[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.03.30"] [Round "?"] [White "Clark, Ian"] [Black "Ormesher, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.01"] {[%evp 0,77,25,16,16,21,22,34,48,24,14,-17,1,3,31,31,18,25,24,-16,-13,-13,-12,-6,15,-5,14,8,12,7,0,7,32,-2,134,41,39,53,57,54,59,47,52,57,117,42,57,48,58,58,52,48,48,48,48,53,83,92,97,98,118,98,120,97,99,103,87,26,122,114,123,137,260,327,693,716,744,787,783,832]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 Na5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. Ba4 Be7 $14 8. b4 b5 9. bxa5 bxa4 10. Qxa4 Bd7 $11 {Wihte's extra pawn is not worth much and Black has a solid position and long term potential with the bishop pair} 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nc4 Rab8 14. Ba3 c5 15. Qc2 Rb5 16. Bc1 Rfb8 $2 {the problem with this is that Black's rook on b5 is now short of squares} 17. Bg5 $2 {A missed opportunity} (17. a4 $18 R5b7 18. a6 Rb3 19. Nfd2 {and Black loses the exchange}) 17... a6 18. Rab1 Be6 19. Nfd2 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. a4 R5b7 (21... Rxb1 22. Rxb1 $14) 22. Rxb7 $14 (22. Rb6 $16 {either picks up a second pawn or after Rxb6 undoubles White's pawns.}) 22... Rxb7 23. Nb6 Bd8 24. Ndc4 Qc6 25. h3 f5 26. f3 Rf7 27. Rb1 Bc7 28. Ne3 f4 29. Ned5 Qe8 30. Qb2 Qd8 31. Qb3 {This is a difficult position for Black as here the knights are so much better than the bishops and the a6 pawn is a real weakness.. Richard succeeds in drumming up counterplay on the kingside.} Qg5 32. Rb2 Qg3 33. Rf2 Bd8 34. Nc4 Bh4 ({The engines point out} 34... Bxh3 35. Nxd6 Kh7 $3 $11 36. Nxf7 Bxg2 $11 {which is essentially the idea Richard played in the game but without the problem response being available to White} 37. Rxg2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ $11) 35. Re2 Bxh3 36. Nxd6 Bxg2 37. Nf6+ (37. Rxg2 $2 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Bg3+ $19) 37... Bxf6 38. Qxf7+ Kh7 {When he played 36..Bg2 Richard had seen this far and thought he was at least equal but...} 39. Nf5 {and if Black retreats his queen White can capture the bishop without a perpetual arising.} 1-0