[Event "ICU IM Norm League 2018"]
[Site "Dublin IRL"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Daly, Colm"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Tom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Annotator "Daly, Colm"]
[ICUid "47478"]
[UsedInIcuSite "true"]
1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O b6 8.
d3 Bb7 9. Nbd2 d5 10. a3 Re8 11. Ne5 d4 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. exd4 cxd4 14. Bf3
Rc8 15. Bxc6 Rxc6 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. b4 e5 18. Rfe1 Rce6 19. h3 (19. g3 $5)
19... Bh6 $5 20. Nb3 $2 { Allowing a resource missed by both players. }
20... Qa4 $6 { Black missed a big chance to gain a big advantage. } 21. Qd1
Nd7 22. Qc2 Qc6 23. a4 a5 $5 24. b5 $5 (24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Nxa5 Qb6 26. Nb3
Rb8 27. Bc1 $5 { Leads to interesting but equal chances with best play. })
24... Qc7 25. Ba3 Nc5 $5 { White might be a bit better after this, but I
got carried away with an overly optimistic evaluation and went wrong badly.
} 26. Bxc5 (26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Bc1 { Is another safe way to go. }) 26...
bxc5 27. Re2 Bg5 28. Rae1 Bd8 $6 { Gives White a chance to play for an
advantage. } (28... f5 $1 { Looks equal }) 29. f4 $2 { White blows up and
with a thirty minute time advantage gets carried away. White might just be
lost now and I badly missed the resources at Blacks disposal. } (29. g3 Qb6
(29... Qd6 30. Qd2 Bc7 31. Nxa5 f5 32. Nb3 e4 33. Qg5 exd3 34. Rxe6 Rxe6
35. Ra1 { With complex play } (35. Rd1)) (29... f5 $6 30. f4 g5 31. Rxe5
Rxe5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. Qf2 h5 34. Kf1 { White has the better chances }))
29... Bh4 { This leads to forced play that seems to be winning for Black. }
30. Rf1 exf4 $1 { Black makes the correct choice here. His attacking
chances are much better than I had originally thought. } 31. Rxe6 Rxe6 32.
Qd2 $2 { Now it's just lost as what I intended here turns out to be an
illusion. The dual attack on f4 and a5 is a sham as the a5 pawn is
poisoned. Black has a winning attack as soon as White goes astray on the
Q-side } (32. Nd2 { Was not my intention but a better try to hold on in
what is a much more difficult position than I had thought. }) 32... Re3 $1
{ Very strong } (32... Bd8 33. Qxf4 { Was what I was hoping would give me a
chance for an advantage. }) 33. Qxa5 Qe7 34. Nd2 Rxd3 35. Qa8+ (35. Nf3 {
Was my original idea but just losses. } 35... Qe3+ 36. Kh1 Qe2 37. Rg1 Bf2
(37... Rd1 $4 38. Nxh4 Rxg1+ 39. Kxg1 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Qc3 41. Qd8+ Kg7 42. Nf3
) 38. b6 Bxg1 39. b7 Rxf3 (39... Rb3 $2) 40. b8=Q+ Kg7 41. Kxg1 Rf1+ 42.
Kh2 Qf2) 35... Kg7 36. Ne4 { Hopeless } 36... f5 37. Nf2 Bxf2+ 38. Rxf2
Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qe3 40. Qb7+ Kh6 41. Qf3 Ra1 42. a5 Rxa5 43. Qxe3 fxe3 44. Rb2
Ra8 45. Kg3 Kg5 46. Kf3 Rb8 47. b6 Kf6 48. g3 Ke6 49. b7 0-1
