Game

Thanks to Steve Smith for providing the game and analysis below - in the second round of the recent Bridge of Allan congress, Steve had White against Julius Schwartz. With Julius rated at 2123, this is just over 400 points above Steve.

[Event "Bridge of Allan Congress"] [Site "?"] [Date "2018.08.26"] [Round "2"] [White "Smith, S"] [Black "Schwarz, J"] [Result "0-1"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 O-O 11. Qe2 { After the game my opponent said he'd been worried that I had a forced win here, with the line 11 e5 dxe5 12 fxe5 Nd7 13 Bxh7+ Kxh7 14 Qh5+ Kg8 with Rf3 and Rh3 leading to mate. However, despite his high grade he was seeing phantoms here as after 15 Rf3 Black has f6 and if 16 Rh3 Nxe5 holds the King's defences. However, 11 e5 dxe5 12 fxe5e Nd7 should be followed by 13 Qf3 when White has some initiative. Black plays 13 .. Ra7 or the subtle Qc7 when 14 Qxa8 loses to Bb7 followed by Nc6. } 11... Nbd7 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. g4 h6 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh7 16. Qh5 Ne5 17. Nd4 g6 18. Qh4 { Black can instead win the pawn with 18 ... Bxg5 19 Bxg5 Nxg5 20 Qxg5 Qc5 regaining the piece. } 18... Qd8 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Qg3 Bf6 { White is a pawn down but has some initiative. } 23. Rdf1 Be5 24. Qg2 Qe7 25. Nd1 Bb7 26. c3 d5 27. Nf2 Bg7 28. Qg4 { The decisive mistake, exd5 had to be played } 28... dxe4 29. Nxe4 f5 30. Qxg6 fxe4 31. Rxf8+ Rxf8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Bxe4 Bxe4 34. Qxe4 Qc5+ 35. Kf1 Qf5+ { White resigns. } 0-1