[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.28"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Lalic, Susan"]
[Black "Gormally, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B26"]
[WhiteElo "2344"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

{Game of the day No1 goes to Danny Gormally for his flawless performance in a
Closed Sicilian.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Be3 e5 7.
Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O (8. Qd2 {
looks a little more flexible,possibly intending to castle queenside.}) 8... O-O
9. Qd2 {White is content to develop her pieces and await events, but Gormally
has chosen a very effective counter to this solid approach. Black occupies d4
at the right moment and can look forward to the usual Sicilian counterplay
with ...b7-b5 or ...f7-f5.} Nd4 $1 $11 10. f4 Bg4 (10... Rb8 11. h3 b5 {
is a very decent alternative:} 12. Nd1 (12. Rf2 b4 13. Nd1 f5 $11) (12. a3 Be6
13. Rae1 Qd7 14. Kh2 f5 $11) 12... Be6 13. c3 Nxe2+ 14. Qxe2 Qc7 15. Rc1 $5 (
15. Nf2 $11) 15... Bxa2 16. f5 {Szekeres,R-Radnai,A/Budapest 2003} gxf5 17.
exf5 f6 18. Ra1 (18. b4 Bd5 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. Qf3 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Bh6 $13) 18...
Bb3 $15) 11. Rae1 Qd7 12. Nc1 {White's short-term plan is to get rid of the
pesky Knight on d4 by playng Nd1 and then c2-c3. It's all rather slow.
Gormally demonstrates complete equality with his incisive game move.} Bh3 $1 (
12... Rac8 13. Nd1 Bh3 14. f5 Bxg2 15. Qxg2 gxf5 16. c3 fxe4 17. cxd4 cxd4 18.
dxe4 dxe3 19. Nxe3 Bh6 $17 {Hansen,C-Smirin,I/Cap d'Agde 1996}) 13. fxe5 dxe5
$11 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bxg2 16. Qxg2 b6 17. c4 Nf5 {The Knight heads for
the excellent d6 square. Gormally continues to play thematically and
accurately.} 18. Bd2 Nd6 19. Bc3 Rae8 20. b3 f5 $15 {The problem for Susan is
that she can't really do very much. Meanwhile, Black begins to limber up on
the Kingside,where he holds a pawn majority} 21. Ne2 g5 22. Kh1 e4 $1 23. d4 (
23. Bxg7 Qxg7 24. dxe4 Rxe4 25. Rd1 Rfe8 26. Nc1 {
is still clearly better for Black ,but he has yet to break through.}) (23. dxe4
Rxe4 24. Bd2 Rfe8 25. Nc3 {seems like another decent try to claw back equality.
Susan is indecisive at this stage of the game and it costs her a share of the
point.}) 23... e3 24. dxc5 bxc5 25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Ng1 Re4 27. Rf3 Rfe8 28. Ne2
Qb2 (28... a5 $1 {cramping the queenside was also possible.}) 29. Qf1 (29. Ng1
e2 30. Rf2 Qxa2 31. Rfxe2 Qxb3 {is a clear-up of White pawns.}) 29... g4 30.
Rf4 Qd2 31. a3 a5 $1 32. a4 Rb8 33. Rd1 ({After} 33. Rxe4 Nxe4 34. Nc1 Re8 35.
Ne2 {Black wins with} Nf2+ 36. Kg1 Nh3+ 37. Kh1 Qc2 $1 38. d6 Qd2 39. Ra1 Nf2+
40. Kg1 Qxd6 {White is paralysed.}) 33... Qc2 34. Rc1 Qd3 35. Rc3 Rxf4 36. Qxf4
Qxe2 37. Rxe3 (37. Qg5+ Kf7 38. Qh5+ Ke7 39. Qxh7+ (39. Qg5+ Kd7 40. Qg7+ Kc8
41. Qf8+ Kb7 42. Qe7+ Ka8 $19) 39... Nf7 $19) 37... Qd1+ $19 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 39.
Kf1 Qc1+ 40. Kg2 Qb2+ 41. Kf1 Qc1+ 42. Kg2 Rf8 43. Qg5+ Kh8 44. Qe7 Qb2+ 45.
Re2 Qf6 46. Qxf6+ Rxf6 47. Re7 Ne4 48. Kf1 Rb6 49. Ke2 Rxb3 50. Re6 Kg7 51. d6
Rb7 52. Re5 Kf6 {This is the type of White system that is played frequently by
players who havent got a lot of time to look at chess. White just gets the men
out,has a ongoing plan of Bh6 and then f4 followed by a Kingside attack.    
Well, this might win at lower levels but against Grandmasters something much
more specific is needed and this is why I liked this game so much. Gormally's
play was a model of how to play the Black side.} 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.29"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Zhou, Yang Fan"]
[Black "Davies, Nigel R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2259"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 2"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 {It was rather brave to pay the KIA against
one of the leading specialists in this line.} Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O {
Davies is toying with the move-order; in most cases Black will have to play ...
d7-d5 anyway.} 7. c4 $5 {#} (7. c3 d5 8. e5 Nd7 9. Re1 b5 10. Bf4 b4 11. c4 Nb6
12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Qe2 Qd7 14. h4 Rfd8 15. h5 h6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. b3 a5 18. g4
a4 19. Qe3 axb3 20. axb3 dxc4 21. dxc4 Qd3 {Hennigan,M-Davies,N/England 2000})
7... d5 ({
Black may strike out on an independant course in several different ways:} 7...
