[Event "British Chess Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2024.07.29"] [Round "3"] [White "Royal, Shreyas"] [Black "Hebden, Mark"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E71"] [PlyCount "69"] [EventDate "2024.??.??"] {[%evp 0,58,25,26,24,-4,51,37,44,37,37,43,17,20,36,35,58,0,9,8,-9,-29,-33,-33,-30,-23,-16,-30,-30,-45,-47,-32,-59,-37,-39,-114,-56,-161,-150,-182,-171,-152,-162,-201,-198,-197,-205,-162,-232,-245,-193,-289,-238,-149,-98,-149,-149,-149,-149,-149,-149]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 a5 7. Nf3 Na6 8. Nd2 Nd7 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 f5 11. f3 Bh6 12. Bf2 Ndc5 13. h4 Bd7 14. g3 b6 15. O-O Qe7 16. Kg2 Rf7 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Nb5 fxe4 19. fxe4 Raf8 20. Rb1 Rxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Bh3+ 22. Kxh3 Rxf2 23. Qe1 Qf6 24. a3 Kh8 25. Nc1 N4c5 26. Nc3 Bxc1 27. Qxc1 Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Qf5+ 29. Bg4 Qxe4 30. Qg1 {In the following position, it is Hebden (Black) to make his 30th move. He is a pawn up with his major pieces in good attacking positions but he has only one move to maintain winning chances. Can you find it? [#]} {Hebden actually played} Rd2 $4 {(what seems to be a natural move) and after Royal played} ({Hebden should have played} 30... Kg7 $1 {Black must cover his f6, f7 & f8 squares before vacating control of the f-file. And now probably best would have been} 31. Rf1 Rxf1 32. Qxf1 Nc5 33. b4 axb4 34. axb4 h5 (34... Nb7 {is a good alternative}) 35. Bxh5 gxh5 36. bxc5 bxc5 {[#] with good pracitical winning chances}) 31. Qf1 $1 {Hebden resigned as he cannot prevent the queen infiltrating. One possible continuation ...} Kg7 32. Be6 Nc5 ({If instead} 32... Rd3 {to prevent g4 then} 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Rf1 Nc5 35. Qf8+ Kh5 36. Rf5+ $1 gxf5 37. Bf7# {mate!}) 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qf8+ Kh5 35. g4+ {mating. Perhaps Hebden resigned prematurely given there was still a lot for his young opponent to find but he trusted that Royal would find all the correct moves.} 1-0