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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 c5 4.Bg5 cxd4 5.cxd4 Qa5+ Also possible is 5...Qb6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3 d5 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.0-0 f5 12.Rfc1 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 d5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.0-0 0-0 12.a3 Qd8 13.Rfc1 Bd7 14.b4 Rc8 15.Qd1! to get the Queen onto the more active White squares Bd6 16.Qb3 Ne7 17.Ne5 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Ng6= looks drawish 17...Bxe5 18.dxe5 Nc6 19.Qd1 f6 Not so bad would have been 19...Nxe5!? 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Qxe5 Rc4 23.Ne2 Qb8= 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Qd2 Ne5 22.f4 Nxd3 23.Qxd3 a6 24.Qd2 Bb5?! The alternative was 24...Bc6 25.a4 b5 26.g3 g5 27.axb5 Bxb5 28.Nxb5 axb5 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Ra7 25.g3?! 25.Nxb5 axb5 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rd1= and Black has easily enough compensation for the doubled pawns Rc4 25...Bc4 26.Qd4 e5! 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.fxe5 Rce8 29.e4! d4 29...dxe4 30.Nxe4 Bd5 31.Nc5 and Black cannot take the passed pawn because of the Knight fork Rf7 32.Nd3= 30.Na4 Be2?! Lawrence comments that this was probably mistaken 30...Bb5 31.Nc5 Rxe5 32.a4 Bc6 33.Nxa6 Rxe4 34.b5 Bd5 35.Nb4= 31.Nc5 Rf7? 31...d3 32.Ra2 b6 33.Nd7 Rc8 34.Rca1 Rfe8 35.Nxb6 Rcd8 36.Nc4 Rd4 32.e6 Better might have been 32.Ra2 d3 33.e6 Rc7 34.Nxd3 Rxc1+ 35.Nxc1 Bb5± 32...Rfe7 33.Ra2 d3 34.Rd2 Rd8 35.Nxd3 Rxe6 35...Bxd3? 36.Rxd3 Rxd3 37.Rc8+ Re8 38.Rxe8# 36.Ne5 36.Nf4 Rxd2 37.Nxe6 Bg4 38.Nc5 36...Rde8 37.Rxe2 Rxe5 38.Rc4 Black is a passed pawn down and now faces being ground down slowly Kf7 39.Rc7+ R8e7 40.Rxe7+ Rxe7 41.Kf2 Rc7 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Re3 Rc2 Swapping off while material down would be suicidal 43...Rxe3+?? 44.h4 Ke6 45.Rd3 Rc1 46.Ke3 Rc4 47.Kf4 Rc1 48.Rd5 Rf1+ 49.Ke3 Ra1 50.Ra5 Kd6 51.h5 Re1+ 52.Kf3 Ke6 53.b5 axb5 54.Rxb5 Ra1 55.Rxb7 Rxa3+ 56.Kf4 Ra5 57.h6 gxh6 58.Rxh7 Rh5 59.Ra7 Kf6 60.Ra6+ Kg7 61.Ra1 Rb5 62.Rd1 Ra5 63.g4 both players are now running out of time Rb5 64.e5 Rb2 65.Kf5 Rf2+ 66.Ke6 Kg6 67.Rd4 Ra2 68.Rc4 Ra6+ 69.Kd7 Ra7+ 70.Kd6 Kf7 71.e6+ Kf6 72.Rf4+ Kg5? Black must keep his King behind the White pawn and then has good drawing chances 72...Kg7 73.Re4 Ra6+ 74.Ke5 Ra5+ 75.Kf4 Kf8 76.Re5 Ra2 77.Rh5 Kg7 78.Kf5 Ra5+= 73.Re4 Ra6+ 74.Ke7 Ra7+ 75.Kf8 Ra8+ 76.Kf7 Ra7+ 77.Kf8 Kf6 78.e7 Rxe7 79.Rxe7 Kg5 80.Rg7+ 1–0
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Keith Arkell2500Lawrence Cooper23171–02013A46WDCL Div One Stafford vs Stourbridge