[Event "County Championship semi-final; Middlesex v Essex (board 11)"]
[Site "London?"]
[Date "2007.06.09"]
[Round "?"]
[White "J. WHite 165, Essex"]
[Black "Andy Hayler 161, Middlesex"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[Annotator "Andy Hayler"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. exf5 Bxd5
15. f6 e4 16. fxg7 Re8 {Amusingly my opponent did not know the line at all, so
at this stage I had used 1 minute on my clock compared to his 30 odd minutes!}
17. Qxd5 (17. Be2 Re5 18. Qh6 b4 19. Nc2 bxc3 20. bxc3 Be6 21. O-O Qg5
22. Qxg5 Rxg5 23. Rfd1 Rc5 24. Rxd6 Rxc3) 17... exd3+ 18. Kd2 (18. Kf1
Ne5 19. f4 Ng4) 18... Qf6 {
I was quite proud of this.  The Nc6 is immune} (18... Ne5 19. Raf1) 19. Rhf1 (
19. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 20. Kc1 Re2 21. Qf3 Rxb2) 19... Re2+ 20. Kd1 (20. Kxd3
Rae8 {and white will be mated e.g.} 21. Qh5 Qe6) 20... Rae8 (20... Rxf2 {
was faster} 21. Re1 (21. Rxf2 Qxf2 22. Qxd3 Qg1+ 23. Kd2 Qxa1) 21... d2 22. Rh1
Re8) 21. Qxd3 (21. f4 Nb4 22. Qf3 (22. cxb4 Rd2+ 23. Kxd2 Qxb2+ 24. Kd1
Qxa1+ 25. Kd2 Qb2+ 26. Kd1 Qe2+ 27. Kc1 Qxf1+ 28. Kb2 Re2+ 29. Kb3 Qd1+ 30. Kc3
Qd2+ 31. Kd4 Qb2+ 32. Kxd3 Qd2#) 22... Rxb2) (21. Qxc6 {would have been pretty}
Qf4 22. Nb1 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Kxe1 Qc1#) 21... Rxf2 22. Rg1 (22. Rxf2
Qxf2 23. Nc2 Ne5 24. Qe4 Re6 25. Qa8+ Kxg7 26. Qe4 Rg6) 22... Qg5 ({
Faster was} 22... Qh6 23. Rh1 (23. Nb1 Re3 24. Qd5 Ne5) 23... Re3 24.
Qd5 Ree2) 23. Nc2 Rxg2 (23... Qg4+ 24. Kc1 Ree2 {and white is dead e.g.}
25. Qxd6 Rxc2+ 26. Kb1 Rxb2+ 27. Kc1 Rfc2#) 24. Rxg2 Qxg2 25. Qd2 Qf3+ {
I was getting a litle short of time here, but still should have seen Qg1 as
follows} (25... Qg1+ 26. Ne1 Qg4+ 27. Kc2 Re2) 26. Kc1 Qh1+ 27. Qd1 Qxh2 28. a4
Re2 (28... b4 29. cxb4 Qf2 30. b5 Nb4 31. Nxb4 Re1) 29. axb5 axb5 30. Ra6
Qg2 (30... Ne5) 31. Kb1 (31. Rxc6 Rxc2+ 32. Qxc2 Qxc6) 31... Rd2 32. Qc1
Ne5 33. Ne3 Qe4+ 34. Nc2 Qd3 35. Ra8+ Kxg7 36. Qg1+ Kf6 37. Ka2 Qxc2 (37...
Qd5+ 38. c4 Qxc4+ 39. Ka1 Rxc2) 38. Qf1+ Rf2 39. Qxb5 Qxc3 (39... Nc4 40. Ra7
Qxc3) 40. Qb3 Qxb3+ (40... Qc1 41. Qb8 Qc4+ 42. Qb3 Rxb2+ 43. Kxb2 Nd3+ 44. Ka3
Qc5+ 45. Ka4 Qc6+ 46. Qb5 Qxa8+ 47. Kb3 Qe4) 41. Kxb3 Kg7 (41... Nd3 {
was simplest.} 42. Ra2 Nc1+) 42. Kc3 Rf3+ 43. Kc2 Rf4 44. b3 h5 45. Kc3 h4 {
At this point he got embarrased and resigned.  Overall a very good game by me,
even though I missed a couple of faster finishes.} 0-1