The Irish Chess Union

[Event "National Club Championship 2010"] [Site "Dublin IRL"] [Date "2010.05.09"] [Round "3"] [White "Rogozenco, Dorian"] [Black "Schmidt, Martin"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D15"] [Annotator "Rogozenco, Dorian"] [ICUid "29529"] 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Qb8 13. Qc2 Bd6 14. Ne2 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 16. Ba2 c5 (16... Bb7 17. e4 $16) 17. Bxf6 gxf6 { # } 18. dxc5 (18. d5 { leads to a clear positional advantage, but I felt that White can play for a direct attack. }) 18... Nxc5 19. Rfd1 Bf8 20. b4 $1 Nxa4 21. Nf4 { White is a pawn down, but the knight on a4 is out of play, while most other black pieces are also away from their king. } 21... Bg7 22. Nd4 Qb6 ( 22... e5 { can lead to a nice mate: } 23. Bxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qa2+ Kf8 25. Ng6#) 23. Qb1 { The idea of this move is to prepare 24.Rc6. } 23... Bb7 { Allows the combination from the game, but Black's position is difficult anyway. } (23... f5 24. Rc6 Qb7 25. Rdc1 $16) { # } 24. Ndxe6 $1 fxe6 25. Rd7 (25. Rd7 Rac8 (25... Bc8 26. Rxc8 Raxc8 27. Qg6 $18) 26. Rxc8 Bxc8 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qh7 { followed by 30.Ng6 and mate }) 1-0