Bill writes: I benefited from some home analysis, 'home' being Mark's living room circa 1974!
1.e4
c5
2.Nf3
d6
3.d4
cxd4
4.Nxd4
Nf6
5.Nc3
a6
6.Bg5
e6
7.f4
Be7
8.Qf3
Qc7
9.Bd3
Nbd7
10.0-0-0
b5
11.Rhe1
Bb7
12.Qg3
Nc5
We are following Ward-Allison, Ashleigh School Championship Final. if now instead 12...b4 I was intending 13.Nd5 [12...b4
13.Nd5
]
13.Bxf6
gxf6
14.e5
Nxd3+
15.Rxd3
fxe5
16.fxe5
dxe5
17.Nf3
b4
18.Ne4
Rc8
19.Qf2
Qc4??
My opponent said afterwards that this looked very tempting, with Qxa2,BxNe4 and QxRd3 ...but...(Bill actually gave this a ??? in his annotations) [Of course... 19...f5
20.Neg5
Rg8
21.Nxe6
Qc4
22.Rxe5
Qxd3
23.Nc5
Qb5
24.Nxb7
Qxb7-+
(-3.25) PB]
20.Nxe5
Bg5+
21.Nxg5
Qc7
22.Ngxf7
0-0
23.Nh6+
Kh8
24.Nef7+
Rxf7
25.Nxf7+
1-0