[Event "Cornwall v Hampshire"] [Site "?"] [Date "2013.10.19"] [Round "2"] [White "Jeremy Menadue"] [Black "Timothy Davis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E12"] [Annotator "Jeremy Menadue"] [PlyCount "53"] [EventDate "2013.??.??"] {Amidst the general shemozzle of the 2013 Hampshire match some chess was played. Here is Jeremy's game on board 2.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg5 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 d6 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Nd2 Bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. f4 ({ white has played} 11. f3 h6 12. Bh4 Qc7) 11... Qc7 (11... e5 12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Ne4) ({also transposes to} 11... Re8 12. e4 h6 13. Bh4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Nh7) 12. Rc1 {[this is really new though]} (12. Qe1) 12... Rfe8 {black does not fall into the trap of playing active ..e5} (12... e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qg4+ Kh8 17. Qf5) 13. Qe1 h6 (13... e5 14. fxe5 dxe5 15. Qg3) 14. Bh4 (14. Qh4 hxg5 (14... Nh7 15. Bxh6 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Ndf8 17. d5) 15. fxg5) (14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. e4 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5) 14... Rac8 (14... e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Qg3 { unpleasant pinning the pe4 and ph6}) 15. e4 {[20 mins on this move because it changes the position from f-file attack to space advantage]} e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. d5 Qd6 18. Rf3 Nh5 19. Nf1 {[key idea to get N to f5]} Nf4 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Ne3 g6 22. Rb1 (22. g3 Nh5 23. Qf1 (23. Ba4)) 22... Rf8 23. Kh1 Kh7 24. Qd2 { [looking at h6]} g5 $2 (24... f6 {Fritz}) 25. Bg3 {[white has control of f5 - plan Nf5,Bxf4 and Rh3 looks serious]} Nf6 $2 26. Bxf4 exf4 $4 {[an unfortunate blunder - perhaps black had got used to the Bc2 being a bad piece]} ({white was only really winning a pawn but after} 26... gxf4 27. Rxf4 Ng8 {black will struggle to save the game} (27... exf4 28. e5+ Kh8 29. exd6 fxe3 30. Qxe3)) 27. e5+ 1-0
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