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Sherman 0-1 Meadows

2017-01-10 - Sherman, Andrew 0-1 Meadows, Michael

[Event "Bristol League - Division 1"] [Site "Downend Cricket Club"] [Date "2017.1.10"] [White "Sherman, Andrew"] [Black "Meadows, Michael"] [Result "0-1"] 1.c4 b6 2.Nc3 Bb7 3.e4 e6 4.d4 Bb4 5.Bd3 f5 6.d5 fxe4 7.Bxe4 Qh4 8.Qf3 Nf6 9.Bd3 O-O 10.Qg3 Qd4 11.Ne2 ( 11.Qxc7? {White isn't winning a piece after:} Na6 12.Qxb7 Nc5 ) 11...Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Qg4 ( 12...Qc5 {My original plan to prevent trading queens.} 13.a4 {And Ba3 is quite a nuisance.}) 13.f3 Qxg3+ 14.hxg3 exd5 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bf4 d6 17.Nd4 Nbd7 18.Nf5 Nc5 19.Bc2 dxc4 20.O-O-O Nd5? 21.Nxh6+? ( 21.Rxd5! {Completely missed by both of us.} Bxd5 22.Ne7+ ) 21...gxh6 22.Bxh6 Rfe8 ( 22...Nxc3 {I had wanted to play this but felt that Rd4 was going to lead to a really bad time because I'd missed my forking check.} 23.Rd4 Ne2+ ) 23.Rd4 Re2 24.Rg4+ Kf7 25.Bg6+ Ke7 26.Bg5+ Kd7 27.Rh7+ Kc6 28.Rxc4 Ba6 29.Rd4 Nxc3 30.Bf7 Nd3+ (30...Nd3+ 31.Rxd3 Bxd3 {And either the other rook drops off or 32...Rc2#.})

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