McArthur Cup 2013-14: Horsham – Brighton

   [Event "McArthur Cup"]  [Site "Horsham"]  [Date "2014.03.04"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Henshaw, John C"]  [Black "Mansson, James C"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D58"]  [Annotator "Mansson,James"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventCountry "ENG"]  [WhiteTeam "Brighton"]  [BlackTeam "Horsham"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Rc1  Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 (9... dxc4 $1 10. Bxc4 Nbd7 11. O-O c5 $11) 10. cxd5 exd5 (  10... Nxd5 $6 11. Nxd5 Bxh4 (11... Bxd5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e4 e5 (13... Bb7 14.  Rxc7 $16) 14. exd5 e4 15. O-O exd3 16. Rxc7 $16) 12. Nxc7 Rc8 13. Nb5 Rxc1 14.  Qxc1 $14) 11. O-O Ne4 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Qe2 a5 14. Rfd1 c6 15. Qc2 Rae8 $6 {  Black should play ...f5 so that he can recapture on e4 with the f-pawn. If he  has to take with the d-pawn, White can play Nd2-c4, as in the game, with  pressure on the Black queenside.} (15... f5 $11) 16. Bxe4 $1 dxe4 17. Nd2 f5  18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Nc4 $14 f4 $5 {Black goes for active counterplay.} 20. exf4 (  20. Nxa5 $6 Ba8 21. Nc4 f3 $1 $36) (20. Nxb6 $6 f3 21. g3 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Qd7 $44  ) 20... Rxf4 21. Ne3 {White was spooked by Black's aggression on the kingside.  Here he should prefer a more aggressive approach.} (21. Re1 $1 Ba6 22. Ne2 $14  (22. f3 $14)) (21. Nxb6 $1 e3 22. f3 Nxb6 23. Qxb6 $14) 21... Ref8 22. Rd2 Ba6  23. Qd1 Qf7 24. Qe1 Qg6 $132 {With both players now running very short of time,  Black has built up some pressure on the kingside.} 25. Ncd1 $6 {This is too  passive.} c5 26. Nd5 R4f7 (26... Rf3 {was worth considering.}) 27. Rc3 Bd3 28.  dxc5 Ne5 $5 {Black played this with aggressive less than two minutes on the  clock.} (28... Nxc5 {was a safer choice, though not necessarily as strong.})  29. Kh1 Qh5 $2 {Immediately after the game, I thought that Black's previous  move was a mistake, but this move is the real error.} (29... bxc5 {was good  for Black, as White cannot take the pawn:} 30. Rxc5 $2 Qd6 31. Rxa5 Nc4 $19)  30. N1e3 $14 {Now White is doing well.} Ng4 $2 {Another error, just as the  players reached the time control.} 31. Nxg4 $16 {Now White is favourite to win,  as Black is unable to generate enough play on the kingside. Although both  players play from this point was not perfect, White always looked likely to  prevail, as proved to be the case.} Qxg4 32. c6 Qh4 33. c7 Ba6 34. Kg1 Bb7 35.  Ne3 Rc8 36. Rd6 Rfxc7 37. Rxb6 Rxc3 38. bxc3 Qe7 39. Qb1 Rc7 40. h3 Bc6 41.  Rb8+ Kh7 42. Qb3 Kg6 43. Qb6 Kh7 44. Qxa5 Ra7 45. Qf5+ g6 46. Qc8 1-0