[Event "County Shield"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2014.03.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Colin Sellwood"]
[Black "Richard Smith"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C40"]
[Annotator "Kneebone, Robin"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.??.??"]
{Juniors will like this game as it is almost as chaotic as games in the
Cornwall Junior Championships. A game which reflects well on both players:
their trenchant approach will interest learners.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 {Diagram
[#] Brave as a lion.} 3. d4 {there are better moves, but who learns how to
cope with 2 ... f5?} (3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5) 3... fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6.
Nc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne3 d5 9. c4 c6 10. Nc3 Be6 11. b3 {Diagram [#] White
has played solidly in the face of the Lion's roar. Position is about level, a
success for black.} Bd6 (11... Nbd7 {but normal development does interest our
hero.}) 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. h3 a6 14. Rc1 Qd7 $2 15. Ng4 {scared by the chance of
Bxh3, white goes wrong.} (15. Na4 Bxh3 16. Nb6) 15... Bf4 16. Rc2 h5 {Brave,
in the meaning of foolish. But fun.} (16... Qd6) 17. Ne5 Qe8 18. Ba3 Rf7 (18...
Nbd7 {Lionheart is attempting to mate without his queenside pieces}) 19. Nxf7 {
several other moves are winning too} Qxf7 20. Re1 {weakens f2} Qg6 {spot the
threat} 21. Kh1 Nbd7 {at last} 22. Bc1 Bd6 23. Be3 Kf7 24. Bf1 Rh8 25. Qd2 Ng4
{juniors: what happens if you take the knight hxg4?} 26. Bf4 ({find the mate
in 4 after} 26. hxg4) 26... Be7 27. cxd5 (27. hxg4 hxg4+ 28. Kg1 Qh5 29. f3
Qh1+ 30. Kf2 Bh4+ 31. Ke2 gxf3+ 32. Kd1 f2 {and the Lion rips open his
opponents' insides}) 27... cxd5 28. Na4 Qf6 29. Nc5 Nxc5 30. dxc5 g5 {Diagram
[#] here the clocks were put back 30 mins instead of 15, showing how scrambled
the players' brains were.} 31. Bd6 Bd8 {exchanging is better, but black
courageously plays for more} 32. c6 bxc6 33. Rxc6 Nxf2+ 34. Kg1 d4 35. Bc4 (35.
Qxf2 {wins easily enough; the whole game is an example of how hard chess is,
especially in unusual positions}) 35... Bxc4 36. bxc4 e3 {a crowd gathered:
position chaotically level (Fritz11)} 37. Qe2 g4 38. c5 gxh3 39. Qc4+ Ke8 40.
Qd5 Ng4 $2 (40... Rh6) (40... h2+ 41. Bxh2 Nh3+ 42. gxh3 Qf2+ 43. Kh1 Qxe1+ 44.
Bg1 Qf1 $11 {Fritz: the position is beyond my limited powers of calculation})
41. Rf1 {Diagram [#]} (41. Bg3 {slaughters the lion}) {Now find the win that
black missed after 41Rf1} 41... Nf2 (41... Qf2+ 42. Rxf2 exf2+ 43. Kf1 Ne3+)
42. Be5 h2+ {Diagram [#] Find the self-mate in two, as Crusher did.} 43. Kxh2
Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qh1# 0-1
