[Event "WDCL Div One Stourbridge vs Mercia playoff"] [Site "Stourbridge"] [Date "2005.05.16"] [Round "?"] [White "Andrew McCumiskey"] [Black "Ian Howarth"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A45"] [EventDate "2005.05.16"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.Bxf6 exf6 4.d5 d6 5.c4 a6 6.Nc3 Nd7 7.f4 f5 8.Nf3 Nf6 9.Qc2 ( 9.e3 ) 9...Qe7 10.h3 $2 Ne4 11.Rg1 ( 11.Nxe4 fxe4 12.Ng5 e3 13.g3 h6 14.Nf3 b5 15.cxb5 axb5 $15 ) 11...g6 12.O-O-O Bg7 13.Nxe4 fxe4 14.Nd2 f5 ( { Winning was } 14...e3 $1 15.Nb1 Bf5 16.Qb3 b5 $17 ) 15.e3 h5 16.Be2 Bd7 17.g4 hxg4 18.hxg4 Rh3 19.Qb3 O-O-O 20.g5 $2 ( { Alternatively } 20.gxf5 gxf5 21.Nf1 Rdh8 22.Qb6 Bf6 23.Kb1 $15 ) 20...Rdh8 21.Bf1 Rh2 22.Rg2 Qe8 23.Qb6 Qf8 24.Nb3 Ba4 25.Na5 Qe7 26.b3 Rxg2 27.Bxg2 Rh2 28.Rg1 Be8 29.Qa7 $2 ( { Better was } 29.b4 cxb4 30.Qxb4 Qc7 31.Kb1 Kb8 $15 ) 29...Qc7 30.Qa8+ Qb8 31.Qxb8+ Kxb8 32.Kc2 b6 ( 32...Kc7 $1 33.Kd2 Bb2 34.Ke2 Bc3 ) 33.Nc6+ Bxc6 34.dxc6 Kc7 35.Kd2 Kxc6 36.Ke2 Bc3 37.Kf2 Bd2 38.Kg3 Rh7 39.Kf2 Rh2 40.Kg3 Rh7 41.Kf2 Rh2 ( 41...b5 $1 ) 1/2-1/2