The Irish Chess Union

[Event "Kilkenny Masters 2008"] [Site "Kilkenny IRL"] [Date "2008.11.30"] [Round "5"] [White "Cooper, L"] [Black "Jones, Gawain"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B38"] [Annotator "Graham, Gerry"] [ICUid "29298"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. f3 Nd7 13. Be3 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfc8 17. Bf1 Qd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20. Re1 b5 21. c5 b4 22. c6 Bc3 23. Qe2 Nf6 ({ Of course not } 23... Bxe1 $2 24. cxd7 { and White is winning }) 24. Red1 Qf8 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Qf2 e6 27. dxe6 fxe6 28. Bb5 Nd5 29. c7 Re7 30. Rxd5 $6 { Maybe not his best option } ({ Fritz suggests the immediate } 30. Bc6 Nxb6 31. Qxb6 Rc8 32. Rxd6) 30... exd5 31. Bc6 Rc8 32. Bxd5+ Kh8 33. Bb7 Rcxc7 34. Bxc7 { With this move, White offered a draw } 34... Rxc7 35. Be4 d5 36. Qb6 $4 { Looks like this might be the light at the end of the tunnel, but... } 36... Qf4 $3 { it turns out that the light is actually the headlemp of an on-commng train!!! } 37. Rd1 (37. g3 { isn't much better } 37... Qe5 38. Qxa5 (38. Rd1 dxe4) 38... dxe4) 37... dxe4 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Rd7+ { The last gasp of a dying man ! } 39... Kh6 40. Qxc7 Qc1+ 41. Kf2 Qe1# 0-1