[Event "Irish Championship 2009"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Cafolla, Peter"]
[Black "O'Leary, Matt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2046"]
[BlackElo "2053"]
[ECO "B25"]
[Annotator "Cafolla, Peter"]
[ICUid "29422"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. f4 Bg4 8.
Qd2 Nd4 { Blacks pieces have been swarming like ants but the horse now
returns to his stable to get some insect repellent } 9. Ng1 { ! } 9... e5
10. h3 { SHOO! } 10... Be6 11. Nce2 O-O 12. c3 { Scat } 12... Nc6 13. Nf3
exf4 { Black wants to open the diagonal for his dark squared bishop but I
was more concerned with 13. . c4 ! } 14. Nxf4 Bd7 15. g4 { castling was
more circumspect but I was out for blood. } 15... Ne5 16. g5 Ne8 17. Nd5
Be6 { Not a bad move but Nc7 getting the Knight back into play was more
natural. } 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. exd5 f5 20. h4 Nc7 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Qf3 Qe7 {
Qe8 was more accurate } 23. Kf2 { According to Fritz the king is safer on
d1 or d2 but I was afraid of blocking my rook or bishop. White's advantage
is only slight. } 23... Rae8 24. Bd2 Qg7 25. a4 b5 { ?! A dubious decision.
Black is in no position to encourage the opening of lines. } 26. axb5 Nxb5
27. Ra5 { h5! was stronger } 27... Rb8 28. h5 { Better late than never. }
28... f4 29. Bh3 Nc7 30. Bc1 Rb7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qe4 Rfb8 33. Ra2 Kf7 { ?
Black still harbours unrealistic hopes and clears the way to contest the h
file. Re8 or Qf7 would have maintained equality. } 34. b4 { I return the
favour. Bd7! wins material but the move played does have it's points. }
34... cxb4 35. d4 { Voila } 35... Nb5 36. dxe5 Nxc3 37. Qxf4+ Ke8 { Now
white has a most amazing winning move. I bet you can't find it no matter
what your rating. } 38. Qc4 { ?! Nope this isn't it. I'll tell you at the
end of the game. } 38... Nxa2 39. Qxa2 Qxe5 40. Be6 b3 41. Qb1 Qg7 { ?? A
blunder. black had to play Qd4 check first then if 42 Be3 he could have
gone to g7. } 42. Bb2 Qf8+ 43. Bf6 Rg7 44. Qe4 b2 45. Qa4+ { Incredibly the
key move is Kg2!! when Black's best is dxe5 Re1 Re7 Qd2 Nxa2 Qxa2 Kf8 .
Taking the Rook immediately with 38...Nxa2 would have led to a forced mate.
Check it all out on Fritz! } 1-0
