[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2025.06.23"] [Round "?"] [White "Ormesher, Richard"] [Black "Stokes-Carter, Dennis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B45"] [Annotator "peter"] [PlyCount "65"] [EventDate "2025.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.03.01"] {[%evp 0,65,25,16,58,64,64,31,37,28,34,39,39,8,6,13,51,42,62,67,106,32,39,53,53,56,43,44,54,54,53,44,86,71,96,-9,6,13,49,24,105,39,36,30,248,254,368,130,123,13,13,26,18,15,74,36,88,37,57,30,46,0,231,232,590,596,1576,1743]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be3 Bb4 7. f3 a6 (7... d5 {gives Black comfortable equality}) 8. Qd2 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qe5 10. Bd3 (10. Bf4 $16 {is the engines' choice, the idea being that the queen is short of squares. Black will be doing well to survive from here.}) 10... d5 11. f4 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. e5 Nd7 14. O-O O-O 15. Rab1 f5 16. Nd4 $14 (16. c4 $16) (16. a4 $16) 16... Nc5 (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 b5 $14) 17. Nf3 $11 (17. Nb5 axb5 18. Bxc5 $14 {eliminates Black's good knight}) 17... Ne4 18. Qe1 Ne7 19. c4 Bd7 20. Bb6 Qc8 21. Nd4 Nc5 $2 {this lands Black in trouble} 22. Qb4 dxc4 (22... Nxd3 $2 23. Qxe7 {and the black knight is trapped}) 23. Bxc5 $6 (23. Qxc5 $18 {cleanly wins a piece with a straightforward conversion in prospect}) 23... Nd5 24. Qxc4 $2 $11 (24. Qa3 cxd3 25. Bxf8 dxc2 26. Rbc1 Qxf8 27. Qxf8+ Kxf8 28. Rxc2 {Should be winning but leaves some work to do}) 24... b5 {with this move Black wins back his piece} 25. Nxb5 axb5 26. Qd4 Rd8 27. Bd6 Rxa2 28. c4 Ra4 29. Rfc1 Qa6 30. cxb5 {Richard sets a cunning trap as this looks like it loses a piece. However, he as seen beyond this.} (30. Bxf5 $11) 30... Rxd4 $2 (30... Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Qxb5 32. Rxb5 Rxd4 {should be drawn but is perhaps easier to play for Black}) 31. bxa6 Rxd3 32. a7 $18 {and now it is clear that the a-pawn will cost Black a rook} Ra3 {A blunder but it is hopeless anyway.} (32... Nc3 33. Rb8 Bc6 34. Rxd8+ Kf7 35. Rxc3 Rxc3 36. a8=Q Bxa8 37. Rxa8 $18) 33. Bxa3 1-0