Mid-Sussex League Division 1 2015-16: Horsham 1 – Lewes 1

   [Event "Mid-Sussex League"]  [Site "Horsham"]  [Date "2016.4.5"]  [Round ""]  [White "Welford, Richard R"]  [Black "Mansson, James C"]  [Result "0-1"]  [Eco "C95"]  [Annotator ""]  [Source ""]   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 O-O 9.h3 Nb8 10.d4 Nbd7 11.Nbd2 Bb7 12.a4 c5 13.Bc2 Re8 {This is inaccurate according to Bologan, because of the option of 15 b3 below.} ( 13...Qc7 {!} ) 14.d5 c4 15.Nf1 {White passes over a chance to attack the Black queenside pawns.} ( 15.b3 {!} ) Nc5 16.a5 {?} { This looks like a serious strategic error. Not only is the a-pawn vulnerable on a5, White also loses the option of opening the a-file and isolating the b-pawn with axb5. As a result, if Black is able to generate play on the kingside, White will have no means of generating counterplay on the other side of the pawn.} ( 16.Ng3 {leads to normal lines} ) Bc8 { Black brings the bishop back into play, as it does not have much future on b7. On c8 it covers f5 both for defensive and attacking purposes.} 17.Be3 Qc7 {Black defends against Bxc5.} 18.Ng3 g6 19.Ra3 Bf8 {Black looks to reroute the bishop to g7, where it will be more active.} 20.Qd2 Kh8 {Black frees the g8 square for his knight, in anticipation of the sequence played in the game.} 21.Bh6 Bxh6 22.Qxh6 Ng8 23.Qd2 ( 23.Qh4 Qe7 ) ( 23.Qg5 Qe7 ) Qe7 $15{Black's position is very promising as he can play for ...f5, while White lacks an active plan.} 24.Qe2 Bd7 25.Nd2 Qg5 26.Qe3 {?} Qxe3 $17{ It was a mistake for White to exchange queens, as now he loses all chances of active play. Black now methodically prepares ...f5.} 27.Rxe3 Ne7 28.Rf3 Kg7 29.Ndf1 Rf8 30.Ne3 f6 31.Ra1 Rf7 32.Kh2 Raf8 33.Ne2 h5 34.Nc1 f5 {White is pretty much busted now. He falls apart pretty quickly, not helped by the fact he was in time trouble.} 35.exf5 {?} ( 35.b4 cxb3 36.Nxb3 Nxb3 37.Bxb3 fxe4 $17) gxf5 36.Nf1 f4 37.Nd2 Bf5 38.Bxf5 Rxf5 39.Ne2 e4 40.Nd4 exf3 41.Ne6+ {?} {A final blunder, ending the game at once, but Black was of course completely winning now.} ( 41.Nxf5+ Rxf5 42.Nxf3 Rxd5 $21) Nxe6 0-1