b6 8. e5 Ne8 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bb7 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Qe2 Qc7
14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Nf3 g6 16. Bh6 Ng7 17. h4 Rd7 18. h5 Rfd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. Kg2
Nf5 21. Bf4 c5 22. Qe4 $11 {Vasiukov,E-Nikolov,S/Tivat 1995}) (7... a6 8. Nc3
d6 9. h3 Rb8 10. a4 Nd7 11. Be3 Nde5 12. Ne1 Nb4 13. f4 Nec6 14. Nf3 d5 $11 {
Pikula,D-Tadic,B/Herceg Novi 2001/}) 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nc3 Nc7 ({
Blocking the centre with} 9... d4 10. Ne4 {and then hitting with} f6 {
is also possible:} 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Nd2 e5 14. Re1 {
#    I doubt Nigel would like this position though. White is a bit better.})
10. Nb5 $5 {The prelude to an unusual and surprisingly dangerous plan. White
may obviously proceed in various ways:} (10. Qe2) (10. Re1) (10. a3) 10... Nxb5
11. cxb5 Nb8 12. d4 b6 13. Qa4 $5 {#    The young man has the interesting idea
of taking on c5 and swinging the Queen across to g4. This may oblige White to
sacrifice the pawn on b5.} ({Objectively} 13. Be3 {is better.}) 13... a6 (13...
Bd7 {also calls White's plan into doubt:} 14. dxc5 (14. Rd1 Qe8 15. dxc5 {
transposes}) 14... bxc5 15. Rd1 Qe8 16. Qg4 f5 $1 {The key defensive move.} 17.
exf6 Bxf6 18. a4 $2 e5 $19) 14. Rd1 Kh8 $1 {Excellent prophlyaxis.} 15. Bf1 Bb7
(15... Bd7 {looks good here too:} 16. dxc5 bxc5 17. Qg4 Bxb5 $17) 16. dxc5 bxc5
17. Qg4 axb5 18. Ng5 {The attack begins. It is all very well labellling such a
move as unsound,until you have to face it over the board.} ({Meanwhile} 18.
Bxb5 {is answered simply by} d4 {and Black is much better.}) 18... d4 $1 19.
Nxh7 {#} Qd5 ({Maybe Black can and should take the Knight :} 19... Kxh7 20.
Bd3+ Kg8 21. Qh5 f5 (21... g6 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ $11) 22.
exf6 Rxf6 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Qh5+ (24. Bg5 Qd5 25. Qh5+ g6 26. Qh7+ Ke8 27. Bxg6+
Kd7) 24... g6 25. Qh7+ Ke8 26. Bxb5+ Bc6 $17) 20. f3 Qxf3 ({Again} 20... Kxh7
21. Bd3+ Kg8 22. Qh5 f5 {seems to work}) 21. Qh3 $1 Qh1+ 22. Kf2 Qf3+ 23. Kg1
Kg8 $1 {Showing faith in his abilty to outplay White in the coming position.}
24. Nxf8 Bxf8 {Black has very good compensation in the form of a weak White
King, an extra pawn, two good Bishops and a strong central pawn formation.
White's next is panicky.} 25. Qg2 ({Possibly} 25. Bf4 c4 26. Bg2 Qxg2+ 27. Qxg2
Bxg2 28. Kxg2 {#    when there are chances for both sides}) 25... Nd7 26. Bf4
$2 (26. Qxf3 Bxf3 27. Re1 c4 28. Bf4 Bc5 29. Kf2 Bc6 $13) 26... Nxe5 $1 {
Suddenly Black is in serious business. White's pawns fall like ripe apples.}
27. Qxf3 (27. Bxe5 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 Qxe5 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Qxg2 Rd8 31. Qc6 c4 $17)
27... Nxf3+ 28. Kf2 Nxh2 29. Bh3 $2 $138 ({He had to play} 29. Bxb5 {but} e5 $1
30. Bg5 e4 {still looks extremely unpleasant for White.}) 29... f5 30. b4 cxb4
31. Be5 Nf3 32. Bg2 Nxe5 33. Bxb7 Ra7 34. Bg2 Bc5 35. Bf1 Ra3 36. Bxb5 Ng4+ 37.
Ke1 Rxg3 38. Rac1 Rc3 {The killer move.} 39. Bc4 Kf7 40. Bb3 Ne3 41. Rxc3 bxc3
42. Ra1 d3 43. a4 Bb4 44. Kf2 Ng4+ {Not a perfect game, but In many ways 
thrilling and original; a worthy recipient of Game of the Day!} 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.30"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Horner, Jeff"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 3"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Bb3 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bc2
c5 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Nc6 {A position has been reached
which could easily have come from the Ruy Lopez, where Hebden is usually
completely at ease.} 13. Bb3 (13. h3 g6 14. a3 Bg7 15. b4 {
# is another approach,which possibly puts a little more pressure on Black:} b6
16. Be3 cxb4 17. cxb4 d5 18. Qc1 dxe4 19. dxe4 Kh7 20. Ba4 Nd4 21. Bxd4 exd4
22. Bxe8 Nxe8 23. Qf4 Qd7 24. e5 d3 25. Rad1 Ba6 26. Ne4 $16 {
Kosten,A-Murey,J/France 1990}) 13... b5 (13... Na5 14. Ba4 Bd7 15. Bxd7 Qxd7
16. Bd2 Rac8 17. c4 Nc6 18. a3 a5 19. Ne2 b6 20. Nc3 g6 21. Rf1 Nd4 22. Rb1 Qg4
23. Nxd4 Qxd1 24. Rfxd1 cxd4 25. Na2 Nd7 26. b4 a4 27. b5 f5 28. f3 {
Torre,E-Quebec,D/Manila 1991} d5 $1 $15) 14. h3 a5 15. a4 b4 16. d4 {#     Whit
e's play has been slow and it is doubtful whether he can put any pressure at
all on Black,who has marshalled his forces appropriately. The position is
equal.} bxc3 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Ba6 {
At the risk of baring f5,a square Horner never gets to occupy.} 19. Be3 (19.
