The synpsosis of this game would be:
1. Dodgy start
2. Progress in the middle
3. Starting to look promising towards the end
4. What? How? She's done it again!!
Defeat dragged from the jaws of victory, as you will see. Note that some of the notation is a little dodgy but I think that the game went like this. If I Evans would let me know the last few moves I can put the whole show up.
[Event "CDCL Cov C v Rugby C"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2012.3.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "I Evans"]
[Black "C Pegler"]
[Result "*"]
[WhiteELO "115"]
[BlackELO "65"]
%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qa5 5. Bd2 Bd7 6. Ne4 Qa4 7. Nxf6+
gxf6 8. Qxa4 {There - Nicola would be proud of me :-) Queens swopped in no
time.} 8... Bxa4 9. b3 Bc6 10. e3 Nd7 11. f3 e5 12. Ne2 O-O-O 13. e4 b6 {A
long way around to a fiancetto ...} 14. d5 Bb7 15. Nc3 Bb4 16. Rc1 Nc5 17.
Nb5 a5 18. Bxb4 axb4 19. Na7+ Kd7 20. Bb5+ Ke7 21. O-O Kd6 22. Rfd1 Ra8 23.
Nc6 Rxa2 24. Nxb4 {Oops! Didn't see that coming ...} 24... Ra5 25. Bc6 Nxb3
26. Rc3 Nd4 27. Kf2 {My notation is awry here. I have Bcg which can't be right
so think it was this. } 27... Ba6 28. Nxa6 Rxa6 29. Ke3 Nxc6 30. dxc6+ Ke7
31. Rd7+ Ke6 32. Rxc7 Rd8 33. Rd3 Rxd3+ 34. Kxd3 Kd6 {I think that I have
finally quelled the advanced pawn threat! (Rhsy says don't get too proud of
myself - I probably just got lucky).} 35. Rxf7 Kxc6 36. Rxf6+ Kc5 37. Re6
Ra3+ 38. Kd2 b5 39. Rxe5+ Kc4 40. Rd5 b4 41. Rd8 Ra2+ 42. Ke3 b3 {My notation
comes awry here but from this promising position I ended doing a rook exchange
and losing my pawn. }
If you can't read the game on screen the notation is in the comments below.
John Hall has offered the following analysis:
13 b6? Consider B2g or Bg7
17 a5? BxB+ KxB(King then can't castle) I could then move Kb8 (out of trouble)
21 Kd6 Suggests that this could be played as Move 20
24 Rb2! would be much better
29 Nxcg6? Suggests Rg8 instead to develp last peice, or Rb8 and push the b pawn down the board
34 Kd6 - b5! would have been better
Thanks John. I will try and do better next time and certainly read more on end game for next season.
