Conquest, S
—
Jones, Gawain
Kilkenny Masters 2008, Kilkenny IRL, 2008,
1-0
Annotator: Graham, Gerry
[Event "Kilkenny Masters 2008"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Conquest, S"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[Annotator "Graham, Gerry"]
[ICUid "29299"]
1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
Kf1 dxc5 9. e5 Nfd7 { This is the agreed mistake, if you ask me, I'd say
it's the most natural move here. Both players agreed that 9...Ne8 is best.
} 10. f4 Nc6 11. Nf3 f6 12. e6 Ndb8 13. h4 Bxe6 14. h5 Nd4 15. hxg6 hxg6
16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rd8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Qxd5 { Black appears to be
alright, but... } 20. Ne6 $1 { ...appearances can be deceiving! } 20...
Qxd1+ (20... Nc6 $2 21. Qxd5 Rxd5 22. Bc4) 21. Bxd1 ({ Of course not } 21.
Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Nc6 23. Bb3 Rc8 { and the discovered check is much less
damaging than in the game. }) 21... Nc6 ({ If } 21... Rc8 { Fritz gives }
22. Bb3 Nc6 23. f5 $1 Na5 24. Bd5 gxf5 25. Nf4+) 22. Bb3 Na5 23. Nxd8+ Nxb3
24. Rd1 Nc5 25. Rh3 a5 26. Ra3 b6 27. b4 Ne4 28. Nc6 Kf7 29. Rd8 Rxd8 30.
Nxd8+ Ke8 31. bxa5 bxa5 32. Nc6 Bh6 33. g3 a4 34. Kg2 Kd7 35. Rxa4 Nc5 36.
Nb8+ Ke6 37. Ra7 Kd6 38. Kf3 f5 39. Na6 Ne6 40. Rb7 Nd4+ 41. Ke3 Bg7 42.
Rb6+ Kd5 43. Rxg6 Bh8 44. Nc7+ Kc4 45. Rg8 Bf6 46. Ne8 { and white won }
1-0
Thanks to Chess Tempo for the Pgn Game player.