Ali Kikoyo (1864) - D Ian Calvert (2040) [B01]

4NCL/Div4/MET-WGR3/West Bromwich Moat House (2.4) 2002


1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 e5 6. dxe5 Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 Nc6 8. f4 Be6 Rubinstein- Walter, Mahrisch Ostrau, 1923 went 8...f6 9.exf6 Bb5+ 10. Kf2 gxf6 11.Be3 , drawn in 36 moves 9. b3 Bb4+ 9...O-O-O is the usual move 10. Kf2 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. Bxb4 (11. Nc3? Rxd2! 12. Kxd2 Rd8+ 13. Kc2 Bf5+ 14. Kb2 Rd2+ wins) 11... Nxb4 12. Ne3 Rd4 with continued pressure 10... f6 11. exf6 gxf6 12. Nf3 O-O-O 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Be2 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Nd4 16. Be4 Now White is much better 16... Kb8 17. a3? Nxb3 .. but now the position is equal 18. Ra2 Played after 25 minutes thought because of 18. Rb1 Nd2 = but now Black quickly gets a won game. 18. Rb1 Nd2 19. axb4 Nxe4+ 20. Kf3 Rhe8= 18... Bc5 19. Rb2 19. Bxc5 Nxc5-/+ 19... Nd2 20. Bf3 Ndxc4 21. Bxc5 Nxb2 22. Nxb2 Rd2+ 23. Kg3 The rest is matter of technique 23... Rxb2 24. Re1 Rd2 25. Rb1 Nd5 26. Kh4 b6 27. f5 Rg8 28. h3 Kc8 29. Bg1 Nf4 30. g4 Rd3 31. Rf1 Rxa3 32. Bh2 Nd3 33. Bd5 Rg7 34. Rf3 Kd8 35. Kh5 Ra5! Fritz says 35...Rd7 is even better but this is an elegant finish 36. Rxd3 Rd7 37. Bc4 Rxd3 38. Bxd3 Ra3 Wins 39. h4 39. Bf1 Rf3 40. Bg2 Rf2 wins the piece anyway 39... Rxd3 40. Bf4 Rh3 41. g5 fxg5 42. Bxg5+ Ke8 43. Kh6 Kf7 44. Kxh7 a5 45. Kh6 a4 46. Kh5 a3 47. Bf6 a2 48. Bb2 Rh1 Black resigned in the face of overwhelming material on move 50 0-1

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