[Event "Cornwall Under 18 Championship"] [Site "?"] [Date "2001.??.??"] [Round "5"] [White "Grant Lakeland"] [Black "Rico Wong"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C66"] [Annotator "George, Ian"] [PlyCount "109"] [EventDate "2001.??.??"] {White tries hard to throw away the win but fails in the end! Douglas Cooke (Liskeard) was the 2001 champion. Both Grant (St Austell) and Rico (Penzance) were part of a group of players who contested some hard-fought Under 18 Championships around this time. At the time of writing (March 2019) Grant is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mathematics at Eastern Illinois University, having moved to the United States in 2005.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Nf6 5. Re1 Bg4 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2 Be7 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. d3 Na5 12. b4 Nb7 13. a4 c5 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Qg3 Re8 16. Nd2 Bd6 17. Rb1 b4 18. cxb4 cxb4 19. Nc4 a5 20. Bb2 Qc7 21. Rbc1 Nc5 22. Ne3 Qb8 23. Nf5 g6 24. f4 Ncd7 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. fxe5 Nxe5 27. d4 Qb6 28. Kh1 Nh5 29. Qb3 Nc6 30. Rf1 Ra7 31. Rcd1 Qc7 32. Rf3 Qd6 33. Rdf1 Ree7 34. g4 Ng7 35. d5 Ne5 36. Rf6 Qd7 $2 (36... Qc5) 37. Bd4 Ne8 38. Bxa7 Nxf6 39. Bc5 $1 Re8 40. Rxf6 Rc8 41. Bd4 Nc4 42. Qf3 Nd2 43. Qd3 Nc4 44. Bb3 Na3 45. d6 Rf8 46. Qf3 Nb1 47. Qf2 (47. Rxg6+ hxg6 48. Qf6) 47... Nc3 48. Bxc3 (48. Rxg6+ hxg6 49. Qf6) 48... bxc3 49. e5 $4 (49. Qd4 $18) 49... Qb7+ 50. Kh2 Qxb3 51. e6 Qd5 $2 (51... c2 52. Rxf7 ( 52. exf7+ Rxf7 53. Rxf7 Qxf7 54. Qxc2 Qf4+ 55. Kg2 Qxd6 $11) 52... Qb8 $11) 52. e7 (52. d7 Rd8 $1 53. Rxg6+ (53. e7 $4 Qe5+ $19) 53... hxg6 54. Qxf7+ Kh8 55. Qf6+ Kh7 56. Qe7+ Kh6 57. g5+ Kh5 58. Qh7+ Kxg5 59. Qe7+ Kf5 60. Qxd8 Qe5+ $11) 52... Qxd6+ {Time trouble panic} (52... Rc8 53. Qg2 Qe5+ (53... Qxg2+ 54. Kxg2 c2 55. d7 c1=Q 56. e8=Q+) 54. Qg3 Qd5 (54... Qxf6 55. d7 Rf8 56. e8=Q c2 57. d8=Q Qxd8 58. Qxd8 Rxd8 59. Qc3 $18) 55. Rf1 $18 {also wins but white has some opportunities to go wrong in the time scramble.}) 53. Rxd6 Rb8 54. Rd8+ Rxd8 55. exd8=Q+ 1-0