Nf5 {could be answered coolly by} exd4 20. N3xd4 Nb4 21. Re3 Rb8 {
with good play for Black.}) 19... Nb4 $1 20. Qd2 Bd3 $15 {It's still level,
but there is something intimidating about this Bishop which starts to worry
Horner.} 21. dxe5 (21. Rac1 $1 {was playable:} Nxe4 (21... Bxe4 22. dxe5 dxe5
23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Qxd8 Raxd8 25. Bb6) (21... Rc8 $1 $11 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. dxe5
dxe5 24. Bb6 Qa6) 22. Nxe4 Bxe4 23. Bg5 $1 hxg5 24. Rxe4 exd4 25. Nxg5 d5 26.
Rxd4 $16) 21... dxe5 22. Qb2 Qb8 23. Rad1 Nxe4 {Why not?} 24. Bxf7+ $5 {
There was no need for this,but perhaps he could not resist the upcoming
complications.} ({Instead} 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Rd7 {was called for:} Bg6 (25...
Kh8 $1 26. Bxf7 Nd3 27. Qxb8 Rexb8 28. Rd1 Nb2 $13) 26. Red1 e4 27. Nh4 Bh5 28.
g4 Nd3 29. Qa2 $18) 24... Kxf7 25. Qb3+ Re6 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. Rd7+ Be7 28.
Rxe7+ ({White should take his chances after} 28. Bc5 Nc6 29. Rb7 Bc2 $1 30. Qb2
(30. Rxb8 Bxb3 31. Rxb3 Bxc5 $19) 30... Qc8 31. Bxe7 Nb4 $3 32. Rxe5 Qxb7 33.
Rxe6 Kxe6 34. Bxb4 axb4 35. Qxc2 {
#     Of course, only Black can win from here.}) 28... Kxe7 29. Bc5+ Kf6 30.
Rxe4 Na6 $17 {Black has survived the worst.} 31. Qc3 Nxc5 32. Qxc5 Qb1+ 33. Re1
Qb4 34. Qd5 Rae8 35. Nd2 e4 36. Rb1 Qxa4 37. g4 Kf7 $1 38. Nc4 Kg8 39. Ne5 Kh7
{The simple idea of King safety is good enough to win.} 40. Nf7 Qc6 41. Qf5+
Kg8 42. g5 h5 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 4"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Nc2 ({
6 Nc2 sidesteps Black's best equalizing try against the Maroczy Bind:} 6. e4
Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6) 6... d6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Be2 Nd7 9. Bd2 ({
It is quite unnecessary to allow} 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 {
leading to a position which I'm sure Keith would enjoy playing for Black.})
9... O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. b4 $1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bb2 f5 {#    Let's take
a look :    1) White has tremendous compensation for the pawn thanks to his
powerful dark-squared Bishop on b2    2) White will have the initiative for
some time to come.    3) Black has difficulties developing his Queenside.    4)
Black's King is permanently vulnerable.    All this adds up to practical
difficulty for Black. Perhaps a computer program would defend easily,but over
the board, most strong players would prefer to play White,} (13... Be6 14. b5
Ne5 15. Qd4 Nf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. g4 Qb6 18. f5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nxg4 20. Bd5 Rac8
21. Ne3 Nge5 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 Nd3 25. Bd4 Nb4 26. Rfc1 Nxa6
27. bxa6 e5 28. fxe6 {Svidler,P-Tiviakov,S/Chalkidiki 2002} fxe6 29. Rab1 $18)
14. Kh1 $1 {This is coming up as a novelty,but I find that difficult to
believe. Black is not exactly doing anything and so Kh1 takes away any tactics
on the a7-g1 diagonal,preparing f4 and maybe even g2-g4 later on, in
comparative safety.} ({Instead} 14. Qe1 {also seems promising:} Qc7 15. Rd1 a5
(15... Ne5 16. c5 dxc5 17. f3 cxb4 18. fxe4 Qxc2 19. Bxe5 Qxe4 20. Ba1 Qe3+ 21.
Kh1 Be6 22. Rf3 Qb6 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. a3 Bd5 25. axb4 Qc7 26. Rc3 Qf4 27. Be3 Qe5
28. Rxd5 {1-0 Marques,V-Neubauer,M/Sao Jose de Rio Preto 2003/}) 16. b5 Ne5 17.
Ne3 Be6 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qh4 Rac8 20. Rc1 Ned7 21. Kh1 Nc5 22. h3 Nh5 23. g4 Ng7
24. Qh6 Ne8 25. h4 Na4 26. Bd4 f4 27. h5 Bf7 28. hxg6 Bxg6 {
Mannion,S-McPhillips,K/Port Erin 2003} 29. Nd5 $36) 14... a5 (14... Qb6 15. Qe1
e5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rd1 Nf7 {was another possible way to defend.}) 15. b5 Ne5 16.
Qd4 $1 $16 Nf6 (16... Nc5 17. f4 Ne6 18. Qc3 Nf7 {
# covers all the squares, but then comes the bonecrushing} 19. g4 $3 {
and Black will not be able to resist the second wave of attack.}) 17. f4 Nf7
18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qf2 e5 (19... Ne4 20. Qh4 e5 21. Ne3 {
leads to a similar position as the game.}) 20. Qh4 Ne4 21. Ne3 g5 ({We expected
} 21... Be6 {in the commentary room and then} 22. Bd3 Qd8 23. Qe1 exf4 24. Rxf4
Qg5 25. g3 Ne5 {which is extremely unclear. The problem with Keith's move is
that the Black King becomes further denuded.}) 22. fxg5 Nfxg5 23. Nd5 Qd8 24.
