Friday 4 October 2019

Richardson Cup

Thanks to David for providing this game, played recently as a qualifier for the Richrdson Cup (club championship), and for the new format for showing games.

Games
[Event "Richardson Cup qualifying"] [Site "Stirling"] [Date "2019.09.25"] [Round "1"] [White "McAlister, David"] [Black "Duthie, Brad"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C01"] [Annotator "McAlister"] [PlyCount "56"] [EventDate "2019.09.23"] [EventCountry "SCO"] [SourceVersionDate "2009.11.12"] 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. Bg5 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Be7 11. Qd3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qxd4 {White has probably sufficient compensation for the sacrificed pawn.} 13. b3 h6 ({A mistake.} 13... Nbd7 {would have been better here.}) 14. Rad1 Qe5 15. Bh4 Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Qc5 17. Rxd7 {This combination leads to a winning advantage for White.} Rae8 ({If} 17... Nxd7 18. Bxe7 Rae8 ({or} 18... Qb6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Re7) ({or} 18... Rfe8 19. Bxf7+ Kh8 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. Qf7 Qxc3 22. Qxe8+ Kh7 23. Bd6) 19. Bxc5 Rxe1+ 20. Bf1 Nxc5) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 ({If} 18... Bxf6 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Rxe8+ Rf8 21. Rxf8+ Kxf8) 19. Qg4+ Kh8 20. Qh4 Kg7 21. Re3 b5 22. Rg3+ Kh7 23. Bd3+ f5 24. Qh5 Bg5 25. Rxf7+ Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rxg5 Re1+ 28. Bf1 Qd6 {Black lost on time.} 1-0

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