Horsham Club Championship 2021-22: Mansson – Marshall

   [Event "Horsham Club Championship"]  [Site "Horsham"]  [Date "2021.11.02"]  [Round "?"]  [White "Mansson, James C"]  [Black "Marshall, W John"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C88"]  [Annotator "jmansson"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2021.??.??"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4  ({I've never been very successful when allowing the Marshall attack after} 8.  c3 d5 {so I have tried various Anti-Marshall Systems.}) 8... Bb7 9. d3 d6 10.  Bd2 $5 Na5 $4 {Black overlooked the point of White's previous move, which was  to make this impossible!} 11. Bxa5 Qd7 {Black decided not to resign at once,  as he hadn't come all this way to play five minutes of chess!} 12. Nc3 c5 13.  Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 bxa4 16. c4 Rab8 17. Bc3 Qb7 18. Qxa4 Ra8 19.  Ra3 f5 20. Rb3 Qc7 21. Ba5 Qc8 22. Qc6 Rb8 23. Qxc8 Rfxc8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Bc3  g5 26. h3 h5 27. Ra1 Rb6 28. Nd2 g4 29. hxg4 hxg4 30. Ra3 Bd8 31. Rb3 Kf7 32.  Rxb6 Bxb6 33. Nb3 Kg6 34. Ba5 1-0