4NCL Division 3 2013-14: e2e4.org.uk 2 – Oxford 2

   [Event "4NCL (Division 3)"]  [Site "Daventry"]  [Date "2014.02.15"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Terry, Sean"]  [Black "Mansson, James C"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A03"]  [WhiteElo "1922"]  [BlackElo "2107"]  [Annotator "Mansson,James"]  [PlyCount "82"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]  [WhiteTeam "Oxford 2"]  [BlackTeam "e2e4.org.uk 2"]   1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. c4 c6 $6 {This is passive.} (4... Nf6 $1 {is  more active and looks fine for Black because of the weaknesses created by f4.})  5. d4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Ne5 dxc4 $6 {Giving up the centre like this is not  consistent with ...c6.} (7... Nbd7 {is more solid, if passive.}) 8. Bxc4 Nd5 9.  e4 Nxc3 10. bxc3 c5 $6 {This should have led to a dubious form of the  Gruenfeld for Black.} (10... Nd7 11. O-O $14 (11. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 12. Qb3 Qf8 $17)  ) 11. Be3 cxd4 12. Bxd4 $6 {A curious idea, which does not work out well. Not  only does White weaken his pawn structure, he also makes it easier for Black  to develop.} (12. cxd4 $16 {looks very good for White. Black will struggle to  generate counterplay.}) 12... Qc7 $1 {As there is a pawn on c3 and no knight  to leap  to b5, the queen is very comfortable here.} 13. Qb3 e6 {This is not  really a concession by Black as the bishop is unlikely to be developed to f5  or g4.} 14. O-O Nc6 15. Nxc6 Qxc6 16. e5 {White attempts to gain some  advantage by bottling Black up. However, he suffers from the fact that both  knights have been exchanged, as he cannot now aim one at d6 or f6.} b6 {The  obvious motivation of this move is to play ...Bb7, but there are other points.  The move covers c5, which not only stops Bc5 by White at some point, but also  supports ...Bf8-c5, bringing the bishop on g7 back into the game.} 17. Be2 Qc7  18. Bf3 Rb8 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qa6 Rfc8 21. a4 Bh6 $1 {Black aims to provoke a  loosening for White's position before employing his main manouevre ...Bf8-c5.}  22. Be4 (22. g3 Bf8 {is similar.}) 22... Bf8 $1 23. Rf3 Bc5 24. Qd3 Bc6 $1 {  Black now looks to exchange both bishops, which gives him strong counterplay  down the c-file.} 25. Rh3 $6 {White commits himself to a kingside attack, but  this is too slow in view of Black's counterplay.} (25. Bxc6 Qxc6 {is still  good for Black, but at least White's forces are better coordinated.}) 25...  Bxe4 26. Qxe4 Bxd4+ 27. cxd4 Qc2 28. Qe3 Qf5 $1 {This has a dual purpose,  attacking and defensive. The attacking idea is to bring the rook to c2. The  defensive idea is to stop f5 and Qh6 by White, at least for the moment.} 29.  Rc1 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2 31. f5 $2 {This looks dangerous on first glance, but  just loses a pawn.} Qb1+ 32. Kf2 Qxf5+ 33. Rf3 Qc2+ 34. Kg3 Qc7 {intending ...  f5, exploiting the pin.} (34... Qxa4 {was also possible, but Black wanted to  eliminate any White counterplay on the kingside.}) 35. Rf4 Rc8 36. Qf2 f5 $1  37. h3 (37. exf6 $2 g5 $19 {wins a rook.}) 37... Qc2 38. Qxc2 Rxc2 39. d5 exd5  40. Rd4 Rc5 {Time control} 41. Kf3 (41. e6 Kg7 $1 42. Kf4 (42. Rh4 h5) 42...  Kf6 {wins the pawn.}) 41... Kf7 {White has no sensible way to continue  resisting, so he resigned.} 0-1