[Event "4NCL Div 3 South, Pool A"]
[Site "Telford, ENG ENG"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "1.86"]
[White "Manelidou, Maria"]
[Black "Truran, Michael C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2081"]
[BlackElo "2190"]
[Annotator "Burke,Steven J & Komodo 9"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.11.14"]
[WhiteTeam "Midland Monarchs"]
[BlackTeam "Oxford 2"]

1. e4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Qc7 6. Qe2 Nb6 7. Bb3 Nc6 8. Nf3
d5 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. O-O $6 ({As the game shows, it was dangerous to allow the
d-pawn to advance, so} 10. cxd4 Bg4 {when} 11. Bxf7+ $5 {leads to a very long
variation.} ({A simpler option would be} 11. Be3 e6 12. O-O Be7 13. Nc3 O-O 14.
Rfd1 $11) 11... Kxf7 12. Ng5+ Kg8 13. Qxg4 Nxd4 14. O-O Nc2 15. Nf7 Qg6 16.
Qxg6 hxg6 17. Nxh8 Kxh8 18. Bg5 Nxa1 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Nc3 $14) 10... d3 11. Qe4
$6 $15 ({This looks logical, allowing room for white to bring out her
queenside pieces, but Komodo suggests white must play} 11. Qe3 {to keep her
opening advantage, e.g.} Bf5 12. Na3 e6 13. Nh4 Qc5 14. Qxc5 Bxc5 15. Nxf5 exf5
16. Re1+ Kf8 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Rad1 $14 {completing development.}) 11... Qg6 12.
Qxg6 hxg6 13. Ng5 Nd8 $5 $11 ({Black could return the pawn for a lead in
development with} 13... e6 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. Rxd3 Ne5 16. Rd1 Be7 $15) 14. a4 $2
({Komodo shows the best way for white is active play on both flanks, but it's
not immediately obvious,} 14. Na3 $1 f6 ({White regains the pawn easily after} 
14... Bd7 15. Rd1 f6 16. Ne4 Bc6 17. Nc5 e5 18. Nxd3 $11) 15. Nb5 $1 (15. Ne4
$6 Bf5 16. Ng3 e5 17. Rd1 Bxa3 18. bxa3 Rc8 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Rxd3 $15) 15...
Kd7 16. Nf7 ({There is even a piece sacrifice here,} 16. Rd1 $5 fxg5 17. Bxg5 {
and black needs to find here} Ne6 $1 18. Bxe6+ Kxe6 19. Nc7+ Kf7 20. Nxa8 Nxa8
21. Rxd3 $44) 16... Nxf7 17. Bxf7 a6 18. Na3 g5 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 e5 21.
Bxd3 $11) 14... f6 $15 ({Black could take the opportunity to bring out his
bishop, before the knight is forced back to d7 blocking it in. So} 14... Bf5 $1
15. a5 Nd7 16. Be3 f6 17. Nf3 e5 $15) 15. a5 Nd7 16. Nf3 e5 17. Bc4 e4 18. Re1
f5 19. Bf4 Nc5 20. Ne5 g5 $5 21. Bxg5 Nde6 $2 ({Black can prevent the Ng6!
idea in the next note by preparing this with} 21... Bd6 $1 22. Bf4 Nde6 23.
Bb5+ Nd7 24. Nf7 Kxf7 25. Bxd6 Rd8 $15) 22. Be3 $2 $17 ({A natural reaction,
but better is to counter-attack with} 22. Ng6 $1 {temporarily blocking the
advance of the g-pawn. Then} Rh5 23. Be3 Bd6 {Here white seems to come out of
the complications with an advantage after} 24. h3 $1 ({A solid option is} 24.
g3 Kf7 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 $11) 24... Kf7 25. Nf4 Rh4 26. b4 g5 27. Ne2 Na6
28. Nd4 Kf6 29. Nd2 $14) 22... Bd6 $1 23. f4 Bxe5 $15 ({Black can keep a 
(probably) winning advantage with} 23... g5 $1 {but it is very complicated and
has many long variations, e.g.} 24. Bd4 (24. g3 $4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Bxe5 26. fxe5
$19 {looks similar to the game, but black has exchanged his g7-pawn for the
white one on g2. The open g-file makes it very much better for him.}) 24...
Nxd4 (24... gxf4 25. Bb5+ Bd7 26. Nxd7 Nxd4 27. cxd4 Nxd7 28. Bxd3 O-O-O 29.
Bc4 f3 $17) 25. cxd4 Ne6 26. Bb5+ Kf8 $3 27. Ng6+ Kg7 28. Nxh8 Nxd4 29. Bxd3
exd3 30. Re8 Nb3 31. Ra4 gxf4 $17) 24. fxe5 Bd7 25. b4 Na6 26. Bd5 Nd8 27. Nd2
Be6 28. Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Nc4 f4 $6 $11 ({Black retains an edge by maintaining his
pawn chain with} 29... g6 {For example} 30. Nd6+ Kd7 31. Nxb7 Nac7 32. Bd2 a6
$15) 30. Nd6+ Ke7 31. Bc1 e3 32. Bxe3 fxe3 33. Rxe3 Nf4 34. g3 Nh3+ 35. Kg2
Raf8 36. Ra2 Ke6 $2 $14 ({After a lot of good play by both sides, I guess that
the clock may have had something to do with black's demise over this move and
the next. Best here was} 36... Nc7 $1 {activating the queenside knight, e.g.}
37. Rxd3 (37. Nxb7 $4 Nd5 38. Rxd3 Ndf4+ 39. gxf4 Nxf4+ 40. Kg1 Nxd3 $19) 37...
Rh5 38. Nxb7 Ne6 39. Re3 Rg5 $1 40. Rd2 (40. Kxh3 $4 Nf4+ 41. Kh4 Rg6 $1 42. g4
Rh6+ 43. Kg3 Rh3+ 44. Kf2 Nd5+ 45. Kg2 Rxe3 $19) 40... Nhf4+ 41. Kh1 Ng6 $44) (
{However all that is very complex, so perhaps the easier way to keep near
equality might be to activate the other knight and rook with} 36... Ng5 37.
Nxb7 Rc8 38. Rxd3 Ne4 $44) 37. Rxd3 b6 $4 ({This allows white to acquire a
decisive pair of passed pawns on the queenside. Black could hold the queenside
together with} 37... Rd8 $1 38. Rad2 Rd7 {and the game goes on, e.g.} 39. Nb5
Rxd3 40. Rxd3 Ng5 41. Nxa7 (41. Rd6+ $5 Kxe5 42. Rd7 Ne4 43. Rxg7 Kd5 $44)
41... Nc7 $11) 38. axb6 axb6 39. Nc4 $1 ({Black would get at least a draw
after the "obvious"} 39. Rxa6 $2 Rf2+ 40. Kh1 $11) 39... Nc7 40. Nxb6 g5 41.
Nd7 Rd8 42. Rad2 $1 $18 ({This is good, but even better is the immediate} 42.
Nc5+ $3 Kxe5 (42... Ke7 $2 43. Rad2) 43. Rxd8 Rxd8 44. Kxh3 $18) 42... g4 43.
Nc5+ Ke7 44. Rd7+ Rxd7 45. Rxd7+ Ke8 46. Rxc7 Rh5 47. Nd3 1-0

