Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2016-17: Horsham 1 – Crowborough 1

   [Event "Mid-Sussex League"]  [Site "Horsham"]  [Date "2016.12.6"]  [Round ""]  [White "Mansson, James C"]  [Black "Fryer, David W"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [Eco "C41"]  [Annotator "Mansson, James C"]  [Source ""]   1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nge2 Nbd7 5.h3 Be7 6.g4 c6 7.Bg2 g6 8.Be3 Qc7 9.Ng3 Rg8 {?} {This amounts to a dubious pawn sacrifice.} 10.g5 {!} Nh5 11.Nxh5 gxh5 12.Qxh5 ( 12.dxe5 Nxe5 13.Qxh5 {is simpler, but I think the move played is also good.}  ) exd4 13.Qxh7 Rg6 14.Qh8+ Nf8 15.Bxd4 {The position gets murky after this.} ( 15.Qxd4 {!} Bxg5 16.Bxg5 Rxg5 17.Bf1 {is again simpler. White just has an extra pawn.} ) Bxg5 16.Bg7 ( 16.h4 {may be better, e.g.} Bf4 ( 16...Rh6 17.hxg5 Rxh8 18.Rxh8 Bg4 19.f3 Be6 20.Bg7 Ke7 21.O-O-O {is probably good for White.} ) 17.Ne2 Be5 18.Bxe5 dxe5 19.Bf3 {leaves White with an extra pawn.} ) Be7 17.Bf3 Be6 18.h4 ( 18.Bh5 {!?} ) O-O-O 19.h5 Rg5 20.Bh6 Nd7 21.Qd4 Ne5 {?} ( 21...Ra5 {is the best way to meet the double attack. The position remains unclear.} ) 22.Be2 Rg2 23.Qxa7 Rdg8 24.O-O-O Bf6 ( 24...b5 {is suggested as "best" by the computer, but in that case, Black must really have some problems!} ) 25.Be3 {This is good, but the computer spots an alternative that looks even stronger. Admittedly, this is not the sort of thing a human would find easily!} ( 25.Bf1 {!} {intending} R2g4 26.f4 Nd7 27.f5 ) Nd7 26.Na4 Bg5 27.Bxg5 R2xg5 28.Qd4 d5 29.Kb1 c5 30.Qd2 dxe4 31.Nc3 { White not only has an extra pawn but attacking chances. The only problem was that he had already used up a lot of time, which meant that he did not have the luxury of analysing each move for that long. As a result, he missed some stronger moves in what followed.} Qe5 32.Nb5 Nf6 33.Qa5 Bd5 34.Na7+ ( 34.c4 {!} ) Kb8 35.Nb5 ( 35.c4 {!} ) Kc8 36.Qb6 ( 36.h6 {!} ) Nd7 37.Qd6 {White wanted to simpliy the position as he was short of time, but there is a better move here.} ( 37.Qa7 {!} ) Qxd6 38.Nxd6+ Kc7 39.Nb5+ Kb6 40.c4 Bc6 41.Nc3 e3 {?} {Objectively, this is not a good move, as Black should keep the pawn on e4, but as White was very short of time, there was always the possibility that he would overlook the threat.} ( 41...Rg2 {leaves White better but Black has some compensation for the pawn.} ) 42.fxe3 {?} {White, very short of time, blunders just before the time control, by overlooking the attack on the rook on h1.} ( 42.Rhf1 exf2 43.Rxf2 {leaves White a comfortable passed pawn ahead.} ) Bxh1 43.Rxh1 ( 43.Rxd7 Rf5 $10) Z0 ( 43...Rg1+ 44.Rxg1 Rxg1+ 45.Kc2 Kc7 46.Nd5+ Kd6 47.Nf4 Nf6 $10) 1/2-1/2