[Event "Hanham v Portishead C"] [White "Kirk,Richard"] [Black "Damghani,Ibrahim"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator ""] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2024.09.17"] [PlyCount "58"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Ne2 d6 6. O-O Re8 7. b3 e5 8. Bb2 e4 9. Nd2 d5 {Pointless, White had to strike the centre with 10c4} 10. c3 $6 c6 {Already Ibrahim has the better position with more space and active pieces} 11. Qc2 Bd7 {Ibrahim correctly plans to swap off the light squared bishops with Qc8 and Bh3 although Bf5 was a better square for the bishop} 12. c4 {Finally} Qc8 13. c5 $2 {White has a space advantage on the queenside but now his pieces will find themselves cut off from the defence of the king.} Bh3 14. b4 Bxg2 {Better to keep the tension with something like Bh6 - white can't move the bishop g2 or exchange on h3 as Ng4 would win.} 15. Kxg2 Qg4 16. Rfe1 Na6 $1 {Excellent play! Ibrahim recognises that the queen and Nf6 cannot break through on the kingside by themselves and so brings in his only undeveloped piece into the attacjk - via a6, c7, e6 and g5 where it eyes all white's wehite square weaknesses!} 17. a3 Nc7 {White can do no more than watch as Ibrahim closes in!} 18. Qd1 Ne6 19. Nc3 Qf5 {Obviously Ibrahim doesn't want an exchange of queens} 20. Rf1 Ng5 21. h4 ({This loses but the position is pretty much indefensible in real terms.} 21. Rh1 Ng4 22. Qe2 Bxd4 $1 23. exd4 e3 24. h3 Nxf2 25. Nb3 Ngxh3 {is the best the computer can find } )Qh3+ 22. Kg1 Ng4 23. Qxg4 {The only way to stop mate, but the game is effectively over now and Ibrahim finishes it off efficiently.} Qxg4 24. Ne2 Nf3+ 25. Nxf3 exf3 26. Nf4 Bh6 27. Rfe1 Bxf4 28. exf4 Qh3 29. Re5 Qg2# 0-1