[Event "Canterbury Summer Swiss 2008"]
[Site "Canterbury junior Chess Club"]
[Date "2008.12.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Flude, David"]
[Black "Dalton, Sam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[Annotator "Flude,David"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.12.27"]
[SourceDate "2008.12.09"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f3
exf3 5. Nxf3 e6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Qd2 (7. Bd3 {
is usually played but can lead to difficulties for white.}) 7... h6 {The proble
m with this move is that from now on the threat of sacrifices on h6 deters
black from castling. Black had a much higher rating than white and was loath
to draw} 8. Bf4 Nd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Be6 (10... O-O {is the move that
black should play. However white can force a draw or play for more.} 11. Bxh6
gxh6 12. Qxh6 f5 13. Qg6+) 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rae1 Bf6 13. Rxe6+ fxe6 14. Bg6+ Kf8
15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 (16. Bxe5+ Nf6 17. Qb4+ Kg8 18. Qxb7 {
and white will win another pawn with a better position}) 16... Kg8 17. Bg3 Nc5
{blundering a piece} (17... Qe7 18. Bf7+ Qxf7 19. Rxf7 Kxf7 20. Qf4+ Ke7 21.
Qb4+ {i think that the queen and bishop are better than the knight and rooks})
18. Qf2 Qe7 19. Bh4 Qd7 20. Qxc5 h5 21. Rf7 Qa4 22. Rxc7 (22. Rxg7+ {forces che
ckmate. However I decided to play the practical move in case there was an
error in my analysis} Kxg7 23. Qe7+ Kxg6 24. Qf6+ Kh7 25. Qf7+ Kh6 26. Bg5+
Kxg5 27. Qf6+ Kg4 28. h3+ Kg3 29. Qf2#) (22. Bf6 {
leds to an even faster checkmate.} gxf6 23. exf6 Rh6 24. Rg7+ Kh8 25. Qe3 Rxg6
26. Rxg6 {and black can only postpone checkmate by giving up his queen}) 22...
Qc4 23. Qxc4 dxc4 24. Bf7+ Kh7 25. Bxe6 {black was in time trouble and
followed the rule of thumb of never resign in time trouble.} Kh6 26. Bxc4 g5
27. Be1 Rhd8 28. Bd3 Rd5 29. Bc3 g4 {black was very short of time} 30. Bd2# 1-0

