Horsham Club Championship 2012-13: Cannon – Mansson

   [Event "Horsham Club Championship"]  [Site "Horsham"]  [Date "2012.12.11"]  [White "Cannon, L John"]  [Black "Mansson, James C"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [Eco "B86"]  [Annotator "Mansson, James C"]   1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 a6 3.Nf3 d6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Bc4 e6 7.Qe2 Be7   {Georgiev & Kolev suggest 7...b5 8.Bb3 Be7. }   8.e5   {?! White should only play this thrust with a definite attacking idea in mind, otherwise, Black ends up with a comfortable pawn structure. Here the move is a mistake, as it contains no attacking threat at all.}   8...dxe5 9.Qxe5 O-O   {9...Nbd7 10.Qe3 Nc5 was also good.}   10.Nf3 Nc6 11.Qe2 b5 12.Bd3 Bb7 13.O-O Nb4 14.Rd1 Nxd3 15.cxd3 Qc7 16.h3 Rfd8 17.Bg5 h6 18.Bh4 Rac8 19.a3 Nd5   {Black has built up a superior position, but now starts to drift, eventually losing any advantage. For instance, 19...Qf4! looks stronger here.}   20.Nxd5 Bxd5 21.Bxe7 Qxe7 22.Ne1 Qf6 23.Rdc1 Qg5 24.Qe3 Qf6 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Rc1 Qd8 27.Rxc8 {White offered a draw.} 27...Qxc8 28.Qd2 Qd7 29.Qc1 e5 30.Qc2 Bb7 31.Kf1 f6 32.Kg1 g5 33.Kf1 Kg7 34.Kg1 h5 35.Kf1 h4 36.Kg1 Kh6 37.Qc1 Qd5 38.Kf1 Kg6 39.Qc7 Bc6 40.Qb6 Bb7 41.Qc7 {White offered a draw again.} 41...Bc6 42.Qb6 e4   {Here the players reached the first time control. They agreed to play another 7 moves in 15 minutes, as there was half an hour left in the playing session.}   43.Qe3 Qb3 44.Qd2 Bd5 45.dxe4 Bxe4 46.Qc1 Bd5 47.Qd2 Qc4+ 48.Kg1 Be4 49.Qe3 Bf5   {Here White sealed a move. The game was agreed drawn without resumption. White seems to hold comfortably, e.g. 50.Qe8+ Qf7 51.Qd8 or 50.Qd2 Qe4 51.Qc3 Qe2 52.Nf3}   1/2-1/2