[Event "LL D3E, Metropolitan v Ilford 75+10"] [Site "?"] [Date "2022.06.15"] [Round "?"] [White "Marrow, Jonathan"] [Black "Barton, Tom"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A86"] [WhiteElo "1833"] [BlackElo "1918"] [Annotator "Tom Barton"] [PlyCount "89"] [EventDate "2021.??.??"] 1. d4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qc2 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. b3 Qe7 11. a4 Na6 12. Ba3 Nb4 13. Bxb4 $6 (13. Qd2 a5 14. Na2 Rd8 15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Qxb4 Qxb4 17. Nxb4 Rd2 $11) 13... Qxb4 14. a5 Bd7 15. a6 b6 16. Na2 Qe7 17. b4 e4 $17 18. e3 c5 $6 19. b5 Rad8 20. Rad1 Be6 21. Ng5 Ng4 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qe2 Ne5 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 {[#]} Qd7 $6 ( 26... Qxc4 {I looked at this line but was worried about the White queen gaining the back ranks and picking off the a7 pawn.} 27. Qd8+ Bf8 28. Qd2 Nd3 29. Nc3 $19) 27. Qxd7 Nxd7 {time now running short. My opponent was under 5 mins} 28. Bf1 Bb2 29. Kg2 Ne5 30. h3 ({I thought White might try} 30. Nb4 $1 cxb4 31. c5 bxc5 32. b6 Nd7 33. bxa7 Nb6 34. Bc4+ Kg7 {[#] which looks tricky!} ) 30... h5 31. Be2 Kg7 32. Kf1 Kf6 33. Ke1 Nf7 34. Kd1 Ng5 35. Kc2 Be5 36. Bf1 Ne6 37. Nc1 Nf8 38. Bg2 g5 39. Ne2 Ng6 40. Nc3 Bxc3 41. Kxc3 h4 42. gxh4 Nxh4 43. Bf1 f4 44. Be2 f3 45. Bf1 $19 {[#] Black is now clearly winning and went on to convert.} 0-1
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