The Irish Chess Union

[Event "ICU IM Norm League 2018"] [Site "Dublin IRL"] [Date "2018.07.23"] [Round "8"] [White "Daly, Colm"] [Black "Valdes Escobar, Alvaro"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "2329"] [BlackElo "2365"] [ECO "E11"] [Annotator "Colm Daly"] [ICUid "47474"] [UsedInIcuSite "true"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e3 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O c5 9. dxc5 $6 (9. b3 $1 { Usual }) 9... bxc5 10. e4 $6 (10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 a5 $11) 10... d6 $6 (10... Nc6 $5) 11. e5 $6 (11. b4 $5) 11... dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nc6 (12... Nfd7 $1) 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bd6 $1 16. Nxc6 $6 (16. Bf4 $5 Nh5 $5 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bc2 Nxf4 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxf4 Kg8 $15) 16... Bxc6 17. h3 Qb7 (17... e5 $1) 18. Bg5 (18. Rb1 $5) 18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 $2 (19. Qxf3 $1 $11 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Bh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxd3 22. Be3 $1 $11) 19... Be7 (19... h6 $5) 20. Rab1 (20. Rad1 $5) 20... Nh5 21. Be3 f5 $6 22. Bc2 $11 Rf6 23. Red1 Rg6+ 24. Kf1 $2 (24. Kh1 $5 $11) 24... Rf8 25. Ba4 $2 Qb8 $5 $17 (25... Qc7 $1) 26. f4 Nxf4 27. Qf3 Ng2 28. Rd7 Qh2 29. Ke2 Bg5 $6 (29... Bh4 $1) (29... f4 $1) 30. Bxc5 $2 (30. Bxg5 Rxg5 31. Kd2 a5 32. Bc6 Qe5 33. Qc3 $5) 30... Qe5+ 31. Kd1 $1 Qxc5 32. Qxg2 Bf6 (32... Qxc4 33. Qc6 Qf1+ 34. Kc2 Qxf2+ 35. Kb3 Qb6+ (35... Qe3+ 36. Ka2)) 33. Qf1 Bxb2 $1 34. Rxb2 Qxa3 35. Rbb7 Qxa4+ (35... Rg1 $4 36. Ke2 (36. Qxg1 $4 Qa1+) 36... Qa2+ 37. Kf3 $16) 36. Kd2 Qa5+ 37. Kc2 a6 $2 38. Qe2 Qa2+ (38... Rd8 $2 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Qe5 $18) 39. Kd3 Qa1 (39... Qa5 40. Qxe6+ Kh8 41. Qe7 Rg8 $15) 40. Qb2 { Black was in big time trouble with less than a minute left, while White had about 17 minutes, } 40... Qxb2 $2 (40... Qf1+ $1 41. Qe2 (41. Kd4 e5+ 42. Kxe5 (42. Kc3 h5) 42... Qxc4) 41... Qxh3+) 41. Rxb2 Rgf6 $2 $11 42. Rbb7 R6f7 43. c5 Rxd7+ 44. Rxd7 $11 e5 $4 (44... Rc8 45. Kc4 Kf8 46. Ra7 Rc6) (44... Rf7 $2 45. c6) 45. c6 1-0