[Event "Kilkenny Major 2019"]
[Site "Kilkenny IRL"]
[Date "2019.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Junk, Philipp"]
[Black "O'Gorman, Alice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "1857"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[ECO "C43"]
[ICUid "52230"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. Qe2 Nc5 7. Bg5 Be7
8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. h3 Nxd3+ 10. cxd3 Bf5 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. O-O d4 13. Nb1 O-O
14. Nbd2 Rfe8 15. Rfe1 Rd5 16. Rac1 f6 17. Qd1 Red8 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ne4
Qf7 20. Nc5 Bc8 21. a3 Rf8 22. Qd2 h6 23. Nh2 Rg5 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. hxg4
Rxg4 26. Qe2 Ne5 $1 { After this move, black is much better } 27. Kf1 $2 ({
After this move, Black is winning. He had to try } 27. Ne4 { but even then
} 27... Nf3+ 28. Kf1 Qg6 $1 { and Black should win. }) 27... Rh4 ({
Winning, of course, but the immediate } 27... Qf4 { is slightly more
accurate }) 28. Kg1 Rg4 $4 ({ This is a shame, after playing so
imaginatively and well, in time trouble, Alice misses the killer blow }
28... Qf4 $3 { and Fritz announces mate in 9. There is no defence now, the
obvious } 29. g3 { is met by } 29... Nf3+ 30. Kf1 Rh1+ 31. Kg2 Rh2+ 32. Kf1
Nd2+ 33. Kg1 Qxf2+ 34. Qxf2 Rfxf2 { forcing mate! }) 29. Kf1 Rh4 30. Kg1 {
Time was a big fctor in Alice missing this win, a good argument for longer
time controls, maybe? } 1/2-1/2
