[Event "Bedfordshire Individual Championship"] [Site "Leighton Buzzard"] [Date "2024.02.13"] [Round "?"] [White "O'Brien, Thomas P"] [Black "Matthews, Adrian MS"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A12"] [WhiteElo "1972"] [BlackElo "1836"] [Annotator "Notes, Thomas O'Brien"] [PlyCount "95"] [SourceVersionDate "2024.02.14"] 1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 {[#]} ({White's normal set-up Black's second move is} 3. Nf3 {followed by} Z0 4. g3 Z0 5. Bg2 Z0 6. O-O) 3... g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 c6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Rc8 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Rc1 {[#]} e6 ({If} 12... Ne4 13. Qd3 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qxa2 15. Bb4) 13. Qd3 Rc6 14. Qb5 Qc7 ({Exchanging Queens gives up the c-file} 14... Qxb5 15. Nxb5 a6 (15... Rfc8 16. Nxa7 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Ra8 18. Rc8+ Rxc8 19. Nxc8 {Black's Bishop can't get active and White's Queenside majority wins, if} Bf8 20. a3 Z0 ({or} 20... Z0 21. Nd2 Z0 22. b4 Z0 23. Nb3 {ideas}) 21. Ne1 Z0 22. Nc2) 16. Rxc6) 15. Ne2 Rc8 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 Bf8 18. Rc1 Qa5 (18... c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 {opens up the long a1-h8 diagonal with threats looming on the f6-Knight, Mate on h8 and pin threats on the c5-Knight} 20. b4) 19. Qb1 Ne4 20. Nc3 Nxc3 21. Bxc3 Qb5 22. e4 Bh6 23. Re1 Nf6 24. e5 Ne4 25. Bb2 c5 26. dxc5 Qxc5 27. Bd4 Qc2 28. h3 a6 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. a4 Bf8 31. Rd1 Bb4 32. Ne1 Bxe1 {Taking the Knight is a mistake as the Bishop could have help the Queenside majority} 33. Rxe1 Nd2 34. b4 Nc4 35. Rb1 f6 36. f4 fxe5 {A mistake and also running out of time} (36... g5) 37. fxe5 Nd2 38. Rb2 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 Ne4+ 40. Ke2 Rc4 $2 (40... Nc3+) 41. Kd3 Kf7 42. a5 Ke8 43. b5 axb5 44. a6 Ra4 45. a7 Kd7 46. Rxb5 Ra3+ 47. Kc2 Kc6 48. Rb8 1-0