Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout 2011-12: Mansson – Forster (Part Two)

   [Event "Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout"]  [Site "Horsham"]  [Date "2012.9.11"]  [Round "5.3"]  [White "Forster, Michael C"]  [Black "Mansson, James C"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [Eco "A00"]   1.b4 d5 2.Bb2 Bg4 3.Nf3 Nd7 4.h3 Bxf3 5.exf3 Ngf6 6.d4 e6   {This is the classic strategy in such postions: exchange the bishop of one colour, then place the pawns on squares of that colour.}   7.b5 Bd6 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Nb6 10.a4 c5 11.bxc6 bxc6 12.Ba3 Bxa3 13.Rxa3 Qd6 14.Ra2 Nbd7 15.Nd2 e5 16.Nb3 e4 17.fxe4 dxe4 18.Be2 Nd5 19.Qd2 Nf4 20.Re1 Rab8 21.Bf1 f5 22.a5 Ng6 23.a6 h6 24.Ra5 Nh4 25.d5   {? This is a serious mistake, as it allows a Black knight into e5, creating serious threats on f3.}   25...Ne5 {!} 26.Re3 f4 {!} 27.Rc3 e3 {!} 28.Qe2 f3 {!} 29.Qxe3 fxg2 30.Bxg2   {30.Be2 Rbe8}   30...Nef3+ 31.Bxf3 Nxf3+ 32.Qxf3   {32.Kf1? Rbe8 33.Qd3 Re1+ 34.Kg2 Qh2#}   32...Rxf3 33.Rxf3 cxd5   {and the game eventually ended in a draw by repetition. Instead 33...Qg6+ 34.Kh2 Qxc2 looks very strong for Black.}   1/2-1/2   [Event "Horsham Club Quickplay Knockout"]  [Site "Horsham"]  [Date "2012.9.11"]  [Round "5.4"]  [White "Mansson, James C"]  [Black "Forster, Michael C"]  [Result "1-0"]  [Eco "B38"]   1.Nf3 c5 2.c4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.e4 d6 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Bg7 7.Be2 O-O 8.O-O Nc6 9.Nc2 Be6 10.Rb1 Rc8 11.f4 Bd7 12.b4 a6 13.a4 Ne8 14.Nd5 e6 15.Nde3 Qb6 16.Kh1 Nd4 17.a5 Nxc2   {?? and Black resigned as he suddenly realised he was losing his queen after 18 axb6.}   1-0