Bd3 {D Black's position hangs by a thread. If White can find an effective way
to shift those Knights,the game will be his.} Re8 ({
White's threat can be illustrated by this short variation:} 24... b6 25. Bxe4
$1 Nxe4 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27. Bxe5+ $18 {That's why Black plays ...Re8}) 25. c5 $1 {
Just an excellent move,undermining the d6,e5 pawn duo,the only barrier Black
has protecting his King.} Nxc5 (25... Be6 26. Nb6 Rb8 27. Bxe5 Nf7 28. Qxd8
Rbxd8 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Bf6 $16) 26. Bxf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5 Nge4 28. Qg4+ (28. Nf6+
$1 Nxf6 29. Rxf6 {is also very strong:} Ne4 (29... Qe7 30. Rdxd6 $18) (29...
Rf8 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Rdxd6 $18) 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. Rf7 Ng5 32. Rf5 h6 33. h4 $18)
28... Kh8 29. Rdf1 Re6 30. Qh3 Qg8 $138 31. Nc7 Rae8 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. Qh4 {
Black never did get to untangle those Knights....#} Qg6 34. Rf8+ Rxf8 35. Rxf8+
Kg7 36. Qe7+ Kh6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qe7+ $138 Kh6 39. Bc1+ Kh5 40. Rf3 Ng5 41.
g4+ {A hard fight,reflecting credit on both players and a good demonstration
of how to sustain the initiative from Stuart Conquest.} 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "4.22"]
[White "Russell, Chris"]
[Black "Rudd, Jack"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2036"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Andrew Martin ,Rudd, Jack"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 {A Rozentalis idea which has been largely
defused,although retains value as a surprise weapon. The system of defence
Rudd chooses is reasonable and simple to effect.} Nc6 5. Bg2 e6 6. Nf3 Qc7 7.
Qe2 Be7 (7... d6 {looks even easier:} 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. Na3 a6 10. Nc4 O-O (10...
Be7) 11. O-O Be7 12. Rd1 b5 13. Ne3 Nb6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 Rd8 16. b3 Bb7 17.
Bb2 Nb4 18. Rac1 Qb8 19. a3 N4d5 20. Ng4 Rc8 21. Nge5 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 {
Ivanov,A (2567)-Ehlvest,J (2627)/Stratton Mountain 2000} Qf8 $1 $11) 8. Na3 (8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 Rb8 10. d4 {
could be said to be natural,but places few obstacles in Black's way:} cxd4 11.
Nxd4 Nxd4 12. cxd4 b5 13. Bxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Qc6 15. Bf4 b4 16. Nd1 Qe6 17. Qd2
Ba6 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Qxg5 d6 20. Qd2 Rfe8 21. Ne3 dxe5 22. dxe5 Rbd8 $15 {
Stolz,M (2308)-Naumann,A (2478)/Germany 1999} 23. Nc2 d4 $1) (8. d3 O-O 9. O-O
{is a quieter approach,clarifying nothing} b6 (9... Rd8 10. c4 Nb6 11. Nc3 d5
12. b3 d4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. h4 a6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 h6 18. b4
cxb4 19. Rfe1 Qa7 20. Bh3 Nf8 21. Ne5 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Ng6 23. Qa5 b6 24. Qxb4 {
Finkel,A (2500)-Yudasin,L (2635)/Israel 1996} Nxf4 $17) 10. c4 Ndb4 11. a3 Na6
12. Nc3 Bb7 $11 {Peptan,C (2434)-Djukic,N (2504)/Bar 2005}) 8... a6 9. Nc2 (9.
O-O g5 $5 {was an idea Rudd considered.}) 9... b5 10. d4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12.
Rd1 (12. Bg5 {
is a possible idea for White, homing in on the weakness of d6;however.} f6 13.
exf6 Nxf6 {seeems to be OK for Black.}) 12... Rac8 13. Ne3 Nxe3 14. Bxe3 (14.
fxe3 {avoids ceding the b4 square to my knight; this might be better in the
context of disrupting my plan. The trouble is that it's then difficult to
suggest anything meaningful for the white pieces to do. Rudd}) 14... cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Rac1 Qa5 (16... Qb8 {is also a plausible move, with the possible
aim of lining the queen up behind the bishop.}) 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nd2 (18. Bd2 Qb6
19. Qd3 {was expected, with ideas of Ng5 in the offing. However, Black defends
comfortably:} f6 $1 20. Qe2 a5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 $11) 18... b4 19. axb4
Qxb4 20. Ne4 a5 {Removing the pawn from potential danger.} 21. h4 Nxe3 22. fxe3
Bd5 {Diagram #} 23. Qd2 $2 (23. Nc3 Bxg2 24. Qxg2 f6 {
just leaves Black with a nice edge.}) 23... Qxd2 24. Nxd2 Bb4 25. Rxc8 {
Pretty much forced:} (25. Bxd5 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bxd2 $19) (25. Nf3 Bb3 26. Rf1 Bc4
27. Rf2 Bd3 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 {and the b-pawn will be rounded up and won.}) 25...
Rxc8 26. Bxd5 exd5 27. Nb3 Rc2 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Nxc1 Bd2 30. Nb3 Bxe3+ {
Diagram #} 31. Kf1 $2 (31. Kg2 $1 {makes my task a lot more difficult:} a4 32.
