[Event "GotM #95"] [Site "Douglas"] [Date "2005.08.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Rowson, Jonathon"] [Black "Nixon, Thomas"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D00"] [WhiteElo "2599"] [BlackElo "2195"] [Annotator "Connaughton,Ken"] [PlyCount "41"] [GameId "505256683896"] [EventDate "2005.08.03"] [EventCountry "IOM"] {[%evp 0,41,35,-28,18,-18,34,-18,28,-19,74,-41,44,-48,56,-21,21,-48,4,-6,30,-49,124,-80,100,-43,117,-52,114,-55,175,-112,119,-190,167,-167,218,-256,296,-335,377,-424,424,-308]} 1. d4 {Queen's Pawn Game} d5 {Closed Game} 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 b6 5. c3 Be7 6. Ngf3 {[#] White has gone for a London System.} Nbd7 7. Ne5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Nd7 9. h4 {White is winning the battle for space. Black's Queenside is quite open and White will try to make the Kingside a dangerous place for Black to put his King.} (9. Bb5 Bb7 10. O-O c6 $11) 9... c5 $6 {Maybe the move where Black begins to lose his way.} (9... f6 {was perhaps better, and might have seen something like} 10. Bd3 O-O 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 h6 13. O-O-O e5 14. Bg3 Bb7 {with a more solid position for Black.}) 10. Qg4 Bf8 {[#] Black forced to undevelop his Bishop.} (10... g6 {would have weakened the dark squares around where Black would like to castle.}) 11. e4 Bb7 12. exd5 exd5 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. O-O O-O-O {[#] Black's King flees to the open Queenside as the Kingside is too hot.} 15. Rfe1 h6 16. e6 {Opening the center.} fxe6 17. Rxe6 Qf7 18. Rae1 (18. Bg6 $2 h5 19. Qf5 Qxf5 20. Bxf5 d4 21. cxd4 Bd5 22. Re5 Bf7 $18 {still leaves White winning but it is not so overwhelming.}) 18... h5 19. Qg3 g5 20. Bxg5 Rg8 21. Qh3 {[#] and Black resigns as material losses are looming with a bleak outlook ahead.} ({After} 21. Qh3 {, something like} Rxg5 22. hxg5 Qf4 23. Nf3 d4 24. cxd4 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qxf3 26. gxf3 cxd4 27. Re8 Rxe8 28. Rxe8+ Kc7 29. Kg2 Kd6 30. f4 Kd5 31. Kf3 $18 {might follow with White ultimately prevailing.}) 1-0