[Event "Portishead v Yate"] [White "Borkowski,Andrew"] [Black "Bartram,J"] [Site ""] [Round ""] [Annotator ""] [Result "1-0"] [Date "2024.03.05"] [PlyCount "113"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3 b6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nbd2 Qc7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Bb7 10. O-O {This position must have been reached before on many occasions and is technically about even. However, in practical terms it is better for white as there is a clear plan to attack on the kingside.} Ne4 {Castling kingside looks unpalatable but may be best.} 11. Bxe4 dxe4 12. c4 (12. Ndc4 {may be stronger with the idea of chopping on d6, d7 and c5 then capturing the g7 pawn - or if black exchanges on e5 the Nd6 is very strong} )f5 $2 13. Qh5+ $1 Ke7 $2 (13... g6 {suprisingly is okay} 14. Nxg6 Nf6 15. Qh4 Rg8 $14 )14. Qf7+ Kd8 15. Qxg7 Rf8 16. Nf7+ Kc8 17. Nxd6+ Qxd6 18. Rad1 Kc7 19. dxc5 Qxc5 20. Qd4 $6 {Andrew misses an immediate win here and instead offers black an opportunity to go into an ending} (20. Be5+ Kc6 (20... Kc8 21. Nxe4 $18 )21. Nxe4 $18 )Rad8 21. Qxc5+ Nxc5 22. Ba3 Rd3 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Kf2 {This position is now only marginally better for white owing to the better pawn structure and that the black bishop is hampered by his own pawns - on the other hand the rook on d3 is a monster.} Rfd8 25. Ke2 Rg8 26. g3 h5 {It's generally a bad idea to place pawns on the same colour as your bishop but here black's idea is to play h4 with activity ofn the g and h files} 27. Nb1 Rxd1 (27... h4 {is much more to the point. } )28. Rxd1 h4 29. Kf2 hxg3+ 30. hxg3 Rh8 31. Kg2 Bc6 32. Nc3 a6 33. Rh1 Rxh1 $6 {Understandable but black should avoid exchanging pieces as he is a pawn down.} (33... Rd8 $1 {with active defence} 34. Rh7+ Kb6 35. Re7 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 Rc2 {is probably drawn} )34. Kxh1 Kd6 35. Kg2 e5 36. Nd1 (36. Kh3 $1 {was another way of playing the endgame} Ke6 37. Kh4 Kf6 38. Nd5+ Ke6 39. Kg5 exf4 40. gxf4 a5 41. a4 {and white will eventually pick off the pawn and f5 and probably e4 as black can only defend the pawn once while white can attack it with both K and N} )exf4 {The safer way to recapture as exf4 gift black a passed e-pawn} 37. gxf4 Be8 38. Kf2 {White is clearly better hereas black has a permanent weakness on f5, the pawns on c5 and a6 are isolated, the black bishop has nowhere to go and of course Andrew is a pawn up!} Kc6 39. Nc3 Bf7 40. Ke2 Bh5+ 41. Kd2 {Andrew's plan is to move his king to the queenside to exploit his queenside marjority, advance his pawns there to obtain a passed pawn and then guide the pawn home} Bf7 42. Ne2 Be6 43. Kc3 a5 44. a3 Kd6 45. b4 cxb4+ (45... a4 {offers better chances of survival as the white king is somewhat tied to the defence of the c4 pawn} )46. axb4 axb4+ 47. Kxb4 {Andrew has played exceptionally well to reach this position which is clearly winning. With an passed pawn and a target on f5 he wraps it up in style!} Bd7 48. Nd4 $1 Bc8 49. Nb5+ Ke6 50. Kc5 Bd7 51. Kb6 Kf6 52. c5 Kg6 53. c6 Be6 54. c7 Kh5 55. Kc5 Kg4 56. Nd6 Kf3 57. Kd4 1-0