[Event "4NCL Div3 Iceni vs Cambridge Uni2"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2009.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lee, Richard"]
[Black "Ruthen, Stephen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E99"]
[WhiteElo "2058"]
[BlackElo "2093"]
[Annotator "Ruthen,Steve"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.11.09"]
[SourceDate "2001.02.25"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Ne7 9. Ne1 Nd7 10. f3 f5 11. Be3 f4 12. Bf2 g5 13. b4 {without Nd3. White
gains time on the Q side but risks getting caught on the k side. There is no
free lunch. Obviously the game will be determined by who blinks 1st} h5 $6 {
not SO sure about this. Sometimes the h pawn just isn't needed, other times it
feels essential.  I was aware I was tempting white into a7.} (13... Nf6 14. c5
Ng6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rc1 Rf7 17. Nb5 a6 {this was a better plan for me} 18.
Na3 b5 19. Rc6 g4 20. Bb6 Qe7 21. Qc2 Bd7 22. Rc7 g3 23. hxg3 fxg3 (23... Nh5
$6 24. g4 Ng3 25. Nd3 h5 26. gxh5 Nh4 27. Rc1 Nxg2 28. Kxg2 Qh4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7
30. Qc6 $18) 24. Nd3 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qh4 26. Rc1 Qh2+ 27. Kf1 Qh1+ 28. Bg1 Nh4
29. Ne1 Raf8 30. Bd1 Rxf3+ 31. Nxf3 Nxg2) 14. c5 Nf6 15. cxd6 cxd6 16. Rc1 Ng6
17. Nb5 Rf7 18. Nxa7 Bd7 {I always shudder when I think of Korchnoi's games in
which he accesses a7 with the N and chops the important white squared B,
reducing black's attacking teeth} 19. a4 g4 20. a5 (20. Nb5 {suggested in a
chessbase generated reort of the round by Matt Lunn & William Jones.  Its just
another game, and I don't think I would have played their suggested follow up}
gxf3 {I don't buy this move} (20... g3 21. hxg3 fxg3 22. Bxg3 h4 23. Bf2 Bf8 {
of course white is material up but he will have to answer some questions on
the K side}) 21. Bxf3 Bxb5 22. axb5 h4 23. Nd3 Rc7 24. Qd2 Qd7) 20... g3 21.
Bb6 gxh2+ {not sure about this. But I have to invest less material than if
white plays h3, and the g3 square is looking very tasty} (21... Qe8 22. h3 (22.
Rc7 h4 23. Rxb7 h3 24. Qd2 Nh4 (24... hxg2 25. Nxg2) 25. Bc4 {white is doing OK
}) 22... Bxh3 23. gxh3 Qd7 24. Bb5 (24. Kg2 Nh4+ 25. Kg1 Qxh3) 24... Qxh3 25.
Rc2) 22. Kh1 Qe8 (22... Qe7 23. Bb5 h4) 23. Qd3 {to extract the N but it feels
artificial to me. Is white now making a virtue of NOT moving the N on e1,
claiming it as a key defender?} h4 24. Nb5 Qe7 25. Nc7 Rc8 26. Ra1 {
to remove the pin and prepare the a pawn push} Rxc7 {all or nothing. The N
will otherwise cost the white squared B.  But perhaps its not a disaster?  How
about the following fantasy line?    It is a truism to say that black has
several attempts at striking a mortal blow - white has only dull positional
moves to make} (26... Nh5 27. Ne6 Ng3+ 28. Kxh2 h3 29. Rg1 hxg2 30. Nxg2 Bf8
31. Rge1 Rh7+ 32. Kg1 Nh4 33. Rec1 Bxe6 34. dxe6 Rxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Nxg2 36. Kxg2
Qh4 37. Bg1 Rg7 38. Rc7 Rg6 $1 39. Kf2 Nxe4+ 40. Kf1 Rxg1+ 41. Kxg1 Qf2+ 42.
Kh1 Ng3#) 27. Bxc7 Nh5 {and anyway, I MUST play actvely now I'm down on
material, as only a winning attack will do.  Curiously from this point on I
played quite rapidly (for me) because the plan is quite thematic right to the
end} 28. Rf2 Ng3+ 29. Kxh2 h3 30. Bf1 hxg2 (30... Qh4 $5 31. gxh3 Nxf1+ 32.
Qxf1 Bxh3 33. Qe2 (33. Qxh3 Qxf2+ 34. Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxc7 {black has to be
careful (his minor pieces are away from the Q side action) but he should win
this}) 33... Bf1+) 31. Bxg2 Bf8 {my 2nd favourite move of the game. Clearing
access to the h file, remebering to protect d6, just maybe manouvering around
to h4} 32. Kg1 Rh7 33. Bb6 Qh4 {
I had spotted a pretty mate if white is careless.............} 34. Rf1 (34. Nc2
{or some other irelevant move.....} Qh1+ 35. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 36. Kg2 Nh4#) 34... Be7
{no need to hurry, let white stew in his contorted positioning. And I wanted
to include this piece in the attack.  Shame I missed Nh1 winning (but not
quite immediately, and requiring more tactics to finish the game off). The
only game I can recall with Nh1 was when white played it in a Petrosion-
Gligoric game. It didn't end happily for white.  I think I wanted my N to
paralyse and intimidate for as long as possible} (34... Nh1 $1 35. Bh3 Qg3+ (
35... Qxh3 36. Ra2 Ng3 37. Rg2 Qh5 38. b5 Nxf1 39. Qxf1 Be7 $1 40. Kf2 Bh4+ 41.
Ke2 Bxb5+ 42. Nd3 Bg3 43. Rg1 Nh4 44. Rh1 Bxd3+ 45. Kxd3 Qxf3+ 46. Qxf3 Nxf3
47. Rxh7 Kxh7 48. Bc7 Nd4 49. Bxd6 f3 50. Bxe5 f2 51. Bxg3 f1=Q+ 52. Kxd4 Qg1+
53. Ke5 Qxg3+ 54. Ke6 Qg4+ 55. Ke5 Kg6 56. d6 Kf7 57. Kd4 Ke6 58. a6 bxa6 $19)
36. Ng2 Rxh3 37. Rfc1 Nh4 (37... Qh2+ 38. Kf1 Ng3+ 39. Kf2 Nh4 40. Rg1 Nh1+ {
an interesting construct of pin and counter pin, with the N returning to h1
yet again} 41. Ke2 Nxf3 42. Qxf3 Rxf3 43. Kxf3 Qh5# {
you see, when you look closely there's alays something pretty!}) 38. Rc2 Nxf3+
39. Kf1 Nh2+ 40. Kg1 Qxd3 41. Rac1 Nf3#) 35. Kf2 (35. b5 {say.....} Ne2+ 36.
Qxe2 Qh2+ 37. Kf2 Bh4# {justifying my B manouvre}) 35... Bb5 {My most favourite
move of the game. played with a straight face. My opponent also kept a
straight face, which my teamamtes said afterwards was a little disappointing! 
Better than Nxe4 & then Bb5  There is some irony that the WB enters the game
via the q side, not the "normal" h3 square} 36. Qxb5 Nxe4+ 37. Ke2 Nc3+ 38. Kd3
Nxb5 39. Kc4 Nd4 40. Rh1 Qf2 41. Rxh7 Kxh7 42. Bh3 Qb2 43. Rd1 Qb3# 0-1

