2016-10-12 - Farina, Mauro 0-1 Tipper, Dave
[Event "Bath B v Downend C"] [Date "2016.10.12"] [Round "4"] [White "Farina, Mauro"] [Black "Tipper, Dave"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C55"] [PlyCount "104"] [SourceDate "2015.12.09"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bc4 Nxe4 5.Nxe4 ( 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Nxe4 d5 7.Neg5+ Kg8 8.d3 h6 9.Nh3 Bg4 {is popular at club level but better for black} ) 5...d5 6.Qe2 $6 ( 6.Bd3 dxe4 7.Bxe4 Bd6 8.O-O O-O 9.Re1 Re8 {is a more solid line for white} ) 6...dxc4 7.Qxc4 Be6 ( 7...f5 $1 8.Nc3 ( 8.Neg5 Qf6 $15 ) 8...e4 9.Ng1 Qd4 $15 ) 8.Qe2 Be7 9.b3 $2 {too slow and allows me to launch an attack with the e & f pawns} ( 9.d3 Bg4 10.c3 f5 11.Ng3 Qd7 12.h3 Bxf3 13.Qxf3 O-O 14.O-O Rad8 $15 ) 9...O-O 10.Bb2 f5 11.Ng3 e4 12.O-O-O Qd6 $1 {excellent move protecting the bishop on e6 and forcing the knight to the back rank} 13.Ne1 Nd4 $1 {not afraid of Bxd4 as this would give me two bishops against two knights with a threat of mate on a1} 14.Qe3 ( 14.Qf1 a5 $1 15.d3 ( 15.a4 Nxb3+ 16.cxb3 Qc6+ 17.Kb1 Bxb3 18.Rc1 Qxa4 ) 15...a4 16.dxe4 Nxb3+ 17.axb3 Bg5+ 18.Kb1 Qxd1+ ) 14...c5 $1 15.Ne2 ( 15.c3 {and white loses by force} 15...f4 16.Qxe4 fxg3 17.cxd4 gxf2 18.Nf3 c4 {material is equal but white is already -4} ) 15...f4 $3 {and white is busted} 16.Nxf4 ( 16.Qxe4 $2 {the white queen is dead in the water and is unable to even take material as the intermediate Nxe2 + loses more material} 16...Bf5 17.Qxb7 Rab8 ( 17...Nxe2+ $19 ) 18.Qxa7 ( 18.Qxb8 Nxe2+ 19.Kb1 Rxb8 ) 18...Nxe2+ ) 16...Qxf4 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Qxd4 Ba3+ 19.Kb1 Qf6 {I felt that it was important to simplify the position so I could speed up to avoid slipping into time trouble} 20.Qxf6 Rxf6 21.f3 exf3 22.Nxf3 Bg4 23.Rhf1 Raf8 24.d4 Bxf3 {with the loss of a pawn white has no meaningful compensation for the piece} 25.gxf3 Rxf3 26.Rxf3 Rxf3 27.d5 Rf6 28.c4 b6 29.Rd2 Kf7 30.Re2 Bc5 31.Kc2 Rf2 32.Rxf2+ Bxf2 {the lone king is unable to support the queenside pawns as a black queen will appear on the kingside} 33.Kd3 Bc5 34.Ke4 Kf6 35.h3 Bd6 36.Kf3 Kf5 37.Ke3 g5 38.Kf3 h5 39.a4 a5 40.Kf2 Ke4 41.Ke2 Kd4 42.Kf3 Kc3 43.Ke4 g4 44.hxg4 hxg4 45.Kf5 g3 46.Ke6 Bb8 47.d6 g2 48.d7 Bc7 49.Kd5 g1=Q 50.Kc6 Qc5+ 51.Kb7 Bd8 52.Ka6 Kxb3 0-1
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