Bill Lumley - Stewart V. Thompson
HV v Netherton WB 3 Bd.4 (Church), 11/16/2010

[Geoff Peake] [E01]


1.c4 Nf6 2.g3 e6 3.Bg2 c6 4.Nf3 d5 5.cxd5 Innocuous. 7.b3 is 63% White.
5...exd5 6.d4 This position is 63% Black
6...Nbd7
[6...Bd6 7.O-O O-O 8.Nc3 Re8 9.Qc2 Nbd7 64% Black]
7.O-O Be7
[7...Bd6 is more logical - covering e5 and f4]
8.Nc3 O-O 9.Qc2 Re8 10.Re1 g6 ? A strange move, Black starts to go wrong.
11.e4 ?! Certainly risky. This should rebound on White.
11...dxe4 12.Nxe4 Nxe4 13.Qxe4 Nf6 14.Qc2 Bd6 ?
[14...Bf5 I can't understand why Stewart did not play this move. He said that he feared Qb3.
15.Qb3 Qb6 ! as Black must have the better ending.]
15.Bg5 Kg7 ? Painfully artificial.
[15...Be7 had to be played.]
16.Bxf6+ Kxf6 17.Qc3
[17.d5 ! Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Kg7 19.dxc6 bxc6 20.Qxc6 Bg4 21.Qc3++ / -]
17...Kg7
[17...Rxe1+ 18.Rxe1 Kg7 19.d5+ Qf6 20.Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.Re8 Rb8 22.dxc6 bxc6 23.Nd4 Be6 24.Rxb8 Bxb8 25.Nxc6 Bc7 26.b3+ / -]
18.Rxe8
[18.d5+ Kg8 19.dxc6 Rxe1+ 20.Rxe1 bxc6 21.Qxc6+ / -]
18...Qxe8 19.d5+ f6 20.Re1 Qf8 21.dxc6 Bb4 22.Qe3 ?
[22.cxb7 ! Bxb7 23.Qc7+ Qf7 24.Qxf7+ Kxf7 25.Rd1+ / -]
22...Bxe1 23.Nxe1 bxc6 ?
[23...Qf7 ! 24.Nd3 bxc6 25.Bxc6 Bb7- / +]
24.Bxc6 Bb7 ! 25.Bxb7 Re8 26.Qd2 Qe7 27.Qe3 Qd7 ?
[27...Qf7 is the correct way.
28.Be4 f5 29.Qd4+ Qf6 30.Qxa7+ Re7 31.Qc5 fxe4 It's all to play for.]
28.Be4 Qe7
[28...f5 ? 29.Qc3+ wins]
29.Kf1 ?
[29.Bf3 ! Why not ?
29...Qxe3 30.fxe3 Rxe3 31.Kf2+ / =]
29...Qxe4 30.Qxe4 Rxe4 31.Nd3 Black has a won ending, but it turns out to be horrendously tricky.
31...Ra4
[31...f5 32.h4 Kf6 leaving the White King cut off.]
32.a3 Re4 33.b4 Rc4 34.Ke2 Rc3
[34...Rc2+ ! 35.Ke3 Ra2 wins]
35.a4 Ra3 36.a5 g5
[36...Kf7]
37.Ke3 Ra1
[37...g4 !]
38.Kd4 Rh1 ? looks to be wrong plan. Black has fiddled around and suddenly the White pawns look menacing.
[38...Kf7 39.Kd5 Rd1 40.Kd4 Ke6 possibly wins]
39.Kc5
[39.b5 !?]
39...Rxh2 ? 40.Kb5 ?!
[40.b5 ! appears to draw.
40...Rh1 41.b6 axb6+ 42.axb6 Rb1 43.Nb4 Rc1+ is a tricky draw.]
40...Rh1
[40...h5 ! was the way to win.
41.Ka6 h4 42.gxh4 gxh4 43.b5
(43.Kxa7 Rh3 44.Nf4 Rf3 45.Ne2 Rxf2 46.Ng1 Rb2 wins)
43...Rh3 44.Nf4 Rf3 45.Ne2 Rxf2 wins for Black.]
41.Ka6
[41.g4 !]
41...Rd1 42.Nc5 h5 43.Kxa7 h4 44.gxh4 gxh4 45.b5 h3 46.Ne4 h2 47.Ng3 Rd3 Now it's a draw.
[47...Rd5 was Black's last chance for a win !
48.Ka6 Rg5 49.b6 Rxg3 50.fxg3 h1=Q 51.b7 Qc6+ 52.Ka7 Qc5+ 53.Ka6 Qb4 is mate in 12 !]
48.b6 Rxg3 49.fxg3 h1=Q 50.b7 Qd5 51.a6

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