[Event "WDCL Div One Stafford vs Stourbridge"]
[Site "Stafford"]
[Date "2013.12.04"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Keith Arkell"]
[Black "Lawrence Cooper"]
[Result "1-0"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[ECO "A46"]
[EventDate "2013.12.04"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.c3 c5 4.Bg5 cxd4 5.cxd4 Qa5+ ( { Also possible is }
5...Qb6 6.Qc2 Nc6 7.Bxf6 gxf6 8.e3 d5 9.Nc3 Bd7 10.Be2 Rc8 11.O-O f5 12.Rfc1
$14 ) 6.Nc3 Ne4 7.Bd2 Nxd2 8.Qxd2 d5 9.e3 Nc6 10.Bd3 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.a3 Qd8
13.Rfc1 Bd7 14.b4 Rc8 15.Qd1 $1
{ to get the Queen onto the more active White squares } 15...Bd6 16.Qb3 Ne7
17.Ne5 ( 17.Nb5 Bxb5 18.Bxb5 Ng6 $10 { looks drawish } ) 17...Bxe5 18.dxe5
Nc6 19.Qd1 f6 ( { Not so bad would have been } 19...Nxe5 $5 20.Bxh7+ Kxh7
21.Qh5+ Kg8 22.Qxe5 Rc4 23.Ne2 Qb8 $10 ) 20.exf6 Qxf6 21.Qd2 Ne5 22.f4 Nxd3
23.Qxd3 a6 24.Qd2 Bb5 $6 ( { The alternative was } 24...Bc6 25.a4 b5 26.g3 g5
27.axb5 Bxb5 28.Nxb5 axb5 29.Rxc8 Rxc8 30.Ra7 $15 ) 25.g3 $6 ( 25.Nxb5 axb5
26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.Rd1 $10
{ and Black has easily enough compensation for the doubled pawns } 27...Rc4 )
25...Bc4 26.Qd4 e5 $1 27.Qxe5 Qxe5 28.fxe5 Rce8 29.e4 $1 d4 ( 29...dxe4
30.Nxe4 Bd5 31.Nc5
{ and Black cannot take the passed pawn because of the Knight fork } 31...Rf7
32.Nd3 $10 ) 30.Na4 Be2 $6
{ Lawrence comments that this was probably mistaken } ( 30...Bb5 31.Nc5 Rxe5
32.a4 Bc6 33.Nxa6 Rxe4 34.b5 Bd5 35.Nb4 $10 ) 31.Nc5 Rf7 $2 ( 31...d3 32.Ra2
b6 33.Nd7 Rc8 34.Rca1 Rfe8 35.Nxb6 Rcd8 36.Nc4 Rd4 ) 32.e6 (
{ Better might have been } 32.Ra2 d3 33.e6 Rc7 34.Nxd3 Rxc1+ 35.Nxc1 Bb5 $16
) 32...Rfe7 33.Ra2 d3 34.Rd2 Rd8 35.Nxd3 Rxe6 ( 35...Bxd3 $2 36.Rxd3 Rxd3
37.Rc8+ Re8 38.Rxe8# ) 36.Ne5 ( 36.Nf4 Rxd2 37.Nxe6 Bg4 38.Nc5 ) 36...Rde8
37.Rxe2 Rxe5 38.Rc4
{ Black is a passed pawn down and now faces being ground down slowly }
38...Kf7 39.Rc7+ R8e7 40.Rxe7+ Rxe7 41.Kf2 Rc7 42.Kf3 Rc3+ 43.Re3 Rc2 (
{ Swapping off while material down would be suicidal } 43...Rxe3+ $4 ) 44.h4
Ke6 45.Rd3 Rc1 46.Ke3 Rc4 47.Kf4 Rc1 48.Rd5 Rf1+ 49.Ke3 Ra1 50.Ra5 Kd6 51.h5
Re1+ 52.Kf3 Ke6 53.b5 axb5 54.Rxb5 Ra1 55.Rxb7 Rxa3+ 56.Kf4 Ra5 57.h6 gxh6
58.Rxh7 Rh5 59.Ra7 Kf6 60.Ra6+ Kg7 61.Ra1 Rb5 62.Rd1 Ra5 63.g4
{ both players are now running out of time } 63...Rb5 64.e5 Rb2 65.Kf5 Rf2+
66.Ke6 Kg6 67.Rd4 Ra2 68.Rc4 Ra6+ 69.Kd7 Ra7+ 70.Kd6 Kf7 71.e6+ Kf6 72.Rf4+
Kg5 $2 (
{ Black must keep his King behind the White pawn and then has good drawing chances }
72...Kg7 73.Re4 Ra6+ 74.Ke5 Ra5+ 75.Kf4 Kf8 76.Re5 Ra2 77.Rh5 Kg7 78.Kf5 Ra5+
$10 ) 73.Re4 Ra6+ 74.Ke7 Ra7+ 75.Kf8 Ra8+ 76.Kf7 Ra7+ 77.Kf8 Kf6 78.e7 Rxe7
79.Rxe7 Kg5 80.Rg7+ 1-0