[Event "BCL Division 1"] [Site "Luton"] [Date "1987.10.20"] [Round "?"] [White "Elwin, Adrian"] [Black "Perkins, Andrew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E76"] [WhiteElo "1900"] [BlackElo "2103"] [Annotator "Annotations, Andrew Perkins"] [PlyCount "62"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.02.13"] [WhiteTeam "Milton Keynes A"] [BlackTeam "Luton A"] {I think Adrian must have been having a pretty good season. In this match, he was playing board 1, with his team mate, A.Bryce on board 2 and P.Pritchard on board 3.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 {In the 1920s this used to be quite feared.} O-O 6. Nf3 c5 {The four pawns from White used to be played by Alekhine. This was the antidote by Max Euwe.} 7. d5 a6 8. Bd3 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 Re8 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 {What I decided to play then was} b5 {I think I was worried about the danger of being cramped.} 13. cxb5 Nb6 14. b3 Nbxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Rae1 Bb7 17. bxa6 Bxa6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 {After all that, the pawns are equal in number. But notice that Black was a little bit loose.} 19. Qc4 {Black defended two pieces by} Nc7 20. Ng5 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 d5 22. Qc2 Ne6 23. Nf3 Bg7 {But there was no relief becuase we had} 24. f5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Bc3 Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Qf6 29. Bxd4 Qxd4 30. a4 Re6 {What this doesn't show is that White was behind on the clock, so there was a little bit of time pressure.} 31. Rxe6 $4 Qa1+ 0-1