[Event "30th 4NCL Congress Open"]
[Site "Mercure Daventry Court Hotel"]
[Date "2023.06.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nigel R Davies (2424)"]
[Black "Jacob Connor Boswell (2272)"]
[Result "1-0"]
[EventDate "????.??.??"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[Opening "Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense"]
[UTCDate "2023.06.18"]
[UTCTime "21:23:15"]
[Variant "Standard"]

{It was nice to finish first in another 4NCL congress, this time scoring 4.5/5.
As usual the organization was spot on and the venue could hardly be better.





Generally speaking I did not play too badly, but there were a couple of dubious
positions during my games. The following game was my best and most convincing,
once again featuring the Torre Attack.} 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Bg5 Bg7 4.Nbd2 d5 
5.e3 c5 6.c3 cxd4 {This does not feel right with the bishop on g7. White can now
recapture with either pawn, getting a promising position in either case.} 
7.exd4 O-O 8.Bd3 Nc6 9.O-O Qc7 10.Re1 a6 11.Nb3 Bf5 12.Bxf5 gxf5 13.Nc5 Ne4 
14.Nd3 Nxg5 {Making matters much worse.} ( {Black should have played} 14...f6 
15.Bf4 {and now 15...Qd7, when Black's position is still tenable. Note that} 
15...e5 $2 {would lose because of} 16.dxe5 fxe5 17.Ndxe5 $1 {etc..} ) 15.Nxg5 
h6 16.Nh3 $1 {The knight is coming to f4 and then maybe h5. Meanwhile White can
lift a rook to the third rank and even contemplate opening the kingside with a
later g2-g4.} 16...e6 17.Nhf4 Bf6 18.Re3 Bg5 ( 18...Kh7 {was relatively best,
but still bad for Black.} ) 19.Rg3 e5 ( {Perhaps the original intention was} 
19...Kh7 {, but now Black saw that White has} 20.Rxg5 hxg5 21.Qh5+ Kg7 22.Qxg5+ 
Kh7 23.Nh5 {etc.. So he tries to drum up some complications.} ) 20.dxe5 Nxe5 
21.Nxe5 {Opting for the simple solution.} ( {I was calculating} 21.Nxd5 Qd6 
22.Nxe5 {but then did not see how to refute} 22...f4 {. Actually it is easy,
White can play} 23.Rxg5+ hxg5 24.Nd7 {, at the very least winning the exchange
and emerging a piece up.} ) 21...Qxe5 22.Nd3 Qe4 23.f4 d4 24.c4 {Once again
keeping it simple.} 24...Rac8 25.fxg5 f4 26.Rh3 Rxc4 27.Qg4 Rc6 28.Re1 {Playing
with every piece.} 28...Qd5 29.Rxh6 Rc2 30.g6 f5 31.Qh3 1-0

