2018-11-20 - Brigden, Michael 1-0 Pollett, Nigel

Game of the Month November 2018

[Event "?"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.11.20"] [Round "?"] [White "M Brigden"] [Black "N Pollett"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E70"] [Annotator "Brigden,Michael"] [PlyCount "45"] [SourceDate "2018.11.20"] [WhiteTeam "Downend A"] [BlackTeam "Horfield C"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. e4 Nf6 5. Bg5 O-O 6. f4 c5 7. d5 Re8 8. Be2 Qa5 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 bxc4 13. Bc2 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. Rab1 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nh7 18. Qf4 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. e6 { Cutting off the black queen and threatening mate in 3 starting with Qg6} Nf6 22. Qg6 Kg8 23. Bxg5 {Possible mates on g7 and h7 are too much to defend.} 1-0

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