[Event "Bristol Congress 2023"]
[Site "BGS"]
[Date "2023.04.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Beaumont, Chris"]
[Black "Meek, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[Annotator "Jerry"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2023.03.31"]
{[%evp 0,93,19,27,18,-9,34,27,33,12,26,-15,31,18,13,11,8,28,50,-13,14,34,16,6,
7,14,-4,-18,31,16,20,20,26,37,51,70,60,70,72,72,73,47,46,50,74,73,67,67,65,60,
65,79,79,80,80,19,50,36,91,83,86,87,98,111,161,186,202,204,204,172,204,189,204,
223,211,203,242,196,231,220,277,310,453,497,537,529,659,724,1129,1436,29985,
1705,29985,29986,29987,29988]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2
d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. O-O Bf5 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. e4 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Qc2 b5
13. b3 bxc4 (13... Rb8 {has been played many times in this position including
a game between Carlsen and Nakamura but the results have not been encouraging
for Black}) 14. bxc4 Rb8 {White has come out of the opening well and it will
be hard work for Black to get his pieces to coordinate usefully} 15. Bb2 Qc7
16. Ne2 Rb7 17. Bc3 Rfb8 18. Rxb7 Nxb7 19. Rb1 Nd8 20. h3 Rxb1+ 21. Qxb1 Qb7
22. Qc2 (22. Qa1 {is worth considering, envisaging a similar advance of the f
and g pawn, and possibly transposing into the game.}) 22... Qc7 23. f4 Ne8 24.
Nf3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 e6 26. e5 Qb6 27. exd6 {releasing the tension eases Black's
cramp partially, but White is still ahead and continues to press his advantage}
Qxd6 28. Ne5 h5 {Black makes a fling at the kingside but with the centre under
control White will not be worried} (28... exd5 29. cxd5 Bb5 {gives hope of
activating the black pieces as White cannot play a4, and Black can get close
to equality e.g.} 30. Qd2 f6 31. Nf3 Qe7 32. Nc3 Nd6) 29. Qe3 Nf6 {from here
Black starts to lose control as his pieces become discoordinated} (29... exd5 {
is a better alternative, but even here} 30. cxd5 Qe7 $1 31. Nc3 f6 32. d6 $1 {
sees White keeping the upper hand}) 30. Nc3 exd5 31. cxd5 Bb5 {the loss of
tempo is significant though even if Black plays ...Qe7 and ...Nb7 White will
enjoy a space advantage and more active pieces} 32. a4 Bd7 33. Nc4 {White has
a won game and makes no mistake in wrapping it up} Qf8 34. Qe5 Ne8 35. Qb8 Nf6
36. Qb6 Qe7 37. Ne5 Bf5 38. Qxa6 Nd7 39. Qa7 f6 40. Nxd7 Bxd7 41. Ne4 Kg7 42.
Nxc5 Qe1+ 43. Kh2 h4 44. Qxd7+ Nf7 45. gxh4 f5 46. Ne6+ Kf6 47. Ng5 1-0
