[Event "Rugby B v Warwick University C"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.8"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nigel Stanley"]
[Black "L. Barkauskas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "138"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3? {Standard opening play up to now (French Defence, Tarrasch
Variation) but here I should have played Nf3 instead of Nb3. If White has
already castled, Nb3 is good (the idea is for the queenside rook to move to c1
then c3 and help in a kingside attack), but here, white has not yet castled.
Black should now play a5, with a view to a4, and if white plays a4, Bb4+ puts
white in trouble. Fortunately my opponent missed this, and within a move I
was safe.} 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 f6 {Black should really play f6
earlier , e.g. around move 8. White wants to hold the pawn on e5, to keep the
black knight off f6, but white cannot play f4 yet because the pawn on d4 would
be pinned to the bishop on e3.} 12. Rc1 fxe5 13. dxe5 Qd8 14. f4 Nb6 {Black's
kingside knight has now moved to b6, leaving a weakness on h7 which White is
ready to attack. Black fails to spot the danger.} 15. Ned4 {Nd4 releases the
White queen to move to h5 to attack h7.} 15... Bd7? 16. Qh5 {Black is now in
serious trouble. Perhaps Rf5 is the best defence, but Black will still lose
from now on.} 16... g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Bh4 20. Rh3 Qe7
21. Bf2 {Not 21.g3, because White wants to keep open the 3rd rank, to allow
the queenside rook into the attack. Bf2 opens up the 3rd rank.} 21... Qg7
22. Rxh4+ Kg8 23. Qh5 {Threatening Rg4. It is important for White to keep the
queens on the board rather than exchange them, as the Black queen is very
exposed and can be pinned to the king with a white rook.} 23... Be8 24. Qe2
Nd8 25. Rg4 Bg6 26. Rc3 Rc8 27. Rcg3 Kf7 28. f5 exf5 29. Nxf5 Qh8 {Qh7 was
slightly better, but Black is lost anyway.} 30. Nd6+ {Black resigns.} 1-0
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.12.8"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nigel Stanley"]
[Black "L. Barkauskas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteELO "?"]
[BlackELO "138"]
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Qb6 9. Nb3? {Standard opening play up to now (French Defence, Tarrasch
Variation) but here I should have played Nf3 instead of Nb3. If White has
already castled, Nb3 is good (the idea is for the queenside rook to move to c1
then c3 and help in a kingside attack), but here, white has not yet castled.
Black should now play a5, with a view to a4, and if white plays a4, Bb4+ puts
white in trouble. Fortunately my opponent missed this, and within a move I
was safe.} 9... Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 f6 {Black should really play f6
earlier , e.g. around move 8. White wants to hold the pawn on e5, to keep the
black knight off f6, but white cannot play f4 yet because the pawn on d4 would
be pinned to the bishop on e3.} 12. Rc1 fxe5 13. dxe5 Qd8 14. f4 Nb6 {Black's
kingside knight has now moved to b6, leaving a weakness on h7 which White is
ready to attack. Black fails to spot the danger.} 15. Ned4 {Nd4 releases the
White queen to move to h5 to attack h7.} 15... Bd7? 16. Qh5 {Black is now in
serious trouble. Perhaps Rf5 is the best defence, but Black will still lose
from now on.} 16... g6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6+ Kh8 19. Rf3 Bh4 20. Rh3 Qe7
21. Bf2 {Not 21.g3, because White wants to keep open the 3rd rank, to allow
the queenside rook into the attack. Bf2 opens up the 3rd rank.} 21... Qg7
22. Rxh4+ Kg8 23. Qh5 {Threatening Rg4. It is important for White to keep the
queens on the board rather than exchange them, as the Black queen is very
exposed and can be pinned to the king with a white rook.} 23... Be8 24. Qe2
Nd8 25. Rg4 Bg6 26. Rc3 Rc8 27. Rcg3 Kf7 28. f5 exf5 29. Nxf5 Qh8 {Qh7 was
slightly better, but Black is lost anyway.} 30. Nd6+ {Black resigns.} 1-0