Kf3 Bg1 33. Kg2 {and now the only way to avoid a draw by repetition is} axb3
34. Kxg1 {with a difficult pawn ending.} h5 {looks like it wins, though:} 35.
Kf2 Kh7 36. Ke3 Kg6 37. Kd3 ({or} 37. Kf4 f6 38. exf6 gxf6 39. Ke3 Kf5 40. Kf3
d6 41. Ke3 Kg4 42. Kf2 f5) 37... Kf5 38. Kc3 Kg4 39. Kxb3 Kxg3 40. Kc3 Kxh4 41.
b4 Kg4 42. b5 h4 43. b6 h3 44. b7 h2 45. b8=Q h1=Q {RUDD}) 31... a4 32. Ke2 Bg1
33. Kf1 Bh2 (33... axb3 {transposes to the line above.}) 34. Nc5 Bxg3 35. Nxa4
Bxh4 36. Nb6 Kf8 37. Nxd7+ Ke7 38. Nc5 f6 39. exf6+ (39. Nd3 fxe5 40. Nxe5 Bf6
{is also winning for Black.}) 39... Bxf6 40. Nb3 Kd6 41. Ke2 Kc6 42. Kd3 Kb5
43. Nc1 h5 44. Ne2 h4 {Diagram #} 45. Ke3 (45. Nf4 Kc6 {
and then ...g5 will start a decisive pawn roller.}) 45... Kc4 46. Kf3 g5 47.
Kg4 Kd3 48. Ng1 Kxd4 49. Nf3+ Kc4 50. Kf5 Be7 51. Ke6 Bd8 52. Kd7 Bf6 53. Ke6
g4 {A conclusion can be reached: it is easy enough for Black to gain equlaity
in the 4 g3 variation. My thanks to Jack Rudd for his contribution to the
notes.} 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "5.23"]
[White "Barrett, Steve"]
[Black "Dilleigh, Steve"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2251"]
[BlackElo "2131"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 5"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

{We move away from the top boards for the Game of Round 5. This is a violent
and very entertaining King hunt!} 1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. b3
{The Colle and Colle-Zukertort systems work best when Black has played an
early ..d7-d5 and castled short,mainly because it's easier for White to
establish a Knight on e5. Once the Knight has been launched, the f pawn is
free to go, enabling the major pieces to funnel over towards the Black King.
The relative simplicity of these ideas attracts a lot of players and as we
willl see here ,can be employed to devastating effect.} Nc6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bb2
O-O 8. Ne5 $1 Qc7 9. Nxc6 $5 (9. f4 {would be more in keeping with the spirit
of the opening,but Barrett's approach is also appropriate,planning to open
fire with his Bishops.} {I suppose White was worried about} Nb4 $1) 9... bxc6
10. dxc5 Bxh2+ (10... Bxc5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Qh5 f5 13. Nd2 $40 (13. Qg5+ Kh8
14. Qf6+ Kg8 $13)) 11. Kh1 Be5 12. Nc3 $146 ({The improvement was needed,if
the continuation of the following game is anything to go by:} 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13.
exd4 e5 14. dxe5 $2 (14. c3 Re8 15. Nd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Qf4 $17) 14... Qxe5 15.
c3 Ng4 16. g3 Qh5+ 17. Kg2 Qh2+ 18. Kf3 Re8 19. Na3 Re3+ {
0-1 Larochelle,M-Hua Lefong/Montreal 1999}) 12... Qa5 13. Qe1 Qxc5 14. f4 Bc7
15. Qh4 {#    The attackers are in the penalty box and it is a question of
finding the net} h6 16. Rf3 Qe7 ({
I must say I don't see an immediate win for White after} 16... e5 17. Na4 (17.
fxe5 Bxe5 18. Na4 Qe7 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Raf1 Qh5) 17... Qe7 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19.
Raf1 Bxb2 20. Nxb2 Qe5 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22. Qxh6 f5 23. Rf3 {# but one could see
why this would be worrying!  However,what happens is much,much worse for
Dilleigh.}) 17. g4 e5 18. g5 Ng4 19. Bh7+ $1 {# The opening salvo.} Kh8 (19...
Kxh7 20. g6+) 20. Rg1 Bd6 (20... d4 {was a better defensive try}) 21. Bd3 e4 {
Diagram #    His sense of danger should have told him that opening the long
diagonal wasn't such a good idea. White needs no further encouragement.} 22.
Nxd5 $1 cxd5 23. Rxg4 Kg8 (23... Bxg4 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qxg7#) 24. Bf6 $1 {
when most of your pieces are en prise, why not put ALL of them en prise?} hxg5
(24... Bxg4 25. Qxg4 exd3 (25... h5 26. Qxh5) 26. Bxe7 dxc2 27. Rf1 Bxe7 28.
gxh6 g6 29. Rc1 Rac8 30. f5 Kh7 31. Qd4 Rg8 32. Qxa7 $18) 25. Rh3 gxh4 26.
