John Kitchen - Collins Young [D12]
Metropolitan Club Championship 2002
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg4?! better is 5... Bxb1 6. Rxb1 e6 6. f3 Bc8 7. g3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 a6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Bd3 e5 11. O-O g6 12. Qb3 exd4 13. exd4 Nb6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Bh6 Bf8?! 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. f4 black has wasted lots of time in the opening and white has an easy attacking game. 18... Kg7 19. f5 Bd7 20. Re2 Bc6 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Rae1 Nbd7 23. Qc2 Qb6 23... Rxh4! mixes the position up and stalls whites attack 24. gxh4 Qb6 25. Kh1 Qxd4 24. Nf3 Rh6 25. Na4 Qb4 26. Nc5 Qb6 27. Re7 Rah8 28. Ng5 28. Ne6+ Kg8 forced, otherwise mate in 2(28... Kh7 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Rg7#) 29. Neg5 28... Rxh2 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. Qxh2? letting black off the hook Winning is 30. Nce6!! Rh1+ (30... Qxd4+ 31. Nxd4 Rh1+ 32. Kg2 R8h2+ 33. Kf3 Rxc2 34. Rxh1 leaves white a rook to the good) 31. Kf2 R8h2+ 32. Kf3 Nh5 (32... Rxc2?? leads to mate in 2 33. Rg7+ Kh8 34. Nf7#) 33. Bxg6! while the threats of Bh7+, Rf8+ cannot be met and only postponed by 33... Ne5+ (33... Rxc2?? and Black can't take the Queen due to mate in 5 34. Rg7+ Nxg7 35. Bf7+ Kh8 36. Rxh1+ Rh2 37. Rxh2+ Nh5 38. Rxh5#) 34. dxe5 d4+ 35. Kg4 and black is still faced with the same threats 30... Rxh2 31. Kxh2 Qxb2+?? Black has better survival chances after 31... Nxc5! 32. Rxf6!? (32. dxc5 Qxb2+ 33. Re2 Qa1 34. Rc7 Ng4+ 35. Kh3 Ne5 36. Rc8+ Kg7 37. Rc7+ Kg8 and draw by perpetual(losing is 37... Kf6?? 38. Nh7+ Ke6 39. Nf8+ Kf6 40. Rf2+ Kg5 41. Rf1 Qb2 42. Rf4 wins because of Ne6+ and Rh4#) ) 32... Qxb2+! (32... Nxd3?? 33. Rxg6+ Kf8 34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Rg7+ Kd8 36. Ne6+ Kc8 37. Rf8+ Be8 38. Rxe8+ Qd8 39. Rxd8#) 33. Re2 Qxd4 and now white should take the draw 34. Rxg6+ Kf8 35. Nh7+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ Kf8 etc 32. Re2 Qxd4?? On d4 the queen becomes very vulnerable to the knights 32... Qa3 33. Nce6 33. Nxd7 Ng4+? hastens the end but the alternative is bleak 33... Bxd7 34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Re8+ Kg7 36. Ne6+ Kf7 37. Bxg6+ Kxg6 38. Nxd4 wins 34. Kh3 Bxd7 35. Rxd7 Ne5 36. Rd8+ and the black queen is lost 1-0
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