2020-01-15 - Garcia, Oscar 1-0 Buckley, David
Game of the Month January 2020
[Event "Bath A v Downend A"]
[Site "London Rd, Bath"]
[Date "2020.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Garcia, Oscar"]
[Black "Buckley, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.01.15"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nb3 e5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Bb5!? (10. Qe2 {The main move.} Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nf6 13. Bg5 {White retains some compensation for the pawn, but has to be careful not to let black consolidate.}) f6 11. c3!? {Offering another pawn and what appears to be a loss a tempo - the queen exchange is not desirable, but white conjures up a magnificent attack.} dxc3 12. Qc2 Bd7 13. Be3 Nb4 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. Qe4?! {Not the objective best move, but stirring up more complications.} (15. Qxc3 {More sensible, but white is only level here.} Nd5 16. Qd3 {Black struggles to complete their development, but white is down a pawn.}) cxb2 16. Rad1 Qc6 17. Qg4 Kf8? {Black falters under pressure} (17... g6 18. Nfd4!? exd4 19. Nxd4 Qc4 {Black has the edge, but has to tread carefully.}) 18. Nfd4 Qc8 (18... exd4!? {A tricky decision. Black has to defend extremely accurately and white has all the resources.} 19. Nxd4 f5! 20. Qxf5 Qf6 21. Ne6+ Kf7 22. Ng5+ Kf8 23. Qh3!) 19. Ne6+ Kf7 20. Qxg7+! Kxe6 21. f4 {There are too many heavy pieces aimed at the king for black to survive} Nd5 22. fxe5 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Bc5 24. Nxc5+ Qxc5 25. Qd7# 1-0
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