[Event "Somerset v Cornwall"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jack Rudd"]
[Black "Jeremy Menadue"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C22"]
[WhiteElo "224"]
[Annotator "Jeremy Menadue"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qe3 Bb4 6. Bd2 O-O 7. O-O-O Re8
8. Bc4 (8. Qg3 {is another way of sacrificing the e4 pawn for a double bishop
attack}) ({too slow} 8. f3 d5) 8... d6 (8... Bxc3 {accepts the pawn sacrifice
but I wanted a quiet [!] game}) (8... Na5 {seems too drastic}) 9. Nf3 Ng4 (9...
Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. Ng5 Re8 12. f4 h6 13. h4 $5 {may only look dangerous but
would be exactly what my opponent wanted}) 10. Qf4 {Diagram [#]} Nge5 {TN} ({
previously} 10... Nce5 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. a3 Ba5 15. Qg3
Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Qg5+ 17. Qxg5 Rxg5 $14) ({black knows about} 10... Nxf2 $4 11.
Qxf7+ Kh8 12. Ng5 Nxd1 $4 13. Qg8+ Rxg8 14. Nf7# {sure this has happened in
the odd simul!}) 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Nd5 {[another rapid move - white took 20
minutes for the whole game, not arrogance just a playing style which has
brought my opponent many fine wins]} Ng6 13. Qg3 Bxd2+ 14. Rxd2 ({also} 14.
Nxd2) 14... b5 {[black's avoiding Ba4 after Na5 immediately]} 15. h4 Na5 $6 {
[asking for trouble]} ({after} 15... h6 {Jack considered} 16. Ng5 $5 {but I'm
happy enough after} Na5) 16. h5 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 {take towards the centre} ({
here it's better to open the c-file} 17. cxb3 Nf8 {then if white plays as in
the game} 18. h6 g6 19. Nd4 Bxd5 20. exd5 a6 21. Qc3 Qf6 22. Nxb5 {really does
win}) 17... Nf8 18. h6 g6 19. Nd4 {[good but played quickly]} ({expected} 19.
e5 {and if} dxe5 20. Qxe5 {wins}) 19... Bxd5 20. exd5 a6 21. Qc3 {[threatening
the basic mate at g7 after Nd4 moves somewhere nasty]} Qf6 22. Nxb5 $4 ({
expected} 22. Qxc7 Rec8 23. Qa5 Nd7 {with some sort of counterplay}) ({soon
after the game Jack mentioned} 22. Kb1 $1 {winning but black has} Nd7 (22...
Qe5 $2 23. f4 Qxd5 $2 24. Nf5) 23. Qxc7 Nc5 {looks playable}) 22... axb5 {
[allowing 23 Qxf6 [mating] on g7 but 23.. Ra1 mate first] An odd way of
winning against an International Master but they all count - as do one or two
of my time trouble losses in previous Somerset matches.} ({even more of a
tragedy would have been} 22... Qxc3 23. Nxc3) 0-1
