[Event "LL D3East - DHSS 1 v Ilford 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2021.11.09"] [Round "?"] [White "Barton, Tom"] [Black "Cook, Gary"] [Result "*"] [ECO "B41"] [WhiteElo "1908"] [BlackElo "2000"] [Annotator "Tom50"] [PlyCount "75"] [SourceVersionDate "2021.11.10"] {[%evp 0,25,19,31,72,53,43,52,35,54,65,8,65,84,104,84,77,75,74,22,87,42,42,36, 36,-24,56,49]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 {Not the most principled setup against the Kan but gets away from more common lines} Qc7 ( 5... d5 {is probably a better response} 6. e5) 6. Bg2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1 Nc6 9. c3 d6 10. Na3 Nf6 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bxf6 gxf6 ({Black took with the pawn to avoid this line} 12... Bxf6 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qd7 15. Nxd6+ Kf8 {[#] White has three pawns for the piece and better development but has to play well to make the most of the queenside pawns.}) 13. Nac2 Rd8 14. Qg4 Ne5 15. Qe2 (15. Qg7 {would have been entertaining but I wasn't sure about it.}) 15... Qc4 16. Qh5 Kd7 17. Ne3 Qc5 18. Nb3 Qb6 19. Qe2 h5 20. h4 Rdg8 21. Nd4 Bd8 22. a4 b4 23. a5 Qa7 24. Red1 bxc3 25. bxc3 Qa8 26. Nb3 Ke7 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Qxc4 Qc8 29. Qb4 {White is now better but the clocks are already under 5 mins each} Bc7 30. Nd2 (30. e5 {looks to be winning!}) 30... Rd8 31. Nc4 Bb8 32. Rab1 (32. e5 {again, winning!}) 32... Bc6 33. Nb6 Qc7 34. c4 Kf8 35. Rd2 Kg7 36. Rbd1 Rhe8 37. Qa3 Rh8 38. Qb4 {with both playerd short of time a draw was agreed.} *