Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2019-20: Horsham 1 – Lewes 1

   [Event "Mid-Sussex League (Division 1)"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2020.02.11"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Maufe, Barry"]  [Black "Mansson, James C"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E81"]  [Annotator "jmansson"]  [PlyCount "64"]  [EventDate "2019.??.??"]  [EventType "team-match"]  [WhiteTeam "Lewes"]  [BlackTeam "Horsham II"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Qa5 8. Qd2  Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Nc1 (10. Ng3 a6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O b5 13. b3 Rfb8 14. cxb5  axb5 15. h3 {was played in a previous Maufe - Mansson game in the Mid-Sussex  League Knockout 2017. Then} Nh5 $3 16. Nxh5 Nc4 17. bxc4 Bxc3 18. Qc2 Bxa1 19.  Rxa1 gxh5 {leaves Black the exchange up with strong queenside pressure.}) 10...  a6 11. Be2 Bd7 12. a4 Rfb8 13. Ra3 Qd8 $6 {This is too passive.} (13... e6 14.  O-O (14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Qxd6 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxc5 Nd7 19.  Be3 Ne5 $44) 14... exd5 15. cxd5 Qd8 $13) 14. h3 $1 Bc8 15. f4 Ned7 16. Nd3 $6  {This allows Black to make an interesting sacrifice.} (16. O-O $16 {gives  White a clear advantage, and Black's pieces are very passive.}) 16... b5 $5 {  This leads to tricky complications. In what follows, both players commit  inaccuracies, as the advantage swings back and forth.} 17. cxb5 (17. axb5 axb5  18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. cxb5 $14) 17... axb5 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Nf2 e6 20. O-O $6 {  White should not allow Black to capture on d5, as this leaves Black with a  clear target.} (20. dxe6 $1 Bxe6 21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. O-O $14) 20... exd5 21. exd5  Bb7 22. Ng4 $2 {This is a serious error...} (22. Rxa8 Rxa8 $44) 22... Nfxd5 $6  {...which Black fails to fully exploit.} (22... Nxg4 23. hxg4 Rxa3 24. bxa3 Qe7  $19 {intending ...Bxc3 and ...Nxd5, or ...Re8, against which White has no  defence.}) 23. Nxd5 Nxd5 24. f5 $2 (24. Bf2 Rxa3 25. bxa3 h5 $17) 24... Nxe3 $2  {Black should capture on a3 first, to avoid White's surprising reply.} (24...  Rxa3 $1 25. bxa3 Nxe3 26. Nxe3 Qg5 $19 {intending ...Bd4}) 25. Rxe3 $1 (25.  Nxe3 $2 Rxa3 26. bxa3 Qg5 $19 {intending ...Bd4}) (25. Qxe3 $4 Bd4 $19) 25...  h5 $2 {This is a mistake, but White will have to find some very good moves to  prove it.} (25... Bd4 $5 26. Kh2 (26. Nh6+ $2 {was the reason I rejected this  move, but after} Kg7 $19 {White has no good reply.}) 26... Kh8 27. fxg6 fxg6  28. Nh6 Qa5 (28... Bxe3 $2 29. Qxe3 $18 {leaves the Black king fatally exposed.  }) 29. Nf7+ (29. Qc1 Re8 30. Nf7+ Kg8 31. Nh6+ Kh8 $11) 29... Kg8 30. Qxa5 Rxa5  31. Re7 Bd5 $11) 26. f6 Bf8 27. Re7 $2 {White misses his chance.} (27. Bd3 $1  hxg4 (27... Qa5 28. Nh6+ Kh7 29. Qc1 $3 Bxh6 30. Bxg6+ $3 $18) 28. Bxg6 $1 Ra1  (28... fxg6 29. Qd3 Kf7 30. Re7+ $1 $18) 29. Rxa1 fxg6 30. Rf1 $18) 27... hxg4  28. Bc4 d5 29. Rfe1 $2 {This just loses in a straightforward fashion.} (29. Bd3  $1 {intending Bxg6 would force Black to find} Ra1 $3 {which after} 30. Rxa1  Bxe7 31. fxe7 Qxe7 {leaves Black with excellent prospects, although White is  at least still in the game.}) 29... dxc4 30. Qg5 Qd4+ 31. Kh2 gxh3 32. R7e3  Bxg2 0-1