(1) R Shaw (69) - Owen Thompson [C55]
Nomads D v University B, 04.03.2009



1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nc6 4.Nf3 d6 5.h3
Preventing Bg4

5...Be7 6.0-0 0-0 7.d4 Bd7 8.Bd5 Nxd5 9.exd5 Nxd4 10.Nxd4 exd4 11.Qxd4 Bf6 12.Qd3 c5 13.Qg3
Aiming for the d6 pawn. Be7 allows Bh6, losing the rook. Qc7 allows Ne4. Qe7 allows Bh6 and Rae1.

13...Bh4 14.Qxd6 b6 15.Re1 Bf5 16.Qxd8
swapped queens off to simplify

16...Raxd8 17.Re2
Defends c2, but main aim was to double rooks on e file

17...Rfe8 18.Rxe8+ Rxe8 19.Bf4 Bxc2 20.d6 g5 21.Be3
Intending to trap the bishop with g3

21...f5 22.g3 f4 23.gxf4
Bxf4 gains a pawn, but leaves me with doubled h pawns. gxh4 loses a pawnand also doubles the h pawns

23...h6 24.Rc1
Forcing bishop away

24...Bf5 25.Kh2 g4 26.hxg4 Bxg4 27.Nb5
Overlooked the pin Rg1. 27 ... h5 is forced, but then 28 d7 wins material. Black's next move is either 28 ... R d8 29 f3 and I gain bishop for pawn, or 28 ... Rxe3 29 fxe3 and I win rook for bishop.

27...a6 28.Nc7 Rd8 29.Nxa6 Rxd6 30.Rc4
A blunder. I was planning f5, gaining one of thebishops, but this move loses material

30...b5 31.Rxc5 Rxa6 32.Rxb5 Rxa2 33.Rb4
Sticking with the earlier plan, since Black didn't seem to have noticed my aim.

33...Kf7 34.f5 h5 35.f3 Be7
Attacks my rook but allows me to pin his bishop. following by Bg5. However, I don't see any move that could have saved both bishops/

36.Rb7 Bxf5 37.Bg5 Bd7
Loses the bishop. Computer analysis suggests Rxb2, losing a rook for a bishop The resulting endgame would be R+P v B+B+P. a probable draw

38.Rxd7 Ke6 39.Rxe7+ Kf5 40.Bh4 Rxb2+ 41.Kg3 Rb3 42.Re8 Rb5 43.Rg8 Ke6 44.Rg6+
I did this rather than Rg6 to push the king away so that when I swapped rooks off I'd be able to pick up the h5 pawn immediately

44...Kf7 45.Rg5 Rxg5+ 46.Bxg5 Kg6 47.Kh4 Kf5 48.Kxh5
Plain sailing from here

48...Ke5 49.f4+ Ke6 50.Kg6 Kd6 51.f5 Kd7 52.f6 Ke8 53.f7+ Kf8 54.Bh6+ 1-0