[Event "Shropshire League Division 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2019.12.05"] [Round "?"] [White "Everington, David"] [Black "Bryant, Richard"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [Annotator "Best,Francis"] [PlyCount "70"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.09.27"] [WhiteTeam "Shrewsbury B"] [BlackTeam "Oswestry A"] {[%evp 0,70,25,16,69,52,81,61,58,54,60,19,53,48,57,79,61,52,34,61,38,31,31,31, 161,26,93,93,99,104,117,117,117,149,178,162,146,170,211,162,228,223,306,314, 308,218,205,58,441,477,477,251,533,710,831,860,922,974,29995,233,231,219,216, 216,231,202,202,209,234,145,334,137,142]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 e6 { I had been waiting in vain for years for someone to play ….f5!? at this point - but see next game} 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 (5. e5 Nd5 6. Be4 Na6 7. c4 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Ne3 9. fxe3 Bxe4) 5... c5 6. O-O Qc7 (6... d5 {French style structure}) 7. Re1 Be7 8. c3 (8. e5) 8... d6 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nd5 $16 {Useful point on e4 for White's pieces. Extra space. Where is the Black King going to go?} 11. Ne4 (11. Nc4 $1 b5 12. Nd6+ Bxd6 13. Bxb5+ Bc6 14. Bxc6+ Qxc6 15. exd6 $18 Qxd6 $4 (15... O-O 16. Ne5 Qb7 17. Qg4) 16. c4) 11... h6 12. c4 (12. Bb5+) 12... Nb4 13. Bb1 Nd7 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. exd6 Qd8 16. Bd2 Nc6 17. Bc3 Nf6 18. Bc2 Rg8 $6 ( 18... b5 19. cxb5 Nb4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bb3) (18... Kf8 19. Qd2 Kg8 20. Rad1) 19. Qd3 (19. Qd2 {with an eye on f4}) 19... Kf8 20. Rad1 Nb4 (20... Nd7 { but position already difficult}) 21. Bxb4 cxb4 22. Ne5 (22. d7 g6 23. Qd6+ Kg7 24. Ne5 {but David's move perfectly good enough to win}) 22... Nd7 23. Nxf7 { David just can't resist it!} Kxf7 (23... Qf6 $1) 24. Qg6+ Kf8 25. Qxe6 (25. Rxe6 {Pretty much wins on the spot, but then we would have missed out on the corker at move 29}) 25... Nc5 (25... g6 {Enables Black to struggle on for a bit but he is still completely l ost, of course.}) 26. Qg6 Qf6 27. d7 $1 Nxd7 28. Rxd7 Bc6 29. Rd6 ({A great missed opportunity! An hour of fame lay with} 29. Rf7+ $3 Qxf7 30. Qd6+) 29... Qxg6 30. Bxg6 Be8 31. Be4 Rc8 32. b3 g6 33. f3 Rg7 34. Bd5 Re7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 {and White went on to win the ending.} 1-0 [Event "Shropshire League Division 1"] [Site "?"] [Date "2020.01.27"] [Round "?"] [White "Everington, David"] [Black "Tennant, Stefan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B00"] [Annotator "Best,Francis"] [PlyCount "15"] [EventDate "2017.??.??"] [SourceVersionDate "2014.09.27"] [WhiteTeam "Shrewsbury A"] [BlackTeam "Telford A"] {[%evp 0,15,19,38,59,53,56,64,143,25,-22,-16,-16,-9,29997,29998,29999,-30000]} 1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5 $5 {Bingo - but I now had to think back years to remember what happens now} 4. exf5 Bxg2 5. Qh5+ {[%CAl Yh5e8]} g6 6. fxg6 Nf6 $4 {Stefan said he had been working on this line but simply picked up the wrong minor piece in the heat of the play} ({…but after} 6... Bg7 $1 { [%csl Gf8] things are not so clear after} 7. gxh7+ Kf8 8. Qg4 ({However,} 8. Nf3 $1 {[%csl Gg2] Counter intuitive - found by the Dutch player F A Spinhoven - and something I would not have spotted OTB - turns the complications back into White’s favour e.g.} Nf6 (8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3+) 9. Qg6 {[%csl Ge5,Gf7,Gg5] } Bxf3 (9... Bxh1 10. Bh6 Rxh7 (10... Ne8 11. Ne5 Bd5 12. Qf5+ Nf6 13. Bxg7+ Kxg7 14. Qg6+ Kf8 15. Qh6+ Ke8 16. Bg6+) 11. Ng5 Bxh6 12. Nxh7+ Nxh7 13. Qxh6+ Kg8 14. Bxh7+ Kf7 15. Qg6+ Kf8 16. Qg8#) (9... Qe8 10. Qxg2) 10. Rg1 Rxh7 11. Qf5 Bh5 12. Qg5 {[%CAl Gd3h7]} Bh6 13. Qg2 Bxc1 14. Bxh7 Kf7 (14... Nxh7 15. Qg8#) 15. Qg7+ Ke6 16. Nc3 Bf4 17. Bg6 Bxg6 18. Rxg6 d5 19. Rxf6+ exf6 20. Qg4+ Ke7 21. Qxf4 {[%csl Ga8,Gb8,Gd8,Rh2]}) (8. hxg8=Q+ Kxg8 {[%csl Rd5,Rg2,Gh1,Gh5] }) 8... Bxh1 9. hxg8=Q+ Rxg8 10. Qf4+ Bf6 11. Qh6+ Bg7 12. Qf4+ Bf6) (6... hxg6 7. Qxh8) 7. gxh7+ Nxh5 8. Bg6# 1-0