[Event "UCU League Div 2 (Strawbridge Cup) 2005-06"]
[Site "IRL"]
[Date "2006.01.11"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Armstrong, Alastair"]
[Black "Truesdale, Derek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTeam "Hillsborough"]
[BlackTeam "Bombardier"]
[WhiteUCU "1436"]
[BlackUCU "1425"]
[BlackNationality "IRL"]
[BlackFideId "2514788"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Alapin's variation (2.c3)"]
[EventType "team"]
[Source "David McAlister"]
[Annotator "Alastair Armstrong"]
[URL "https://www.irlchess.com/games_archive/sundry_files_2018-10/armstrong-truesdale-ucu-2006.htm"]
[LastModified "Wed May 22 09:27:36 2024"]

{ Event information: <a
href="https://www.ulsterchess.org/competitions/competitions/comp-3026/cvt_event/fixtures/144/list/5#matchlist">Match
scorecard</a>, UCU web site. }

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 a6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Be3 Bg4 8.
Be2 e6 9. h3 Bh5 10. Qd2 Be7 11. d5 Na7 12. Bc4 $1 b5 13. Bb3 Bf6 $2 14.
dxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6 Ne7 16. O-O-O Nac8 17. e5 $1 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Qc7 19. g4 b4
20. gxh5 bxc3 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Ng6 $2 ({ Missed } 22. Bf7+ Kf8 23. Bb3 {
and the Knight cannot be captured } 23... dxe5 { because of } 24. Qd8+ Qxd8
25. Rxd8# { That Bishop retreat to b3 would have saved me from subsequent
tribulations! }) 22... Qa5 23. Bd4 $4 { Bruce was watching at the time and
I saw his facial expression change dramatically when he saw what I had
overlooked. } 23... Qa3+ 24. Kc2 Rb2+ 25. Kd3 Rxd2+ 26. Rxd2 { Even after
this disaster I still felt I had a number of threats. } 26... Rh7 27. Re1
Qa5 $2 ({ Correct was } 27... Kd8 { where the game is still open, although
I still have a slight advantage. }) 28. Bxc8 Qxh5 29. Nxe7 Kd8 30. Bb6+ Ke8
31. Ng6+ Kf7 32. Nf4 Qf3+ 33. Be3 Rh8 34. Be6+ Kf6 35. Bd5 { Even John
might have resigned at this point! } 1-0