Rxg7+ {Very rough treatment for Mr Dilleigh} 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "7.15"]
[White "Surtees, Michael"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2182"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 7"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

{Experimental play in chess should always be applauded. The innovator lays
himself open to ridicule, because new ideas rarely succeed immediately. Mike
Surtees is always looking for something new,although whether he will find it
with 1...c6 and 2...f6 is doubtful.    Occasionaly he comes out with a real
gem and this is one such game.} 1. e4 c6 2. Ne2 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 $5 {
#    Already the game has entered the twilight zone,although I was watching
and Houska took the pawn right away.    White's idea has a sound positional
basis. By getting rid of the pawn on c5 he can take over the centre.} cxb4 ({
Off the top of my head,I wonder whether} 4... b6 {is a good move.}) 5. d4 Nc6
6. a3 e6 ({An earlier Surtees game went} 6... bxa3 7. c3 e6 8. Nf4 Nge7 9. Bxa3
Ng6 10. Nh5 Bd7 11. Bd3 Bxa3 12. Nxa3 O-O 13. O-O f6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. Qb1 $1
f5 16. Qxb7 (16. Re1 $1 {# keeping up the pressure,may well have been better.})
16... Rb8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qa4 Qg5 19. Qd1 f4 20. Be2 Nh4 21. Bg4 {
Surtees,M-Arkell,K/Bradford 2002} {when} f3 $1 {is very good for Black.}) 7.
axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3 Ba5 $6 $146 {The computer engines hsow good for Black,but I
do not like this move at all,which loses touch with the kingside dark squares}
({Thus} 8... Be7 9. Ng3 Bd7 10. h4 f5 11. Bd3 a6 12. Nd2 Nh6 13. Nf3 Nf7 $15 {
Richmond,P-Lee,G/England 1999}) ({or even} 8... Bf8 {were better}) 9. Ng3 Nge7
10. Nh5 $1 {# This is in many ways the winning move.    I was watching: Houska
started to look very uncomfortable. You know if you lose such a game it is
probably going to be published,as White's opening play is remarkably original.}
O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Rxa5 $3 Qxa5 13. Nxg7 $1 {#    The shock effect continues
with a breathtaking double sacrifice,exposing the Black King.} f5 (13... Kxg7
14. Bf6+ Kg8 15. Qg4+ $1 (15. Qh5 Rd8 16. Bd3 Kf8 17. Qxh7 Ke8) 15... Ng6 16.
Qg5 $1 {is the main point. You will not find a defence here for Black} Nxd4 (
16... Qb6 17. Bd3 Ncxe5 18. dxe5 $18) 17. Bd3 $1 Qa2 18. cxd4 $18) 14. Nh5 Ng6
15. Nf6+ $16 {#    White's compensation is enormous.} Kh8 ({Taking the Knight
hardly solves Houska's problems,but may at least have enabled some counterplay:
} 15... Rxf6 16. Bxf6 $1 b5 $5 17. Qc1 Rb8 18. h4 b4 19. Rh3 (19. h5) 19...
bxc3 20. Nxc3 {White retains a massive attack.}) 16. Nxh7 $1 {
# Man on fire.What lurks beneath that hat?} Qc7 (16... Kxh7 17. Qh5+ Kg7 18.
Qh6+ Kf7 19. Qh7+ Ke8 20. Qxg6+ Rf7 21. Be2 Ne7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Bh5 {
is just lost for Black.}) 17. Nxf8 Nxf8 18. Bf6+ $18 Kg8 19. g4 {
Ripping open the last defences of the Black King.} f4 20. Bd3 b5 21. g5 b4 22.
Qh5 Ne7 23. g6 {In every respect, a worthy winner of game of the day.} 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.05"]
[Round "8.7"]
[White "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Black "Arkell, Keith C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 8"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bc4 Bg7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nf3 a6 {# Keith is happy to play these gambits and 1 e4 c6 2 d4 d5 3
cxd5 cxd5 4 c4 Nf6 5 Nc3 g6!? is another of his favourites. It isn't easy for
White to keep control of the position and if Black regains the pawn,he will
usually retain the better pawn structure.} 10. Qa3 {To prevent ...b5} Nb6 11.
Qb3 Nxc4 12. dxc4 b5 $1 {He has to destroy the White central pawns at all cost,
or White will just simply build up on the efile and nail Black to e7.} 13. O-O
bxc4 14. Qxc4 e6 15. Bg5 h6 $5 $146 (15... exd5 16. Qh4 Qb6 17. Rad1 {
is a model of what White should be doing # and so Keith comes up with an
improvement.} Bb7 18. Be3 Qd8 19. Qb4 Qb8 20. Bd4 a5 21. Qa4 Rc8 22. Be5 Qa7
23. Qh4 Rc4 24. Nd4 Ne4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ne6+ Kg8 28. Qf6 {
1-0 Gschnitzer,O-Kick,J/Oberwinden 2007}) 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rfe1 (17. d6 {
would have been the first move to consider,but of course this unleashes the
Bishop pair:} Bb7 18. Qg4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rab8 {
#    A typical line where only Black can now be better.}) 17... Rb8 18. Rad1 (
18. Rab1 {would have been more testing.    You have to keep your nerve in the
British. My impression is that Lawrence was so upset about his loss to Lalic
the day before that it has affected his play in this game.}) 18... exd5 19.
Nxd5 Qxb2 $11 20. Ne7+ Kh7 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Nd8 $6 (22. Ncd4 Rb4 23. Qc5 {
was a better chance. The Knight on d8 goes into the hole,never to return})
22... Qc3 $1 {Keith knows exactly when to trade and when not. We now enter the
technical phase,where he excels.} 23. Qd5 (23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Re7 {
is answered by} Rxd8 25. Rxd8 Rb1+ 26. Ne1 Be6 $1 $19) ({Meanwhile} 23. Qe4 Qf6
24. Qe7 Bg4 {is just clearly better for Black.}) 23... Qf6 24. h3 Rb2 $17 25.
a4 Rc2 {Cleverly keeping the Knight locked in.} 26. Re3 Qb2 27. Rf1 Rc7 28. Nc6
Bb7 29. Nfe5 Qc2 $1 $18 {
The pressure on the White Knights is too great to withstand.} 30. Qd6 Rxc6 31.
