4NCL Division 3 2011-12: e2e4.org.uk 2 – Anglian Avengers 2

   [Event "4NCL"]  [Site "Hinckley Island"]  [Date "2012.1.15"]  [Round "4"]  [White "Lunn, Timothy (Anglian Avengers 2)"]  [Black "Mansson, James C (e2e4.org.uk 2)"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [Eco "D97"]   1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 O-O 7.e4  Nc6 8.d5   {This allows Black to equalise simply.}   Na5 9.Qa4 c6 10.dxc6   {10.b4? Nxd5! is not recommended for White.}   Nxc6 {=} 11.Be2 e5   {11...Nd7 12.Be3 Nb6 13.Qb5 Bg4 14.Rd1 Qc7 15.O-O e6 was the scheme of development used in Nemec - Koval, Bratislava 1991. This looks very solid for Black.}   12.O-O h6 13.h3 Bd7 14.Qb3 Rb8   {14...Nd4!? is an attempt to unbalance the position via a temporary pawn sacrifice.  15.Qxb7 Nxe2+ 16.Nxe2 Qa5 regains the pawn, e.g. 17.b4 Qb5  18.Qxb5 Bxb5 19.Re1 Nxe4 20.Bb2 Rfe8 and both sides have their chances.}   15.Be3 Qa5 16.Qb5 Qc7 17.Qb3 Qa5 18.Qb5 Qc7   {Black offered a draw, which White accepted. The problem for both sides is that neither has a comfortable square for the queen.}   1/2-1/2