(1) P. Harrison,G - B. Edgell,S [A47]
Somerset v Gloucestershire bridgwater, 15.02.2003
[edgell,ben]



1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.e3 b6 4.Bd3 Bb7 5.0-0 c5 6.c3 Nc6 7.Nbd2 cxd4 8.exd4 Be7 9.Qe2 0-0
Last book move.

10.Ne4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 f5 12.Qe2 g5
Double- edged. Black gets kingside play in return for weaknesses on the queenside and in the center.

13.Ne5 Nxe5
A mistake as now white has the half- open d -file to attack the weak pawn on d7.

14.dxe5 Qe8 15.Rd1 a6
To prevent Bb5.

16.f4 g4 17.Be3 Qg6 18.Bxb6
Losing the exchange in return for a pawn and the two bishops.

18...Bf3
19. gxf3 gxf3+ wins the queen.

19.Qf2 Bxd1 20.Rxd1
White may be slightly better now as the pawns on d7 and a6 are going to be very hard to defend for black.

20...Qe8 21.Bc4 Qc8 22.Bb3 Rb8
Threatening 23. ... Rxb6 and 24. ... Bc5+, winning the queen.

23.Kh1 Qc6 24.Ba7 Rb7 25.Be3 a5 26.Qc2
A bad mistake. I had missed that after 26.Qc2 the pawn on f5 is attacked, assuming that the only reason that white had played Qc2 was to defend a4.

26...Rd8 27.Qxf5 a4 28.Qxg4+ Kh8 29.Bc2 Rg8
A slight blunder. 29. ... Rxb2 equalises.

30.Qh3 Rg7 31.Rb1
31. Bc1 !? may have proven to be a better choice here.

31...a3 32.Bc1 Qc4 33.Qf3 Qb5
Diagram # 34.bxa3?! Qxb1 35. Bxb1 Rxb1 and the bishop on c1 drops as well ( 36. Qe3? Ba3.).

34.Qd3 axb2 35.Rxb2 Qc6 36.Qe4
A bad blunder, albeit in terrible time- trouble.

36...Rxb2 37.Bxb2
37.Qxc6 Rxc2! and the dual threats of taking on C1 with chekmate and taking the queen mean that white is completely lost.

37...Qb5
Winning the bishop because of the mating threat on f1.

38.Qd3 Qxb2 39.a4
Desperation. White is now completely lost.

39...Qc1+ 40.Bd1 Qxf4 41.Qb5
Allowing the queens to be swapped off and making black's task a lot easier.

41...Qf2 42.Qe2 Qxe2
42. ... Rf7! would have been stronger. The threat of mate on f1 would force white to swap off queens, leaving blacks rook more active than in the game.

43.Bxe2 Bc5 44.Bb5 Rg5 45.Bxd7 Rxe5 46.g3 Re1+ 47.Kg2 e5 48.Bc8 e4 49.a5 Re2+ 50.Kf1 Rxh2 51.a6 Rf2+ 52.Ke1 Rf3 53.Bb7 Rxc3 54.Bxe4 Rxg3 55.a7 Bxa7 0-1



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