[Event "Kilkenny Masters 2007"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2007.11.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wells, Peter"]
[Black "Hebden, Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[Annotator "Graham, Gerry"]
[ICUid "28760"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 { Amazingly,
Peter told me after the game, this is the first time he can remember ever
playing this deferred exchange line in his life. } 6... dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
Nbd2 f6 ({ More popular is the line } 8... O-O { but the game quickly
transposes into similar lines. }) 9. Nh4 g6 10. f4 exf4 11. Rxf4 O-O ({
Fritz preferred } 11... Ne5) 12. Rf1 f5 13. Nhf3 Nf6 { Peter didn't like
the "look" of this move. } ({ Fritz suggests } 13... fxe4 14. Nxe4 Ne5 $1 {
a nice freeing move. } 15. Nxe5 Qd4+ $11) 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. Nc4 Re8 16. Bg5
Nd5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd2 b5 $6 { Neither Peter, nor Fritz agreed with this
plan, both thought Black would have been better heading for a slightly
inferior ending with } (18... Ne3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Nxe3 Rxe3) 19. Nce5 c5
20. Rae1 Qd6 { This queen has a lot of work to do, minding the c5 pawn as
well as helping to defend her monarch, she may be a little over-stretched.
} 21. g4 $1 { Sunday morning weekend Chess at it's best, this is a great
shot. } 21... Be6 ({ Another option, and possibly better was } 21... Bd7 {
when Fritz suggests } 22. Qg5) 22. Ng5 Rf8 $2 (22... Nb6 23. Qf2 Rf8 24.
Qh4 Qd4+ (24... Qe7 25. Rxf8+ Rxf8 26. Nc6 { wins }) 25. Kg2 Bd5+ 26. Kg3
$14) 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 { White's position is winning, so how does he win it? }
24. Nxg6 $1 Rf6 ({ If } 24... Re8 25. Qf2 hxg6 26. Rxe6 { wins }) 25. Ne4
Qd8 26. Qg5 h6 27. Qxh6 1-0
