9 October 2019 - Central League Division 1

Grangemouth A		v		Stirling A
Graham Hamilton Alan Bell Dougie Will David Wallace Ian Mason	1984 1970 1816 1735 1572	1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0	1793 1753 1662 1592	Kabir Pandit Jim Shemilt Steve Smith Graham Anderson Bill Cook
		3½ - 1½

This is my game from board 4, where I had White against David Wallace. A very topsy-turvy game - after 18 g4 I felt I had he initiative, but handed it back with 22 Qh5 and 25 Qh6. 29 Ne5+ saved my bacon.

[Event "Grangemouth A v Stirling A"] [Site "Grangemouth CC"] [Date "2019.10.09"] [Round "-"] [White "Anderson, G"] [Black "Wallace, D"] [Result "1-0"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 Qb6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2 Nf5 9. Nb3 Nd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. c3 O-O 12. Bg5 Bxg5 13. Nxg5 h6 14. Nf3 { David said afterwards that he was dreading 14 g4, something I didn't even consider here. 14 ... hxg5 (pretty much forced) 15 gxf5 } 14... c5 15. Qd2 { To avoid c4. } 15... c4 16. Nc1 Rfc8 17. Ne2 Nf8 18. g4 { This has been coming for a while. } 18... Ne7 19. Ng3 { Preferred to g5, to prevent h5. } 19... Qd8 20. g5 hxg5 21. Qxg5 { Stockfish prefers Nxg5 instead, and now reckons Black can switch play back to the Queen-side with b5 or Rc6. } 21... Neg6 22. Qh5 { I regretted this move almost instantly, and began to see the Queen getting trapped. } 22... f5 23. exf6 { I wasn't sure what to do here. Stockfish recommends Ne2 instead, followed by Kh1 then Rg1, and gives White the advantage with this. } 23... gxf6 { I had expected Qxf6 instead. } 24. Rae1 Rc7 25. Qh6 Rh7 26. Qd2 { White has lost the advantage now. Stockfish preferred 25 Kh1 Rh7 26 Qg4 instead. } 26... Qd6 27. Kh1 Kf7 28. Rg1 Nf4 29. Ne5+ { This came to me out of the blue... } 29... fxe5 30. dxe5 Qe7 31. Qxf4+ Ke8 32. Ne2 Kd7 33. Nd4 Rf7 34. Qg3 Nh7 35. f4 { Black resigns. Black cannot prevent f5 and the subsequent pressure on e6. } 1-0