Nxc6 Qxc6 32. Qg3 Qxa4 33. Rc1 Bd5 34. Qd6 Be6 35. Rc7 {
White plays on,but without any hope at all. He is just cheesed off.} Qa1+ 36.
Kh2 Qa2 37. f4 Qd5 38. Qxa6 Qd4 39. Rf3 g5 40. Rc1 gxf4 41. Qb5 Be5 42. Re1 f6
43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. Rd1 Rb8 45. Qc1 Qc4 46. Qa3 Bd5 47. Qe7+ Kg6 48. h4 Bxf3 49.
Rd7 Be4 {This was Keith Arkell at his best, creating complications on his own
terms and then ultra-precise in the technical phase.} 0-1

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "9.8"]
[White "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[Annotator ",Andrew MARTIN GOTD 9"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. e3
{# The main point of this move order is to delay the development of the Nb1 in
order to try and grip c5 via Nd2-b3. When Black is denied ...c6-c5 ,his
position becomes passive.} (8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. e4 Nd7 10. Nbd2 {
gives White a nice centre,but Black has something to bite on.} e5 $1 $11 11. a4
Bb4 12. axb5 exd4 13. bxc6 Qxc6 14. Qxc6 Bxc6 15. Bc4 O-O 16. O-O Nc5 17. Nxd4
Bb7 18. N4f3 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Ng5 Bg6 21. f4 Bf5 22. h3 Rad8 {
Hebden,M-Flear,G/Great Yarmouth 2007} 23. Rfd1 Bg6 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. f5 Bc5+
26. Kh1 Bxf5 27. Nxf7 Rd4) 8... Nbd7 9. Bd3 Rc8 (9... h6 10. Bh4 a6 11. a4 {
leads to an important moment,where White is still trying to prevent ...c6-c5.
After a  couple of moves, Grischuk plays it anyway:} Bb4+ 12. Nbd2 c5 $1 13.
Bxf6 Nxf6 14. axb5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O $6 (15... axb5 16. Bxb5+ Ke7 17. O-O Qb6 {
was much better}) 16. dxc5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Ke2 Rc8 19. Nb3 Nd7 20. Be4
Qb8 21. c6 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qb6 23. f4 Ng4 24. Qd3 $16 {
Gurevich,M-Grischuk,A/Cannes 2001}) 10. O-O h6 (10... Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rd1
Nd5 {is a solid and reliable approach:} 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nb6
16. Nd2 a6 17. c4 c5 $1 {he could not prevent it indefinitely.} 18. cxb5 axb5
19. dxc5 Na4 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxc5 22. Rac1 g6 23. Rxc5 Qxc5 {
1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-Godena,M/Crete 2007}) 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 ({I suppose Glenn
doesn't take with the Queen, due to the possibility of a White Knight coming
to e4:} 11... Qxf6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nc3 c5 (13... Qd8 $1 14. Be4 Bd6 15. Nd2 Qc7
16. h3 O-O 17. a3 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Nde4 Be7 $11) 14. Be4 $1 Bxe4 15. Nxe4
$16 {#}) 12. Nbd2 Qb6 (12... a6 13. a4 Be7 14. Rfc1 Nd5 15. Qb3 O-O 16. Ne4 $14
{# gives White his desired small advantage}) 13. a4 Bb4 14. Rfc1 O-O 15. Nb3
$16 {Ledger has won the first skirmish of the game. Black will not be able to
play ...c5 for some time to come. White now builds up in excellent style.} a5
16. Nc5 Rfd8 (16... Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Rxc5 Nd7 19. Rcc1 b4 20. Nd2 c5 21.
Nb3 {doesn't solve anything for Black.}) 17. Qe2 Ba8 18. Ne5 Rd5 19. Ne4 {
Already Flear was getting short of time searching for active possibilities.}
Qd8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Nxf6+ {
White would not have released the pressure on b5 if he didnt have a point #}
gxf6 (21... Qxf6 22. Rxc8+) 22. Qh5 $1 {
Now it is getting really nasty for Black. #} Rxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxe5 {
Black was relying on this move,but White saw a long way.} 24. dxe5 Qxd3 25.
Rc8+ Bf8 26. Qg4+ $1 Kh7 27. h3 f5 $138 28. Qh5 Bg7 29. Rxa8 (29. Qxf7 Qd1+ 30.
Kh2 Qd5 31. Qg8+ Kg6 32. Rxa8 {also wins.}) 29... Qb1+ 30. Kh2 Qxb2 $2 (30...
Qe4 {# was the last chance to stay on the board,however after} 31. Ra7 $1 Qxe5+
(31... Bxe5+ 32. g3 Bg7 33. Qxf7 Qe5 34. Ra8 Qxb2 35. Qg8+ Kg6 36. Qxe6+ Qf6
37. Qe8+ Qf7 38. Qxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxa5 b4 40. Rxf5+ Ke6 41. Rb5 $18) 32. Kg1 Qxb2
33. Qxf7 a4 34. h4 $1 {it is all over.} h5 35. Qxh5+ Kg8 36. Qg6 Qa1+ 37. Kh2
Qe5+ 38. f4 Qf6 39. Ra8+) 31. f4 $1 f6 32. Qf7 {
Nicely controlled and very thematic.} 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Conquest, Stuart"]
[Black "Haslinger, Stewart"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[Annotator ",Andrew Martin GOTD 10"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 c6 3. Bf4 $5 {As long as b2 can be safely protected there
seems nothing wrong with this unusual Bishop move. It forces Haslinger to
think at a very early stage in a variation with which he presumes he is very
familiar.} d5 (3... d6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 Qa5 $5 {
going into an Old Indian set-up, might be a good option for Black.}) 4. e3 a6 {
Black sticks to what he knows.} ({Instead} 4... Qb6 $5 {looks reasonable:} 5.
