1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8. e3 Bg7 9. Qf3 Qd8 10. Bc4 O-O 11. Ne2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd7 13. O-O Nf6 14. h3 Qc7 15. Bb3 Bd7 16. Rac1 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Qa5 19. Bg3 Rac8 20. Be5 Bc6

Was this a good or a bad move? White continued

21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rxc6 Rxc6 23. Qxc6 Qxa2

Black has restored material equality and gained a passed a-pawn into the bargain, but his king posiiton has been weakened.

[RR .]

24. Nf4 Rd8

[RR ? Better 24... Bh6.]

25. Rd1

[RR ? White misses 25. d5!, e.g. 25... Nxd5? 26. Ne6! Bxe5 (26... Rg8 27. Ng5+ Kf8 28. Qc8# is the point) 27. Nxd8+ Kg7 (27... Kf8 28. Qe6 Ke8 29. Qxe5 Kxd8 30. Rd1) 28. Qe6 Bf6 29. Qf7+ Kh6 30. Qf8+ with a winning attack.]

25... g5

This second weakening is too much for the black position to bear.

26. Nd3 Qe2 27. Qc4+ Kf8 28. Ra1 a5 29. Qc7 Ra8 30. Nc5 Kf7 31. Qc6 Qb2 32. Rf1!

Once the rook joins the attack it's all over.

32... Re8 33. f4 gxf4 34. Rxf4 Qc1+ 35. Kh2 Qc4 36. d5 Qa2 37. Qe6+ Kg6 38. Rg4+

1-0

Annotator(s): Anon., Irish Chess Journal, vol. 11, no. 4, September-October 1999, p. 15.

Reference(s): Tournament report.