team"] [SourceVersionDate "2023.09.02"] [WhiteTeam "Bedford Modern School"] [BlackTeam "Kents Luton A"] {At Bedford Modern School, because pupils would become strong and then leave and the new boys might not be at the same strength, Paul had a responsibility to really make an effort on board one to encourage the team.} 1. e4 c6 2. d3 {I recognised this move; Tal won a brilliant game with this versus Smyslov in the candidates of 1959.} d5 3. Nd2 e5 4. Ngf3 Bd6 ({Kasparov comments (My Great Predecessors) that Smyslov played} 4... Nd7 {and that later, the more natural Bd6 came to be preferred}) 5. d4 {This was Tal's move against Smyslov. Tal could see that he could lose a tempo because there was a certain lack of harmony in Black's set up. But the interesting question that I can't really answer, is that would this lack of tempo work against Bd6? Paul tried it anyway.} exd4 6. exd5 cxd5 {Now we have gotten into the Tarrasch French line.} 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Nbxd4 Qc7 {In the normal approach to this position, Black would not yet have castled so here Black seeks to exploit his tempo.} 11. Be3 Bg4 12. h3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bxf3 {Black decided to grab the chance to win a pawn or weaken White's Kingside.} 14. Qxf3 Qxc2 15. Bd3 Qd2 16. Rfe1 Qg5 17. g3 ({White refuses to jump to} 17. Be3 Qe5) 17... Nc6 18. Be3 Qf6 ({Black would not mind a draw, disliking} 18... Qe5 19. Bf4) 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qxd5 Rfd8 {Setting a trap into which White falls.} 21. Bg5 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bxg3+ 23. Kxg3 Rxd5 {I liked the concept that a Rook was forking two Bishops rather than the other way round.} 24. Kh4 (24. Bxg6 {loses to} Rxg5+) 24... Rxd3 25. Rad1 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 {White plays on calmly but Black manages to keep cool until adjudication.} Kg7 27. Rd7 h6 28. Bd2 ({Black not worried about} 28. Bxh6+ Kxh6 29. Rxf7 {I think that Black with a piece would have a fairly simple win.}) 28... b6 ({The pleasing} 28... Rd8 {fails to} 29. Bc3+) 29. Bc3+ Kg8 30. Rc7 Nd8 31. Bf6 Ne6 32. Rb7 Ng7 33. Be5 Nf5+ 34. Kg4 Re8 35. Kf4 Ne7 $1 ({In my notes, I gave this move an exclamation mark for two reasons. It avoided the trap} 35... Re7 $4 36. Rb8+ {and mates. And if after 35...Ne7 36.Rxa7, (If 36. Bb8 Black has 36...Nd5+ and 37... a5) then Nc6 is fatal.}) 0-1