Qb3 e6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. h3 O-O 9. Be2 {
Izoria,Z-Belov,V/Kusadasi 2006  and now} Qxb3 10. axb3 b6 11. O-O a5 $11) 5.
Nf3 (5. c5 Bg4 6. f3 Bf5 7. g4 Bxb1 8. Qxb1 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e6 10. Ne2 Be7 11. b4
b5 12. a4 Nf8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg3 N6d7 15. Nc3 Ng6 16. Ra2 O-O 17. O-O Bh4
18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Bxg6 Bxg3 {Hartmann,D-Ouadi,A/France 2007}) 5... e6 6. Nc3
Bb4 $146 ({I wonder why Stewart didn't continue with ....b7-b5, as that is
what he seems to have been preparing:} 6... b5 7. cxd5 (7. c5 $5 Nbd7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O Nh5 10. Be5 O-O 11. Qc2 $14) 7... cxd5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Rc1
Be7 11. Nxb5 axb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Qb3 O-O 14. Bxc6 Qxb3 15. axb3 Bxc6 16. Rxc6
{1/2-1/2 Ferrero,P-Montagard,G/France 2000}) 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Qa5 9. Qb3
dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nd5 11. O-O O-O $2 {
# The source of Black's difficulty. He should certainly take the Bishop:} (
11... Nxf4 12. exf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 (13. Bd3 c5 14. Qc2 h6 15. Ne5 Nd7 $11) 13...
c5 (13... Qf5 $5 14. g3 b5 15. Bf1 c5 16. Bg2 Ra7 $13)) 12. Bg3 b5 13. Bd3 Qxc3
14. Qb1 Qa5 {Black finds to his consternation that he cannot protect his
kingside with obvious moves:} (14... h6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Bb4 $18) (
14... g6 15. e4 Nf6 16. Bd6 $18) 15. Bxh7+ $16 Kh8 16. Bd6 Rd8 17. Ne5 $1 {
From here on,Conquest's manner of finishing the game is a joy to behold. he
looks for the best move every time,rather than settling for any routine
continuation.} f5 18. Bg6 Rxd6 19. Nf7+ Kg8 20. Nxd6 Qd8 21. Nxc8 Qxc8 22. e4
$1 ({Many would have settled for} 22. Bh5 Nd7 23. Bf3 {
with the win in sight,but not immediately.}) 22... Nc3 23. Qb3 $1 Ne2+ (23...
Nxe4 24. Bxf5 Ng5 25. Rae1 $18) 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. exf5 Ra7 26. Rae1 Re7 27. Qf3
$1 Nxg6 (27... Qc7 28. Re5 {comes to the same.}) 28. fxg6 Nd7 29. Rxe6 {
A very fine performance by Conquest against a tough,resilient opponent.} 1-0

[Event "British Championship"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Pert, N."]
[Black "Rudd, J."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Annotator "Andrew Martin British Championship GOTD 11"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.07.??"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.28"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Qc2 a6 9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 d6 11. e4 Nd7 (11... Bg4 12. e5 dxe5 13. Ne4 Qf4 14.
Nfd2 Bf5 ({RR} 14... h5 15. Bd3 Nd7 16. Nc4 Rh6 17. f3 f5 18. g3 Qxf3 19. Rf1
fxe4 20. Rxf3 exf3 21. Bg6+ Kd8 22. O-O-O f2 23. Rf1 Rxg6 24. Qxg6 Be2 25. Ne3
Bxf1 26. Nxf1 c4 27. Qf7 Bc5 28. d6 Bxd6 29. Qd5 $18 {
Bonafont,P-Rudd,J/Great Yarmouth 2007}) 15. Bd3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd7 17. g3 Qg4
18. h3 Qh5 19. d6 Qg6 20. Rd1 b3 21. Qe2 f5 22. g4 c4 23. Bb1 fxg4 24. Qxc4 Qf7
25. Qc6 Rd8 26. hxg4 {Chernin,A-Miles,A/Tunis 1985/IZT}) 12. Bd3 g5 13. O-O g4
$146 (13... Be7 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Qb6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Bd6 18. Nfd2 Bb7
19. Nc4 Bf8 20. Be2 f5 21. Ng3 O-O-O 22. Qxf5 Kb8 23. d6 Qc8 24. Bf3 Bg7 25.
Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qg6 Rhg8 27. Rac1 e4 28. Qxe4 {RR} Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Bd4 30. Kf1 Rge8
31. Re1 Re6 32. Re2 Rf8 33. Rcc2 Rf4 34. f3 g4 35. Ned2 Rg6 36. Re7 Kc8 37. g3
Rf8 38. f4 Kd8 39. Re2 h5 40. Nb3 h4 41. Rcd2 Bf6 42. Nb6 hxg3 43. hxg3 $18 {
Alekhine,A-Castillo Santiago 1927}) 14. e5 dxe5 15. Ne4 Qd8 16. Nfd2 f5 17. Ng3
e4 18. Rae1 Kf7 19. Bc4 Nf6 20. f3 gxf3 21. Ndxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Bd6 23. Rxf3
Bxg3 24. d6+ Kf8 25. hxg3 Bb7 26. Rxf6+ Qxf6 27. Rf4 Qxf4 28. gxf4 Kg7 29. Qf5
Rh7 30. Qe5+ Kf8 31. Qf6+ Ke8 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qg8# 1-0

