2019-12-04 - Ahmed, Bilal 1-0 Hardy, Roger
Game of the Month December 2019
[Event "D&F E v Grendel B"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2019.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ahmed, Bilal"]
[Black "Hardy, Roger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.??.??"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.05.01"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. c3 c5 {We reach a thematic Caro-Kann position. For the cost of one tempo, black reaches a French structure with a freed light-square bishop.} 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Qc7!? {With ideas of opening the c-file, but the queen is misplaced here.} (7... cxd4 8. cxd4 a6!? {Black can wait and see how white proceeds.}) 8. Be3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nge7 10. Na3?! (10. Nc3 a6 11. Nh4 {White has a small edge.}) 10... a6 {Stopping ideas of Nb5.} 11. Rc1 Nc8 12. Rc3 {Protecting the pawn structure on the queenside, but with white's follow up play, the queenside is not a concern!} Bb4 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nh4 Bg6 15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. h4 Qd8 17. h5 gxh5 18. Bxh5 Be7?! {Black retreats to add some defence to a worried king.} 19. Qg4 {The queen adds some real weight to the attack.} Bxa3?? {The bishop has used 3 moves to play Bf8xa3. Worse, white gains time in the attack.} 20. Bh6! {Straightforward and crushing. White doesn't need to recapture the material.} g6 21. Bxg6! {The position crumbles following this double piece sacrifice.} (21. Bxg6! Kh8 {There is nothing for black at all.} 22. Bg7+! Kxg7 (22... Kg8 22. Bf6) 23. Bb1+ Kh6 24. Qh3 Kg7 25. Qh7#) 1-0
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