2019-03-06 - Cooper, Andrew 1-0 Musson, Adam
Game of the Month March 2019
[Event "Bath A v Downend A"] [Site "London Road, Bath"] [Date "2019.03.06"] [Round "3"] [White "Cooper, Andrew C"] [Black "Musson, Adam"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B17"] [Annotator "Brigden,Michael"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2019.03.06"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 e6 ( 7... Bf5 {is a better line.}) 8. O-O Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Ne5 O-O 11. f4 { White shows aggressive intent.} b6 12. Bd3 Nd5 (12... c5 {is the break that black aims for and probably should be played now.}) 13. c4 Nb4 $2 {This leads to the N being out of play.} ({Having provoked white's c4 he should play} 13... Nf6 {with similar strategy to Pugh-Meek 2018}) 14. Bb1 f6 15. Nd3 (15. a3 { is more accurate} fxe5 16. fxe5 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Bf8 18. axb4 $16) 15... a5 16. a3 Na6 $2 {Perhaps he was avoiding exchanges to play for a win but the N is badly out of play now.} ({Necessary is} 16... Nxd3 17. Qxd3 f5 $11) 17. Be3 Bb7 $2 ({He must play} 17... c5 {now to avoid getting crushed.}) 18. c5 $1 $18 { Excellent. This is probably winning now as black cannot get his pieces over to the K side to defend.} bxc5 19. dxc5 Be7 20. Ba2 Bc8 21. f5 Re8 22. fxe6 Kh8 23. Rac1 {Over protecting the cramping c5 pawn and so releasing B or N for the coming attack.} Qb7 24. Nf4 Rb8 {It is too late to attack the Q side!} 25. Qh5 {Here it comes.} Rd8 26. Bb1 g6 27. Nxg6+ Kg8 28. Nf4 {Fine but Ne5 and Nxe7+ are quicker wins.} Bf8 29. Rf3 {Lovely to finish with a R lift.} Qe7 30. Rg3+ Kh8 (30... Bg7 31. Bxh7+ Kf8 32. Ng6+ Ke8 33. Nxe7+ Kxe7 34. Qf7#) 31. Ng6+ { It is mate in 2. A very satisfying and strongly executed attack.} 1-0
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