The Irish Chess Union

[Event "Kilkenny Masters 2006"] [Site "Kilkenny IRL"] [Date "2006.11.22"] [Round "2"] [White "Orr, Mark J L"] [Black "Pert, A"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E70"] [ICUid "27175"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Bd3 d6 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. O-O Nh5 9. a3 f5 10. b4 Nf4 ({ Interesting would have been } 10... f4 11. f3 g5 12. c5) ({ Another possibility was } 10... Qh4) 11. Nxf4 exf4 12. Bb2 Qh4 13. Na4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 { Opening the center has not solved Black's problems. There is no prospect of an attack and his QN is out of the game. } 14... f3 { This swap of f-pawn for c-pawn just makes things worse for Black. } 15. Bxf3 Qxc4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rc1 Qb5 18. Be2 Qd7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Nc3 Rf7 21. Ne4 Qe7 (21... Qd8 { was probably better }) 22. f4 (22. Rfe1 { also looked good }) 22... h6 23. Ng3 Qh4 24. Qe4 Kh7 25. Bd3 Bf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Qe6 Raf8 28. Qe3 ({ Afraid to play } 28. Rf3 Re7 29. Bxf5+ Kh8 { but White now has } 30. Rh3 Qxh3 31. Bxh3 Rxe6 32. Bxe6 { with a winning ending, for example } 32... Rxf4 33. Bc8) 28... Rg8 29. Rf2 Nb8 30. Qxa7 Qh3 31. Bf1 c6 $2 (31... Rfg7) 32. dxc6 (32. Qxb8 $4 { looked clever but in fact it's a horrible blunder } 32... Qxa3 33. Qxd6 Qxc1) 32... Rfg7 { Black can't capture because of the loose Rf7 } 33. cxb7 { Thankyou very much! } 33... Re8 34. Qd4 Qxa3 35. Rc8 Rgg8 $2 { Leaving his K exposed } 36. Rc7+ Kg6 37. Rf3 Qa2 38. Rg3+ Kh5 39. Qd1+ ({ The quickest finish was the pretty } 39. Rh3+ $1 Kg4 (39... Kg6 40. Rxh6+ Kxh6 41. Qf6+ Kh5 42. Rh7+ Kg4 43. Rh4#) 40. Rg7+ Rxg7 41. Qxg7+ Kxf4 42. Rh4+ Ke3 43. Qd4#) 39... Rg4 40. h3 ({ Again, there was a prettier finish with } 40. Rh3+ $1 Kg6 41. Qxg4+ fxg4 42. Bd3+ Kf6 43. Rxh6#) 1-0