2018-04-17 - Meadows, Michael 1-0 Fisher, Jon
[Event "Horfield B vs Downend A"] [Site "United Reformed Church Rooms"] [Date "2018.04.17"] [White "Meadows, Michael"] [Black "Fisher, Jon"] [Result "1-0"] 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.e4 dxe4 {I've only seen this OTB once before, in the knockout final against Stuart Iles, so you know it must be sound.} 4.d5 Nb8 ( 4...Ne5 {My previous game continued.} 5.Bf4 Ng6 6.Bg3 Nf6 ( 6...a6 {Had to be played to prevent Nb5.} ) 7.Nb5 {White retains a small plus.} ) 5.Nxe4 e5 6.Nf3 Bg4 7.Be2 Bxf3 8.Bxf3 Bd6 9.O-O f5 10.Bg5 ( 10.Ng5 {The alternate plan which may have been objectively better.} Nf6 11.Ne6 Qd7 12.c4 ) 10...Qd7 11.Nc3 h6 12.Bh5+ {Intermezzos coming out the wazoo.} Kf8 13.Be3 Ne7 14.Qd3 g6 15.Be2 Na6 16.a3 Nc5 17.Qd1 {I've wasted two tempo moving my queen, but black is tangling himself up.} Qe8 18.b4 Nd7 19.Nb5 a6 20.Nxc7!? Bxc7 21.d6 Bd8 {Moves like 21... Bb8 or 21... Bb6 give black a little more space, especially the latter.} 22.dxe7+ Bxe7 23.Qd5 b5 24.c4 bxc4 25.Bxc4 f4 {A natural move that defends against my sneaky mate threat.} ( 25...Rd8?? 26.Bxh6+ Rxh6 27.Qg8# ) 26.Bc1 Bf6 27.Bb2 Kg7 28.Rad1 Nb6? ( 28...Ra7 {Black's position is extremely difficult, but this appeared to be the only move that holds things together for now.} ) 29.Qb7+ 1-0
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