Daly, Colm (2329) — Valdes Escobar, Alvaro (2365)

ICU IM Norm League 2018, Dublin IRL, 2018, 1-0

Annotator: Colm Daly

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Start positionPrevious MoveNext MoveEnd positionPlay movesStop playing
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?! ( 9. b3! Usual ) 9...  bxc5 10. e4?! ( 10. b3 h6 11. Bb2 a5 = ) 10...  d6?! ( 10... Nc6!? ) 11. e5?! ( 11. b4!? ) 11...  dxe5 12. Nxe5 Nc6 ( 12... Nfd7! ) 13. Ndf3 Qc7 14. Re1 Rad8 15. Qe2 Bd6! 16. Nxc6?! ( 16. Bf4!? Nh5!? 17. Bxh7+ Kh8 18. Bc2 Nxf4 19. Qe4 f5 20. Qxf4 Kg8 =+ ) 16...  Bxc6 17. h3 Qb7 ( 17... e5! ) 18. Bg5 ( 18. Rb1!? ) 18...  Bxf3 19. gxf3? ( 19. Qxf3! = Qxf3 20. gxf3 Bh2+ 21. Kxh2 Rxd3 22. Be3! = ) 19...  Be7 ( 19... h6!? ) 20. Rab1 ( 20. Rad1!? ) 20...  Nh5 21. Be3 f5?! 22. Bc2 = Rf6 23. Red1 Rg6+ 24. Kf1? ( 24. Kh1!? = ) 24...  Rf8 25. Ba4? Qb8!? -/+ ( 25... Qc7! ) 26. f4 Nxf4 27. Qf3 Ng2 28. Rd7 Qh2 29. Ke2 Bg5?! ( 29... Bh4! ) ( 29... f4! ) 30. Bxc5? ( 30. Bxg5 Rxg5 31. Kd2 a5 32. Bc6 Qe5 33. Qc3!? ) 30...  Qe5+ 31. Kd1! Qxc5 32. Qxg2 Bf6 ( 32... Qxc4 33. Qc6 Qf1+ 34. Kc2 Qxf2+ 35. Kb3 Qb6+ ( 35... Qe3+ 36. Ka2 ) ) 33. Qf1 Bxb2! 34. Rxb2 Qxa3 35. Rbb7 Qxa4+ ( 35... Rg1?? 36. Ke2 ( 36. Qxg1?? Qa1+ ) 36... Qa2+ 37. Kf3 +/- ) 36. Kd2 Qa5+ 37. Kc2 a6? 38. Qe2 Qa2+ ( 38... Rd8? 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. Qe5 +- ) 39. Kd3 Qa1 ( 39... Qa5 40. Qxe6+ Kh8 41. Qe7 Rg8 =+ ) 40. Qb2 Black was in big time trouble with less than a minute left, while White had about 17 minutes, 40...  Qxb2? ( 40... Qf1+! 41. Qe2 ( 41. Kd4 e5+ 42. Kxe5 ( 42. Kc3 h5 ) 42... Qxc4 ) 41... Qxh3+ ) 41. Rxb2 Rgf6? = 42. Rbb7 R6f7 43. c5 Rxd7+ 44. Rxd7 = e5?? ( 44... Rc8 45. Kc4 Kf8 46. Ra7 Rc6 ) ( 44... Rf7? 45. c6 ) 45. c6 1-0

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